The Keota news., 1921-07-29
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

ms cOMpleteu the IeuSSc""'"S W '"N'
townships along the Platte river In the
southwest part Of Weld county ANA
turns In figures showing loss ot
Sls4. 800 to property along twelve niles
of the course Of the river. One tbou'
sand acres Of land IL damaged for .
total Of Sll7.5O. On this land prop
erty loss Of &67 .O0O is given. Including
q total lOss Of 40 acres of beetx. $S'.'
OOO; 10 acres Of cabbage. $1,000; 3O
acres Of wheat. 5000: 40 acres ut
cOrn. $1,000: 100 acres Of oats. $:,aO.
Tired of waiting for the state high
way commission to build the bridges
damaged ar wnshe,i out by the flood OF
June .. the lArimer county commits
siOncrx have started tn build three
bridges without state or national help.
The bridge across Little Thompson.
south Of BerthOud. will be put In first.
II will liz wON.len bridge. The bridge
nj Bir,l dump. where the approach was
washed M hndiy Tint another span will
l,e required. will also liz started. nnd
the bridge over the Big Thompson II
tile third.
Colorado Springs doesn't intend
that II shall liz known ax heaven on
earth. though, Its streets arc 10 liz
paved gold. This gold will be poured
into cement mixtures nnd used lO flu.
ish xiOD.GOO paving job. The rock
which will l,c used to makc the paving
IL io come from the dump Of the old
vindicnior mine nt Cripple Creek. In
this dump according tn reports made
by mining engineers und axssa,yO Mny
l,e found thousands Of dollars worth
Of pure gold.
John Morgan. 0-yent.oid son Of
fn,Mk Morgan. u sl,,~'pm,nn. was In.
~tnmtly killed an Harlow creek. ten
miles n"ril, Of lticn. when he Was
caught 10y rock slide. His head wus
crushed smd his lsosiy bu.ily bruised.
Aleml'crx Of tie family und friends
frMm the Morgan sheep camp on
Lizard Head were siwnsilng the tlay
fishing ani plcnIckins. The children
were rolling rocks down the mountain
when the rUck slide caught young
Morgan.
Mrs. Alvrciiic Miller has l,ccn ar.
rested n, Fort Collins ON tho charge of
l'rins accessory before the fMct In a
hurgiariximK Of several tml,ims In the
Zig Thompson cahon last winter. fol.
lowing tho report Of the Jury III the
district court cunvictinE her two SONS.
J. R. Miller AMI George Miller. of bur-
glnry on the charge 0f stealing various
articles from the cabins. The court
granted the hrUilrrs fifteen days In
which tn file motion for n new iriml.
Owing io the inability of the ,mcm,.
hers of Greenwood Post. q. \. H., To
climb the stairs tO their old meeting
quarters In the Old Fellows building
at Canon City. tile county commission
ers have given them 4 room on the
first floor Of the courthouse opposite
that Of the county superintendent of
sclso0ls for their use In holding their
meetings. Since tile first Of the yenr
OrccnwOd Post Inns decreased In mum.
l'rrs from forty.fivc Ia ihiriy.scvcn.
Fully 10000 trn,lr unionis,x nrc ex.
lwctcsl tn march In Dcnvcr's nnnunl
Labor DWy pnra'ie. Monday. September
3. members Of the Joint Labor Day
committee Of the Denver Trudcs and
Labor Assembly and the Building
Trades Council said yesterday. Far
more than this number will gnthcr In
tl'e afternoon and evening. they pre-
dict. for tho picnic which the organized
labor bosl'es Ct the city will promote
Rt Lakeside.
Troop headquarters Of the Colorado