Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-09-14
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

county fairs through the state, acc"ru
ing TO Mrs. II. II. Shaw of the Colorauo
Sunday School Association. Ihese eN
hibits include literature on metiioos
and results, and illustrative posters
and scrap books, note BOOKS iiooe's'
maps, clay figures and other nanu
work used by teachers In presenting
Rible stories, or made by children 10
exnress the ideas of the lessons III
tangible form. Mrs Shaw said that
she has received letters from those III
charge of such displays saying tiat
many teachers and mothers are making
notes on the suggestions of1ered !"
these exhibits.
Denver.-Although there Is now com
paratively little good farm land re-
manning open to enter In Colorado .he
area that has been homesteaded IN me
last six years Is close to i,ooo'oo"
acres, the State Immigration Depart
ment announced here. OF this amount
perhaps 3,50O,OOO acres has not !e.
been proved up and Is therefore lot
vet on the tax rolls. Reports OF coun-
ty assessors to the State immigration
Department show that there are now
approximutely 5000 h0mesteaders IN
the stute, living more or less periha-
nently on farms that they have not
yet proved up.
Colorado Springs-Owing TO the
TRANSPORTATION situation, the annual
convention of the telegraph and tele-
phone section of the American Riil-
way Association, set for the first week
in October in Colorado Springs, mas
been Indefinitely postponed, according
to Il telegram received here from Sec
retury w. A. Fairbanks in New York.
This convention would have been the
largest in the Pixies Peak region in
1922. Between 800 and 900 members
of the association were expected ana
virtually all arrangements had been
completed.
Denver.-Fees amounting TO SI5,-
SGO.GO were turned over by TIE United
States government to the state of Colo
RADIO us its share of grazing and TIM
Der fees in the seventeen national for
The money represented earnings for
the fiscal year ending June 30. Regu-
latiOns state the money Is to be dis
tributed in the counties In which the
forests ure located, to be used for
school and road purposes in the ratio
of 05 per cent for roads and per cent
for the schools, or vice versa.
Fort Collins.-Juck Bell, manager Of
CamptOn's resort In Cherokee park,
and widely known rancher, is in IL crit
lcal condition ut his residence in Lii
Porte, northwest of Fort Collins. from
u head wound sustained in an alterca-
tiOn with two men and woman ut the
resort recently. Frank Miller, Fort
Collins garage owner, his wife, and
Frank Chicarello, are under bonds of
result of the encounter, in which 1t
Is alleged Bell was felled with a stone.
Colorado Springs.-Folowing au-
thoriZation to return to work If the
old wage scale was restored, approXi-
mately $50 striking miners of the Colo
RADIO Springs coal fields called off the
strike in joint meeting of the two To-
Gals in Papetown. The strike had been
on since April. Operators here stated
that they would hire union men with
out discrimination as the vacancies oc-
Cured in the ranks of their employees.
Acknowledgements Anthony Tra-
mulato, son Of Jerry Tramulato of
Arvadu. died in st. AnthOny's hospital
in Denver as the result Of pistol shot
fired by his .4-year-old brother. The
corroded bullet lodged in the boys hip
and caused blood poisoning
Golden.-Judge Samuel W. johnson
in the District Court of jefferson
county upheld the legality of the Mof-
fat tunnel act when he decided in fav-
or of the tunnel commission in Il suit
brought to restrain the issuance of
bonds for the project.
Akron.-"There was something do.
ing every minute" ut the Washington
county fair here.
Durango. - Miraculously escaping
death, five Durango residents suffered
serious cuts, bruises and broken ribs
when their automobile plunged over
the Moccasin grade In Mesa Verde MI
tional park, turning over four times in
Its wild plunge down seventy-foot
embankment. The car was n total
wreck. Mrs. Effie Carol was the most
seriously Injured. Ben Rice, George
Farley and Mrs. Ellen Rolf and dauyb-
ter were badly bruised.
Pueblo.-All school children in the
state attending either public or pri.
vate school will be afforded an opDor.
tunity to attend the state fair at Pue-
bio on Friday. Sept. 20, us guests of
the state fair commission, according
to plans announced recently. School
superintendents in every county in the
state have been supplied with tickets
for distribution to children expectinr
to attend the fair.
Colorado Sprlngs.-Dr. o. II. Gillett
or this city was elected governor of the
COlOradO-WyOming district of tho RI