The Keota news., 1922-11-24
CENTENNIAL STATE IrElGs.

freight tfafnc To the HOSbaek oil field
On the Navajo Indian reservation
which is now handled by another road
to Gallup. \. ~. aud then Irueked in.
The Denver 4 lilo GraRde Wesiera
proposes 10 lay a third rail Oh its Far.
mihstoa branch from Durango lo Far
nihston. a distance Ut sixty miles Aa'
ihcntie reports To this effect leaked
"ut following trip ot inspection of the
branch line and the new oil fields BY
the railroad officials This would elm
iaatc one transfer ot freight ia Uuraa-
so BY permitting narrow gauge cars be-
ihs hauled clear To tarMinStoa- Al
present the branch from Durango TO
railroad shipmcass for that section
must be transferred here from narrow
to standard gauge cars. The standard
gauge engines arc equipped with two
coupler. 10 they can Lc attached 10
both standard aud narrow gauge cars
The Third rail 'gDuld bc laid bclN ~ ccn
the TWO standard gauge rails st tho
psoprr distance.
bArasrr.-touf hundred aud thirty
four Colorado settlers will conc into
possession et sssssU acf-s of land in
eight district. of the stale through an
order entered at Washington. u. a.. ae-
eosdins 4. ~ u. MeEairy. chief OF the
Denver field division ot the svncsaI
land office. The settlers Met.aisy
and have b~vn awaiting shr d~siSna'
lion to- make regular filings As they
have priority mo- n-ss filings will be TO-
e~isrI for any of the tracts The land
il divided inte homestead. of 6tO aefvs
each. aud thC tracts arg scattered
through the slate in tho pcl Nostr.
pvasvr. Durango. Lamar. L~adsilir.
Moatro..-. fucibl. aud Sterling land Of
fec districts while timber is to be
found ON much of the land. IL il not OF
mrrchantabic quality MeEniry said.
There j. M know source ut wafer
supply and the lands arv chiefly saius
able for grazing and tho raising OF for
asc crops.
Fort Collia.s-!An cafiy morning at
tempt Z. force heavy motor car UP
tho old railroad sradc-ahcsv Fort
Collin. auto enthusiasts likc to trst
their resulted in tho deaths Ut
four p-r.sn. and the injury OF the
fifth. The dead are: Lynn Kchlins.
son ut .ac .t Fort Collins most prom
inras ncrvhaat.. and former army
chauffeur: AIRS. Lynn Rahiias. his
wife: otto frathcr. a chemist at tho
sugar factory Frederick T.. Saalsncss.
a student at thc Colorado Agricultus
raj College. Fort Collins. The injured {:
Keith 1solts. pianist. who WAS thrown
clear.
stcrtins.-Uuy bray. ~ years old. of
Mcrtao. Colo. who was charged with
the murder of Deputy Sheriff u. J.
Wilson ut Mcrino On the night Of May
-. sia.hcd his throat in the county
Jail at Sterling and died almost instant.
". bray had made 1t practice to
shave and cut the hair of other prison.
crs in the Jail and asked for a razor
for his customary work. lie locked
two other prisoners in the cage Of the
Jail and went IL the bathroom To per
form his act of suicide.
pvnvcr.-Two women were killed.
another was shot down and two police
men were wounded by a whisky -craxcsl
negro who ended bloody battle by
blowing out his own brains. The shoot
ing occurred in the hall of :l43 Tre.
mont place. Walter Jones. the killer.
had held seventy five police mt hay for
half an hour. Mrs. Holmes Wilson.
cplorc,l. was shot and almost instantly