Cheyenne record., 1921-04-28
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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I
been nominated by President Harding
| to be United States attorney for the
| district of Colorado.
Two hundred and fifty Denver &
Rio Grande railroad shopmen, repre-
senting practically all of the mechan-
| ical departments crafts, have been put
back to work after being laid off since
March 10.
For the benefit of tourists from
| Texas and other southern states, a
movement has been launched by Trih-
idad business men for the building OF
| a direct route into the San Luis valley
from that place.
Delegates from towns on the Union
Pacific from Denver to the Kansas
state line and on the Rock Island from
Colorado Springs to the Kansas bound
ary, met at LimOn to perfect the or
| ganization Of an Eastern Colorado
Chamber of Commerce.
One man was killed and two women
were injured In a snOwslide which
came down Republican mountain ut
Silver Plume, Colo, during the bliz-
zard. wrecked several houses and
buried the town under from six to
twelve feet Of snow.
f. N. Carr Of Ault. Colo, was
elected president of the northern
| Colorado district of Christian churches
| mt the closing session of the conven-
tion Of that body in LOveland. Fort
| Collins was chosen as the meeting place
for next year by the delegates.
Baptists of LOngmont will start work
on n new $4,000 church building with
in the next thirty days, according to
announcement made by the building
committee. A campaign for the raising
| OF building fund has resulted In the
subscribing Of a total Of $37 500.
Delegates from all quarters Of the
globe will gather In Montrose during
the first week of June to attend the
| meeting Of the General Missionary
Society of the United Presbyterian
church. More than $50 are expected
to be In attendance ut the convention.
The first American silver dollars
| ever manufactured in Denver are now
being coined at the United States mint
following receipt of more than 1000.
| 600 ounces of silver In small amounts
extending over n period Of more than
thirty days, from the leading mining
camps of the West. Coins Of this de-
nomination were last stamped by the
Philadelphia mint in 1904, until their
resumption at that place last month,
officials said.
Judge James L. Cooper In the Ere.
mont county District Court in Canon
City sustained the demurrer Of attOr-
| neys for ex-COunty Commissioners G.
| v. HodgIn, james Belknap and J. v.
McCandless In the suit instituted
against them as individuals by John
w. Richardson of Denver for $4,000
damages for injuries to himself and $5,-
| 600 for the death of his wife, as re-
suit of an automobile accident near the
McCumber ranch on the Canon City,
Florence road on the night Of April 80.
1920.
II can think Of no more delightful
place to go on a vacation than Colo
| RADIO, u state of true western hospital
ity," commented President Harding
after s.nutor Phipps, speaking on be-
hnlf Of the citizens, had formally ex-
tended to the President the invitation
from tbe Colorado Legislature to make
the Rocky Mountain state his summer
home. Besides ColOradO's Invitation to
become Its guest, the President was
presented with certificate of life hon.
orary membership in the Denver Press
Club. On behalf of the club, Warren
| NJ hnn tto
dent gold engraved membership card.
Robert.C Courtland Pierson, 20 months
old, who fell from third.story win
dow In Denver, probably will live
Physicians ut the county hospital say
the infant, who is suffering from
fracture. at the base Of the skull, has
an excellent chance to recover. The
case is said to be one of the most un-
usual In the history of the accident
ward Of the hospital.
A purebred Holstein COW, Princess
Johanna Hope, owned by E. ]. Lind
quist Of Denver, produced the greatest
amount of butterfat of any milch COW
in Colorado during March, according
to reports of the Colorado Cow Test
Ing Association. Highest record for
herds was made by that of Harry Yea
| ger of LOngmOnt. His cattle produced
5s.5 pounds of butterfat.
Charging that they were Illegally ar
rested and held In connection with the
murder Of s. Yamaguchi, wealthy jap
anese healthseeker. Charles Ferguson
and Samuel Franklin, mountaineers
living near Golden, have filed suit in
the District Court of Jefferson county
asking damages tOtaling 100000
against Sheriff Gary Kerr of Golden
and Charles BjOrk, private detective
Of Englewood.
While working in the Cyclops mine
tunnel In Gilpin county, one mile north
west Of Black Hawk, David and Ed
ward Nelson, brothers, were blown fif-
tv foot nv q f]nYh1o r-p1o,go,