The Keota news., 1921-11-18
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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delivery Of freight from Chicago and
the East to Denver houses is an.
nouncsd by john +. vallery. general
agent OF the Burlington freight depart.
m,ent, In 4 reduction Of time OF the
Buriington'x through freight train to
Denver.
Pueblo refused to adopt the city
manager plan OF municipal govern.
saent. voting It down BY majority Of
124. Unofficial tabulatl0n OF the vote
put II at 2,77S for the amendment and
3,506 against It. 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
mre A. l.. Anderson. G.. ~. Thompson.
w. q. Haney, J. J. 0atschett and w.
4. Scribner. Tho $4,000 bond Issue
for a water works system was car.
rlet.
To assist In the campaign to raise
100000 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 state Ia
organize the work. The campaign will
he conducted from Nov. ~ tn dec. :.
during which time 100000 citizens of
the state will be asked to give 81 each.
Five soldiers from Fitxstmons Hos.
pltal In Denver escaped serious Injury
when they were pinned beneath an
overturned automobile at Pousah cross.
Ing, five miles south of Castle Rock.
The car was driven by SerKt. George
Beebe. Numerous accidents have OK.
CURED lately nj this point In the road.
4 dangerous curve and lack Of warn.
ing signs are held responsible.
Aztec. y. H.. lying just across the
isorder line between Colorado and the
former state. will bc the first city In
tho San Juan basin 10 bc heated and
lighted by gas. The Axtec OIL Syodl.
cate has securcd the pipe for the erec.
iion Of gas plant that will carry the
gas from the oil well. situated about a
snile from the city. to the homes and
business houses of the community and
work will begin at once upon the con.
structlon.
With three deaths from acute alco.
holism In Denver In October. the total
of deaths from imhibinE no0nshlns %
far this year is eleven. For all of
l02O only five deaths from alcoholism
were reported TO the city health az.
thorities. According 10 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 70 far
this year.
The American state Bank at Gran.
ada, Colo. was rubbed by yeggmen
who dynamitesi tho vouit nnd smashed
the safety deposit hoxcs therein. The
robbers got x5OO In money belonging
10 the bank and an equal amount from
the safety deposit boxes which be-
iOuged to customers. One hundred and
ihirty.flve dollars of tho money the
bank lost was In pennies. The rob-
hers overlooked several thousand dol
lars in cash and bonds nj the rear Of
the vault.
Weld county, Colorado. unclassifled
half century ago so far as It's agri-
cultural values were concerned, rnnks
~ the twenty-sixth county of the ell
tire United States In value Of crops
and live stock. according Ia federal
census report made public In Denver.
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