The Ordway new era., 1922-05-26
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

valt as a Scout over which the COZ
opel and the artist quarreled regard
ing the price. has been placed on
permanent exhibition In the Chah'per
of Commerce at Colorado Springs by
Prof ]. r. Bevis, an admirer and
close friend of Roosevelt. When the
colonel refused 10 pay an increase oI
several thousand dollars in the agreeu
price of the portrait De Fries painted
over his signature in the corner ana
substituted that of Charles DE roe
Professor Bevis, an ordnance expert
and designer of bullets used by Amer
lean forces in the world war, bousht
the picture in New York in 1918.
Colorado Springs. w. Stearns'
,wner of goat farm near kock
Creek. has solved the disappearance OF
eighteen of his herd during the past
month. Recently Stearns encountered
huge black bear in the act OF de-
,ouring one of the goats. unariheu'
Stearns was content TO seek safety for
himself Stearns has lost eighteen kiu
goats in a month. Although II Is uh-
usual for bear to eat animal flesh,
his bear is believed by Stearns TO be
Wild and ravenous after his winter
Information.
Durango. - Superintendent Jesse
Nussbaum has announced that the Of
fetal opening of the Mesa Verde Ma
tional Park was Monday, May 10 With
he expectation of greater number OF
than
any time since the park was opened TO
the public, Improvements are beng
rushed. Equipped with the latest road
building machinery, work is progress
ing on the new roads and the repair
Of the old roads, most of which have
been completed.
Colorado Springs.-The Alpha Chi
Omega sorority will hold an outdoor
convention in Colorado Springs June
2S-July ., the business sessions TO be
held at the Antlers hotel, where three
hundred delegates will gather from all
over the country for their bienniel
meeting. The western chapters, in
Guiding Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
New Mexico and Colorado, will act as
hostesses, together with the alumnae
clubs of the larger cities of these
states.
Denver.-Colorado winter wheat i'm
proved three points in April, and prom
ises n possible crop of II 7,S30,000 bush
els this year, according to the May /
state-federal cooperative crop report
just issued. This forecast is based
upon the May l condition of so per
cent, which is equivalent to about fif-
teen bushels per acre upon 1,173,000
acres, the estimated area left for har
vest.
Trinidad.-Capt. o. L. Dennis with
a force of twelve state Rangers ar
rived in Trinidad recently to augment
the small force of Rangers stationed
there. Dennis announced his presence
crate to strictly enforce the state mo-
tor vehicle law and against unlawful
liquor traffic.
Denver.-An attempt to blackmail
Mrs. Lydia r. Adams, 4747 Beach
court, of S1OO on the installment plan,
of 4S4S Beach court, and Leonard Han
sen, ii years old, of 44OS Decatur
street, in Jail recently. The youths are
freshmen in North Denver High
School.
Hugo.-John Book, a farmer, was
found guilty by a jury in the District
Court at Hugo recently of involuntary
He was alleged to have
beaten 2-year-old Lorraine Seger with
a razor strop, inflicting injuries that
caused her death. According to the
testimony, the Seger child was left
with Book and his wife while the
mother worked.
Boulder.-Greeley business and pro-
fessional men recently returned the
visit which Boulder leaders paid their
city. Nearly 100 of the Greeley folk
came to Boulder, and were entertained
at banquet.
Denver.-At dinner of the Civic
and Commercial Association in the
Denver Club recently, c. A. Johnson
of the real estate bureau said, 1.-THE
time is ripe to start something. a
world exposition for Denver seems
feasible because it gives a goal to
work toward. AT least, it is worthy
of investigation" Mr.. Johnson and
Robin H. Davis, president of the as.
sociation, were authorized by the
body to appoint a committee of three
or five members to get in touch with
other exposition cities and report at
some later date upon the possibilities
of such a move in Denver.
Loveland.-Among the motorcycle
riders already entered for the big
meet at Loveland Memorial day are
Hugh Murray, holder Of the Colorado
state record; John Seymour, champion
of Michigan; Orie Dunham of Love