The Meeker herald., 1922-05-20
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

law JUST pusseu ny tue Stute LS6''A"
ture has been filed by the residents of
East Pueblo. Two hundred property
owners In that section of the city lnve
petitioned for flood district TO be
known MS the Fountain River Conserv-
ancy District, for the purpose OF pre-
ventlon of floods, regulation of the rlv-
er channel, regulation of the flow OF
streams, deviatlng and controlling
them In whole or In pnrt and eliminate
Ing OF water courses.
Lafayette.-Frank Haskell. alias
Frank Kelly, has been arrested nj the
Colulnbine mine IN II chnrge OF
being concerned in the robbery Of the
First National Bank here. a note
found under the pillow of the bed oc-
cupied by Haskell Mt ii lodging house
here caused suspicion to he directed
toward him. Mrs. Abeya, keeper of the
house, found the following note under
the pillow: Don't give up your Job.
brother. We must pull that Lafayette
deal this week."
Golden-William Tnlmndge, who
lug his way out OF the Golden jail some
time ago. was again placed In that jail
by Sheriff Kerr. Talmadge was picked
up In Denver several days ago under
the name of Thomas. when police dis
covered him repaIntlng stolen truck
in n grove near the city. His original
conviction was for stealing chickens.
He will be held in the jail here until
sentence is passed Oh him in the Dis
trict Court, where he recently was con-
victed.
Ing J. n. Akey. 40 years old, cashier OF
the defunct Farmers State bank OF
Windsor with cmbeZZlement. grand lar
ccny and perjury, have been returned
by the Weld county grand jury to Dis
tIict Judge George II. Bradficld. one
Indictment alleges that Akry on March
10, 1921, cmbcZzle,i $1,000 from Martin
Svedmnn, wealthy Windsor Turner,
who was II stakeholder and heavy de:
positOr in the Farmers State Bank OF
Windsor.
Grceley.-Centcnnial High school of
Pueblo carried off the bulk Of the hon
ors, and four cups, in the state contest
for high school commercial contests,
held Mt Colorado State Teachers Col
lege. Greeley. These were the cups Of
fered in the individual contests. The
governors cup went to Kit Carson and
Fort Collins, one for the highest col
lective score In advanced bookkeeping
and allied subjects, the other for ad-
vnnced shorthand and allied subjects.
Fort Collins.-with the announce
ment here that the land necessary had
been obtained by Fort Collins citizens,
the erection Of new 81, 600 armory Is
virtually assured. Erection Of the
building will start Immediately, nc
cording to Col. Patrick ]. Hammock, ad-
jutant general OF the state militia.
who, with Joseph Moori,cusl. closed up
the deal.
Denver.-Heavy damage caused to
the tracks of the Santa Fe railroad by
the June floods In the upper Arkansas
valley last year caused officials OF that
road to make application to the Colo
RADIO Public Utilities Commission to
abandon the Santa re right -of-way
from Pueblo to Portland, Colo.
Golden.-Thc Colorado School OF
Mines Will graduate seventy-six young
men as mining and metallursical en-
yincers on May 10. The commence
ment address will he delivered by DR..
Howard Monroe Raymond. president
of Armour Institute of Technology.
Chicago.
Denver.-Thc police at Colorado
Springs Informed Chief OF Police vii.
liams Of the recovery of n large part OF
the So, 900 worth Of stocks. bonds and
other valuable papers stolen from the
State Bank of Crowley, mt Crowley.
Colo, last month, for which scvcr;,
persons are being held mt the city Jail
here.
Yumn.-The biggest vote ever east
Mt a local school election was east al
the recent election. Three candidates
contested for the office of school board
secretary, DIR. George L.. Billsborrow
winning by II large majority. Elmer l..
Prather was second and FEEDER l..
Schmidt, third. A proposition to In.
crease the tux levy to crcNie Il fund for
the retirement OF old warrants was de-
fentcd by eleven votes.
Denver.-Aiembers of tie open We.
nlre summoned for jury duty In III,
West Side Court here signed Il formal
protest against District Attorney Var
Cise's statement that many of then
were lOnfers and police characters ant
were obtained for Jury duty from poo
halls and cignr stores. The protest
was signed by forty-two vcniremcr
and delivered to Judge Charles G.. But
Ter, who submitted 1t to. Air. Van else
Greeley.-Thc Colorado Milling and
Elevator Company has signed n con
tract with the l:urreli Engineering
Company of Chicng" to build II GO0-bnr
Tnnr mill n spkl NM, I'm sI.,I .,lnrutnr