Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Court issued writ against Dslr'c.
Judge Samuel w. johnson OF the FITS
judicial district, commanding MN 10
show cause why he should not be pro.
hibited from trying suit brought
against Secretary of State Milllken by
eight discharged automobile. inspectors
of the state motor vehicle department
william Kelly and seven other dis-
charged inspectors brought suit IN LIZ,
tleton to compel Milliken to- put them
back to. work, claiming the action OF
the General Assembly was illegal.
Greeley.-Five dollars ton for su
gar beets, and probably more, was the
prediction under the sliding scale con-
tract made ut a meeting here OF GREAT
Western Sugar Company officials ana
fleldmen from the Greeley, Eaton,
Windsor and Brighton factories. The
session was the first Of a series to be
held between officials Of the company
and the fieldmen In all districts, to ex-
plain In detail the contract proposed
at the recent conference with the
growers committee in Denver.
Fort LuptOn.-The appointment OF
receiver for the Industrial Sugar Com
pany, large independent sugar manu-
facturer, with a factory at Fort Lup-
ton, has been asked in petition filed
In the District Court by the Hamilton
National Bank, trustee for the COM
pany. The petition states that the last
two sugar campaigns of the company
resulted in heavy losses, and states
that the business of the company due
to present conditions, is largely specu-
lative and uncertain.
Denver.-The amount Of direct
taxes paid per capita in Colorado Is
increasing steadily and rapidly, ac-
cordlng to figures compiled by the
State Immigration Department from
the records Of the State Tax Commits
sion. These figures show that the to-
tai of state. county, municipal and
school taxes assessed in the state In
1920 amounted to $41.95 per capita,
compared with 1854 per capita in
1919. Figures for 1921 are not yet
available.
Colorado Springs.-FollOwing a rob-
berry Mt Falcon, fifteen miles east OF
Colorado Springs, in which merchan-
disc valued ut $1,000 was tuken, Colo
RADIO Springs police have arrested two
men and recovered the full amount OF
loot. The men In jul are: Dave DOtty
and Marion BrattOn, both Of whOme are
,u,un.l b,, tho C,loru6o gprip ys r,Olt no
to have criminal records. 1t Is believed
that several similar rObberies In the
section can bet raced to them, the po-
lice say.
Denver.-The Colorado Society of
the Sons of the American Revolution
elected Judge George H. Bradfield Of
Greeley president of their annual
meeting In the state house recently.
Other officers elected were Victor f..
Keyes. vice president; james Polk
Willard of Denver, secretary; Walter
d. WynkoOp, treasurer; Lathrop NJ.
Taylor, Fort Collins, historian and the
Rev. Frederick A. Hatch Of Pueblo,
chaplain.
LeadvIlle.-Sazino Azcno was sho.
md killed during fight at dance
here. and Mike La Zado is in jnil here
charged with having shot Azeno. Ac-
cording to witnesses, La Zado made n
remark about woman with whom
AzenO was dancing. The latter resent
ell In Zado's remark, 1t is said, and II
fight started which developed into n
free-for-all affair.
Castle Rock.-The body OF we'll
dressed man, believed to have come
from Denver, was found hanging to a
tree near the railroad tracks six miles
south of Castle Rock recently by two
coyote trappers. The man had COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself
with his belt.
Salida.-That the granite business
would some day prove grent asset to
Salida and its vicinity Is about to be
realized. Many new companies are be-
ing organized for business, new road
to the district is planned for the imme-
diate future and the industry is pick
ing up.
Breckenridge.-A rotary snowplow
pushed by three locomotives left Breck.
enridge recently to remove two huge
snowslides near Curtin Spur in Ten
Mile canon on the Colorado & South.
ern route to Leadville. Denver trains
were held ut Dillon. One Of the snow.
slides was reported as being 15O feet
long with ten feet of snow on the track
and the other 200 feet long and fifteen
feet deep.
Colorado Springs.-Viel Battle, ne
gro, charged with the holdup Of Dan
U. Hampton, prominent real estate
man, was arrested by Officer Robert
Wrath as he was about to board u
.sOuthbound train in. the d. & Il. G.
railroad yards. A roll Of bills contain
Ing 800, alleged to have been taken
from Hampton, was found on the me-
gro, who submitted to arrest only after
a sharp struggle with the officer.