Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-06-29
COLORADO NEWS NCiE2

puebIO.-A wireless o'sp'"'
,.,n,,s,ro,ion is being prepared tor
.ha coming Colorado state fair, open
Ing Mt Pueblo September %, "hlc'' !"
80 and completeness will surpass
ANYTHING of tile kind yet produce" "ss, .o
of The Mississippi river. Inc r s'"ss
fo,r commissioners and the manager
80 moro than delighted with the "lr
nnrtunity to.give demonstrations anu
make displays Of apparatus ana eqn'r
ment. such as has. never !e, o..n .,,a
shown at any state fair, ana VIII ''.'
,,,I he shown at only one or two QUIZ
ars ~ IN Tie country. ,C6hirnete sending
and receiving apparatus Will be IN,
stalled: soundproofsglass booths VIII
ha used and elaborately equipped eN'
tensions will,be located IN me er"nu
stand, nj the fair grounds, IN I'LL 'ne
larger buildings and at outside po'h's
wbera crowds will cOngregnte..
ten.wott station will be Installed o"
the fair grounds. and this will be con-
nacted with the 5OO-watt plant down
in the city. From all the pro"ue"s'.
ing instruments there Will be gwen "u'
In tbe human language all the DIG
news of the days and nights the
snaeches of eminent orators. all sorts
~ nublic announcements, the great
musical concerts in the large easter"
cities. and everything else or p"p,'c
nature that is going on all over 'he
world.
The State Board Of Land Commits
s,oners have made available approNl-
motely 100000 for distribution to the
various school districts of the STATE
This amount represents the income
for the six months period since Jan
nary 1st this year, received from
lenses on agricultural and sraZihs
lands: from interest on investments Vi
the school permanent fund or the
stute in farm loans and munic'pal,
stute and government bonds;' ana
from interest on deferred payments on
school lands standing under certifi-
cates of purchase in the names OF lhdl-
yI,luals. This amount has been stead
ily increasing from year to year, anu
will eventually take care OF conslu-
erable percentage of the school eX-
pense of the state. 1t is distributed
among the various school districts in
proportion to the school population,
from records In the office, of tue state
Superintendent of public instruction.
Denver.-Sergt. Harold I. johnson,
Denver youth, who won medals OF
honor from the American, British and
French governments for bravery In ac'
ton before the German forces In
France during 1918. was designated as
Colorado's greatest hero by. Acting
Governor Cooley. With this deslgna'
ton, he represented his state In the
Living Hall of Fame during the ma
tional convention Of Disabled Ameri
can Veterans Of the World War at San
Francisco from June 20 to June 30.
Durango Is for the Sar
Juan basin, and the San Juan basin
Is solid for Denver. Denver has come
and has been conquered. Denver is
convinced that the San Juan basin Is
entitled to its southern railroad out.
let, and that such an outlet will be
equally as important and profitable to
Denver as it will be to the San Juan.
Such were the conclusions of the
meeting held recently under the aus.
pices of the Durango Chamber of
Commerce.
Louisville.-Thomas L. Allan, chief
engineer in charge Of the boiler plant
of the Western Light and Power Com.
pany,. located between here and Lafay-
cite, was seriously and probably fatal.
ly burned when an. economizer lead.
ing from the boilers exploded. en-.
veloping him in burst of escaping
steam. The force Of IN" "bnlsr-tore a
hole in the roof of the boiler house
and caved in the walls Of one corner
Of the plant. O..
Crestone.--C. F. Chapman, postmas-
ter at HOOPER, Colo. his wife and two
nephews and the son of w. J. Chris.
man, manager of the telephone eX-
change ut Hooper, were seriously in
Jureu IN an auto accident near here.
Mirage.-.\n attempt to blow up the
intake dam Of the Cotton Creek Irri.
cation Company's S25,O0O steel flume
was frustrated by the arrival of the
watchman.. The Waterman was in his
cabin when he heard the explosions
and got to the scene in time to see Il
number of men fleeing. Dissatisfac-
tiGn over the distribution of water Is
said to have been the cause for the
attempt to destroy the dam.
Boulder.-Cyrus b. Headley, II
years old, and Rowland Crowley. %,
who escaped from the Buena Vista re-
fOrmatory June 10, were captured near
Boulder by Undersheriff Mills and
Deputy Sheriff Williams, after a gun
battle in which Crowley was wounded
In the right shoulder.
Canon City.-The Rev. Mr.. H. Ralph
8iXler of Salida and forty members
of his Smiling workers Sunday
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