Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1921-10-13
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Mems and wOmen's wearing apparel
valued Mt $1,000 was stolen from the
store Of the Cable Bros. Mercantile
c"mpnny ut Windsor.
Estimates by the Durango city com.
iiiissioners place the cost of running
the city government next year ut S..
SOO less than the figure for this year
me commission has appropriated $685..
oO9 for the 1922 budget.
Frank OLSON Of Telluride has q
large number Of large, ripe strawber.
rieS grown on his farm near the city at
m altitude of 5000 feet. The berries
are delicious and he has been picking
them every day for about week.
Hiram Croft, so years old, Of La
Sale, employed by ]. l.. Biers, q mo.
tor truck frelghter, was killed at Gree.
ley while at work when his neck was
broken. Croft either fell from motor
truck or was hit by a plank which
broke In two while he and Biers were
transferring q safe from one truck to
another.
Joseph Risdon Powell, pioneer coal
mine operator of Weld county, died at
his home in Greeley Of heart failure.
Mr. Powell was IS years old and had
lived In Colorado for fifty-three years.
In addition to his activities in Weld
county Mr.. Powell ut different times
was associated with undertakings In
Central City and In ROutt county.
Senator and Mrs. Phipps have sailed
for New York on sea voyage that
will take them to Cuba, Panama and
Costa Rlca. They expect to return to
Washington about Oct. "a. Senator
Phipps. who recently underwent an
operation, is making the trip to recu.
pcrate from his illness. He is making
n satisfactory recovery.
The large mill nnd elevator ut OIncy
Springs, owned by Mccullough 4 Son,
was destroyed by fire, causing a loss
of $25,OOO. The mill was partially in
sured. 1t is understood Mccullough
4 Son will rebuild. The Fowler fire
department responded to n call for as.
sistance In fighting the fire, but ar
rived at Olney Springs too late.
d. X. Harvey, former cashier of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank at Jar
OsO, In southern COstillu county, who
disappeared n week ngO, Is charged
with the embezzlement of funds which
may amount to $2OOOO. The bank
has been closed by Deputy Bank Com
missioner Clark, who has been making
an investigation for the pust week. No
clew to Hurvey's whereabouts has
been discovered, though a warrant has
been issued for his arrest.
The United States Civil Service Com.
mission announces an examination for
United States forest aangers TO be
held on Oct. -, 1921, at the headquar.
ters of all forest supervisors. The en-.
trance salary is FROM 5000 to S1,22C
per year and Is open to both men and
women. All persons Interested In the
examination should write directly to
the Civil Service Commission, Wash.
ingtOn, d. c., or get In touch with the
local forest supervisor.
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standing will be heard by the State
Industrial Commission nj Grand juno.
tign. The building contractors of Me-
sa county have asked for IL 20 per cent
reduction In the wages Of carpenters,
bricklayers, plasterers, painters, pipe
filters, ,hOdcarriers and common labor
ers. The wOrkmen filed II protest with
the state commission. Chairman J. &.
Bell md william l. Reilly will hear
evidence from both parties. The COM
.missiOners on Tuesday granted re-
'auctiOn to the master builders OF Colo
,radO Springs. The present wage scale
i'm effect at Grand Junction is approx
fmately the same as ut Colorado
Springs.
Nearly $5O.OOO has been paid to head
lettuce growers ut the sheds In Flor
t,nGe so far this season, this being
about half the total amount for the
Fremont Custer county district. II IL
that the average yield per
acre In the district tributary to this
city is 1900, while the best known Is
a ten-acre trace that yielded 8,OO
worth Of lettuce.
-Four persons were injured. one Of
them seriously, when u large supply OF
which had been cOnflscated
by the police, exploded In the Bath
Beach section of Brooklyn, N. Y. An
aerial bomb suddenly went off caus-
ing the explosion. Inspector james
RutIer of the fire department, inspec-