The Colorado statesman., 1922-12-02
LATE NEWS
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Wi!ey.-The newspaper plant of the
Wiley journal was recently destroyed
by fire.
Castle Rock.-The dedication of the
electric light system here was attend
er by n general celebration.
Denver-Wllllam S. Cochran, Jr.,
was nominated recently by President
Harding to be postmaster at Del Norte,
Colo, and John IL. O'Donnell at Sugar
City.
Denver.-Fumes from the exhaust
of his automobile are believed to have
caused the death of William Herman
Hall, who was found dead in a private
garage
La Junta.-In the game to decide the
southern Colorado high school football
championship, played between the Ia
Junta Tigers and the Colorado Springs
Terrors here, Terrors won by score
of 1S to 0.
Hugo.-John ]. Huddart, Denver
architect, is drawing the plans for the
Lincoln county court house to be
erected in Hugo. The structure was
authorized by a 100000 bond issue
passed recently.
Colorado Springs-Petitions asking
the forming of a flood conservancy
district on the Fountain creek. south
of Colorado Springs, have been filed
by interested property owners and ir-
rigation companies.
Castle Rock.-A health conference
and exhibit was held at the court house
In Castle Rock recently which includ-
ed the free physical examination of
children under 6 years Of age and
practical program in health subjects.
Denver.-Acting on the request of
the National Bureau Of Education, the
American Legion and the National Ed
ucatlonal Association, Governor Shoup
has set aside the week beginning Dec.
as American Education Week.
Pueblo.-Ames Wickes, miner in
the Red Canon coal mine, near Delta,
Colo, was instantly killed when por-
tlon of 1,600-pound slab fell from
the roof and crushed him. Other min
ers nearby escaped without injuries.
Denver.-School children of Colo
RADIO, from one corner of the state to
the other, are to be enlisted in the
campaign against forest fire danger
at the request of William b. Greeley,
chief forester at Washington, d. Q.
Fort Collins.-Fort Collins High
school won the northern Colorado in
terscholastic football championship
here in triangular pigskin tourna-
ment which proved one of the most
sensational football contests ever
staged here when 1t beat the Greeley
Wildcats to and the Loveland Lob
sters to 0.
Fort CollIns.-A municipal recrea-
tion area has just been set apart for
the city of Fort Collins by the U. S.
forest service on the Upper Poudre
river, embracing an area of forty
acres. While this still remains a part
of the Colorado National Forest, 1t is
reserved and dedicated to the purposes
of recreation area for the city, upon
which Will be placed Improvements
costing in the neighborhood of $4,000.
1t is the plan of Fort Collins to de-
velop this into an Ideal mountain play
ground.
Denver.-Wheat continues to be the
most important crop grown In Colo
RADIO, both in ;creage and value. Re-
ports of county assessors to the State
Immigration Department show 1881
652 acres of wheat planted in the
state for the 1922 harvest, which is the
largest area ever planted in Colorado.
Preliminary estimates Indicate the pro-
ductlon will be approximately 23,0O0,-
600 bushels, which at prevailing prices
should be worth close to S2O,OOO,OOO.
The area devoted to wheat in the state
this year is 34.6S per cent of the total
cultivated area.
Pueblo.-The will of the late Alva
Adams, banker, merchant and former
governor of Colorado, was filed in the
County Court here and 1t gives no es-
innate of the value of the estate.
Friends of the former governor say no
estimate can be made until appraisers
have checked up on the items. The
will remembers relatives and friends
of the late governor.
Denver.-The Republican state cen
tral committee spent $119,533.42 dur
ing the recent campaign, according to
a statement by George II. Shaw, Re- |
publican state chairman, filed with |
Carl 5. Milllken, secretary of state.
The report shows receipts of S119,- |
725.7O, of which $116475.70 was from |
contributions and S3,250 from assess
ments of candidates.
Pueblo.-A. e. Robertson, claiming |
m he the son of Alexander Robertson |
president of the Aero Manufacturing |
Company, Nineteenth and Broadway, |
st. Louis, Mo-, and wanted in Denver |
on a charge of jumping" Il bill of |
S93SN ut hotel, was arrested in Pu- |