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Cheyenne Wells Record VOL. 10 Cite Jlanit nf (Himutur HlrlUt CARROLL BROWM. CASHIER Save For A Purpose CAVING MONEY is worth while, for it makes every day profitable to you. But first of all have an object for saving— sot a goal for yourself. You have an am bition—an education, a home of your own, capital to start in business or for invest ment. ! Start saving with a definate goal. Your ; savings will grow when you have a plan. Then, too, as you go along, the compound interest earned on your money will help you reach your ambition in a shorter time. I • 1 .55=- Capital and Surplus $27,5000 Stop! Look! Listen! What’s the Lates? j CASH BASIS WHERE? Valore Hardware Co :■ WHEN? October 24, 1921 WHY? Better Prices to You AWo Service § ANY EXCEPTION? Nope l Your Patronage Earnestly Solicited § and Appreciated At All Times. jj Tell the Other Fellow! 8 VALORE HDW. CO § CHEYENNE WELLS. COIOKAPO g a Coal - Lumber 1— Paints— 1 Wc Arc Headquarters For the Famous g Moffatt and Harris O Routt County Coal | Lumber Wc cheerfully furnish estimates on all bill of lumber, O Price in line with quality K Paint Your Buildings With Mountain & Plain g Guaranteed Paints -j- 8 Chas. Eichenberger 8 The Cheyenne County Lumberman o Ofllce phone Residence phone 17 g CHEYENNE WELLS, CHEYENNE COUNTY, COLORADO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1921 County Sunday School Workers Meet One of the best conventions since the organization of the County Sunday school Association in November 1910, was held at Arapahoe on Saturday and Sun d iv, October 15th, and Id Arapa hoe is to be congratub t d on the all-pull-together spirit of the o it which showed so plainly in the enteitdnment given her out side guests. On Sunday afternoon the chap el where the sessions of the con vention Wre held, was more than fu 1, while nearly half a hundred children were entertain ed by Madams Girdley, Johnstone and Leatherwood over in the new church building which is at present used as a school room. Clarence N. Wright head of the young people’s work of the state Was the representative of j the state office present. Mr. 1 Wright and the local ministers not only aimed at a mark but hit it many times in their helpful and suggestive talks. • | The convention accepts an in vitation from Kit Carson to me<*t I there next year. Our sister town will have to be on the alert if ' she is to attain the standard set i by Arapahoe ! The following officers were i elected for tile coming year ! President, J. W. Adams, Chey ! enne Wells; Vice Pres. J. A. Jenk ins, Cheyenne Wells; Sec’y and Treas. El en Norton Adams, \ rapahoe; Supt. chidrens divi sion. Mrs. T. S. Johnstone, Chey enne Wells; Supt. Young Peoples division. J. W. Towner, Arena; , Supt. Adults division. H. Hilder- 1 brand, Arapahoe; State Director, J. W. Adams. j In order that we may make the needful reports to the state office will every Sunday school in the county please send to the county secretary before October 27th, the following information? . Name of Superintendent, total , enrollment ot the school, amount i 1 of pledge to County Association; the schools represented at the convention made their pledges on the bases of ten cents per mem- i ber If these pledges are paid paid before January Ist, 1922 the county will be able to retain its gold crown banner for another i year. Let’s keep it. It is up to each individual member of every school in the county. Bring Your School Children To ; the Commercial hotel where Dr. - :K. C. Sapero, ihe well known : eye, ear, nose and throat special ! ist. will examine their eyes and yours, free of charge on Wed nesday, November 2nd. C. E. Eccles, of the Consolidat ed Mortgage Companys office, of : Denver, was in our city the latter part of last week on business matters. I S. S. Wells went out toLexing- I ton, Nebr., one day last week to ' meet Mrs. Wells and bring her i ! home with him. Mrs Wells has i i been in Nebraska for the past 1 month looking after some busi ness matters. They returned home the first of the week. Mrs. C. L. Etter, of First View, gave a big dinner at her home last Sunday afternoon in honor of her father, Mr. D. W. Hart, who had reached his seventieth birthday. his "young man” was a pleasant caller at this office last Saturday and advanced his subsciiption ahead for another fifty-two weeks. These young folks are holding down a home stead south and west of First. View, coming here from Neb raska about two years ago. The Record office extends its best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Hart and hope they live to a ripe old age. V. H. Johnson is in Denver this week on business matters. Ray Higenbot: am is visiting with the home folks in Nebraska Keep tl.e home "fires burning this winter. The eoa! man needs the money. A discount will be given on all hats in stock for ten days. Mrs. Eva Herrick, Don’t forget the big dance next Saturday night at the I. O. O. F. hall good music and good t.imp assured all. "’’he schools have closed for the balance of the week while the teachers are all in Denver attening the institute. Next Sunday October 23rd, at 10:30 a. m. Divine services will be held in the school building of Cheyenne Wells. A cordial invita tion is extended to all. | The farmers of the Eads com munity met some time ago and agreed to pay corn shuckers three cents per bushel for shucking corn this fall. All the farmers at the meeting pledged them selves to stand by this price.— Brandon News. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Nelsin, of Wild Horse, were in Cheyenne Wells on Monday, coming down from their home to get their daughter, Evelyn, who has been in the local hospital for the past two weeks where she underwent an operation for appendicitis. Carl Peterson, who was com mitted to the asylum some time ago made good his “get away” the latter part of last week and came home. He called at Art Browns hotel for shelter. When question as to his returning, he simply replied “he was tired of that place”. An officer arrived here this week and took him back Record Ads Are Read Had a letter from one of our subscribers this week and among other things has the following to say: “Just leturned from our honey moon and were glad to see tl.e Record of September 29th and October 6th waiting for us. W ish to thank you for the congratula tions and good wishes. Your paper is certainly very newsy and enjoy reading it very much, look over the ads and see what the business men are doing as that is still of interest to me even though lam not there. Wishing you the best of luck and hoping you will continue with the good news. ’’ Yours very truly, Emil P. Schumm. Franklin E. Brooke President of a good roads or ganization has the following to say: "The first and moat diffi cult milestone in the establish ment of a great highway from Kansas City to Denver following the old historic U. P. trail has been passed. Now comes the task of conserving the time, ef fort and money invested in the ire motion stage of the project, and insuring that the benefits shall be lasting and cumulative, through a permanent highway organization which shall estab listf service bureaus and keep the road maintained, weil marked and well advertised. An organization meeting has therefore been called at Hays, Kansas, Friday, October 21st, fur the purpose of adopting by laws and electing officers. It is essential that each county be well represented and lend coun sel to the deliberations that yue may make wise decisions and in sure the success of this road. The meeting will bo held at 3 o’clock in the city hall at Hays. Proceeding of the Board, of County Commissioners Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, September 20th, 1921 Hoard of County Commissioners of Cheyenne County, Colorado met as per adjournment with the following members present:—J. W. Shy, Chair man. Waller Ramsay Commission r. Session oj>ened as a Hoard of Equal ization to bear complaints from those who were dissatisfied with their as sessments, but there bein no claims presented, the following order of busi ness was tuken up and .disposed of The application of the t'hevenne County Fair Association for a license to conduct Boximr and Sparring ex hihitions at what is known as the j White City Hall, located on a portion of tl»e northeast quarter of Section 21 j Township 14, Range 44, and a lease iof said premises to the said heyenne I County Fair Association, -ccompany- I in# said application together with the j license fee of SIOOO.OO as provided by the Statues, being on file with the County Clerk, and presented to the Board, the following resolution was offered and adopted that, WHEREAS, The Cheyenne County Fair Association having ful y compli ed with the provisions of Section 17H5, Revised Statues of 1908, of the State of Colorado, RE IT RESOLVED, That the license be granted. Mr. C. D. Vorls, representative of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, i being present, the resolution relative ! to the agreement for the construct'on of a Public Crossing on the section line between sections 19 and 20, Town ship 14, Range 44, was adopted and duly signed by the Board. WHEREUPON, Adjournment was taken until nine o'clock A. M. Sept ember, 21st, 1921. Attest: E. H. Akerly, Clerk. (.heyenne Wells, Colorado September, 21st 1021. Board of County Commissioners of Cheyenne County, Colorado, met per suant to adjournment with the follow ing members present:—J. W. Shy, Chairman, Walter Ramsay, Commis sioner, A. I. Johnson, Vice-Chairman Board convened as a board of Equal ization, but no claims being presented the following business was taken up and disposed of. A resolution authorizing thu appro priation of One Thousand (SIOOO 00) Dollars from the Ordinary Revenne Fund, infavorof the Cheyenne County Fair Association, was offered and unanimously carried WHEREUPON adjournment was taken until October, 3rd, A. D. 1921. Attest: E. H. Akerly, Clerk. Cheyenne Wells, Colo., October 3d, 192! Board of County Commissioners of Chevenne County, Colorado, met In regular session as per adjournment with the following members present:— J. W. Shy, fChairman, Walter Ram* say, Commissioner. The day was spent in auditing bills, and attending to.various matters of correspondence. - WHEREUPON, adjournment was taken until nine o'clock A. M. October 4th, 1921. Attest E. H. Akerly, Clerk Cheyenne Wells. Colorado October 4th, 19 1. Board of County Commissioners met as per adjournment with the following members present:—J. W. Shy Chairman, A. I. Johnson, Vice- Chairman. Walter Ramsay, Commis sioner. Minutes of previous meetings read and approved. The monthly re port of the County Sheriff for the month of September, was audited and approved. Road petition of Dave A. Derby et el, praying for the opening of a public road upon the following route; Com mencing at the northeast corner of Section 17. Township 13, Range 48' and running in an easterly direction for a distance of approximately Ave miles to the northeast corner of Sec tion 18, Township 13. Range 47, and connecting with the Mount Pearl and Arena road, was presented and laid over for investigation. Road petition of Charles Cloutman et-a’., was again presented, approved and the following named persons ap pointed as viewers, Fred K Her, Chas. Clelland and Ira Wombles. View to be made October 19th. 1921. Road viewers report on the pe ition of S. J. Adams et-al. was again pre sen ted, approved and the following resolution offered and adopt d and WHEREAS, said report having been returned corrected, and the c« st 'of opening said route appears to be ! fairly estima'ed, | BE IT RESOLVED, that the report ' be accepted and the route designated , there in be the same is hereby declared ; a public highway towit: Commencing No : 1 at the northeaHt <•< rner of Section V; Township 18, Range 43, and runntMf from thence in a southerly direction for a distance of approximately At* miles to the southeast corner of Sec tion 34,"’Township 10, Range 43, to County line. A motion made and ancl unanimously curried tliat county aid u* o-e iv. A. t ully, be disconii; uetS from this date. The butcher bond of W. J. Richard* o» Kit Carson, was p-esented, examin ed and approved and ordered tiled for record A resolution offered and unummotna ly adopt'd that from this on no furth er aid will b extended to Mrs. Ni?« A. Anderson without direct oid e* from the Board of County i'ommto* siimer-. . oad petition of G. W. Hauptmdia et-aT praying for the oi>ent;i£ of uublic highway upon the following route, to-wii: t;ommencing at *isa northeast corner of Section 8, town ship 13, range 44, thence running in'% westerly direction on the section l:n*s for a distance of approximately si» miles to the northeast corner of Sec tion 8, township 13, range 45, thenem in a northerly direction for adistancm of approximately 3 miles to the north east corner of Section 21), township 12, range 45, thence in a westerly directfom for a distance of approximately four miles to the nortiieast corner of Sew* lion 27, township 12, range 47, wmm presented, approved and laid over for I thirty days as provided by law. | ’i he following claims against tbm county were audited and warrants drawn upon the various funds In pay ment of the same: ORDINARY REVENUE FUND J. W. Shy, Com. sal and exp. .9 00 34 A. I. Johnson * * .. 2 (VI Walter Ramsay * 1 .. 68 80 Bertha Yore, dep Assessor stl. 90 oth W. E Yore, Assessors salary. 15'» Oh R. A. Pfost, Treat, sal & p’ge. 150 Oh Ester Weir, tel’gma, ml’ge “ 512 ft Art Brown Sheriffs expenses.. 147 4ft Town of Cheyenne Wells, light water 29 4ft State Compensation Ins. Fund premiums 132 3ft C. F. Hoeckel, B. R. Litho Co Office supplies 32 9ft Indianapolis Blue Print G 0.... map material 0 3ft Chas Eichenberger, material... 2ft Out West Printing Sc Stat’y Co Legal blanks 29 'ft W. F. Williams, freight on cots 12ft E. H Akeri.v, box rent, post'ge and map 9 3ft Elizabeth S|>encer, salary as assistant to County Junge... 75 Oft E H. Akerly, Clerks salary... 150 oft Hildred Plessinger, salary as assistant to County Supt..... 75 Oft B* mice Plessinger, dep treas.. Of* Oft Art Brown, Sheriff salary 150 oft Ester Weir, < ounty Supt sal... 125’0ft W J. McGinty. Janitor ft laun 128 Bft Mattie Trimble, Dep Clk St R’d 12511 ft Florence'Owens, Ass’t to Cl'k 90 oft Chey Co. Tel Co. Phone rent.. 39 Oft H. C Nelson, Clk Dist court... 80 Oft G. K. Gw* hmey, Co printing.. 1000 ft Cheyenne Countv Fair Ass'n.. prem on exhibits, live stock.. 9880 ft Cheyenne County Fair Ass'n.. Appropriation 1000 Oft V. H. Johnson, legal ser 3e qtr 125 (ft V. H. Johnson, Judges salary. 100 Oft COUNTY HOAD J O Ramsay, grading sad Ailing 119 Ift ▲ 1 Johnson, expense supervising road work € Oft Waller Ramsay, same 3 2ft J W Bhy, same 21 Ift James Bunker, labor on tt11u.... 24 9ft Ckss A Wilson - "...18 4ft Harley Olaon *' M .... 13 2ft GuyFChaa# " " 49 Aft J *e Iverson " " .... 13 2ft Valor* Hd* Co., mach. aupplles 2 Ift Advance Const’ Co. f reeno 25 Oft Harris Motor Go* lubricating oil 10 4ft Quinn A McGill Supply Co., truck repairs AMI R B Nyr, Grading 29 2ft U F Starr, land purchase 275 Oft Lyman Waltmai, labor on A115... 14 Aft Art Staneoury, dragging and Ai ling 57 OR Henry Kueel, labor 31 3ft M F Gorman " 84 sft II VV Moore St Co. road t 0015.... 13 4V W D Coe, re-gradiog 43 IS Same •• 01 7ft J J Siebert •* 01 7ft Same ** 43 Jft W D Coe. repairing truck 6 GO A C LaSalle, repairing .... 7 Sft Hardman Lbr. Co., material for machinery 1 fift Chas G Beeler, moving fence I om right of way 50 Oft E H Akerly, frcght paid 42 SR M C Owe •«, labor 54 99 Chan O Beeler, labor ?o fills .... 17 Ift John Wyant •* 12 Ift. F 1 Boyne k •* 00 ft W O Walker •• 24 Ift Joe Dwyer “ 7ft (Continued to inside p^e)