The Glenwood post., 1922-02-02
Pithy News Notes
From Az Pa,ts of
Colorado
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! Denver's mountain parks system Of
5000 acres. located twelve miles from
the city's boundaries, had e0O, 900 visi-
tors last year. -.
Denver.-The census for 1920 shows
there were 21,1be.6o0 calves on farms
In the United States; o2,0SS,so2 pigs
and 18,891.11b lambs. Colorado re-
ported 42S, ,451 calves; Ill, S,le5 pigs, and
All, 100 lambs.
Pueblo.-sweeping wage reductions
Of from 80 cents to S1.s0 for an eight
hour working day and affecting every
building craft worker In Pueblo, were
authorized by the Colorado Industrial
Commission in an award handed down
recently.
Bouldsr.-Miss Linnie Leckrons. rs
years old, Boulder county tuberculosis
nurse. suffered a broken leg while
skiing at Silver lake, twenty-five miles
west of Boulder. Miss Leckrons was
one Of party Of several city officials
who went to Silver lake for an outing.
Fort Collins. = Another mountain
lion has been killed northwest Of Fort
Collins, this time In the Poudre ca6on
and by two girls, Miss Agnes and Miss
Edith Zimmerman, according to report
brought here by Miss Emma T. VII
kins. county school superintendent,
who has Just returned from q visit up
the caiion. r
Denver.-How agriculture 10 sup
planting mining in Colorado II shown
by one comparative statement. In 1900
Colorado produced about $4,000. 900 in
gold and $7.s00.0OO in wheat, ana in
1920 the gold output was $1O,25O, 600
and the wheat production $50 800, 900.
In these twenty years the acreage of
wheat increased from $4,000 to 1.24O,-
900 and the number Of bushels from
100000 to 22,2s1 600 ts as
Grand Junction.-George Garrett Of
La Grande, Ore, has arrived in Grand
Junction and taken up his work as the
new city manager. He is to receive
salary Of 1920 per year, q consid.
cradle advance over the salary he re-
ceived at La Grande, where he made
record for efficiency. Mr.. Garrett
is now considering number Of appli-
cations for municipal appointments,
but will not announce his decision un.
til later.
Denver. - That $500 refrigerator
cars. which will be 4 part Of the new
equipment Of the Union Pacific, will
be delivered at the headquarters in
Denver this year was the statement
received by r. B. Choate, assistant
general freight agent. These cars are
expected to arrive in time to be avail
able for handling the fruit crop of
Colorado next season, as well as other
produce which will demand refriger.
ator cnrs.
Windsor.-Some person entered the
Windsor depot In the night and
jimmied the safe 50 badly that the
employees had to get help to open it
in the morning. The thieves could not
get into the same and then turned
their attention to the contents Of the
depot. They stole all the clothes In IL
trunk belonging to q young woman
near here, and took two suit cases be-
longing to California man. The loot
is estimated to be worth $3.50.
Denver.-"Name fakers' will not be
tolerated by the police any longer II
an order issued by Chief of Police
Williams to his force proves effective
Chief Williams notified the members
Of the department that hereafter when
an arrest is made the correct name or
names of the persons arrested must be
ascertained. 1t was because much diff
ficulty has been caused the police by
underworld characters who give fake
names that Chief williams gave the
order.
Denver.-It has bten announced in
Washington that United States veter.
ans bureau dispensaries will be es
tablished in Denver, Pueblo and Colo
RADIO Springs soon in recommendations
of the bureau are accepted. The Den
yer dispensary will be equipped with
dental, physiotherapy, x-ray, exam
ining rooms. laboratory and pharmacy
facilities.
Denver.-While in a sleeping car en-
I route from San Francisco, George Pin
dell, a sailor recently discharged from
the United States navy, was robbed
Of $47, railroad tickets, watch and
his discharge papers, according to re.
port made to the police. Plndell said
that he first became aware of the rob
berry when he awakened as the train
was nearing Denver.
Boulder.-Nirs. Howard Hoyt of
Louisville, wife of the cashier Of the
Louisville bank, was badly cut and
bruised when an automobile in which
she and her husband were driving col
lided with machine carrying seven
Boulder boys, two miles north Of Louis.
vile. The boys werc all thrown from
their car, but were not badly injured.
Mrs. Hoyt's injuries required several
stitches.