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VOL. <i
Charlie Leckenby state auditor, and
Willard Peck,* his public examiner,
were complimented and thanked by
Judge Julian Moore and the Denver
grand jury for the efficient manner in
which they conducted the audit of Den
ver*s accounts. This '\oi k is done
each year for the grand jury, but this
was the iirst time that the auditor and
his public examiner had been askdd to
take complete charge. And by the
way, Denver's accounts were found
correct.
The State Board of Immigration has
about completed the compilation of
data for a booklet on raining in Color
ado, which will be published"i i a few
weeks with a view of attracting capital
for the development of the State's inin
eral resources. It will be in no sense
a technical treattse. but rather a re
view of the States mineral output and
a pros|»ectus of mineral resources.
Its aim will be to encourage investi
gation of Colorado's mineral deposits
by those who are in a position to aid
in their development.
Raymond Miller, president of the
state land board and chairman of the
state central committee,
has returned to Denver from a trip to
Georgia and Kentucky, where he vis
ited with relatives. Mr. Miller struck
near zero weather in Georgia and eou
-siderabiy below-aero weather in Ken
tucky, and was glad to get hack to
Rocky Mountain sunshine, where he
-could take off his goloshes and ear
muffs, and sit out in the yard in his
shirt sleeves.
Prisoner in Morgan Jail is
Dead from Pneumonia.
Fort Morgan, Colo., Jan 12—Chaun
•cy Dyke, alius Charles Nivau, who
was arrested about two weeks ago on
a charge of steal ng an auto belonging
■to a fanner near this city, died last
eight in the county jail of pneumonia.
Ho was a hal’d man to capture, hav
ing knocked live Cheyenne county sher
iff down twice when arrested, and
;about a week ago assaulted Deputy
■Sheriff Morse of this county in an at
tempt to escai»e.
The liody was shipped today to his
parents iu Ohio— Denver News.
Jimmy Noland, secretary of state,
lias taken up personally the mat er of
Colorado stone and Colorado marble
for Go’ovado public and private build
ings. Complaint came to Jimmy from
the Slate Stone Cutters’ association
that many Colorado buildings were be
ing construcled with foreign stone,
thus sending thousands of dollars out
•of the state and using railroad facili
ties needlessly. Aside from the *‘L’se
Colorado Products** feature, the thing
■amounts to this: Colorado stone and
marble, the best building material in
the world, is being hauled out of the
state while foreign stone, in many
•cases n*»t so g >od, Is being nan led in—
all at a time when the nation's rail
roads have need for every hit of their
rolliing stock. Jimmy bus appealed to
at least twenty state commercial assor
•elation*. enlisting their support, and
has twived favorable answers from
almost every one.
Nurses should Register
The registration of all Colorado men :
women who have had nursing ex- '
perience few bow lieglnning in various |
counties. These men and wen en should |
go to tlie county nurse census directors :
•or write them for registration cards. All
men or »omen who are either trained,
.graduate, professional or | radical !
nurses, whether or not they are now
actively engaged in nursing, should 1
regist?r. They are called upon to do |
so as a patriotic duty h lx th the na- i
tional and state council « of defense. !
The sl*te nurses' survey hoard has j
announced the appointment of tlie fol- ;
lowing additional county census diiec
tors: Builder, Mrs. J- F. Thurston.
2135 Arapahoe street, Uoulder.
Chaffoe. Mrs. N. J. Garralts, +01 Fast j
Third street, Halida.
Delta, Mrs L. A. Hicks, Delta.
Dolores. George W. Brittain, Kico. !
Elbert, Mrs. Ila Little, Kiowa
_
Persons having uncultivated land. !
suitahl* for fanning this year, should ;
if possiWe have it put in cultivation ;
at once. >»s an aid to the Tro\ eminent;
toward winning the war. Those hav* 1
ing sued land located near a railroad ■
where * ansportation facilities are am- I
pie to rare for increased farm output,
may, SI they are unuble to farm it
tlmmwlti-s, get it put in cultivation i*y
Cheyenne Record.
CHEYENNE WELLS, CHEYENNE COUNTY, COLORADO, THURSDAY, JANUARY !?, 1018
j applying 1 to the Stste Board of Imtni
, gration. which v* in touch with u eor.-
; sidot able number of farmers desiring
land to put inio crops this spring.
1 Such lands should l>e furnished free
of rent for a period of not less than
| two years. About 50,0 X) acres of such
j raw land already lias been olTered on
j these terms and more is needed. Farm
l ers wiio can cultivate more land than
; they have, and those who desire to
start farming operations at once may
J also' help the campaign for increased
food production by corresponding
with the Board of Immigration Some
capital will of course, he required to
i farm the land offered under this plan.
The Board in anxious to hear at
once from all Colorado people who are
in a position to aid in this campaign,
either by furnishing land or bv farm
ing raw land New farmers will be
j placed only where transportation fa
• cilities are ample to take care of the
added production. The plan is being
! put into operation solely for the pur
| pose of aiding the government in an
I emergency, snd it will be explained in
(detail to. all who write the Board re
| guiding it.
Letter from D. E. Pfost
r
Keyport, Wash.,
Jan. 9, 1918
Cheyenne Record.
Che.yenne Wells, Colo.
Dear Editor and Friends:
The men of this post were en
tirely snowed under Xmas week,
and have just begun to recover
from its effects. Along about the
twentieth we had a light shower
of letters and magazines followed
on the succeeding days by a hea
vier down pour of messages, pack
ages and sweet-stuffs, sufficient,
j if thrown into one heap, to make
!a mountain rivaling Ranier. By
I Christmas eve the blizzard was
raging fiercely; Red Cross boxgs
and Y. M. C, A. packages were
drifting into our tents through
the small openings and letters
and post cards were sifting up
through the cracks in the floor.
When morning came and I was
able to dig myself out of my tent,
lo. ( and behold! a big drift was
| blocking my path. I needed on
ly one glaude to tell that it had
come all the way from Cheyenne
Wells and when I dug into it and
got a taste of that Cheyenne
' Wells candy and a whiff of Chey-
I enne Wells tobacco and an insight
into Cheyenne Wells kindness
and generosity, I felt like I sti.l
beonged to Cheyenne Wells and I!
would have given all I had to
] have been there.
The Red Cross and Y. M. C. A
organizations are a boon to every
soldier, but for Cheyenne boys,
there are three, the Red Cross,
. the Y. M. C. A. and the I. O. O. F
I can’t thank them in words for
; thei” kindness, but I certainly 1
\ can feel a sense of appreciation!
|and"patriotism ihat helps me to
realize my responsibilities to my i
i people and my country.
■ I will say ‘thanks” to the peo- j
j pie of Cheyenne Wells and with'
j wishes for your success. I shall
j close. Yours for the U S.
D. E. Pfost. D. S. M. C. i
Yes, Dempsey, the people of
: Cheyenne Wells do not forget
j their citizens of Cheyenne county j
l who have gone to help fight their
'battles, and they are trying to do 1
everything they can to help make '
life as cheery as possible for;
them, and let the boys know that
j when they return there will be!
: more than one to welcome them
'to the “honre returning.
; * —• —
Mrs. Wallis and children, of
I Beaumont, Calif., left on Wed
nesday morning Tor their, home
; after a short visit with her sister
Mrs. R. E. Goodnight. ,
Miss Terril' had the misfortune
;to lose a valuable cow one day
, this week, caused by some of the
others knocking it into a manger
Report of the condition of the
CHEYENNE COUNTY
STATE BANK
At Cheyenne Wells, in tl*e State of
Colorado, at the close of business
December 31, 1917.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts unsecured 92 7C3.1C
Loans and discounts secured by collateral 84.027.23
Loans on real estate 5ISI8.30
Overdrafts f .. .2.238.85
Bonds to secure Postal Savings 1.000 0u
Other Bonds and securities 2.7.17.85
Furniture and Fixtures 2.541.10
Banking House 4.500.00
Other real estate .930 94
Due from Reserve Banks 41.20* .74
Cash on hand 7.615.15
* 245.366.87
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock .13,000. 0
Surplus Fund 8,000.00
Undivided prollts(less expenses and
taxes paid 4,001.04
Festal Savings Deposits 36.09
Individual Deposits 175,676.39
Demand Certificates of Deposit 2.600.00
Time Certificates of Deposit 34,701.55
Cashier’s Checks 3,679.80
Total 246.654.87
STATE OF COLORADO I *
County of Cheyenne I
Wo. J, E. Hayes, iVice-President, 'and Fred.
Keller. Cashier of the abnve named Bank, do sol
emnly swear that the above statement is true to
the berft of our knowledge and belief.
ATTEST Mrs. H. S. Hamilton
Mrs. Jennie E Ross
M. M. Lenihan
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day
of December 1917, Henry C. Nelson
[I,. S.l Notary Public
My commission expires Feb.. 4. 1919
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Mid-winter Examinations this
week in the hign school.
Willard Thomas was home over
Sunday renewing his friendships
Wellard is very enthusiastic about
his school.
The next literary program will
be given January 25th. The pub
lick are invited to these exercises
The high school orchestra will
aid in the program.
A new high grade balance scale
has bee.i purchased for the lab
oratory. This was a much need
ed tquipment and should it be
properrly cared for would last
many years.
A calender for 1918 from Colo
rado College has been received at
the school, a work of much beau
ty having many views of the col
lege and also the n;w pr;sinents
•photo, President Dunway.
Two new pupils have recently
entered the grade, Elizabeth
King of Greensburg, Pa. who is
living at James Goodnight's and
Arthur Childers of Oklahoma.
The former entered the seventh
and the latter the first grade.
Edna Mason of the class of 17,
has begun teaching about eight
miles south of Aroya. Edna was
a faithful student and should she
do as well in the school room as
teacher, the patr jn3 of the school
may be assured of a good school.
j The most of the cases of sick
ness have recovered' although
i there are a few absent from the
high school. Practically all of I
i the grades were in their places j
| Monday morning. The effects of
the measies and cold weather
have been demoralizing to school
work.
School was closed last week on
I Thursday, owing to the bad bliz
zard that raged throughout this
| whole section. Tne storm was
jso bad that scarcely a dozen pu
pils from the grades and high
: school togather were present and
several of-the teachers did notap
i pear on the scene. Friday school
1 opened as usual but the attend
ance was very small owing to the
extreme cold. The bad weather
has had very undesirable effect
upon the school.
I The two classes that have
graduated during the present
management of the school have
had twelve mem» rs. Of those
five have entered college; Don
Kiteh at boulder, C .ro yne Diagg
er, Eli and Martha Schuelke and
Miriam Nye at the University of
Denver. Edna Mason, Willard
Thomas. Gertrude Plessinger and
llhee Pfost are now teaching' in
Cheyenne County. Only three
that didn’t enter educational
work.
PROSPECT HILL
To be snow bound is to be shut
in from the busy, feverish world
and consequently hoodwinked £S
to social functions or business
transactions. In fact our road is
under a snow embargo, with one
exception. The Hollander boys
have converted their true Ameri
can automobile into a snow plow
and cleared the road from Chey
enne wells to Prospect Hill. Thi3
effort was made necessary by rea
son of their one-hundred and fifty
head of fine heifers quartered
here, which they are under ne
cessity of feeding twice a day.
In this Providential way we are
in a limited degree kept in touch
with the good people of the town
especially with the printer and
his pal.
Now you see by the dearth of
of News herein observed, what a
calamity to our country it would
be, and to each individual in par
ticular in particular, if all the
avenu sof news were snow bound
or so congested by unfore seen
obstacles, that we could not
know what our next neighbor
was doing, or what was going on
in the great out side world. Of
course such a state of things
might take a proidential turn and
have the effect of spurring up
the fellow who was in arrears
with his paper, tr rush in and li
quidate his debt and urge a
speedy delivery of the good news
paper which of course stands in
need of a financial stimulous like
this.
FIRST VIEW NEWS
C. A. Smith called at Prairie
Dale oil Friday.
A number of farmers lost stock
in the recent storm.
J. B. Hassman, A. Gauschler
and O. B. Fry transacted busi
ness at. Cheyenne Weils Monday.
S. N. Hull was a business vis
itor at Cheyenne Wells Tuesday,
C. S. Woodrow and John Drir
coll visited the county seat Mon
day.
G H. Woodrow brought out
his car which has been at the
Garage, last Monday.
GOLDEN VALLEY
Come to the Red Cross cnter
tainmei t.
Miss Irene Jackson was ill Mon j
day and missed school.
Mr. Magee lost a fine mare in
the bliszard.
Can Brown was on the sick list
after the storm.
The mail carrier had a time get
ting through the drifts.
Mr. Wright rode in the storm
several days trying to save his 1
stock.
' l
Mrs. Sublette and Francis Wil-.
lard spent the week end with Mr i
Magee’s family.
The Golden Valley school will '
give a Red Cross entertainmer t
Friday night Jan. 25th. They
will give a patriotic program and
serve refreshments. They hope
to make enough to get supplies
for the chi : dren to make articles
for the soldier boys. Come and
1 bring your neighbors.
AGATE MOUND ITEMS
John Forker was .escorting a
land seeker in our midst, last
week
Mrs. Claud Smith, of the Kerr
ranch called at Mrs. Fredericks
last Friday afternoon.
Frances, James and Robert
Calvert spent last Wednesday
afternoon with their little friends
Howard and Richard Staley, of
Cheyenne Wells.
In spite of the blizzard Lillian
Roush and Harry O'Hara attend
ed school at First View every day
last week. Lillian has a mighiy
fine record which she is anxious
to keep perfect. She hasn’t been
absent or tardy for four years and
a half, which speaks well for her
courage and perseverance, in the
land of blizzards and distances.
ARAPAHOE ITEMS.
Floyd Kibbee is on the sick list
Bill Cox left from Denver Wed
nesday morning.
J. E. Shepard is visiting at
Holyoke Colorado this w eek.
Lillian Walker spent last week
with her sister Mrs. F. G. Bidin
ger.
Le Shepard and Fay Bidinger,
were callers at Cheyenne Wells
Monday.
Mrs. C. L. Shi iner returned
Monday morning from her trip
to Illinois.
C. F. Kibbee, John Wyant, and
Bill Kent were unloading coal for
J. V. Shankland Monday.
Prisoners Try to Escape
From Jail.
Last night while attending the 1
prisoners in the county jail, Dep
uty Sheriff Morse was attacked
by three of the prisoners and nar
rowly escaped fatal consequent s
As it was he received considera
ble bruises about the face and
head while the prisoners fared
worse than he did.
Deputy Moase believes the at
tack was. deliberately planned.
At half past live o’clock he went *
ta-the jail, as is his custom, to \
attend the men- When he enter-j
ed the jail the men who were
locked in the inner cell complain
ed about a couple of buckets that
appeared a little unsanitary from
garbage they held.
Although Deputy Mo-3e hadn’t
had the cell door op »n for a cou
ple of weeks ho uok the sugges
and alone unlocked the cell to get
the buckets. At once Chas. Ni
von, the man who is lodged for ,
having stolen the Preston car
and who knocked down the sho
iff of Cheyenne county besides
giving a lot of trouble to other
officers, struck Depuly Morse. |
Evidently he expected to get the I
officer's revolver and the keys'
with which Morse locked the j.iil
door behind him as he entered
the jail.
The two other prisoners were
Art Itosencranz and Herman
Ringeison. Tne former is in j jil
on account of wife desertion an 1 ;
the latter is lodged on the charge
|of forgery- He also is a t ex-con
'vict undaviolatir of his parole
j from Buena Vista. The charges
a rainst all three men are suffic
j ient to encourage tin m to make J
their escape if possible.
I Whan Nivon struck Morse the
other two men attempted to as j
si<t. Fortunately the officer had
i left his gun so that the prisoners
could not get it. Their effort to
get the keys with which to unlock
the jail door and make their cs
cape. The struggle too* place in
the na row space between the
cell and the wall which enabled
the officer to avoid the attack
from 'all the men at the same
time.
By a fortunate twist the dep
uty got the finger of Nivon’s
right hand in his mouth. Nivon
is a Kentuckyian and prides him
self in knowing no danger. Morse
held to the finger which prevent
ed Nivon from using his right
arm. He felt he was struggling
with desperate characters and
was merciless in his treatment of
he men. Nivon bled profusely
and Rosencranz lay heaped up in
a corner from a kick that he re
ceived from the officer.
Finally Deputy Morse gave the
men such treatment after twenty
minutes that the prisoners pulled
toward the cell. The officer got
some satisfaction in following the
Kentuckian with a screwdriver
which he happened to have in
his pocket which he drove into
the back of the defeated prisoner
as he sent him into the cell. The
weapon also conquered the other
men.
The attention of Martin Green
was called to the cell during the
fight by the screaming and yell
ing of Rosencranz who was pain
ed from the. kick he got. Green
stw Sheriff Lamb coming out of
his home a-d called to him. The
sheriff was unable to get into the
jail as Morse had locked it behind
him as he entered. Morse had
his men landed in the cell before
he could open the door.
Deputy Morse was easily able
to be about the street this morn
ing and told the story of the
bloody battle. He looked as
though he had been up against all
he claimed. Morse thinks there
was one time the blood of the
Kentuckian tasted pretty good
because it was the morsel that
no. only saved his life but pre
vented the is laps ol t le prison
rs as well.
The above was taken from a
Ft Morgan paper.
Strayed—one red heifer last
spring calf, and one red heifer
branded T and 6 combined, on
light hip. Please notify, M. Gor
man. Arapahoe, Colo. 43 tf
James McCrumb came home
this morning for a few days vis
it with home folks.
Ray Chamberlain is on the sick
list.
The Editors family received a
letter from Mrs. J. R. Hancock
this Thursday morning staling
ths t their daimher Miss Oma
had had an operation oa the side
of her head, and that she went
th a operatio fine. The cause was
Iromcatarih and the effect of
measles settling in h- r head. She
will have to under go another
one on the other side of her h<*ad
as soon as she lias recovered suf
ficient. Miss Oma's friends here
hope for her a speey recovery.
Mrs. Hancork says Orman is do
ing fine in school, and that they
are getting a long nicely but that
she longs to be with her old
friends in Cheyenne Wells.
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