The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-17
Pitky News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado

mile from the Cody monument, accord
Ing 10 Joseph Setter of Denver, owner
Of the land.
william Grahum, G3 years old, living
alone on ranch fifteen miles south
cabin by William McCrecdy, n neigh
Dor. Coroner Smalzried of Victor took
charge of the body and declared
Graham died natural death.
Gladys Irene, the 1-year-old daugh-
ter OF Lewis Williams. was fatally
burned mt her home near Oleson. She
was taken to Fort Morgan for metll-
cal treatment, but died. The child's
clothes caught fire, 1t is believed, from
the kitchen range when the mother
had gone to the well.
The first OF the 700 seventy-ton gon-
dOla dump cars ordered by the Denver
4 Rio Grande Western railroad Will
be delivered Jan. /. The 700 cars
were ordered to take care of increns.
ing business along the road. and will
he for handling cOnl, principally,
though they can be used for any cargo
that Is dumped. The cars will be of
the very latest pattern.
The Farmers Alfalfa Milling Com
pany Of Brighton charges that cure
lessness on the part of employees of
the Union Pacific Railroad Company
caused the destruction by fire of its
Brighton plant Oct. II. 1921, In n suit
filed In the Federal Court. The petit
tIon states that sparks from loco
motive started the blaze. The COM
pany asks $1s.935.77 damages.
Frank Lux, 15-yeur-old Shelbyville,
Ind, boy, won the sweepstakes In the
junior corn contest Mt the Information
al Grain and Hay Show in Chicago.
The Judges declared his tcn-car sam
pie the best ever exhibited. District
winners in the Junior corn contest for
which special premium list was Of
fered by the Chicago board OF trade.
in addition to the $4,000 in prizes, In
ciuded George Hoffman, Jr., Cliff,
Colo.
The United States government,
which recently put In service armed
marines to protect mnil clerks and
malls, have placed government locks
on all mail wagons In Denver, taking
keys from drivers, ind also installed
armed guards In the offices OF the col
lector Of internal revenue In the Gus
toms house. with probability that
burglar alarm system Will be added as
additional protection in the latter de-
partment.
OIL and gasoline tax collections by
the state oil Inspector for November
exceeded those of the corresponding
period last year by s24.Si4.27. This in
crease was due, officials said. to the
recent decision OF the State Supreme
Court unfolding the legality of the tax
on gasoline and kerosene. The total
collections by the department for No
vember, 1870. were $51, 54S.SS, md
those of last month were SIC, 39S.5S.
The increased collections amounted to
4s per cent more than those Of the
same period In 1920.
w. H. Kellogg, 40 years old. Boul
der grocer, died at the University hos
pital from an attack OF lockjaw. Ac-
c0rtlinG to local physicians, this is the
third death from this cause In the his
tory of Colorado. Kellogg ran nail
into his foot Thanksgiving Day while
visiting at the home of a neighbor.
The foot became infected, hut the in
Jury was not considered serious at the
time. In q few days Kellogg's leg be-
gan to stlffen and the stiffness grad
ually spread through his body and af
fected his jaws. He wns rushed to the
hospital, hut efforts to save him were
unsuccessful.
An Invitation to Henry C. Wallace,
secretary Of agriculture, to attend the
National Western stock Show In Den
yer next month will he delivered in
Washington by former Gov. T.. NJ. Am
mons, president OF the Western Stock
Show Association. Secretary Wallace
virtually has acceded to the request of
the program committee OF the Ameri.
can National Live Stock Association
to be present at the annual convention
Of that body In Colorado Springs just
before the stock show In Denver.
P. N. Webster Of Fort Collins has
setter that had even better luck than
he did on one Of their trips recently.
The pit on the shore OF the lake where
Webster decided to shoot was not big
enough to conceal both himself and
the dog. 80 the dog received instruc-
lions to remain at the automobile un-
til wanted. Webster failed to get any
ducks and returned to the car to 20
home. The dog. who was sitting In the
back seat, nudged Webster In the Ribs
as he was preparing to stnrt the car.
When Webster turned around the dog
showed him duck he had caught and
brought to the car. The duck, which
WINS still alive, Ind had wing broken
near the tip and couldn't fly well.
Three bandits entered the Parker
State Bank at Parker, locked the
young woman clerk In the vault and
gathered up what cash was In sight,