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■Harness Races, Horse Races, Ball Gaines, Boxing, Merry-go-rounds, Cheyenne County Fair, September 20-2 CHEYENNE WELLS RECORD VOL. 10 ®ljc 33 ait h of (Eljrurmtr ItHrlla CARROLL BROWN, CASHIER There Is No Luck In Taking A Chance T£ YOU WISH to have money ahead with which to do things, don’t wait for something to happen to make you rich. It’s too long a chance, and it doesn’t pay to wait. The luck that comes to successful men is the result of their own efforts. They advanced steadily in money matters through thrift You can follow the same plan Start an account for yourself. It’s the one sure way to advance. -<ss=- Capital and Surplus $27,5000 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC louring Fair Weej^ ✓ \ The public is cordi / \ ally invited to our S m store where we will be pleased to show you the many bar gains we have to offer. Make, our store your headquarters We Welcome Our Visitors to This City VALORE HDW. CO f’HEYENNE WELLS, - - - COLORADO xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx XXIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXSO Coal - Lumber --Paints We Are Headquarters For the Famous Moffatt and Harris , Routt County Coal Lumber We cheerfully furnish estimates on all bill of lumber. Price in line with quality Paint Your Buildings With Mountain & Plain ' Guaranteed Paints Chas Eichenberger The Cheyenne County Lumberman Office phone 29 Residence phone 17 FIRST VIEW John Pauls is working for Ed. ordan, Joe Dwyer was a home visitor in Sunday. The Patterson family.spent lunday at Harta. Floyd Hutchinson still confin es on the sick list. J. L Mousel’s ate Sunday din er at Grover Calverts. The G. H. Woodrow and O. B. 'ry families were callers at the CHEYENNE WELLS, CHEYENNE COUNTY, COLORADO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1921 Floyd Hutchinson home Sunday. S. M. Lennox spent Sunday at the hospital with his wife. Ollie Williamson and daughter were at First View Saturday. Everyone is planning on at tending the big fair this week. W. J. Bellfry made his usual trip to Golden Valley on Sunday evening. Mesdames T. M. Dwyer and' Joe Dwyer, visited Cheyenne Wells on Saturday. Edwin Jordan returned from Nebraska last week. He has purchased a tractor. Sunday nights rain was worth millions to the wheat that has just been sowed here. Mr. Olen German returned to Nebraska last week having finish ed up his seeding and threshing here. Messers Peter and John Halde, j lid Craine and Roy Derry, tran ' sacted business at the county i seat on Saturday. ! Some of the same brand of skunks that are bo'hetirg the I Sharon Springs watermelon fields visited the J. L. Mouse) patch last week. But for a fire in the neighborhood they would have got their just deserts, as the men had started for the patch with loaded guns when the fire was discovered. So if you want any melons you had better go to the house first hereafter. Joe does not object to feeding a fellow on melons, but the distruction of vines and green melons are un called for. Boosters Here Last Thursday about noon in the neighborhood of about twen ty-five automobile loads of Colo rado Springs business men rolled into our city on a "good will” tour of Eastern Colorado. They were given a very cordial recep-_ i tion by the citizens of Chey | enne Wells. Mayor J. E. Hayes, made a short address of welcome j to the boosters which was well | received. Chairman J. W. Shy, j of the Board of County Commis-' sioners, was also on the job and addressed the visitors after which j he handed them the key to the county. A number of vocal i selections from the boosters en-| tertained the crowd after which the meeting closed and the visit ors called upon business men of the town “just to get acquaint ed” as was the object of the trip. They were a lively bunch in a live town, and expressed them selves as being greatly pleased with their journey thus far. Arnett-Killion On Monday evening there took place the wedding nuptials of Lester Ross Arnett, one of the prominent young farmers of Arapahoe, and Miss Mable Mollie Kiliion of Arapahoe and one of the most esteemaide young ladies of that vicinity. \Rev.y M. P. Dixon saying the mVstic words that made them one. yrhe wed ding took place at tne M. E. church parsonage of /hia city in the presence of a ten immediate friends. Mr. and'’Mrs. Arnett will make their future home on the farm near Arapahoe. The young couple have the best wish es of their many friends for a long and happy life. J. S. Abernathy, of Arapahoe, was a social caller here on Fri day morning. Mr. Abernathy, had just returned from Denver where he had been for the past two having had an oper ation performed on his left eye. A couple of months ago he had an operation performed on his right eye which was so success ful that he decided to try the other eye this time. Until these operations, Mr. A., ha 3 been practically a blind man for the past two years, but today he is a happy man, for he has the sight of the right eye again and a very good chance for the recovery of the other. Good luck to you Mr. Abernathy, is our wishes. There will be Luthern church services at the Cheyenne Wells school house on Sunday morning, September 241 h, at 10:80, every body invited. I Commissioners Proceedings Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, September 6th, 1921. Board of County Commissioners of Cheyenne County, Colorado, met as I>er adjournment with the following members present:—J. W. Shy, Cl'iair man, A. 1. Johnson, Vice-Chairman, Walter Ramsay, Commissioner. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Mr. A. E. Howell, of Arapahoe, appeared before the Board with a report that a man by the name of Nils A. Anderson, living thirteen miles southeast of Arapahoe, on what iq known as the Olmstead farm, was very sick and in rather destitute cir cumstances on account of having a large family and being unable to work and support them, should be entitled to aid from the county. Therefore following resolution was offered and adopted that, WHEREAS, The County Physician having investigated the condition of the disease, and otherwise confirming the report of Mr. Howell, BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Clerk be hereby instructed to call upon the said Anderson family, and ascer tain thei. needs, and to see that they are supp led with groceries and fuel. The monthly report‘of the County Sheriff for the month of August was audited and approved. Tlie balance of the.day waa spent in attending to various matters of cor respondence. WHEREUPON, adjournment t was taken until .aiae o’clock A. M. Sept. 7th, 1921. Attest: E. H. Akerly, Oik. Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, September 7th, 1921. Board of County Commissioners met persuaut to adjournment with all members present. | Road Viewers report oh the petition of J. S. Adams and others, was pre sented, examined and ordered return ed to the viewers for correction, as the cost of opening is not sufficient to oovcr the probably cost of the changes of routing recommended by the view ers. Road petitions of Chas. Cloutman and others was presented and laid over for investigation. Tax refund pepitlons of George Wortman and V. H. Johnson having been returned approved by the Colo rado Tax Commission warrants were drawn in payment thereof as herein after mentioned. Mr. Chas. Roach of the Denver Steel & Iron works, betng present, the Board and Mr. Roach drove to a pro posed bridge site about seven miles north of First View to secure an esti mate of the cost of a single span steel bridge. The following claims against the County were audited and warrants issued in payment thereof ORDINARY REVENUE FUND Walter Ramsay, Commission ers salary for August 9 57 80 A. I. Johnson, Commissioners salary and expenses 8166 Jull & Son, Plumbing and fix tures 8 06 J. H. Rahe, Labor on Septic tank 76 00 ' M P. Trumbor, Insurance on i Jail Garage 22 80 Willis L. Strachan, Dist’ Atty’s salary & Steno. fees 37 36 Town of C Jieyenne Wells Light and water for August, 21 75 Elizabeth Spencer, Salary as assistant to County Judge... 75 00 George Wortman, Refund of taxes 48 46 V. H. Johnson, Refund of taxes 19 40 ! V H. Johnson Judges salary for August 100 00 Bernice Plessinger, Dep. Treas. salary for August 90 00 Out West Ptg’ & Sta’ Co., Tax statements 9 36 Cheyenne Wells, Dia’ Mfg’ & Sto’ Co. Supplies for Court House 15 75 R. A. Pfost, Treasurer’s salary for August *r... 150 70 Hildred Plessinger, Salary as assistant to Co. Supt 75 00 E. H. Akerly, Express and post age paid out. 3 90 E. H. Akerly, Clerk’s salary for August 150 00 J. W. Shy, Commissioners sal ary for August 66 34 W. E. Yore, Assessors salary for August.. 150 00 D. H. Zuck, Dralnrge work CouH House yard.-. 2 60 Esther B. Weir,, Supt. salary for August 12500 Bertha B. Yore, Dep. Assessor’s salary for August 90 00 Esther B. Weir, Telegrams and milage 48 69 (Continued to middle pages) ARAPAHOE NOTES Rev. B. F. Lawrence, the new Presbyterian minister, preached a very able sermon at the Chapel last Sunday morning;. * Friday will be school day at the fair, the school busses will gather up the children as usual and will leave for the grounds in a body. L. M. Dickson and family, C. Rhecm and family, Miss Eliza beth Hays and Mr. Rice Miller, were Sunday dinner guests of C. O. Riggs. A B. Kibbee is building a new cottage north of bis present home which when completed will be occupied by Prof. Leatherwood and family. .The Arapahoe Consolidated' school is progressing nicely un der the able supervision of Supt. Leatherwood, of Alabama City, Ala., and his able corps of assist ants. There is a total enroll ment of 186 with more to come. The Ladies Social Circle with the help of the patrons of the school, will entertain at the Chapel the evening of Friday, September 30th, in honor of the school faculty and the niw min ister. Everyone is requested to attend and get acquainted. The members of the sophomore and junior classes and the teach ers of the High School enter trined the Freshman class at the High School auditorium last Fri day evening. After a lengthy initiation they were taken to the creek south of town, where all enjoyed a hot lunch around a camp fire. Another teacher, Mias Eliza beth Hays, of Denver, was add ed this week to relieve Mrs. Hill, teacher of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades, with an enrollment of forty-seven, and Miss Viola Smith, teacher in the second and third grades with °n enrollment of forty-two. Miss Hays will hnve the "A” division of the third grade, the fourth grade snd music. Notes From District No. 7 Schools opened last Monday. Mr. A. Faraday visited Riley Hilliard Sunday. Miss Grace Petty is teaching the Shy school this year. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Waltman were in Cheyenne Wells Thurs day. i Miss Anna Martins is attend ing the Towndr High School this year. Quite a number are planning to attend the fair at Cheyenne Wells this week. Mrs. Rahe and family were callers at the John Snyder home Saturday. The dance at Mr. Baurs was well attended and everybody en joyed the evening. Mrs. ‘Pryor is teaching at the Prairie Dell and Anna Rathburn at the Waltman schools. The wheat farmers are smiling now as the heavy rain Sunday night put the ground in fine con dition for the wheat Wm. Bennett entertained sev eral of the young men of the neighborhood at a melon party one night last week, foot racing was one of the "stuntß” of the entertainment. Mrs. Ann* Anderson and son, Floyd, who have been visiting relatives and friends here re | turned to Denver last Saturday. So *7 JU'M. J NOYES-NORMAN SHOES At Here' an unuiual value; I you can’t Kelp but see the advantage they offer in quality, style and value. Try them on $6.50 I also do shoe repairing in a satisfactory way, A trial will convince you. ■ EASTWOOD’S SHOE STORE CHEY2NNE W2LLS . COLO School Days Are Nearly Hell We are ready to It out toe boys and girls in everything needed. Shoes, Shirts, Stockings, Underwear, Drcsrcs. * Suits, Overalls Percales and Ginghams for school dresses School - - - Supplies CURTIS & SON Whm You Bar • UttU Mor. Fo» A Link Lm. Cheyenne Wells, Colo All accounts due at the Royal Cafe must be settled for oa <r before September let. Maddsx Brothers. - 1 As we go to press the tic county fair is on in full bloom. Ask Nick about Dream Electro* lyte. Nicks Battery Shop. Millinery Opening Sept IS New Fall Stock of ladies and childrens hats. Reasonable price. Mrs. Eva Herrick 26tf Geo. R. Leinraer. of Chicago, who is the owner o(severa) tract* of Cheyenne county land, arrived in our city on Monday morning to look after his interests here. He was accompanied by his wile on this visit Please Notice The public it kindly request ed to muffle their cut-auto on automobiles while driving past the hospital. Just consider yourself in a dying condition .and haviag to endure that nehtn 24-3t Dr.KauAnMto