Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-07-13
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

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than that for 1921. which was the iars'
eat ever reported up to that date. ne
ports are now complete from ~ coun'
ties. showing. 7s,T12 acres Of potatoes:
The same counties last year reported
5O093 acres. This is an increase OF
IS per cent for these counties, whicn
includes Weld, Alamosa, Cone]os anu
Garfield among the commercial potato
nroducing counties. Nearly every coun'
~ for which complete report mas
been received shows an Increase IN
acreage over last year, while Weid
county, which reports the largest acre
age In the state, has reported nearly
Ss 1000 acres, compared with 24'ooo
acres last year.
Every newspaper man IN Colorado
especially those publishing country pa
pers, should arrange to attend the
State Editorial meeting ut Pueblo
July 81 and %, Friday and Saturday.
This will be perhaps the most import
mt meeting the association has held IN
years because of the fact that the mat
ter of field secretary will come up
and, 1t is hoped, decided. Besides, the
Pueblo Commerce Club and all Pueblo
papers have united in big program
for the entertainment Of the visitors.
| Publishers should make arrangements
now to 20. Work ahead far enough to
leave the office in charge of the help
for those two days. The meeting Will
be worth your time.
Fort Collins.-Ground has been brok-
en- for the new $4,000 chemistry
building for the Colorado Agricultural
College, President Chas. A. Lory turn
| ing the first spade Of earth. Prof. l..
D. Grain, Prof. S. L. Macdonald and
Prof. Il. B. House, members OF the
building committee, also each turned n
spade full of earth. With Professor
House at the transit, DR.. G. II. White
ford set the first stake, and the other
three corner stakes were driven by
Professor Grain, A. A. Edwards, presi-
dent of the State Board Of Agriculture,
and Professor Macdonald.
Cripple Creek.-A rich surface strike
of gold ore Is reported made on the
Axtell claim, lying between the Wild
Horse mine on Bull Hill and the Jerry
| johnson mine on TenderfOOt hill, by
ZOl Cain, well-known prOspectOr, who
has been operating under an agree
ment with the United Gold Mines Com.
pany. The discovery was made Mt a
depth of six feet and the vein matter
which at present lies within the oxl.
died granite formation. returns on as.
sny tests more than twenty ounces to
the ton.
Greeley.-A mother, her 12-year-old
son and year-old baby were injured, but
escaped death miraculously wnen a
twIster completely wrecked their home
near Buckingham. John Biggs, the fa-
ther, was In barn milking when the
whirlwind blew up. The wind became
SO intense that he was prevented from
running to his family, and as he
watched, the housew as lifted from its
foundation, carried sixty feet and
dropped on the roadside.
Colorado Springs.-R m k a e
presence of mind saved the life Of
Mayor John B. Paulson Of Manitou. In
crossing the Colorado Midland termin-
al tracks near Manitou, Paulson OBJ
served n west-bound train only few
yards from him. He leaped to the cow
catcher of the engine as the train
struck his motor. ClingIng to IN iron
brace Paulson saw his car knocked to
sDlinters and strewn along the track.
He was only slightly shaken up.
Denver.-Fire which developed in
the Moffat railroad shops Mt Utah
Junction, two miles north Of Globe
Vile, destroyed a large part Of the
plant. The road carried $4,000 insur-
ance on the buildings burned, It was
said.
Denver.-Eastern Colorado farmers
are begging for harvest hands and
have appealed to the United States en-
ployment service in Kansas CITY.
through Secretary Of State Aiilliken
for hundreds of men, it was an
nounced here. This appeal was made
In strong competition with Kansas
farmers, who also are demanding har-
vest hands, and following prospects
that Colorado's wheat crop will be the
best in years.
Cisco.-A vein of what Is declared to
be the richest calaverite quartz discoy-
cred In the Cripple Creek district was
found in the Portland mine at the Q
0OO-foot level, according to a recent
report. The vein is thought to be a
continuation of the ore found Mt the Q
46O-foot level, but is declared richer
and stronger. 1t is said to be the most
Important discovery that has been
made In the Cripple Creek district In a
D1mber Of years.
Pueblo.-WillIam Marmaduke TX
year-old son of DR.. G. v. Marmaduka
OF the Minnequa hospital staff was
perhaps fatally injured when he foil
over cliff at Beulah, a mountain ra.
sort near here, and suffered two hro.
ken arms and fractured skull.