Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-16
COLORADO NEWs:NoTEs.

| .,, " eh'iusiastS ike to test
sneir cars-resulted In the deaths of
e sour persons and the injury of the
ni'h. Inc dead are: Lynn Rohling.
sou ot one OF Fort Collins most prom.
'heht merchants, and former army
chauffeur; Mrs. Lynn Rohllng. his
"'ie' Otto Prather. chemist at the
sugar factory; Frederick L. Sandsness.
student ut the Colorado Agricultu.
RAJ College, Fort Collins. The injured [:
Meth Boltz, pianist, who was thrown
clear.
Pueblo. - Representatives of the
teams OF the southern Colorado high
school athletic conference met in Pu.
eDlo recently for the purpose of
amending the conference constitution
anu taking UP the matter Of basket.
Dull schedule. Central and Centennial
or Pueblo were represented, the other
schools being Canon City, Florence,
trinidad, Walsenburg, Leadville, Sa-
iida and Colorado Springs. Walsen-
Durg may not play In the league be-
cause OF lack of an adequate floor on
which to practice.
Sterling.-Guy Bruy, "a years old, of
Merino, Colo, who was charged with
the murder of Deputy Sheriff b. ].
wilson ut Merlno on the night of May
q, slashed his throat In the county
jail ut Sterling and died almost Instant
ly. Bray had made 1t practice to
shave and cut the hair Of other prison.
ers In the Jail and asked for u razor
Tor his customary work. He locked
two other prisoners In the cage of the
jail and went to the bathroom to per-
form his act of suicide,
Denver.-TwO women were killed,
another was shot down and two police
men were wounded by whIsky-crazed
negro who ended bloody battle by
blowing out his own brains. The shoot
Ing occurred in the hall Of 2443 Tre-
mont place. Walter Jones, the killer,
had held seventy-five police ut bay for
half an hour. Mrs. Holmes Wilson,
colored, was shot and almost instantly
killed in the house Lulu Jones, cousin
of the slayer, died ut the county hos.
pitnl later.
Pueblo.-E. D. Sprulll, w. D. Keen
and Thomas Kelly, all wcll-known real
estate men of Pueblo. have been ap-
pointed by District Judge james A.
Park to act as the board Of appraisers
of the flood cOnservancy district. One
Of the members will be elected treas
urcr. The board will appraise all land
to be needed and condemned In order
to carry the flood plans. Arthur Il.
Morgan of the Dayton Morgan engI-
neers is in the city and will assist In
getting the work started.
Fort COllins.-The new armOry at
Fort Collins, which will house company
II, 157th infantry, and the newly or
ganized regimental band, was dedl-
Gated here during snOwstorm with
exercises appropriate to that occasion.
Following a parade in which local
military and patriotic organizations
Joined under the direction Of Maj. G..
II. FRANKIE, commandant at the col
lege, salute was fired and the flag
holsted over the new structure.
Fort Collins-The defeat Of Judge
Gilbert A. Walker of Steamboat
Springs, candidate for reelection to
the district bench In the Fourteenth
district, will mean that hearing in
Il water adjudication case In this dis
trict will have to be repeated. Judge
Walker has returned the files Of the
case to the District Court here with
the statement that he can not reach
a decision in the matter before his sue
cessor takes office.
Pueblo.-John w. Lockin, 70, editor
Of the Sunday Opinion here and a
newspaper man of Pueblo for the last
forty years, died recently in his home.
He had been in falling health for sew
eral years. He was born In Fond du
Lac, Wis. He Is survived by his
daughter, Mrs. Florence e. Brown.
Lockin's weekly newspaper, because OF
the quaint personality Of the editor,
was much read throughout the south
ern end Of the state.
Llttleton.-Grass grew on many OF
the hills in Arapahoe county from Lit
tleton to Byers and Deer Trail this
pust summer, and 1t grew on hills
where grass has not grown before. The
reason for this remarkable fact, &C.
cording to Allyn H. Tedmon, county
extension agent and pest inspector of
Arapahoe county, was a tireless cam
palgn which began early in February
for the exterminatlon of prairie dogs.
1t Is estimated that 81 per cent Of the
dogs were destroyed. "Twelve Of the
were cleaned up in ninet7
DAVIS" said Mr.. Tedmon. "Flve tons
of poisoned oats and TOO pounds of
carbon bIsulphide gas were used"
Denver.-Colorado Is now the only
state in the Union in which timber is
growing faster than 1t is being used,
il was announced by Allen S:''Peck,
district forester of the United States
forest service, on his return from. "a
meeting at Cooley, Ariz.; of officials
Of all eight forest DISTRICTS. Twenty
two billion board feet .!2f timber. is
in Colorado ct the present
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