Gunnison news-champion., 1921-04-08
COLORADO NEWS MOTIFS.

feature which VIII max. each day and
Night a sort Of society event Of formal
nature. Another feature OF the show
which Is IN keeping with the idea OF
Formally l. the serving Of refresh
ments. Arrangements are being mad.
by the Colorado Manufacturers and
Mercha - Association TO serve coffee
aud caEas and other refreshments TO
10000 people during the week. To
carr u1t this plan guides VIII conduct
parties each afternoon and evening
throusl the basement Of the Auditor
ium. ah-rs special exhibits OF
. Col0ra D-I1ade goods will be eI-
plaineI Al this time the association
viii serve refreshments - Colorado
tnade, r, course.
Road projects for Colorado aggre-
eating sL52. .344 were submitted 10 the
federal public roads bureau by the
State II sbwuy Commission, OF which
sI2ig7a 90 viii he paid by the govern
ment I' approval Is made by District
Engin,- J. s. Bri&ht. one and three
tsnths lies Of concrete road between
Fort { Inns and L0yeland constitutes
one Of ne projects. 10 cost SJion3 Il.
one al uue-;euths miles IN Boulder
county. running south from IyonEuunr.
viii O. s4Tasl %. the road also 10
De af lcrele; while q rhird concrete
road Z fDgt embraces four and four
tHuths miles between Brighton and
Deuycr in Adams county. the ostlmat-
ed cos. u which IS 1892.
Elcl . wlnne-uh, l2-year-old
school ey OF Ouray county. IS the
champ 10 talkcr Of Colorado. He was
award. first prize In the annual ora
torical snntest Conducted by the Colo
. rado A--ociatlon OF County Superln-
tender.s and Institute Workers at
Corona ,rhool In Denver. Eighth grade
pupils from every county In the state
compel At the same time Mildred
Akey, urctty little l3-year-old miss OF
Wray. Colo. was declared the cham
T plon { shth grade word speller OF the
state.
PahH ke tcpee, the building which
is to house the Buffalo BIZ museum
on Lo sout mountain near Colonel
F Cody's crave, Is rapidly nearing com.
pletion and It Is expected II VIII be
I thrown open TO tourists nv June l. The
city OF Denver is erecting the building
I In con junction with Buffalo Bill's fos-
ter son, Johnny Baker, who has been
granted the concession, and Will con-
I duct first-class restaurant and pa
yilIon in the building for the conven.
ience OF tourists.
The state tax of cent a gallon on
gasoline and oils has been declared
constitutional In a decision rendered
by Judge Charles C. Butler OF the Dis
trict Court at Denver. The validity of
2 the tax has been in issue for several
months. A number OF oil companies
have paid the tax into the state treas.
ury, others have resisted payment.
W. X. Freeman, receiver OF the Den
yer & Salt Lake railroad. has filed a
petition with the Utilities Commission
to extend the order permitting the
Moffat road TO operate on n tri-weekly
basis. The order which permitted the
trains to. run between Denver and
Craig. Colo, three times week was
to have expired on April /.
Historically accusing them Of break.
Ing up her home, Mrs. John Haner. 80
years old. wife OF honestcader and
mother OF seven children, residing -four
miles south of Center, Colo, shot and
Instantly lalled y. II. Rclaford and
Frank F. Schmid She fired five shots
at Rclaford and three at Schmid, al
taking effect
Dee A. Myers Of Monte Vista, Colo,
won the gold medal at the Sunset Drill
of the Colorado School of Agriculture
at Fort Collins. Keen competition
marked the Individual as well as the
platoon drills, the judges requiring
considerable time to make the awards
Fred Maddocks, son OF c. Il. Mad
docks, former Colorado Springs con
tractor, and Frank Peterson. both Sim.
TO rIfling postoffice mail sacks of reg
istered mail and of robbing the postof.
flee itself at Simla of sums which to-
tai 5000. police say at Colorado
Springs.
All along the Grand river and the
Gunniso0' river farmers are busy rip
rapplng he banks Of the river to re
pair places damaged by high wateri
last spring when the floods from the
hills broke al records and did half Q
million damage in western Colorado.
Model reservoir has, yielded up thl
bodies Of two OF four Berwind youths
who were drowned while boating on
the lake March 10. Search which has
gone ON unremittingly, was rewarded
when drag hooks lowered from a raft
brought up the bodies.
George n. Taylor, receiver for the
Cripple Greek Short Line railroad. has
announced that the line will not oper
ate during the tourist season Of 1921
The line operated to halfway point
last summer, but the plan was not {