Cheyenne record., 1921-04-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

a,,t,, show committee which Is ar
r,noing this years exhibit OF tne
worI,,.s leading motor cars whici 10 "
he held In the municipal Auu''oi'u" ~
Denver, April to 0. There are '''" "n!
features which will make eaei' u'.' un
night a sort of society event OF 1or''"l
nature Another feature OF the show
which Is In keeping with the idea VI
formali,y is the serving OF reires,''
mepts. Arrangements are peihs ''"u.
bv the Colorado Manufacturers anu
Merchants Association to serve eoii.e
and cakes and other refreshments ~
100000 people during the week ~
carry out this plan guides Will cohouc'
parties each afternoon ana e'e,'"s
through the basement OF the Au"''o'
ium, where special eNhlDl's VI
Co,orodo.made goods will be ex-
n,oined. At this time the ASSOCIATION
will serve refreshments - Colorado'
made, Of course.
Road projects for Colorado agsre-
yatinp s253,344 were submitted 10 the
federal public roads bureau D! ,"e
State Highway Commission, OF WHICH
s1o4976.46 will be paid by the govern
ment if approval is made by DISTRICT
Engineer ]. s. Bright. One ana tliree-
tenths miles Of concrete road between
Fort Collins and LOveland constitutes
one of the projects, to cost So4,oo3.2l.
One md one-tenths miles in Boulder
county, running south from l.ongnoht'
will cost $47,3S1.O7, the road also 10
be of concrete; while third concrete
road project embraces four and -FOUR
tenths miles between Brighton and
Denver, In Adams county, the estlmat-
ed cost of which is S151 1,910.I2.
Richard Wlnnerah, 12-year-old
schOolbOy of Ouray county. Is the
champion talker of Colorado. He was
awarded first prize In the annual ora
torical contest conducted by the Colo
RADIO Association of County Superin-
tendents and Institute Workers at
Corona school In Denver. Eighth grade
pupils from every county In the state
connected. At the same time Mildred
Akey, pretty little 13-yenr-old miss of
Wray, Colo, was declared the cham
pion eighth grade word speller of the
state.
Pahaske tepee. the building which
Is to house the Buffalo Bill museum
on Lookout mountain near Colonel
COdy's grave, is rapidly nearing COM
pletion and it is expected 1t will be
thrown open to tourists by June l. The
city of Denver is erecting the building
in conjunction with Buffalo Bills fOs-
ter son, Johnny Baker, who has been
granted the concession, and will con-
duct first-class restaurant and pa
vilion 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 decision rendered
by Judge Charles c. Butler of the Dis.
trict Court at Denver. The validity of
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
petition with the Utilities Commission
to extend the order permitting the
MOffat road to operate on a 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 l.
Hysterically accusing them of break.
ing up her home, Mrs. John Haner, SO
years old, wife of n hOmesteader and
mother of seven children. residing four
miles south Of Center. Colo, shot and
instantly killed n. II. RelafOrd and
Frank +. Schmid. She fired five shots
at RelafOrd and three at Schmid, all
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. L. Mad
docks, former Colorado Springs con.
tractor, and Frank Peterson, both Sim
Ia high school students, have confessed
to rifling postoffice mail sacks of reg.
istered mail and of robbing the postof-
flee itself at Simla of sums which IN.
tai $1,000. police say at Colorado
Springs.
All along the Grand river and the
Gunnison river farmers are busy rim.
rapping the banks of the river to ru.
pair places damaged by high waters
last spring when the floods from ,be
hills broke all records and did boIf n
million damage in western Colorado
Model reservoir has yielded I'm tho
bodies of two Of four Berwind youtbs
VINO were drowned while boating on
the lake March 10. Search which bos
gone on unremittingly, was rewarded
when drag hooks lowered from n roft
brought up the bodies.
George NJ. Taylor, receiver for the
Cripple Creek Short Line railroad. bas
announced that the limo u,,,, ~.