The Colorado statesman., 1921-07-02
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
(we,lsru Newspaper Union NV, serlce)

OF lIlt movie SlhlS Will .lllt iN9hAA AtNN
he has left Fort Morgan for Califor-
mia to play the leading part in a pic
ture.
Because his parents were unable to
find physician and were Ignorant OF
home remedy methods, Clyde Schmee-
exile, 2-yenr-old son of William
Schmeeckle, farmer living three
miles east Of New Raymer, died of rat
tlesnake bite.
Edward Mcconnell, 80 years old,
prosperous farmer and owner of =
1OO-acre ranch thirty miles southwest
of Colorado Springs, Colo, has been
arrested by Federal Dry Agents John
X, Smith and Fred Mangold on liquor
violation charges. He was released
on bond.
Colorado Game and Fish Protective
Association has launched campaign
for 10000 members before Aug l ana
is offering prizes for those who bring
in the largest number of members
There are $1.5O and 81 memberships,
and women are eligible to membership
and to compete for the prizes.
OIulltu Oll u hANNA
Fort Morgan, the automobile of l.. E.
Jeffery of Brush was completely de-
molished by a freight train. Mr.. JEFF
fery, his wife and baby saved their
lives by leaping from the machine
when they saw the train, travelling at
high rate of speed, bearing down on
them.
The Apple Mercantile Company's
store building and cream station, the
Kitzmlller drug store, large ice
house. the building and printing of
flee of the Tribune, and Woods Bro
Tiers building were all destroyed by
fire recently at Eckley, Colo. The to-
tai loss is estimated mt more than
$4,000.
Farmers residing in the vicinity of
the eastern edge of Ell Paso county
were compelled to work in shifts i'll
the fight which was waged to eradi-
cate the hordes of grasshoppers which
/ laid waste farm land and threatened
destruction of many acres of valuable
crops. Trenches, twenty miles long,
were dug in many places by the farm
| ers.
The separate maintenance suit OF
Mrs. Mabel Grinnell against Leslie n.
Maupn of Boulder was dismissed by
Judge Neil f. Graham in the District
Court upon presentation of stipula-
ton that satisfactory adjustment
had been made This action was taken
several hours after Judge Graham had
granted Mrs Grinnell So a month ali
mony and ST5 attorney fees.
Another link has been added to the
Durango Silverton highway, which, al
though completed last year, has never
officially been declared open. The
highway will be known as the Duran
go-SilvertOn- Ouray highway, it being
decided to include the former famous
! toll road between Silverton and Ouruy
as part of the highway. This route
will permit tourists to travel through
the most scenic part of the United
| States.
Thirty-two cavalry horses to serve
as mounts for Troop b of the Colo
RADIO National Guard cavalry have ar
| rived in Denver from the government
remount station at Fort Robinson, Ne
braska, according to an announcement
by Can't Il. II. Jancke, the command
ing officer of the troop. The horses,
which are said to represent the finest
type of cavalry mount, are all of the
same color, IA deep bay, and Troop
will be known henceforth rs the bay
horse troop" Captain Jancke said.
Registration at the University of
| Colorado closed with 1918 students on
rolled for the first term, which Will
| close July 20. The second term VIII
| open the following day and continues
| for period of six weeks. Many of the
present students are expected to stop
at the end of the first term, and new
ones will undoubtedly enter, as many
| Inquiries have been received.
The dam at Marshall lake will not
be rebuilt for the present at least ac-
cordlng to A. ]. Shaw, receiver of the
Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation
! Company, owners of the structure. In
asmuch as the dam is safe for the
present." said Mr.. Shaw, "and because
we believe it to be to the interests of
the farmers, whose lands we irrigate,
! the water will not be drawn out
| Melvin Hill Smlth, 20 years olu' 'ne
grandson and heir of Eben Smith, pio-
neer mining man of Colorado, was
killed recently when machine he was
driving crashed into "A stone pillar on
a Los Angeles street. Jack II. Abbott
a Los Angeles patrolman, riding with
Smith, also met death in the accident
and girl companion of Abbott, Jean
cite Bruneault, IS years old was seri-
ously injured.
Admission by officials of the Colo
RADIO New Beer Manufacturing Com
pany of Pueblo that 259 barrels OF
| beer had been manufactured ana sofa