Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1922-01-05
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| -hesu county Il three DAYS live stock
extension course. 10 be given Mt Grand
junction Jan. 2G, ~ aud %. Mr.. Me-
'hhh Is in correspondence with the au.
'horllles at the Agricultural College In
nm effort 10 arrange for this course.
IL Is hoped 10 have Dick Jaw, live
STOCK extension agent from the Ayri-
cultural College. for the entire three
Jays. Two courses are being cousid-
cred either one dealing with the feed
ing Of live stock or one dealing with
the question of breeding. The breed
ers residing on Orchard Mesa began
the movement for this course, and the
meetings will be held on one of the
ranches Of that district.
One OF the many sources OF rcceipts
through business channels during 1921
Is traced to the ninety-eight national
conventions and state gatherings, in
ending stock show visitors. held In
Denver. The oui-of.t0wn attendance
was 32,S.}3 persons, and they stayed
from three days to Il week, or more.
Efforts of the convention committee of
the tourist bureau of the Denver Civic
and Commercial Association, headed
by Chairman VIII Il. Owen. to get del
egateS TO stay another day, If possible,
and make Il short trip by rail or auto,
were successful. Actual stOpovrrs of
delegates routed through Denver to at
tend conventions elsewhere were also
enc0ura @od, and rs II result about 1000
of the 100 visited Dcnvcr'S system OF
mountain parks.
has been given 10 the city of Boulder
for two years, provided that the Com
mrrcial Association will maintain the
institution satisfactorily and without
expense To the university. At the end
of Two airs the builtlin. is To br used
il may see fit. The building WAS orig
innlly uScd as Il training school for
medical students, but due To the trans
fer OF the medical school TO Denver 1t
is no loi. ger needed.
AndrcT Carlyle Carson. state his
torian OF Colorado, designer Of the
Colorado state flag, and for eleven
years manager of the Orphrum thea
ter here, died nj his home in Denver.
Mr.. Carson retired from the active
management of the Orpheum thcatcr
in May. 1912. because of failing health
and had devoted most of his time since
Then to writing phnioplays and to his
inricil and biological writings. He had
been i'll for only three days preceding
his death.
Fire in The G. W. Daniels furniture
store nj Colorado Springs caused about
So:,OW damage to Christmas goods
ready for shipment and TO The stock.
The fire was discovered In the rear of
the building and the alarm was speed
lily given. enabling firemen to keep it
from spreading. About 300 shipments
were destroyed, and $4,000 worth of
rugs damaged by fire and water. The
fire was kept from spreading to the
where S25OOO In furniture
was stored.
Otis T.. Burton, confessed hOl,lup and
alleged member of gang operating in
Pueblo and possibly Denver, pleaded
guilty in Colorado Springs and was
sentenced 10 from seven to ten years
in the state peniteniiary by Judge j..
W. Sheafor In the District Court. Bur
ton was arrested when Il. II. TnSgArt,
60, whom he attempted tn rob, beat
him with IL set Of lead qnOits he was
CARRYING home for Christmas present.
The Durango Evening Herald re-
ports renewed activities In the Lake
Fork mining district, near Durango.
Several companies are making extern
sive improvements on their mining
properties and plan 10 resume opera
ton.
One man was killed and another Stif-
fcred fractures Of both legs, and twelve
in one train were badly
cred under II snOwSlide near Duriihs"
recently.
Seven years ago travellers purchased
Indian ctirios while visiting in Colo
RADIO: today. sales include staples. The
result Is that August, formerly the
tullcst IN the business nuns calendar,
is next to December. the heaviest
month, in point of sales. Tourists
seven gears ago probably left S5,OOO,Wo
in Colorado: in 1921, with an estimated
;aW.OOO tourists by rail and auto, sales
and hotel accommodations climbed to
Sd, OOO,UOO. Activities of the Denver
Tourist Bureau during the first seven
years of its existence have included
the distribution of literature, which, IL
in II pile, would be eighteen
times the height of the Eiffel tower
in Paris and twcnty-three times as
high as the Wentworth building In New
York City.
The application of Receiver W. Il.
Freeman Of the MOffnt road to ;bnn-
don ROllinSville station, as one OF sew
cral measures calculated to reduce the
expenses Of the road, is being opposed
by residents of that village. The mat
ter came before the State Utilities
A puuurnlufSf lNny he