The Colorado statesman., 1921-08-06

Aug. .f-2bs W. j. OFT. secretary.
Framton Russell was cranking his
pnnchinc at I.ovelund when 1t kicked"
and he was hurled ten feet ana
through the window of IA barber shop.
His right arm was broken.
Evening programs will be given ut
the Western Slope fair at Montrose
this year for the first time In the as
socations history. There will be
magnificent fireworks demonstrations
and also drills by the boys and girls
clubs, Roman race with spotlight
and other special features.
During terrific thunder storm, the
din of which drowned out the sound
of their activities, an unknown num-
Der of bandits entered the Garfield
County State bank at Grand Valley.
blew the safe and vault doors to de-
bris with dynamite, and escaped with
Approximately $4,000 worth of secur-
titles and cash
Dry land wheat that has just been
threshed ON the c. a. Jeffries farm
ran forty-five bushels. machine meas
ure. to the acre, and weighed out
sixty-two pounds to the bushel, which
is almost IL record for dry land wheat
in Larmer county. The Showalter
wheat in the same district averaged
forty bushels to the acre.
Six men were killed and six injured
at the Schuyler Doyle Oil Shale Com
pany's plant six miles north of Grand
Valley, when the cable of tram line
down the mountainside slipped from
its swivel and let the car crash down
ward 1000 feet. The car literally was
smashed to pieces when it jumped the
track and hurtled over bouIders.
After being tossed about in the
waters of the Platte river within the
limits of Denver since the morning of
June IS, when lie was drowned while
going to the rescue of his brother,
who had been caught in the swollen
flood waters at that time, the body of
Charles BryOnt, Jr., S-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bryant, was re-
covered from the river in badly de-
composed condition.
Mrs. Amelia Cachines, 30, wife of
Tony Cachines, a farmer northeast of
hitched to a buggy ran away and she
was thrown out, her neck being
broken. She was the mother of five
children. She and her husband were
returning from Lafayette and she had
stepped out of the buggy to look in
his rural post box for mail when the
horse became frightened and ran.
Bronco busting, horse racing and
baseball games will be the daily fea-
lures of the annual fair of the Deer
Trail Fair Association Aug. Is, 10 and
20. The ball games will be between
the Deer Trail team and those of
Strasburg, Byers and Hugo; and
bucking mule, mule race and buck
ing steer will be specialties during
the fair. The general exhibit of agri-
cultural products, cattle, hogs, sheep
and horses promises to be the best
ever shown at the fair.
At least $500 cars will be required
| to move the wheat crop in that section
| of northeastern Colorado served by
| the Burlington railroad. according to
| Il report made to the State Public
| Utilities Commission by William Reid,
| one of its inspectors. after trip
| through Logan and northeastern Weld
counties. The wheat crop, Reid re-
| ports, is one of the best ever harvest
| ed in this section of the state. The
| commission will make every effort to
assist the farmers in obtaining cars
| and getting their crops to market.
A new altitude record for the Pixies
| Peak region was made by Lieut.. V. j.
Melroy and Corporal II. f. Allen, army
aviators. when they flew over Pixies
| Peak at an altitude of 1000 feet
| This is more than 1000 feet higher
| than the altitude attained several days
| ago by +. +. Bowers, who reached a
height of slightly less thun 10000 feet,
when he flew over the peak.
Colorados wheat crop for 1921 will
exceed by 100000 bushels any prev
ious years production. according to
estimates by the State Immigration
Department from reports by county as
SCISSORS. With this increase, it is eN-
pccted that Colorado will step from
twelfth position of last year to sixth or
seventh place among the leading wheat
producing states of the country.
Guy McMurray. II years old, with his
| right arm severed nj the elbow and II
deep cut in his right leg and with blood
| pouring from the wounds, eNtricated
himself from moving machine sickle
and crawled and walked 100 yards to
his home where his mother gave him
first aid and summoned II doctor. He
was removed TO n Greeley hospital.
Despite the injuries, physicians say he
will live.
Ned Hayden of Fraser was killed
and his wife severely burned when
| lightning struck n barn Just as they