Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-10-12
COLORADO NEws..NoTEs.

| Shiteu StdteS forest service TINT ~
42453l now Is available for dIstribu-
ton TO the road and school funds Of
states which have national forests
within their boundaries. Twenty-Five
per cent OF the money collected from
timber sales and grazing permits is re-
turned to the state treasury. An addl-
tional 10 per cent goes for the con-
struction of roads and trails within the
forest boundaries. Colorado ranks
fifth among the states of the Union In
the distribution Of these government
funds. according to the forest service.
and will receive $75,S6O for schools and
rOads, and $3O,344 for forest reserve
roads and trails.
| Denver.-Lou D. Sweet, noted agri-
cultural expert Of Colorado, has intro.
tiuced wheat into the Sun Luis valley
that runs as high rs sixty-five bushels
to the acre. 1t Is grown on the Sweet
seed farm near Carbondale MIR. Swee,
provided IL cur Of this special wheat to
the farmers Of the San Luis valley for
planting Inst spring. and from 100 to
s0O ucres were planted with II. The
average production an acre Is from
fifty-four bushels to siXty-flve bushels
to the acre, whereus the average bush.
els In the United States ls fourteen t.
the acre. "'rhIs wheat Is known us
Kitchener. and originated on the farm
of DIR. Sager Wheeler Of Suskntche
wan. the Burbank of Canuda,'" sa'
Mr.. Sweet.
Castle Kock.-ItudOlph Abbott, bron,
chO buster, famous as "Slim." was seri-
ously injured ut almost the close OF
the Douglas county fair program here,
when SundOwn, noted outlaw, fell
while trying to dislodge the rider. Alb
bott Is suffering from concusslOn of
the brnin and had not regained con.
seriousness late tonight. Attending doc
tors are uncertain regarding the out
come. The horse rolled over OH Alb
bott after the fall, and he may be In
jured fatally. The attendance ut the
closing of the fair was the lnrgest that
ever gathered in the grounds. At the
barbecue more than $500 were fed
ronsted beef, rolls, coffee and other
trimmings.
| PueblO!-POstmaster General Hubert
Work, the COloradoan in President
Hnrding's cabinet, has accepted the in.
vitatlon of George S. Walker, presi-
dent of the Western Radio Corpora
ton, to broadcast special message
to the radio fans of America through
kFAF, the Western Radio Corpora
tion-Denver Post station, the night of
November 8. DIR. Work, resident of
Pueblo, Colo. for many years. Will be
In Denver early In November to I'D
dress the meeting of third and fourth
class pOstmusters November 8 and the
first general postal employees state
meeting ever held in the west.
| PueblO.-Thirteen employees of the
Mountain States Telephone and Tele.
graph Company were awarded the The.
odore n. Vail memorial medals when
President Ben S. Read and other Off
cinls Of the company Of Denver came
to Pueblo for that purpose. The medals
were given for unusual service given
| on the night of June 3, 1921, when the
Arkansas river flooded this city and
the telephone exchange. A dancing
party followed the presentation of the
medals and the program which accom-
panied that ceremony.
Denver.-The intimate connection
between the Roosevelt family and the
United States navy Is emphasized by
n proclamation issued by Governor
Oliver H. ShOup, In which Oct. q is
designated us Roosevelt-Navy day.
| Oct. q will be the siXty-fourth ami
versary of the birth of Theodore
Roosevelt. and governors of the ,vari.
Gus states have been asked TO desig.
nate that day us Roosevelt days..
Colorado Springs. -. DR.. Melville
Black of Denver was elected president
| Of the Colorado State Medical Society
at the close of the fifty-secOnd annual
session In the Antlers hotel here. The
report of the nominating committee
was adopted without opposition by the
house Of delegates. -
Deaver.-AccOrding to figures Issued
by the national parks department ut
Washington. 2l9,1 persons visited the
Rocky Mountain, National parks of
Colorado during the summer season
this year. That number is more titan
One-fifth of all the tourists who visited
all the parks Of the nution this year.
The rational total of parks visitds for
1922 was 1,044,53s, nearly 4o.0W pore
than the total for, 1921. . !"
DenverIl.Gre,uer respect for, the
American. constitution is aimed al. in a
procIamation issued by Goysrnor
sh3Vp designating Oct, .d2, the a9plyer-
sary Of the battle Of Yorktown, as Con
stitution day. The governor urges that
ap. citizens re-read the constitution on
tltAt DAY and that schools and colleges
observe the day with special programs
wlilth vim tend 70 .ihake the consatu-
hdf rh6fe famlliaH u. ''".';
Colorado 'Sprin,isasse.&sNsiiinety sse&s officials
sssdH ia &YSS'n Il nes Ms2ssa 2s?. q g ts;s
aepafiss' and the b5,rd 81 difectSsFfs Of
tie xfoMarh Woo;i,,iann: J;n, ioriu,Hj, In.