The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-02-25

municipal Auditorium Feb. 20 for the
annual five days show OF Colorado
Industrial exhibits. Officials Of Den.
yer retail stores are laying plans for
giant displays Of ColOrad0-made goods
In their windows and show cases. and
during the business week Of Feb. 2025,
the many products Of Colorado manu-
facturers will be brought to the ntten-
tion of Denver citizens and visitors as
only Is possible during the annual In
dustrlal exposition. Exhibitors from
the four corners OF the state have re-
served space In the Auditorium booths
already under construction. Not I'LL OF
the exhibits will be Denver ones, by
any means. and other points In the
state will be fully represented In all
lines of industry.
Monte Vistn.-MOrc than 600 men
and women sat down ut the ninth an
nual banquet Of the Monte Vista Hog
Growers Association In the assembly
room of the state armOry, breaking all
previous records Of attendance mt ban
Quets In the San Luis valley. The ban
quet marked the ending OF the sixth
annual stock show of the High Order
of Grunts. This banquet has now be.
come the big annual event Of the San
Luis valley md men and women from
all parts OF the region were present.
Fort Colllns.--When their autOmo-
bile left the canon road near the Big
NarrOws In Cache Ia Poudre canon be-
cause of defective steering gear and
plunged end over end seventy-five feet
down the cliff to the bottom of the
cafiOn, the four occupants of the car
all escaped injury with the exception
that one suffered n possible fractured
rib. Deputy County Surveyor Walter
Edwards, Herbert Peasley, Elmer
Pearson and Paul Lass We're the Occu.
pants OF the car.
Denver.-Applicatio Of the Foun-
drymen's Association for permission
to make cut OF 10 per cent In wages
to all foundry help in nine Denver
plants has been refused by the State
Industrial Commission. The order
was entered by Commissioners Joseph
Z. Bell and W. !. Reilly md declared
said request for reduction ut this
time Is unreasonable and unjust"
Hiram f. Hits. the third member of
the commission, did not concur In the
award.
PuebIo.-What Is believed by police
to be nm organized gnng Of hOldup men
md store robbers has been broken up
BY the arrest Of four men here. One
Of the men has confessed nnd much
Of the loot from several stores In Pu-
eblO and drug store In PenrOse, Colo,
has been recovered In the home OF an
other. The men arrested are Lester
Allen. Raymond Ray, Sam Rotolo and
Elmer Beasley. The value OF the loot
taken from the stores Ii about $l.JO.
AvOndnle.- made two big
hauls in this town recently. The Tny-
lOr Mercantile Company and the Avon
dale pOsfOffice, located In the same
building, have checked their losses
into thousands OF dollars. Cash, mon
ey orders, stamps and merchandise
were taken from the safc. In the sec
ond saft-cracking Job the entire pny-
roll of the Avondale Alfalfa Milling
Company, amounting to several thou
sand dollars, was taken.
Pueblo.-PolIceman II. FOuch Of the
Pueblo police department has been
taken back to the county jail following
the verdict Of the eoroner's Jury which
probed the killing by the officer of
Mike Livecchi, pool hall owner. The
jury's verdict was that fOuch was not
Justified In the act. Charges will b..
filed by the district attorney.
Notwithstanding to word received
from Washington. bill introduced In
Congress through the Department of
the Interior provides for the approprin-
ton Of $7l4OOO for the Uncompaghre
and Grand Valley irrigation projects.
on the Colorado western slope and for
the Rocky Mountain park system.
GOlden.-WOrk has been started on
the construction OF an indoor tennis
court on the drill floor OF the state
a,lnory recently acquired by the State
School OF Mines. This will be the first
covered court TO be constructed In this
state and serves ms nm indication of
the Increased popularity OF the sport
among the student body of the stnte
Institution. Other schools will no doubt
follow the lead Of the Mines, and all
year tennis will be common.
Denver.-GovernOr ShOup Inns re-
signed as one of the vice presidents Of
the "American Committee for Russian
Famine Relief" following report from
Secretary Of Commerce Hoover that
the committee Ia an organization OF
alleged red agents. who propose to col
iect funds for the soviet government
from the American people, according
to announcement here.
Denver.-Fat cattle and sheep from
the feed lots of northern Colorado des-
tined for sale on the markets OF Chi
cagO and Omaha have begun to pass
through Denver In large shipments,