Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-30
CRISP
COLORADO
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WIey.-The newspaper plant VI ~
Wiley Journal was recently, Destroyer
by fire.
Castle Rock.-The dedication OF the
electric light system here was a''enu
er by general celebration.
Denyer.-WilIiam S. Cochran Jr'
was nominated recently by PRESIDENT
Harding to be postmaster ut Del Nor'e'
colo and John H, O'Donnell ut Sugar
City.
Denyer,-Fumes from the exhaust
of his automobile are believed to have
caused the death Of William Herman
Hall, who was found dead In private
garage.
In Junta.-In the game to decide tne
southern Colorado high school footDaii
championship, played between the LII
Juntu Tigers and the Colorado Springs
Terrors here, Terrors Won by score
of Is to D.
Hugo.-John J. Huddart, Denver
architect, Is drawing the plans for the
Lincoln county court house to he
erected in Hugo. The structure was
authorized by $4,000 bond issue
passed recently.
Colorado Springs.-PetitIons asking
the forming Of flood conserVancy
district on the Fountain creek. south
of Colorado Springs, have been filed
BY interested property owners ana IT.
rigation companies.
Castle Rock.-A health conference
and exhibit was held at the court house
in Castle Rock recently which includ-
ed the free physical examination OF
children under 6 years Of age and
practical program in health subjects.
DEMONSTRATING on the request OF
the National Bureau Of Education. the
American Legion and the National Ed
ucational Association. Governor Sh0up
has set aside the week beginning Dec.
3 as American Education Week.
Pueblo.-Ames Wickes, a miner In
the Red Canon coal mine, near Delta.
Colo, was Instantly killed when p0r-
tion of q 1,6O0-pound slab fell from
the roof and crushed him. Other min
ers nearby escaped without Injuries.
Denver.-School children Of Colo
RADIO, from one corner OF the state to
the other, are to be enlisted In the
campaign against forest fire danger
at the request Of William b. Greeley.
chief forester at Washington. ID. G.
Fort COllIns.-Fort Collins High
school won the northern Colorado in
terscholastic football championship
here In u triangular pigskIn tourna-
ment which proved one of the most
sensational football contests ever
staged here when 1t beat the Greeley
Wildcats Z to 0 and the Loveland Lob
sters 2 to 0.
Fort Collins.-A municipal recrea-
tion area has just been set apart for
the city Of Fort Collins by the U. S.
forest service on the Upper Poudre
river, embracing IN area OF forty
acres. While this still remains part
of the Colorado National Forest, 1t Is
reserved and dedicated to the purposes
of recreation area for the city, upon
which will be placed improvements
costing in the neighborhood of $50, 900.
1t Is the plan of Fort Collins to de-
velop this into an ideal mountain play
ground.
Denver.-Wheat continues to be the
most important crop grown In Colo
RADIO, both In acreage and value. Re-
ports Of county assessors to the State
Immigration Department show 1885,
052 acres Of wheat planted In the
state for the 1922 harvest, which Is the
largest area ever planted in Colorado
Preliminary estimates indicate the pro-
ductiOn will be approximately 29,OOO,-
600 bushels, which at prevailing prices
should be worth close to $2O,OOO,OOO
The area devoted to wheat in the state
this year Is 34.88 per cent Of the total
cultivated area.
Pueblo.-The will Of the late Alva
Adams, banker, merchant and former
governor Of Colorado, was filed in the
County Court here and 1t gives no es-
innate OF the value Of the estate.
Friends Of the former governor say no
estimate can be made until appraisers
have checked up on the items. The
will remembers relatives and friends
OF the late governor.
Denver.-The Republican state cen.
trail committee spent $1195S3,42 dur.
Ing the recent campaign. according to
statement by George H. Shaw, Re.
publican state chairman, filed with
Carl s. Milliken, secretary Of state.
The report shows receipts of $119,.
725.70. of which $118,475.7O was from
contributions and $3.50 from assess
ments Of candidates.
Pueblo.-A. E. Robertson, claiming
to be the son Of Alexander Robertson,
president Of the Aero Manufacturing
Company, Nineteenth and Broadway,
st. Louis, NO., and wanted in Denver
on charge Of jumping" bill of
$93.SO at hotel, was arrested in Pu.
eblo when he registered for one of the
most expensive rooms at the Vail no.
tel. He had only cardboard suit
case as luggage. ~. '.H
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