The Meeker herald., 1922-01-21
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado



lions Saturday and Sunday.
BrightOn.-Masons from all parts
OF the state participated In the laying
OF the cornerstone of Brighton's new
$35, 700 armOry. The building. accord
Ing to contract. will be finished Feb.
1. 1t IL being constructed of hydro
stone. local product.
Pueblo.-Coiorado will be required to
expend approximately $1,6O0.OOO to re-
place bridges and crossings destroyed
In the serious floods In June. accord
Ing to estimates compiled by l.. d.
Blauvelt, head of the State Highway
Department. The bulk of this money
will be spent In bridge construction
Pueblo.-T. H. Foley, 6s years OF
age. and for the past thirty-two years
resident Of Pueblo and one OF Its
most prominent business men, died
suddenly Us result Of apoplexy. Col
Onel Foley was well known to many
of the cIty's residents. He came to
Pueblo from Piqua, Ohio, in 1889 AS
penmanshlp Instructor at Central High
school.
Greeley.-Presldent J. 8. Crabbe OF
the State Teachers College, stock
holder In the Greeley Loan Company,
whose president, II. A. Hoffman, re-
Gently committed suicide, declared that
valunbles worth $4,000 were missing
from safe deposit box which he
owned at the loan company. The con-
tents OF the bux consisted Of Crnbbe'S
personal property.
Denver.-All previous records for
the number of papers handled
In the county recorders office
In Denver were broken during
1921. The receipts of the office
also were grenter by % per cent than
ever before, according to figures COM
piled. There were 121, 0++ papers han
bled during the year. ns against less
than 100000 In 1920. The receipts
were SlOO,372.7s, MS compared with
$7G1S3.l7 In 1920.
Bouldrr.-The presence Of 1O2 stu
dents including some Of those promi-
nent In activities, will be missed from
the University OF Colorado for the next
two quarters at least, through failure
to keep up In their STUDIES. This Is II
little lower percentage than usual. The
official statement of the bonrd Of
deans shows that 20J OF the 2.GGl stu
dents failed ito make grade" during
the pnst quarter. OF this number 1913
were reinstnted
Denver-The streams In the nation
al forests Of Colorado and Wyoming
will be stocked with 2,50O,OOO fish fry
10 ne
the government by Allen S. Peck, dis
trict forester, Is complied with. Mr..
Peck addressed letter to the gov
eminent fish hatcheries department,
asking that the fry be turned over to
the forestry and state game and fish
department officials for distribution
in the hundreds of streams In the ma
tional forests.
Denver.-Charles w. Loving, who Is
said to have named Denver, died
Christmas day ut Santa Monica, Calf,
according to word received here
by F. W. Admins. Mr.. Loving was o.
years old. He came West with party
of gold seekers in 1853 and with 9th
ers In his party is said to have sur
veyed the original TOWNSHIP of Denver.
1t Is said that Colonel Denver, n regu-
lar army officer, visited the camp and
Inquired what nnme had been given to
the new TOWNSHIP. Mr.. Loving is quot
ed as having said, eve hadn't thought
of any name colonel; but MS you ask
us, we might as well name 1t after
YOU"
Fort Collins.-The beautiful hair of
Miss Ellen Ryder, 14-year-old daughter
Of William Ryder, was cut from her
head while she slept. The scissors
used was taken from table in the IL
brary of the home No clues have been
obtained to the identity Of the clipper,
though the scissors will be put TO II test
for finger prints that may have been
left on them.
Denver-A busy lot of young
men and boys with pencils and
score cards will usher in what
Is called the greatest National
Western Stock Show ever held In
Denver, Jan. IA to 81. Stock judg-
ing teams from colleges, secondary
schools giving agricultural work and
the champion boys judging teams from
IHelT respective STATES, VIII pe VII MANU-
early Saturday morning, Jan. IA.
BrightOn.-Tony CordillO Of Denver,
"a years old, was sentenced here to
serve from five to seven years In the
state penitentiary after jury in the
District Court had found him guilty OF
highway robbery. Cordillo was arrest
ed on charge of rObblng two tourists
from Nehrn skn Of S1S on Sent &C. aft
er hating their car on the Brighton
road and commanding them ut the
point Of n gun to hold up their hands.
Montrose.-Ben Meyers, held in con-
nection with the killing OF Lemuel He.
cox, found with his head cut off ut his
cabin In the western part of Montrose
county, engineered an escape from the
Jail. Meyers took advantage of New
Year celebration when the town