The Meeker herald., 1922-05-20
Pithy News Notes
From Al Parts OF
Colorado

(watffn Ssxspsp~ Union Nom esNtes)
Pueblo.-BlInded by the sun us he
was about to catch fly bull In u base
ball game here. Floyd Agarbrigllt. 10
years old, was struck on the head and
Incurred IL fractured skull. Agarbrlght
was playing left field for the Central
High School team.
Flagler-Dr. NJ. c. Traw WIS elected
secretary OF the school board for Con-
solitlntcd District No. IS ut the recent
election. G. NJ. Smith, present lncum-
bent, lost by eleven votes. The ballot
was the heaviest recorded at school
election in years.
Colorado Springs. = Announcement
has been made that the regular sum
mer season ut Eldorado Springs. Colo.
Will open May II, md beginning on
that day Denver 4 Interurban railroad
cars will make regular bi-hourly runs
to the summer resort from Denver.
Colorado Springs.-Mnnitou is clean
ing house. Following the removal last
winter Of its town marshal through
grand jury action for falling to enforce
the prohibition laws, \ campaign to put
an end to drinking at the dance halls
of the town has been inaugurated.
Denver.-The O'Malley-Kelley Oil
and Auto Supply Company Is being
sued in the District Court by the state
Of Colorado for $5.O47.O4. alleged to he
due us 1-cent tax on each gallon 81
gasoline sold by the firm. The tax was
Imposed by the Legislature In 1919.
Glenwood Springs. Phil Rigney.
four-letter athlete Of GlenwoOd Springs
high school, set the western slope rec
ord In the pole vault ut IN officially
judged test here. The distance flown
was ten feet eleven inches. In NIL prob
ability RIgney will be sent to the state
meet ut Boulder.
Colorado Springs.-ColorndO Springs
police lost their attempt to prevent the
city council from cutting their salaries.
Judge Arthur COrnforth In the District
Court sustained the demurrer Of the
city to a mandnmus suit filed by the
police to force the city to pay the old
scale of wages.
Ioveland-While blasting the river
hank on the state highway II huff mile
south of LOveland. preparatory to
erecting cement ubutments for new
bridge over the Big Thompson river.
Contractor Floyd Malcolm unearthed
what physicians declare to be u petri-
fled human foot.
Denver.-Members of the Colorado
Public Utilities Commission recently
authorized the maintenance Of and au.
tOmobile bus line over the Rainbow
route between Grand Junction and
Montroye, Colo. on application Of the
Motor Transportation Company Of
Grand Junction.
Lafayette.-One man, resident OF
Lafayette, Is under arrest on suspicion
of having had n part In the robbery Of
the First National Bank, when four
bandits blew open the safe and vaults
and took loot valued Mt between $15.-
600 and $4,000. Frank Lamont. u
painter, was taken into custody.
Durango.-T. ]. Chandler, o. years
old, with n crippled foot, has estab-
llshed a long distance walking record
that few younger sound men would
care to attempt. With n companion.
c. J. Munger. 81. Chandler recently
reached Durango after 460-inile
jaunt from Silver City, New Mexico.
Fort Lognn.-Colorado's delegation
in Washington Will he appealed to by
every merchant and manufacturer in
the state to exert every influence pos
sible for the enlargement Of Fort Lo-
gan as n military center, according to
nm announcement by the Colorado
Manufacturers and Merchants AssOcia.
ton In Denver.
Eckley, ColO.-A force Of men and
teams have started the construction of
18,OOO-volt electric pole line trans
mission system from Eckley to Yuma.
The new line will insure electric cur
rent from the municipal light plant at
Yuma for the lighting of Eckley and
the operation OF Its water works. The
new system will cost $4,000.
DurnngO.-Twenty years effort to
obtain better transportation facilities
for Durango and southwestern Colo.
RADIO have been rewarded. A western
syndicate has notified the railway
committee of the San Juan basin that
II had succeeded In financing $4,000.
600 standard gauge outlet from Duran.
70 to Gallup, n. NJ, n distance Of 10
miles.
Glenwood Springs.-The State Bank.
ers' convention will be held Mt Glen
wood Springs June % and %. Presi'
dent Mccarthy Of the First National
Bank IL In charge Of the entertainment
Of the bankers, who will be treated roy.
ally from arrival to departure. The
big Colorado hotel will be owned by
the delegates at this time. and every.
thing from banquets to swims and mo,
<or tvip. IL heinR MANNED