The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-11-25

Denver Live Stock Exchange and
largely instrumental In the develop
ment OF Denver as live stock and
packing center. The first duly re-
ports from the Denver Union Stock
Yards WIS through him, seeing ~ he
did IL vision Of greatness for his adopt
ed city In this wonderful industry.
His newspaper life began ut Toledo.
Ohio Later lie established II paper Ut
Boulder, Colo. und ufterward the
Daily Record Stocklnan at Denver.
TrinidHd.-Struck by u Colorado Il
Southern locomotive ut the brickyard
crossing On the edge Of Trinidad, Hen
ry Hildebrandt. manual trimming In
structOr ut the Primero. Colo. school.
was Instantly Killed and e. Z. Reeves,
stable boss ut the ColorndJ Fuel and
Iron Company mine, and his son. Sum
Reeves. were Injured.
Denver-A fall census Of brood
SOW and pigs liz to be taken by rural
letter curriers' In Colorado this month,
1t IL announced by the PostOffIce DE.
partment. A similar census was tuken
last May In seventeen states and was
pronounced so successful by Secretary
Of Agriculture Wallace that 1t was de
cided to extend the sursey throughout
the country.
La Juntn.-Mrs. W. Il. Montgomery
was seriously Injured and her husband,
DIR. Mont gomery, slightly hurt, when
their automobile was struck by Santa
Fe passenger train No. So, the stu
running between La Junta and Pueb-
10. The physician had been ON pro-
fessiOnal call, and us they crossed the
track, the car, which was u new one.
became stalled due to the clutch refrs-
ing to take hold.
Denver.-The Colorado chapter Of
the National League Of District Post
masters was split into three districts
vt the closing session Of the Organiza-
tion's convention. Other important
changes In the bylaws were made.
Each of these districts will he pre-
sided over by vice precedent under
the direction Of President F. Il. Rose
The vice presidents named ut the con-
vention are T.. A. Buckley of Crook,
John T. Adkins OF Holly and Mrs
Mabel +. Bradley of Grumpy.
penyer-A fossil identified by y
number OF biologists ms the tooth Of u
dlnosaur, unenrthed by wOrkmen on
the Squirrel creek forest road In Gus
ter county, WIS brought to Denver by
j. l.. BrOwnIee, assistant district en-
gineer Of the United States forest
In 10 mn f.f tho
few of Its kind ever found in the state,
according to the official.
Grund JunctIOn.-The American Jer
sey Cattle Club hus rewarded hOnOrs
In Colorado to Jap Dayda's Maybeile
482622. owned by George La Grunge,
Grand Junction, and she Is declared
the new yenrlIng champion Of COlOra
do. She produced lO,OO4 pounds Of
milk and 473a3 pounds Of butter fat,
starting test ut year II months. Her
average test was 4.7S pounds.
Ordway.-Airs. J. =. Curiiss, wife Of
u rancher living twenty-five miles
northwest of Ordway. shot and killed
J. L. Todd, neigiib0r. ut the CurlIss
ranch and then, with her husband and
five children, drove to Ordway, where
Mrs. Curliss surrendered herself to the
sheriff. The woman told the sheriff
she shot Todd, who Is unmarried. In
se,f-defense. "He tried to hit me with
a hammer" she said.
Denver-An hour after he became
certain thut lie had been elected gov
ernor OF Colorado, william e. Sweet
announced that he had Invited Hale
Smith, assistant professor Of economics
at the University OF Colorado. to be-
come private secretary to the execu-
tive when the prelIminaries Of assum-
ing that office are disposed Of
Denver-In the last year the fed
eral forest service constructed TIA
mlles of minor roads ut 4 cost Of $50.