Gunnison news-champion., 1921-02-04
Rthy News Notes
Prom An Peeks Of
Colorado
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pony aad driving home his fathers
cows when The accident occurred.
Work at Longmont has started In
wrecking the city hall to make way
for Q aew $4,000 municipal baildins.
The new hall will contain council
chambers. rest r0onA. Q gymnasiam
and office rooms for city officiala
Among Tie chief needs which win b
discussed At tie annual nssting q the
Grand Junetioa Chamber OF Commerce
In February. the need Of advertiGlng
western Colorado's wsaderiand - the
world will receive great attentioa- A
plan will be discussed for Al advsrtis-
Ing campaign which will virtually In
troduce to new fields the possibilities
Of that part Of Colorado.
Mrs Bertha n. Dickey, who entered
desert claim on iand six miles from
Cimarron n year ago and whom the
government has tried to dIspossess up
on the claim that the hand was too
rough for cultivation and therefore
should be re-designated a. grazing
land. won In 4 contest case hard In
the Montrose land office after she had
proved by several witnesses that he
land was actually In cultivation, hav-
Ing been plowed with q tractor last
fall.
Uncle Sam paid the Colorado State
Highway Department approximately
1852, 122-7S as the government share
Of the constructed federal aid road
work In the state during 1920, accord
ing to District Engineer J. 8. Bright
Of the United States Bureau Of Public
Roads. This money represents the
federal payments on forty-seven pro-
jects under construction or completed
through the state" Bright said. Tween
ty-two separate projects were com.
pleted during the year at total esti-
mated cost OF $l.O36. 1854. Of which
the federal government was requested
to pay S41O,9s7.38."
Charles T. Stockton, furniture deal
er OF Bristol for number Of yenrs. Is
dead, and four other persons are In
the hospital suffering serious injuries
as the result Of IN accident which oc-
CURED six miles between Bristol and
Holly. The injured are Joseph Eel
lars, who Is suffering from broken
leg: G. X. Hite. badly bruised, and
Henry Thompson and Ernest Burke Sc
verely bruised about the face and
body. Stockton Cellars, Thompson
and Burke. all OF Bristol. were en-
route home from Holly when the ma.
chine In which they were riding coll
lided with horse and buggy being
driven by G. r. Hite. who Is well.
known Prowers county farmer. II IL
said binding snow storm was the
cause Of the accident.
No state with the exception of Mon
tanR has shown 30 rapid an increase
In the acreage Of land under cultiva-
ton in the past decade as Colorado,
and few states have shown larger
percentage Of increase in the number
Of farms. Within the past ten years
approximately 100000 acres Of gov
ernment land has besn homssteaded.
while large areas Of privately owned
land have been broken and placed un-
der cultivation. Records Of the State
immigration Department show that
this movsment has bsen much stronger
In the past five ysars than In the pre-
csdiDg five ysafs, and that there was
an actual 1sersaDs h the population
Of the stats duRisg the first TIVE years
after tie 1910 csnsss WAS complied.
The incrsase In subsequent years has
beon due primarily to agricultural d.
selopDsnt which has bssn much noss
alATksd u ~ aoe-irslgatsd thaA b
tAs.l1igatsA idistSieeA 40 ~ q
Thisvls wAo Aavs besa estting su.!h
sooA hanls 6 late at Grand Junctioa
nst with dlffsrsnt rscsption at the ..
n Paykss AeDe 70 that city. The IL
tzu1sss wsfs Srssted sys . volley ok
shots from IN Parker family arsenal
and IL nsighboes took up the fusil-
lade. sending the would-bs robbers
away At record clip.
Decision to withhold financial sup
port from tAe Colorado School Of
Mines magaHne and refuse to furnish
headquarters u tie school buildings
fof. the editor Of the publication, was
voted By tie board Of trustees Of the
school at . recent meeting, at which
publication Of an article derogatory
to the institution was considered.
Jose Ramon Of Cordova, Colo, win
receive &1.0S5 for injuries received in
IN old Apache Indian uprising. In
which he fought a. 4 federal soldier. IL
the United States Senate passes bin
making the appropriation which was
reported on favorably by the commit
tee on claims. The lower house al
ready has passed this bill, and also one
Of q similar kind to aid Mrs. Joseph q.
Atkins, the widow Of an officer killed
in the uprising The latter bill has
not been reported out however.
Noncoloradoans attending the Univer-
dty Of Colorado next and subsequsaf
quarters will be charged just twice the
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