Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-02-16
COLORADO NEWS NOTES:

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rho colorado Industrial Exposition ana
Prosperity Carnival will open n! W
municipal Auditorium Feb. ~ 1or VIZ
annual five days show OF Coior,'u'
industrial exhibits. Officials OF Den
YER retail stores are laying plans io'
RANT displays of ColoradO-made eoods
in their windows and show cases, anu
during the business week OF req. -o1-''
the many products Of Colorado manu-
faeturers will be brought to the atten-
tion of Denver citizens and visitois a.
only is possible during the annual III
dustrial exposition. Exhibitors from
the four corners of the state have re-
served space In the Auditorium booths
s,ready under construction. Not al OF
the exhibits will be Denver ones, ny
any means, and other points III the
state will be fully represented In all
lines OF industry.
Monte. vista.-More than COO men
and women sat down at the nihth uh-
pual banquet OF the Monte vista Hns
Growers Association in the assembly
room OF the state armory, breaking all
nreyious records Of attendance at ban
auets In the San Luis valley. Ihe Dan
0uet marked the ending of the skin
annual stock show of the High order
of Grunts. This banquet has now be-
come the big annual event of the san
Luis valley and men and women from
all parts Of the region were present.
Fort Collins.-When their automo-
bile left the cafion rond near the Big
Narrows in Cache la POudre canon be-
cause Of defective steering gear ami
plunged end over end seventy-five feet
down the cliff to the bottom of the
canon, the four occupants of the car
all escaped injury with the exception
that one suffered possible fractured
rib. Deputy County Surveyor Walter
Edwards. Herbert Peasley, Elmer
Pearson and Paul Lass were the occu'
pants of the car
Denver.-Application of the Foun'
drymen's Association for permission
to make n 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
G. Bell and W. l. Reilly and declared
said request for n reduction ut this
time is unreasonable and unjust
Hiram f. Hits, the third member OF
the commission, did not concur In the
award.
Pueblo.-What is believed by police
to be an organized gang Of holdup men
and store robbers has been broken up
BY the arrest of four men here. One
of the men has confessed and 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 is about Sl.5OO.
AvOndale.- -Cracksmen made two big
hauls in this town recently. The Tay-
lor Mercantile Company and the Avon
dale postoffice, located in the same
building, have checked their losses
into thousands OF dollars. Cash, mon
ey orders. stamps and merchandise
were taken from the safe. 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 coroner'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 be
filed by the district attorney.
Notwithstanding to word received
from Washington, bill introduced in
Congress through the Department of
the Interior provides for the appropria
tiOn of S714, 900 for the Cncompaghre
and Grand Valley irrigation projects.
on the Colorado western slope and for
the Rocky Mountain park system.
Golien-WOrk has been started on
the construction of an indoor tennis
court on the drill floor OF the state
arlnOry recently acquired by the State
SStIlOtl vi lIlltS. HIS Will bt lIt IlTSt
covered cUurt 10 be constructed IN this
state and serves as an indication of
the increased popularity of the sport
among the student body of the state
institution. Other schools will no doubt
follow the lead of the Mines, and all
year tennis will be common
Denver.-Governor Shoup has 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 is an organization of
alleged red agents, who propose to col
lect funds for the soviet government
from the American people, according
to announcement here.
Denver.-Fst 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.