Cheyenne record., 1921-04-14
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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final reading thereby assuring STATE
hospital and medical school for Colo
rado.
The kersey drug store was robbed
of 5000 worth Of high graoe Ipercfhn-
disc by thieves who used HI autoIDe-
bile 10 carry the loot. There is no
clew 10 the thieves.
The trial Of RienLi Dickens, charged
with the murder Of his aged father,
william H Dickens banker of Long
mont. Nov. 30. 1915. has been post
poned until September.
The preliminary report issued .!
The census bureau Of the State hmm
Erztion Department for the Coiorhoo
Year Book shows that The total area
Of irrie.ted land in 1919 wks 3.S4s-3s9
acres Rs compared 10 2-7a2.u acres in
1863. This is gain Of la.s per cent
A Bohemian metal miner who IS
known rs Thomas Adams YES shot and
fatally wounded by Walter E Behr-
superintendent Of the electric power
station. Idaho Springs while he IVES
trying TO kin Town Marshal William
Ives with long knife
, The Fort Collins American Legion
has started a movement 10 have set
aside q tract Of forest land near Estes
Park for playground for ex-service
men Of the stste and elsewhere. site
also is asked for an institution for e1-
service men who are suffering from ru-
berculotis.
The city Of Denver formally with
drew its suit against the highway con-
mission. which aroused storm Of pro-
test from throughout the state when
City Attorney James A Marsh sp-
peared In person before Judge c. J.
Morley of the District Court in Den
yer.
With -four business buildings now
under way in the heart Of the business
section OF Grand Junction about ten
new buildings in course Of erection and
many more planned for early starring
the building boom is taking form rap
idly. There is bitter battle on
assins, rent hogs
The Holly Sugar Corporation. oper-
sting a factory in Swink- has just is
sued checks sggregsting Sl25G0 10
farmers. the amount of the bonus Of
81 ton promised last year Contracts
for this year are coming in rapidly.
with every promise Of the usual large
acreage. contrary 10 recent reports
that the factory would not operate this
year.
The residents Of Ophir and Ophir
Loop have drawn petition asking the
state highway 10 aid them in building
a road between Ophir and Silverton-
The proposed road would follow the
old wagon road in many places and the
expense of the road will be COMPARE
lively small. II Is the plan 10 have the
Ophir road to join the Silreron-Dursn-
20 highway at Hoffman park
Ole Hansen. g.. a resident Of Jeffer-
son county for nearly forty years,
whose home was two miles east Of
Golden. was gored to death By bull
on q neighbor.ng ranch while attempt
ing to save the life Of q woman. Han
sen was working in his field when Mrs.
Bureiand. mother-in-law Of Steve Rog-
ers, who owns the bull. shouted for
Hansen 10 come to her assistance.
Congressmen Taylor and vaile Of
Colorado and thirty-six other congress
men are home from a trip to Panama.
While there they were special guests
Of American officials Of the canal zone,
and attended a reception given by
President Porras of the republic Of
Panama En- route home they stopped
at Jamaica. and also touched at Cuba,
where they visited the Atlantic feet
Gamblers and bootleggers are re-
sponsible, IL is believed. for the murder
of Marshal Jack Lindamood at Foun-
tain. Colo. when il was at first
thought the sensational crime had been
committed by gang Of bank robbers
in an attempt to rob the First National
Bank AT that place
With assurance Of approximately q
go 600 allotment by the federal bio
logical survey for the Colorado district
the coming fiscal year, coupled with
the $4,000 annual appropriation by
the State Legislature, L. B. Crawford.
chief predatory animal inspector. has
announced he will start an immediate
campaign for the determination Of the
mountain lions and the gray wolves
in Colorado.
The Stevens-Barr Lumber Company
at Frazier. Colo, suffered a $4,000
loss from a fire which broke out in
the planning mill Of the plant. The
planning mill and 10000 feet Of lumber
were completely destroyed. The other
buildings of the company were saved
from loss by the prompt arrival Of fire
fighters and equipment on a special
engine dispatched from Tabernash. The
cause Of the fire is unknown.
Nitrogiycerin and crowbars opened
the vault Of the Bennett State Bank at
Bennett, Colo, for a robber gang, but
nothing Of value was taken. 1t is be.
lieved the robbers were frightened
away. The safe, containing in the