Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-09-28
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS
coMING EVENTS.

COMlNG EtENISs
Oct. s--Douxia. County Fair. Cas-
Oct. 3-e-Kit Carson County Fair
Burlington.
Yampa.-Seventy-fve carloads OF
the finest lettuce will be shipped from
the Yampa district of Colorado this
year as compared with two carloads ID
1921.
Montrose.-The Western Slope Fair
was most successful celebration
which far exceeded all expectations US
fur us receipts and attendance Is con-
cerned.
Lake City.-Money. checks and val
uable papers were stolen from the
Henry Huffman Drug Company here
by burglurs who blew open u shall
sufe with dynamite.
Deltn.-Nick Arsel, coal miner.
was Instantly killed when the walls OF
u stope In which he was working caVed
in. Arsel was in the employ or the
Utah Fuel Company.
Boulder.-Ground was broken re-
Gently for $5O,OOO chapter house for
the Phi Delta Theta fraternity to be
located three blocks from the univer-
sity of Colorado. The building Is to
be completed by the Christmas hoii'
days.
Denver.-The fruit crops of the state
still promise generally higher produc-
tion than usual. perhaps us whole,
the best In the history of the state
The apple crop Is estimated ut 4,OOO,-
900 bushels, compared with 3,2OO.OOO
bushels last year. The peach crop for
the state totals 100000 bushels COM
pared to SGO,OOO bushels last year, and
pears are placed ut 40l,OOO bushels
compared TO 4S3,0OO bushels last year.
Denver.-Weld county broke all rec
ords In the production of coal during
August, according to james Dulrymple.
state coal mine inspector, In the pro-
duction of 15O,O95 tons Of coal during
the thirty-day period, thus pushing the
tonnage output for the county this
yeur to S47,347 tons. This Is an in
crease of c04, ,233 tons over the produc-
tion for the corresponding period last
year. Eight counties show decreases.
.Denver.-The Denver & Rio Grande
Western railroad, which serves u large
and prosperous section of Colorado,
will be brought thoroughly up to date
and will be put In shape to handle In
crensed freight and passenger traffic,
Receiver Joseph H. Young promises, If
his improvement budget Is authorized
by the United States District Court.
Receiver Young has presented to the
court a budget calling for the .expendi.
ture of $23. .7S2.51s for improvements
and new equipment.
Westcllffe.-Custer, county Is being
secured for robbers who dynamited
the vault of the Westcliffe State Bank
here and carried away $1,000 worth of
jewelry and $500 to $40O In Liberty
bonds. The robbers fled in n coupe
stolen from DIR. II. J. Smith. which was
found eighteen miles north of here In
II ditch. The men are believed to have
continued on foot Into the hills. The
0uter vault was entered by hammering
off the combination und blasting the
door. A 'dynamite-proof door saved
$1,000 In cash in the inner vault.
Denver.-The 1922 season is proving
one of the best peachgrowers OF the
western slope ever have had. accord
ing to W. H. Olin. supervisor of agri-
culture Of the Denver & Bio Grnnde
Western railroad. Shipment Of car
lots is proceeding rapidly. and the
Colorado peach goes us far East as
Boston and as far North us Duluth
Wonderful progress has been made
by the western slope peuchgrower in
recent years. and he has learned not
only how to plant his trees. how to
keep the ground in the orchard, and
how to fertilize, but how to trim, pick
and pack" said Mr.. Olin.
Denrer.-COlorado mines produced
350,6lS tons OF coal in August, the
monthly report of james Dnlrymple,
state coal mine inspector. shows. This
Is the largest August production in re-
cent years and exceeds that for Aug
ust, 1921, by l73,2S9 tons. The increase
in production for the current year over
1921 has reached 2s3.OO9 tons.
Fort Morgan-As the Morgan County
Fair was ushered in by music from the
Morgan county thirty-piece band, so
it passed into history with the singing
of more than POO trained voices &C.
lected from all sections of the cOmmu-
nifty. The community sing was her
aided as the biggest event of the three
LAY festival and was SO proclaimed by
the enormous crowds which visited the
fair grounds.
Denver.-The Colorado Industrial
Commission terminated its Jurisdiction
over the recent action of fifty-three
eading coal operators of the state in
increasing the wage scale paid to coal
miners TO correspond with the 1921
wage scale. The Industrial body also
approved the agreements reached be-
ween the miners and operators and
he subsequent increase of 81 u ton
IN coal to the public.
Sterling = Orvllle Sportsman, II