Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-14
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


towns. A constitution Will be drawn
within the next few weeks 1t Is s,''u
The officers elected are: C.ief bert
Watson. Grand Junction, president !;
Roy UT, Montrose, police CHIEF first
vice president; q. q. Savage, Bouider'
second vice president, and Marvin
Porter. Pueblo, third vice president
Captain Geor"e Dyon, Denver iih"'.
cial and recording secretary; !. d.
Eruce. captain Of detectives, C0lorado
Snrinrs. treasurer, and U. Z. Rose, La
Junta, sergeant-at-arms. Committees
chosen to start the work of organlza-
ton are: Committee on incorporation,
Charles ]. Burns, Ray Fell and raul
Hamlin, all Of Denver; committee Oh
bylaws, Capt. August HaneDutI' A'aS
Fell and U. L. Rose, all Of Denver.
Committee ON legislation, Guy kremer'
Denver; S. Ii. Close, Colorado Springs )
Marvin Porter, U. +. Rose and Charles
uensen, Sterling.
Pucblo.-W. L. Hartman OF Pueblo
hus been elected tO the board OIL 'rus'
tees and chairman Of the executive
committee which will be In charge OIL
the establishment of Il $3.OOO.OOO nos
pitul plant in Colorado Springs by inc
Methodist Episcopal church. fifs'
stems toward the new hospital, which
is to be principally for the care OF tu-
bercular persons Of any religious de-
nominations, were taken In Chicago re-
Gently whoa the board on hospitals anu
homes of the Methodist Episcopal
church took over the Bethel General
hospital at Colorado Springs which
hus been under the supervision or the
Woman's Home Missionary Society OF
the church.
Pueblo.-So poor thar sne did not
leave enough money to provide her de-
cent burial, Mrs. Carrie Reidmiller. 10,
whose fortune once was ruted ut $780,
600. died at Pueblo in her little hut be-
meath the west end Of the First street
bridge. Mrs. Reidmiller was born IL:
Austria, Oct. 2, 1917. Her first hus-
band was u prominent surgeon OF VI
enna. In 1886 he died and the widow
came to New York. Thence she wcns
West to Pueblo, and from there to
Creede, Colo, a: the first white woman
to set foot in ;he little pioneer mining
camp. Creede's first hotel was opened
by Mrs. Reidmiller..
Denver. A 100000 Christmas
present, distributed among over 6,OOO
growers throughout northwestern Colo
RADIO, western Nebraska and parts OF
Wyoming and Montana, was an
nOunced by the Great Western Sugar
Company in letter to these growers.
The letter states that ''in accordance
with that part Of the 1922 sliding
scale beet contract, which provides
that further payment will be made
from time to time as market conditions
warrant, the company on Dec. % will
make an additional payment Of 81 per
ton for all beets delivered under that
contract"
Sterling.-Culminating q weeks en-.
tertuinment in recognition of her sue
cess in the 1921 national safety lesson
contest, Mrs. Anne Rogers, a teacher
of Sterling, was received ut the White
House recently by President Harding.
who presented her with a diploma of
honor. She won in contest among
$4,000 school teachers. preparing the
best lesson for promoting safety on the
highways. The contest was conducted
by the Highway Education Board and
National Automobile Chamber of Com.
| merce.
Burlington.-Two little Colorado
Bertha Boyer, II, of Kit Carson coun.
ty, won the highest hOnors In home.
canning and jelly-making club wo x In
the United States, ut the International
Live Stock Show In Chicago. A three.
month trip abroad, eliminating In an
exhibition before the domestic science
experts of France, is the reward of the
two girls. Their expenses will be paid
by the national committee on boys and
girls club work.
Boulder.-Alpha Beta, newest of the
Greek letter fraterniti"s at the Uni.
vcrsity of Colorado. has leased for
three years the old Kappa Sig house.
James II. Hoffman, senior law stu,
dent, of Littleton, Is president of ,he
fraternity, which Is petitioning Phi
Kappa Tau, national Greek organ.
ization. James Il. Roach of Boston is
vice president; Ralph Squire Of Black.
we'll Okla, house manager; Lester
Weber Of Denver Is treasurer.
Denver.-fhere Is an automobile for
every six per.,ons in Colorado, the
records In the office Of Secretary of
State Milliken show. Colorado, nc.
cording to the last census, has a popu.
lation of 939. .629. On Dec. l there were
In operation In Colorado 1GO,5S5 auto
mobiles - 149,91s passenger cars and
l0,672 trucks. This makes. to be exact,
one automobile for every So inhabi.
tants, or ten cars for every fifty-eieht
people.
Sterling.-About two hundred depos.
itors of the closed Sterling National
Bank met here at the city hall to
bring about negotiations for the re-