Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-01-19
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

IN the official report of the Ihiteu
States Bureau of Census at Washing
ION. d. q. The total cost of school op-
Grafton for thar year was s2..lo'"oa
For the fiscal year ending June w.
1917, the total cost whs Sl.o'h0i'' an''
The pcr capita cost was sG.S2. B"for"
III, war. for the fiscal year ot l?i1'
thc iotnI cost was S1.a9.IOi. ana per
per capita cost S5.SG.
Boulder.-At the cooperative OIL
sbalp laboratory where oil shhie IT.
vestisatioIIS are being conducted ID!
The United States Bureau OF Mines anu
the state of Colorado, hummer "l
runs have been made with the large
horizontal retOrt under different coll
trolIed conditions. All products are
being examined, md US the work goes
on, the belief that the oil yielded ny
horizontal retOrt Is not OF ms hi:i'
ouality as that from retOrts OF a fer-
teal type, Is confirmed.
Dpuver.-That Colorado farmers
have planted about the usual acreage
of winter wheat IL shown in tile CO.
Imperative fedcral-state crop report JUST
issued by w. W. Putnam, agricultural
sta,is,ician of the United States Hu-
reuu of Markets and Crop Estimates.
The preliminary estimate of winter
whent sown in the autumn of 1921 is
placed ut 1.46G,OOO acres. compared
with 1.I9G,OOO acres sown in the fall
Of 1920, and about 1,O73.n)O acres s"wn
in the autumn of 1919.
Denvcr.-COlOruiO is seventh In size
Of the forty-eiSht states in Tie Union
with an area of G6,A1 ,12O acres. II IS
more than twelve times the size "f
Massachusetts, about twice rs large ns
Iowa. and Approximately the size OF
New York. Ohio. Connecticut ANA New
Hampshire combined. East and west
its extreme length Is 3S7 miles. ami
north and south 2IG miles. There are
forty-tw0 peaks that are 1l.NN feet
in elevation, or more.
Euds.-Kiowa county was the scene
of ,hr greatest Indian battle ever
fought in what is now the state of
Colorado. 1t was In territorial days,
Nov. 20, 1864, that Col. John NJ. Chiv-
ington led 1000 men against II Chey-
rnne Indian village on Big Sandy
creek. The redskins were led by their
noted chief, Black Kettle, and in the
battle 800 Indians were killed. II
caused, however. numerous other In
dian wars.
Denver.-rlIp first actual settlement
OF Colorado WAS in Denver in 1858, and
the following year, 1859. marked the
first real gold discovery that led to the
greatest rush of people into Il wilder
ness ever known In these United
States The growth as given by the
United States census of the state fol-
lows: 1860, 34,277: 1870. 30.s8i; 1880,
l04.327: 1890, 1920; 1900, 539,1OO: !:
1910. 790.O24; 1920, 930,G20.
la Juntn, COlO.-Mrs. Bessie Nc
COnnell, IL mother of six, who conducts
q clothes cleaning establishment In the
basement of local furnishing COM
pany, will cease to toll. She has re-
ceived word that through the death of
relative in IndianOla, Iowa, she in
herits S2OO,OOO As soon as she can
dispose OF her cleaning shop Mrs. Nc
COnnell proposes to retire from work
and invest her fortune in La Junta.
Hot Sulphur Springs, ColO.-Bruce
Wallace, the G-year-Old son Of Lew
Wallace, Grand county editor. Is dead
after being run over by an automobile.
The child was sliding down hill on II
sled which Went directly into the path
way of the automobile driven by Ed
ward Chatfield. 4 fractured skull
caused death. Bruce was the only boy
Of Mr.. Wallace's five children
Denver.--COlorado's vast ranges pro-
duced $Sl ,s12, 900 worth of live stock
during 1921, besides which the Denver
Union Stockyards Company handled
81, ,30I 100 worth of cattle, sleep and
hogs during the year, thus giving the
live stock industry OF the state Il grand
total of sos, ,110.1 100 business for the
year.
Colorado Springs.-A large iglOo
built of concrete without doors or win
dOws is 10 be built in Colorado Springs
by DR.. Fred NJ. Spiers of OcliOtZgaca Gu
SstIHute, -tIHSht, I'D test OUC his tneOfy
OF curing tuberculosis. He plans TO
have his patients live in furs withou,
any heat In the room whatever, fol-
lowing Il plan lie found successful in
Alaska, where he says he cured 15O
men.
Dcnver.--Only 100 of The 1900 cor
pOrallons reports which must be filed
with Secretary of State Afilliken on o,
before March . have been received,
according TO information given out.
Officials of the office urge that all
corporations of the state file their re-
ports at the earliest date possible. in
order TO assist the department in main
tainin. its efficiency.
Greeley, Colo.-Clarcnce Day, 10
years old, was killed when an automo.
bile, driven by an unknown person.
ran over Il sled on which he was rid
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