Cheyenne Wells record., 1921-11-17
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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Saving Of twenty-four hours in tile
delivery of freight from Chicago and
the East to Denver houses Is an
nounced by John F. vallery, general
agent Of the Burlington freight depart,
ment, in reduction Of time. Of 1.-the
BurlingtOn's through freight train to
Denver 1
Pueblo refused to adopt the city.
manager plan Of municipal govern.
ment, voting it down by majority Of
72S. Unofficial tabulation OF the vote.
put 1t Mt PTS for the amendment and
$500 against 1t, with the result that
Pueblo will continue under the present
form of commission government.
The civic Improvement ticket won
at the city election at Montrose. There
was not much of an issue involved
though three tickets were In the field
Those chosen for city commissioners
are A. l.. Anderson, C. NJ. Thompson,
w. G. lInney, J. J. Gatschett and w.
A. Scribner. The $4,000 bond Issue
for n water works system was car
ried.
To assist in the campaign to raise
S200,OO0 needed to complete the fund
for the new University Of Colorado
medical school and state hospital, four
teen seniors Of the university have
gone to different parts of the stnte to
organize the work. The campaign will
be conducted from Nov. % to Dec. 3,
| during which time 2OO.OOO citizens of
the state will he asked to give 81 each.
| Five soldiers from FitzsImons Hos
pitnl in Denver escaped serious injury
when they were pinned beneath an
overturned automobile at POmah cross
| ing, five miles south of Castle Rock.
The car was driven by Sergt George
Bcebe. Numerous accidents have Oc-
Cured lately at this point in the rOnd.
| 4 dangerous curve and lack of warn
ing signs are held responsible.
Aztec. n. NJ, lying just across the
border line between Colorado and the
| former state, will he the first city In
the San Juan basin to be heated and
| lighted by gas. The Aztec Oil Syndl-
cate has secured the pipe for the cree.
| tion of II gas plant that will carry the
gns from the oil well. situated about a
mile from the city. 20 the homes and
business houses of the community and
work will begin ut once upon the con-
| StructiOn.
With three deaths from acute alco-
| linlism in Denver in October. the total
Of deaths from imbibIng mo0nshine 80
| far this year Is eleven. For all of
| 1920 only five deaths from alcoholism
| were reported to the city health au.
| thOrities. According to the report Of
Miss Florence Leach, registrar of vital
| statistics, the total of deaths from
| drinking bootleg IN Denver In October
was the highest of any month so far
| this year.
The American State Bank Mt Gran
ada, Colo, was robbed by yeggmen
who dyuami,cd the vOult and smashed
| the safety deposit boxes therein. The
| robbers got 500 in money belonging
to the bank and IN equal amount from
| the safety deposit boxes which be-
| lOnged to customers. One hundred and
| thirty-five dollars of the money the
bank lost was in pennies. The rob.
hers overlooked several thousand dol
| the vault.
Weld county, Colorado, unclassifled
half II century ago so far rs its agri-
| cultural values We're concerned, ranks
as the twcnty-SiNth county Of the en-
tire United States in value of crops
and live stock. according to federal
census report made public in Denver.
In Il list Of the fifty leading counties
of the nation. Weld holds this position
with II total crop and live stock value
| in 1919 of S23.2E..4II. Its crop value
alone was S21 .l9S.:aD. giving it rank
rs the twenty-third county.
Appropriation Of STOO.OOO OF the
| state highway for maintenance pur
| poses, to be expended under the direc
tiOn of the highway department along
with $GOOOOO to be furnished by the
counties, has been approved by Gov
| ern0r ShOup. The governor met with
the members Of the highway advisory
| board and discussed the budget for
1922 with them.
All Colorado IL to he represented In
the Colorado Industrial Exposition and
Prosperity Carnival to be held Feb. 20
| 25 In the Auditorium ut Denver Coop.
GRAFTON of 10000 women members of the
cOlOradO-Alnde Goods Club IL assured,
according to +. G. Dawson Of the ex.
position committee. At 'east 2JO OK
hibit booths are expected An overflow
structure may he needed.
The half burned body of William Il.
EeOugll. I5 years old. county assessor.
was found in the ruins of the Frank
richards house in west Breckenridge
The house was destroyed by fire short.
Iy before midnight. Dcl;. Murphy,
owner of the house. was arrested a
few hours after ltcnugh's body was
found, pending an Investigation of the
fire and the cause of the assessors
death.
Paper money Is taboo In Telluride