The state herald., 1921-01-07
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts of
Colorado
twe,,ern N.-p.psr Union Ns.. s.ric.. }

Eier slave and pioneer of Middle park
IS dead.
II. v. Billington of Denver has beer
appointed state supervisor Of trade!
and industrial education at the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College.
County commissioners of Gunniscl
expect to spend $1,000 on the Black de
sa road and about $4,000 on the road
from Gunnison to Somerset.
Thieves entering an army goods store
at Loveland robbed the establishment
Of about $500 worth of merchandise
including sheep-lined overcoats, sever.
al blankets, shoes. shirts and other ar
ticles of army clothing.
Complete arrangements have been
made for the twenty-first annual con.
vention of the Retail Merchants AS.
ISOLATION of Colorado. which is to be
held at Colorado Springs January II,
IS md 10.
Mistaking strychnlne pills for Christ
mas candy, Marguerite Schneider, 3
years old. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Schneider. living on a ranch
east Of Colorado Springs, died after
she had swallowed quantity of the
poison.
There is snow enough In North park
to need the snow plow on the Colo
rado, Wyoming & Eastern, the train
to Walden being drawn by two en-
sines. At Foxpark, the crest of the
mountains, the thermometer registered
10 degrees below zero recently.
Nine wildcats In two days is the
record kill made by Raymond ZInky,
D. Decker. S. II. Blethem and W. X.
fparnham, who returned to Colorado
Springs with their trophies. The Wild
cats were killed at Decker Springs, on.
ly a short distance from that city.
Nearly 100 entries were made at the
annual poultry show of the Colorado
Poultry Fanciers' Association in Den.
yer Chickens. geese and pigeons from
Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas and Colo.
RADIO were on display at the show. ID.
n. Heimlich, noted poultry expert from
Jacksonville, H., Judged the entries.
Two thousand dollars in travellers
,hecks which were being transported
rom the Continental Bank and Trust
Company of Chicago TO the Farmers
,tate Bank at Sedgwick, and other val
iable mail to an undetermined amount
were stolen by unidentified thieves
from the station platform at Sedgwlck,
Colo.
The frozen body of Severance Ben
ton, GO years old, owner OF non-irri-
gated homestead fifteen miles south
west OF Virgins, was found In his
shack by nelghbors who visited the
place. Benton had been dead for sew.
ernl days and Is presumed to have died
from exposure and lack Of medical at.
rentIon.
A company hms been orgenlzed com.
posed Of DeBcque business men. stock.
growers and oil shnlc operators In
western Colorado TO construct mod.
ern hotel at DeBcQue at cost OF S75,-
O0o. The proposed hotel is to have
fifty rooms, all Of which win be fur.
nlshed In the most up.to-dnte manner.
A site FOR the building has already
been secured and It is expected to start
building operations early in the spring
a unique plan to relieve the strin.
gency IN money matters which is be-
ing felt By farmers has been proposed
and Will likely BIZ nut into effect nj
Seibert. II Is proposed by local mer-
chants and other business people to
allow farmers credit on their whent
ana corn on hand TO the extent OF 81
a bushel on the former and - cents
on the latter. \ mortgage and bond 10
guarantee delivery OF this grain Ia
May VIII be taken.
TAe sundry civil bill reported to the
House IN Washington carries S37I. 900
FOR The Grand Valley reclamation pro
jcct aud $4,000 for the rncompal-
gre project
one bushel OF hnnd.pIckcd Turkey
Red wheat has brought Ralph x. Davis
OF Nloffat county siT.T0 IN prize mon.
ey. The hushcl wns first taken 10
Craig for the community fair, where
1t won first award and Sii.T0 In mer.
chnndlse Then II took the first prize
OF 81 nj Mnybell and 81 first premium
at the Colorado state fair This wheat
was awarded fifth premium at the In
tornatIonal Hay and Grain Show IN
Cnicngo, Mr.. Davis receiving s25.
There Is considerable stir In oil
shnlc possibilities In Rio Blnnco coun.
ty Mt present. II appears that II fnil.
ure to do the assessment work before
December 3ist or claims initiated
prior to the pnssns. OF the leasing bill
10y Congress last February means That
private control thereof comes ~ nn
cnd for all time, npd hence tho locat.
rs are busy oDdenyoring Ia perform
le work 50 that they cnn hold on nm.
ihcr year, during which time they
mud good chance OF selling out and
nl;ing n "sinke."
Approximately $4,000 hns been
.rotaa1 In Denyer alueo naeofnbpr tpfI