Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-04-20
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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) LeadyIlle.-A warrant for the arrest
. of Sheriff Harry Schraeder of Lake
I county, charging malfeasance on seven
counts, has been issued.
: Loyelund.-ROad work in this vic'n'
, ity is well under way, ana from tne
! present outlook the visiting tourist VIII
have the use Of some model ROADS.
Sterling.-Unless Congress amends
the appropriation bill to provide fnnds
for their support, the land offices at
Del Norte, Sterling and Hugo, Colo.'
will be closed June 30.
Sterling.-With snowfall reported
on ull sides, Sterling experienced
sand storm without precipitation. Ihe
wind was estimated to be blowing
around forty-fIve miles nm hour
Loncmont.- ]. Griffin, 81 years
old, farmer and former banker, kilieu
himself ut the home of his two bro
Tiers, james and william Griffin,
about ten miles northeast Of Long
mont.
Mapcos.-James Nash, stOckman,
wus shot and killed while driving cat
tie on MOrteZuma creek, over the line
In Utah. His stepsOn, Irving Dunhain'
Is accused of the killing, ns there has
been IL lOng-standing grudge between
the two men.
| Geeley.-After a search lasting
more than six months. o. ID. Jordan of
Greeley, formerly of Cedar Rapids
Iowa, has been found. He was located
ut Windsor, Colo, working in II shoe
shop, and authorities say he is suffer-
Ing peculiar form of dementia.
Colorado Springs.-Rescued by the
Colorado Springs fire department from
precarious foOlhold on Il crevlce l5O
feet above the base of Il cliff In the
Gurden of the Gods, Donald Donald
son, 10 years old, is none the worse
for forty-foot fall from the tip Of
the "KIssing Camels" rocks.
Denver-Governo Shoup's procla-
nation, calling the State Legislature
into extra session to consider cOnstruc-
ton of the Moffat tunnel and the or
ganizatiOn OF cOnservancy districts for
the prevention of floods, was sent to
every member of the General Assem-
bly, This extra session will convene
April 1S at noon.
eblo.-Approximately $1,000 will
be spent during the coming summer In
building new trails in the Sangre de
Cristo mountains. Part OF the fund
will be provided by the United States
Forest Service and the remainder by
the communities In the territory from
which the trails will lead through the
mountains.
Denver.-Thirty-sev hundred acres
Of state lands were sold by the State
Board of Land Commissioners Mt a
imately $9S,S29, according to figures
given out by George Stephan, regis
trar. The land ranged in price from
$3.50 to $75 an acre and Is located In
Alamosa. Cheyenne, Custer, Kit Car
son, Lnrimer, Lns Animas, Logan,
Montezumn, Otero, Rio Grande and
Washington counties.
Denver.-While Weld is COlorado's
leading agricultural county in point Of
total output and perhaps In variety of
crops produced for market, 1t does not
hold first place In percentage Of area
under cultivation, In value Of area un-
der cultivation, in value of crops per
ncre Of area, according to report Of
the State Immigration Bureau. Rio
Grande county held first rank in value
of crops grown per acre of area In
1910, according to bureau findings,
with an average of about S12, and
shared first place with Delta county In
value of crops per acre under cultiva-
tion, with an average of about $40.
Akron.--A meeting called to discuss
ways ard means of presenting the
proposition of reappOrtiOnment OF sen
utorial and representative districts FOL
| the Colorado Legislature to the people
of the state held with the Akron
| Chamber of Commerce was ATTENDED
by 100 representatives from eastern
Colorado counties.
| Denver.-More than 200 delegates OF
the American Railway Development
Association are expected to gather a1
the Brown Palace hotel here May II
for their fourteenth annual convention
The convention will be in session fol
three days, and, according to Earl g
Reed, chairman Of the committee OF
hotels and arrangements, an attractive
program has already been arranged.
Akron.-Akron was recently visitet
with terrific gale and snow storm
the wind varying from thirty to fort!
miles nn hour. About six inches o.
snow fell, but on account Of the rail-
and snow which preceded n terribl,
dirt storm, the snow was mixed witt
dirt, and everything is plastered witt
mud, owing to the fact that the TEN
, perature was very little below freez
ing. Live stock did not suffer much.