Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-09-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Pueblo.-Several hundred men were
nrt IN work Mt the Mlnnequa steer
plant a few days ngo. when operatlons
were resumed In the fourteen-inch MILL
forty-inch mill and rod mills. NOS l
and 2. The force also was apprecia
bly, Increased in some of the other ue
pnrtments OF the plant, which nave
been operating with below norihnl
forces. In addition to putting the men
bnck nfter several weeks OF idleness'
substantial increases in wages are TO
be mnde, Chance for conference be-
tween officials Of the company hha
workmen's representatives to take up
TINT matter with the exception OF the
rail mill conditions In the steel plant
nre considered more favorable thih
they have been In months.
Pueblo.-Suit for damages against
seventeen Colorado coal operators
probnbiy will be brought by District
No. 10, United Mine Workers and m
effort mude to collect between S3oo,-
600 md S5OO,OOO in back pay alleged
to be due the coal miners employed
in those mines, according to fellN
porlIano, secretary Of district No. 10.
Mr.. Pogliuno claims about seventeen
cOul operators working under II si2hea
agreement with the union, broke their
contracts several months before the
contracts expired on April l, lo22, anu
the men were forced to take Il lesser
wage for several months previous to
April l, when the contracts expired
and the mine. workers went out on
strike.
Denver,-According to the report
lust released by Charles Sperle, repre-
sentative of U. S. Truck Crop Report
ing Service, as the result Of special In
yestigation, the acreage devoted to
commercial production of Mountain
Head Lettuce in Buena Vista, West
cliffe, Hardscrabble, Divide, San Luis
valley districts and the western slope
totals approximately 4,S43 acres. Acre
ages by counties us follows: Alamo
su, 81; Costilla, SO; Conejos, GS; Gus
ter, 700; Chaffee, 800; Eagle, 500;
Fremont, $50; Gunnison, 40; Mineral,
800; Pitkin, $50; Rio Grande, 293;
Teller, 300.
MISUNDERSTANDING that the man
addressing her was u representative of
a telegraph company led to the arrest
of Mrs. Allie johnson, alias Mrs. Mar
tin, ut the auto camp grounds ut Du-
range, on charge of forgery. The
arrest was made by Sheriff George
A. Rowe upon telegraphic orders from
Sheriff Calmus Merritt at Lake VII
lage, Ark. The woman, In company
with n male companion, had been
trailed to Durango, the pair travelling
in an auto. Mrs. Johnson was known
to be In Durango, she having wired
back for money to be sent her by tele-
graph.
Pueblo.-TwO men, giving the names
of ]. e. Keyton of Childers, Texas, and
Box Martin Of Kansas City, were ar
rested by Sheriff Sam Thomas and
special agents of the Denver & Rio
Grande Western railroad on the
charge of breaking into Rio Grande
freight car and attempting to steal
fourteen cases containing 1853 pairs of
high.grade shoes us the freight train
was moving between Colorado Springs
and Pueblo. Twelve cases Of shoes
have been recovered.
Boulder.-An automobile obtained
from J. NJ. Pike of Boulder, through
what is said to be q, fraudulent trans
action, last October, has been recov-
cred at Spokane, Wash, along with u
child, which Mr.. Pike stated was not
included in the accessories sold u man
who gave his name as Fred Il. Hoff-
man. The child is being held in the
detention home at Spokane and the
car, which has been badly used, at
the city garage.
Fort Collins.-Shot by Albert W.
Shook, LOveland patrolman, when he
refused to halt, Frank d. Meek filed
suit for 100000 damages against the
city of Loveland, George w. Foster,
mayor; James W. Williamson, chief of
police; Shook and DR.. r. c. Taylor,
county physician.
Denver.-Ieavy declines in many of
the important crops of Colorado DUR
ing July and August 1 figures much
below the ten-year average, with
composite condition figure for all
crops of the state equalling 9O.S per
cent Of the ten-year average, a decline
of 81 points during July, compared
with composite condition of all
crops Of the state of 1O4.4 per cent on
Aug. l, last year, are the salient fen
lures Of this months crop report of
the Colorado Cooperative Crop Re-
porting Service.
Fort COllins.-The stork has done his
best to make the Clyde o. Dale family,
living at 524 Edwards street in Fort
Collins famous. The Dales have three
children who celebrate their birthdays
the same day. A daughter was horn
June IL, 1918; a son was born June IL
1920, and another daughter was born
June 13, 1922.