Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-05-25
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


relay here it closed one OF the great
EST track meets in the history OF tiie
conference, Colorado Z. walked OIL
with the honors, but not without
harder battle than was expected Dy the
dopesters. The Utah Aggies with their
star distance man. Hart, gave Willard
and the other Silver and Gold athletes
n battle that will live long in the an
mails of Rocky Mountain tracks. But
Willard led the state men 10 victory
himself scoring fifteen points with
first in the hundred. broad jump anu
ooO.vard dash. The Utah Aggies
copped 80 points while State was tax
ing 40, and Colorado College came
third with %.
Colorado Springs.-Charles DeFries
famous painting of Theodore Roose-
yelt as n scout, over which the col
onel and the artist Quarreled regard
ing the price. has been placed on
permanent exhibition in the Chamber
of Commerce at Colorado Springs by
Prof. ]. X. Bevis, an ndmirer ana
close friend of Roosevelt. When the
colonel refused to pay an increase OF
several thousand dollars in the agreed
price of the portrait De Fries painted
over his signature in the corner and
substituted that of "Charles De Foe
Professor Bevis, an ordnance expert
and designer of bullets used by Amer
lean forces in the world war. bought
-lr tn,
Denver.-At a dinner Of the Civic
and Commercial Association in the
Denver Club recently. c. A. johnson
| of the real estate bureau said, "The
time is ripe to start something. A
world exposition for Denver seems
feasible because it gives a goal to
work toward At least, 1t is worthy
| of investigation" Mr.. johnson and
Robin H. Davis. president of the as
sociation, were authorized by the
body to appoint committee OF three
or five members to get in touch with
other exposition cities and report at
some later date upon the possibilities
of such q move in Denver.
Pueblo.-As q preparedness meas.
ure In case Pueblo should ever again
be Inundated as 1t was last June. a
flood emergency rescue organization
has been formed with more than three
hundred men appointed to act in any
such event. The men will be detailed
to seven sections Of the Fountain and
Arkansas rivers and will do patro
duty ut times of high water. Ths
measure Is being taken through co
operation Of the city parks and high
way department. the police and healtt
departments. Dayton Morgan Engineer
Company. the American Legion, Rec
Cross und Pueblo county.
Las Animas. Enraged because
Emilio Lopez. Is years old. while net
ing us hat boy recently for the Giants
n Las Animas baseball team. rusiie,
/ up to him and grabbed buscl'nli bu
| ont Of his hands that hud been callc,
for by n player. lose villa. 2G year.
| old. stabbed the lad, according 10 ry,
witnesses. with long hladed r"'ke
knife. inflicting n deep wound fou
inches long just below The heart.
Bouller-A class Of nearly 300 Is tC
he graduated by the University oi
| Colorado. June 12. II was announced
here. the number depending upon the
scholastic work for the remainder OF
the term. Seniors who are up in their
studies were excused from all exam.
nations for the first time in the his
tory of the Institution, this being done
10 allow them more time for their com
mencement week exercises
Denver. The citizens mlitar,
training camp will be held at Fort LO
gan. Colo. during July anh August o.
this year. All applications must bt
in by June l. though same mailed or
May 81 will receive consideration. Al
equipment. railroad fare
meals. etc, are paid by the govern
ment If application is accepted. 1t is
expected that 700 men will be in CAM
this year.
Denver.-Though agricultural condi
in all parts of the country during the
past eighteen months, and in most
states the number OF farms in opera
tion this year is less than the number
operated last year. there is apparently
a lnrger nu.nDer of farms being oper.
ated in Colorado this year than ever
before. Reports Of county assessors to
the State immigration Department,
now about one-third complete, indicate
that there will be an increase of at
least 800 in the number of farms re-
ported this year over 1921, and the
actual acreage under cultivation will
be slightly greater than that for last
year.
Trinidad.-More than 100 delegates
and their friends from Denver, with
the entire cast and properties of the
Lions Club minstrel show, recently
staged in Denver. attended the district
convention of the Lions Clubs here.
The attendance of the convention was
one Of the largest on record for the
Lions. Lions from southern Colorado