The Meeker herald., 1923-01-06
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS


1921. when the Shaeffer DAM. on l'ea
on lower Beaver creek. was called In
the Fremont County District Court
here. The case called was that of w.
=. Emerson against the Beaver Park
Water and Irrigation Company. Emer-
sons ranch Is on the Arkansas river,
short distance below the mouth of
Beaver creek. There are fourteen
other complainants asking dan,ages
from the same cause, the aggregate
amount asked being $l25.OOO.
Greeley.-Somewhere In the sand-
hills Of northern Colorado or western
Nebraska, four men believed to be the
bandits who robbed Il Federal Reserve
Bank truck OF $2UU.OOO In Denver and
killed Charles 4. Linton, bank guard.
are hiding. while Denver police and
Weld and Morgun county sherifrs off
cials are searching for them. Jumped"
from DIR. J. w. Fuequas untenanted
farm house. eight miles northeast Of
Greeley, where II IL believed they were
hiding, the suspects, driving two large
automobiles. divided and sped away
before p0sses, hastily organized, could
get on their trail.
Golden.-On the ground that the
Colorado Supreme Court held cOnstitu-
tiOnal law that FIRST should have
been submitted to the direct vote Of
people In the district Involved, an sp-
peal will be taken Immediately to the
United States Supreme Court Ia the
MOffat tunnel case, Edwin H. Parks,
attorney, announced recently. Park
represents Mary L. Milheim and Fred
erick Netcaif, who brought the orig
inal action attacking the constitution
ality Of the tunnel law.
Puebio.-Etmes Beasley, 10 years
old, found guilty Of the murder Of Os-
car kronke, Continental Filling Sta
tion employS. when given tEial last
week was sentenced TO hang during
the week Of March 81. BY Judge j.. 3.
Tnmble In the District Court. Beas-
ley took his sentence with 10 comment
other than that be was sorry kronke
had died and that he felt sOrry Tor his
mother. He shot and killed KrOnks
when the latter resisted the robbery
OF the oil station.
Brighton.-John Jones, negro, ar
rested with Fred Merchion. negro. on
the charge OF numbering George NIL
Ter Of Denver on Nov. %, pleaded
guilty to the charge when arraigned
here. Merchion entered . plea Of not
guilty. The trial Of both men 10 set
g.. I~-'s1 DosultIu~ <r~vv, Hh~ tn
tense feeling generally aroused
through the Staying Of Miller In Globe
Vile, both men were taken to the Weld
county jail At Greeley for safe keep
Ing.
Greeaey.-0rant Haldemsn. acting
for the state Public Utilities Commis-
sion, sentenced Greeley citizens to
walk for 100 days. He was here to
pass on the application Of bus line
for the right to run It's cars ON Gree
ley streets. He decidsd that the com
pany must procure . franchise from
Greeley before II can maintain an ap-
plication before the STATE Board for
the right to run autoA He gave the
company 100 days to get this fran
chise.
Denvef-Colorado's memorial win
dow to David H. Noffat. which stands
ON the right Of tha- -hsstsaant govern
ors roStrum In the Senate chamber,
was unveiled recently In the presence
Of Governor shoup, Carl 3. Milliken.
secretary Of state; W. p. Robinson.
chairman of the Moffat tunnel COM
miss,on; A. n. stong, state treasurer !:
James Williams Of the state Board Of
Capitol Managers, and other state Of
flciala.
Denver.-w. q. Carver was granted
4 certificate Of convenience and ne
cessity for the operation Of an auto
mobile passenger stage line between
Denver and Steamboat Springs via
idaho Springs, Emplre, Fraser. Hot
Sulphur Springs and Eremmling, by
the State Public Utilities Commission.
Denver.-Apportion Of $6.777,-
SOC for construction OF highways in
Colorado in 1923 was announced by
the highway advisory board In report
which has been approved by Governor
Shoup. The budget for next year culls
for an expenditure of $3,11l ,6pl on
highway construction, the remaining
sum being left over from 1920. 1921
and 1922 Federal aid projects total
$5,272, 700. and state projects $1.404.-
800.
Estes Park.-Painting vivid word
pictures Of the peaks and ranges, flow
! ers and birds and bensts of the Rocky
mountains, Charles Edwin Hewes, Es-
tes Park poet, has just completed a
book Of verse, "Songs Of the Rockies" :"
Marked by a simplicity Of style that
reflects keeniy the beauty OF mountain
nature, many Of the verses show q
depth Of feeling unusually beautiful.
Denver.-FOur armed and masked
bandits attacked four Federal Reserve
Rank men In charge OF q bank truck