Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

ponk nt San Acacio, locking the wv
employes in the vault, anu cariieu
away more than $1,000, was capture
iust across the New MexicO-Coloraoo
state line, according to ad'ices " wy
pueblo ChieftaIn. The bandit "nose
name was given as Charles Jofdai,'
cold his COMPANION, whom he nameu'
ond he had agreed to divide the ioo'
md separate, us the posse was so c'ose
mon them, that escape together was
,mnossible. In dividing the money,
Jordan took what he believed was haii
but when he was captured It was iounu
he had 30 one-dollar bills, oni! s'iiu''
nortIon of the loot. The share the OH
or man has, according to officers eA-
| ceeds $1,000.
Denyer,-Three executive appoih.'
| ments. TO fill vacancies IN STATE VI
fjces, have been made by Eo'erno.
Sboun. Henry Phibbs of craig WIS
nppointed commissioner OF h"'ih,
county TO fill the vacancy occhsi"iieu
nv tbe resignation of Walter ii. DULL
| Allison Stocker of Denver, former
state treasurer, was appointed TO III
n vacancy on the Colorado state hoaiu
of immigration, occasioned by the res
,rnotion of Thomas b. Stearns. ms
term will expire April l, 1876. MISS FL
lon Perdue. 1880 Milwaukee street, was
apnointed a member Of the Coiorado
state Board Of Nurse Examiners, 10
fill a vacancy on the board through
the death of Miss Bertha Erdman. Ihis
term will expire May l, 1924.
Canon City.-Following the receipt
of an anonymous letter threatening MS
life for attempting to thwart the rop-
berry of jewelry store at Canon CITY.
Carl NJ. Menzel, 1S years old, was
slugged and seriously beaten by uni
Identified assailants. Menzel Is IN the
Canon City hospital. The entire town
Is wrought I'D over the affair, which IL
the elimination to series or roDDer-
los and thefts committed in the city
| during the last three weeks. Severai
indignation meetings were held among
the citizens and officials In an effort
to bring to close the reign OF criml-
nality. A reward of $1,000 was raised
for the apprehension Of the YOUTHS as
sailants.
| Fort Collins.-Farmers' week at the
Agricultural College in Fort Collins
Dec. IL to 10, will mark the thirteenth
annual session of the Colorado Farm
ers' Congress, the annual convention
of the Colorado Rural Life Association
and the annual session Of the COLORADO
| State Farm Bureau. The State Cream
ery Mems Association also Is booked
to meet during the week, which Will
witness the gathering Of farmers ana
their families from all parts Of the
state for the purpose of gaining infor-
mntion on the technical side of farm
ing, hearing addresses and participate
ing in discussions of rural problems,
economic, political and social.
| Golden.-Four dynamite blasts IN
rapid succession ut daylight rocked the
town of Golden and told students OF
the Colorado School of Mines that an
attempt had been made TO wreck the
huge M" high on the side of Mount
| Zion. The blast was heard for miles
and few minutes afterward the
Mines campus was one Of warlike APP
pearance. Automobiles were dis
patched to every road in the belief
that students of rival school could
be headed off. The perpetrators OF
the dynamiting have not been found.
Denver.-"Avoid Accidents! Life
and Limb Cannot BE Replaced" is the
slogan adopted by the express forces
of Denver, which have enlisted in IL
national campaign to contribute to
public safety in the operation of cx-
press vehicles, it was stated by J. q.
North, general agent for the American
Railway Express Company.
Paonia.-Messrs. J. c. Stehley and
Guy G. Sperry plan to establish a
summer resort ut Somerset, near Pa
acres of land and will erect residence
and hotel on the property.
| Brighton. - Threats Of violence
against John Jones and Fred Murchi.
son, negroes who have confessed to the
brutal murder of George L. Miller,
white, at lonely spot on the outskirts
of Denver, were made by citizens of
Brighton following an inquest held in
Retreat Park over Miller's body. AS
u result Of the threats it was decided
to keep the two negroes In the Denver
jail pending their trial, rather than
move them to Brighton, where less
protection could be afforded.
Moffat.-The parting of drill stem
Of the rotary by which the Valley Ull
Company is putting down it's well
three miles from Hooper in the San
Luis valley, has left thousands of ex-
cited men and women in state of sus-
pense. Oil is oozing up through the
mud with which the well is filled, and
gas is issuing forth, and there is Il fish.
ing job to be waited on before anyone
can tell the extent of the discovery.
Denver.-To take charge of the
smallpox situation in Denver and take
every possible means to stamp out the