Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1921-10-06
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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association Of Wholesale Druggists by
ne annual convention. Colorado
springs was selected for next wears
convention.
Each day the United States Veterans
| bureau, new name for the war risk.
sends compensation and insurance
checks aggregating $17,21O.1O to Colo.
rado disabled soldiers of the recent
war and their dependents.
W. j. Cnrnine, "A years old, veteran
or the Civil war, jumped from the
bridge into the Colorado river at
Grand Junction. A reward of 500 was
o11ered for the recovery of the body,
Carnine has resided at Grand Junction
and at Pnonia for the last eighteen
years.
Enrolment of students In the high
and grade schools Of Grand Junction
mas reached 1887, and 1t is expected
that this number will be Increased,
The large school attendance is taken
as an Indication of the growth of the
city. All of the schools are crowded
to capacity.
jackson county commissioners have
prepared budget of $4,000, which
they will request from the State High.
way Commission for rondwork for one
year. The budget includes expendI-
lures for work on the Cameron Pass
road, Rabbit Ear road and Walden
Laramie road.
An automobile driven by George
Bennefiel, WaIsenburg undertaken,
WAS caught and overturned by II whirl.
wind. Benefiel with his wife and son,
Warren, was on the way TO Pueblo to
attend the state fair. Warren Benne.
fiel was critically hurt and his father
suffered serious injuries.
The will of the late William Balla.
Il band play Mt his funeral and that
each of his pallbearers be provided
with Il jug of liquor The provisions
of the will were carried out TO the let
ter when the funeral was held, accord.
ing to reports.
Claude Sharrar, carpenter, 3S
years old, shot and killed his wife and
then committed suicide in the base.
ment Of partly completed house on
which he was working ut Hereford,
sixty miles northeast OF Greeley. Two
small children of the Sharrars, one u
baby only Il year and Il half old, were
thcS ole witness to the double shoot.
ing.
The states collection of leaf gold
from breckenridge, said to be unsur.
passed in the world and valued ut not
less than $1,000, was stolen from the
show cases in the state mining depart
ment on the second floor of the State
Museum building, Fourteenth avenue
and Sherman street, In Denver. The
collection, experts say, cannot be re-
placed.
From Moab, Utah, comes word that
probably the richest shipment of cur.
nOtite ore ever mined was recently
sold to buyers at MOntrose. Colo, by
Andrew Nylund of Grand Junction.
The shipment consisted of forty tons
and brought $20,OOO. The ore was
mined In the Gateway district and was
the last of the output of Mr.. Nylund's
mine there.
s. W. Stedinnn, Denver & Rio
Grande brakeman of Walsenburg, Is
alive and well In spite Of the fact TINT
three freight cars passed over his
PROSTATE body. Stedman fell from the
top Of car to the track below and
directly between two cars. His seem.
ingly miraculous escape wns due to
the fact that his body struck the
ground In such a position as to per.
nit the cars TO pass over without
hnrming him.
Plans for II siX-tlay extension drive
by the Denver Boy Scouts We're laid ut
II meeting OF the scout committee
chnIrmen held In the court house in
Denver. The dates for the drive were
set at Oct 16 to %. The purpose of
the campaign, 1t was decided, will be
to triple the present membership Of
25OOO. 1t also is planned to bronden
the efficiency and the benefits TO both
new and old members.
c. II. Lawrence, formerly u dish
washer In the restaurant OF Uriah
lOhS, tHt EoNiSis >pip't hhH WI" "e'
murdered Oh the road east of Pueblo
the night of Aug. 20, is In the Pueblo
city Jail awaiting investigation. LAW
renee was arrested ut the Union sta
ton in Pueblo after he had been rec
ognized by Fowler resident. He was
known to hnve left Fowler with Long
Aug. 20, and that night, the night of
the murder, II IL charged, he returned
to Fowler and occupied Longs room.
At 4 o'clock the next morning he dis
appeared in al. automobile which
called for him. He claims to have no
knowledge of the murder and to hive
Just been released from Minnequn hos
pitul In Pueblo, hut hospital nuthOri-
ties deny that such Ii the case.
The In Juntu Lions Club has been
launched following an extensive visit
Of C. Bird Gould, field director of the
The club Is composed OF