The Keota news., 1921-07-08
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Martial law has been Iitteu !" Sv
eblo and the city sud county turned
over to the civil authorities BY Colonel
Newton, the military commander. City
authorities have put Into effect all the
regulations made by the military Or
der providing that no person shaii nW
in the streets after 10 no y. ~. with'
out good excuse. No passes will be
| ssuctl. ms was the case under martial
INV. The city has been under martial
law since the flood Of June and dur
Ing Tint time not one house hns been
robbed or single hOldup reported.
Only n few cases Of lOnting occurred
but they were not Important ones
Fifty Colorado Ringers will remain
there Indefinitely and will be In com
mand Of Colonel Newton.
Three hours after suit for &2S.27i
had been filed against him In the uts'
trict Court nj Boulder. Col. J. A.
Owcnby appeared before Judge Nell
+. Graham and confessed judgment.
The suit WAS brought by John W. Gay
nor. u wealthy farmer Of the Ni'wot-
I.ongmont district. who alleged that he
had loaned Colonel Owenby $D.0jO.
which WAS the total Of sixteen notes
issued In the years 1913. 1910 and
1917. OF this indebtedness $500 was
made good To the Farmers National
Bank of I.ongmOni by Mr.. GaynOr.
who signed promissory notes To that
amount. Jointly with Colonel Owcnby.
The threatened Invasion Of Fl Paso
county by n grnxshoppcr army moving
northwest from the southeastern cor.
ncr hnx been avcrtcti. according to J.
e. Hale. county agent. The grnxshOr.
pcrx descended on the county recently
and II was only through the hardest
sort Of work that the pest was stopped
according tn Hale. who declared that
farmers In the community worked day
aud night In their efforts TO head off
tho grasshoppcrx. Poison bran and ar.
senic were used In the battle against
the insects.
II cost the state Of Colorado $4,000
TO nay the salaries of National Guards.
men on duty In the Pueblo food dis.
trict. according to pay roll figures
complied In the office Of Adjt. Gen.
Patrick Hamrock. "roucners for the
pay of guartixmcn 10 the extent Of &27..
500 have already been drawn" said
Colonel Hnmrock In discussing the cx.
I'ense Of guarding tho flooded city,
"and wien the pay rolls for the last
contingent Of troops are completed. the
total will run slightly over $4,000"
Pueblo county property owners, who
suffered financial losses during the
flood carly this month. will receive .
reduction In their tax for 1927. &C.
corsling to an announcement made In
Denver by c. r. Link. member Of the
State Tax Commission. Mr.. Link has
just completed detailed survey Of
the actual damage done In the county
He places the total loss nj 81. 900. 900.
A tax levy on this property will he re-
duced f1ve.twelfths of the original as
scssment. the state official announced
Officials Of the Chamber Of Com
mcrce Of St. Louis have announced
they would request n Carnegie hero
medal for Robert J. Tnylor Of that
city, negro Pullman porter, who Ia
said to have saved twenty.six lives
when Missouri Pacific train No. II
was overturned In the Pueblo flood In
June.
The new Colorado Division of Mar.
keting authorized By the last General
Assembly, has been established. w. NJ
Allewelt Of Greeley was appointed dl.
rector Of the division by the executive
cOn,nittno NJ thn Stnsu 1p1,s ~, - A ~.a