Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1922-08-17
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Dor,or & Rio Grande western Iaif
road. it has been announced ny
co,ver Joseph H. Young Of the rail-
road. The improvements have peeh
sanctioned by the United States Court.
ON $50 miles of track heavier runs
will be laid. Fifty miles OF ninety!
and eighty-five- pound rails Will pe
laid on Tennessee pass ana soiuiu,
mountain. Seventy-pound steel Will
replace the old light rails on the mar,
row ruuCe lines between Alamosa anu
Durango and Salida and Montrose'
Yard tracks at Pueblo, Grand JUNO
t,on. Soldier Summit, La Veta ana Al
smosa will be extended. Hundreds OF
men will be given employment on the
tracks. The fruit crop can be moved
successfully by the road, 1t Is stated,
Il refrigerator cars can be procureo
from connecting lines.
Lamar.-Five persons were drowned
IN Brandon lake, forty-five miles nor'h
II Lamar in Kiowa county. last Sun
day morning when a fiat scOw from
which they were fishing turned over.
None of the occupants escaped. The
dead are Mr.. and Mrs. Charles VIII
!iams, their 2-year-old baby, Mrs. c. II.
Donaldson and J. A. Donaldson, all OF
Bristol. They had gone out on fish,
ing party, according to story OF the
tragedy related by c. X. Donaldson,
Santa Fe agent at Bristol. Soon after
the accident telephone call was re-
ceived ut the hospital at Lamar for
polmotor. A record run Of one hour
over rough roads was made without
avail. The accompanying physician
found all Of the victims beyond resus-
citation.
Colorado Springs. - Norfolk Star
Fort d. A. Russell horse ridden by
Capt. H. f. Watkins, won the Broad.
moor remOunt endurance cup and first
prize money, was announced nfter the
3OO-mIle, Nve-day test OF speed and
stamina. The 7-year-old thorobred
chestnut gelding's time for the dis
tance, was Al 81 100. and the Judges
awarded him SO % points out Of a
possible 90 on condition. His point
grading was 20 8-15 out Of possible
40 points. The horse started weighing
800 pounds and lost forty pounds dur
ing the grind. He stood second In
time, Jerry, the Fort Sill, Okla. thoro.
bred standard cross, being the fastest
over the field. Jerry finished fourth
in the final standing.
Denver.-Police are seeking an erst
while tramway motorman who hal
vanished with $50 he Is alleged Il
have obtained from green car pilo
In one Of the neatest confidence game'
ON local police records. The missing
notorman drifted to Denver from
Kansas City In the tramway strike
two years ago. Recently he was In
structed to teach green youth from
Kansas the art Of handling a stree
cor. A few days ago the youth re
ported that his tutor had gone on {
vacation after selling him the tram
way car for $50. telling him he cOult
hire a conductor ON shares and max,
q 'pile Of money"
Greeley. - Inherent reasonablenesi
has made the Monroe doctrine and thu
"Open door" policy Of the United
States the only two foreign policies or
which it con be said that the Unitet
| States has maintained clear and con
sistent opinion, said DR.. Edward 7
Devine. associate. editor Of the Survey
who as a member of the speciu
summer school faculty Of Colora
do State Teachers College, In al
address to the student body.
Pueblo.-William Jackson, SO years
| old, fireman employed by the Denver
| & Rio Grande Western railroad, was
killed recently near Sedalia, according
to Information received at Pueblo. He
was ON a freight train which left Pue
bio for Denver. Near Sedulia Is an
everhanging bridge, and 1t Is believed
he had his head out Of the cab window
and WAS struck BY the girders Of the
bridge and killed Instantly.
Akron.-A terrific hall and wint
storm compelled Burlington train No
IA to stop five miles west of Pinneo
a few days ago. until 1t had passed
The wind was blowing at q rate OF
fifty miles an hour and tore the COD
per wire screens from the ventilators
Hall smashed every window on the
aerth side Of the cars, and, going thru
the ventilators. broke windows on the
opposite side. The cars look as tho