Huerfano County, Colorado
News Of The Day

1920 January Walsenburg: About 50 people attended the Commercial Club banquet last night at the Klein Hotel, where they discussed the proposed city mountain park in the San Isabel Forest.

1920 January La Veta: A P.T.A. was organized in La Veta Friday with Mrs. Hayes president and Emma Vories secretary.

1920 January La Veta: Ice cutting commenced Tuesday morning when the ice was 10-12 inches thick, but a warm wind demoralized the harvest.

1920 January La Veta: It is stated that $19,500 is now available for the Spanish Peaks Mountain Park project at Blue Lake, with $4,000 additional promised by the forest service.

1920 January La Veta: Miss Dolly Stranger took Miss Hazel Mauldin's place as clerk at the Ghiardi and Company store.

1920 January La Veta: Mr. and Mrs. Gregorio Pacheco died and were buried in the cemetery "above the town."

1920 January La Veta: Mr. and Mrs. Mike Andrich are proprietors of the La Veta Cafe next door to the post office.

1920 January La Veta: Mrs. Marion Bruce and Mrs. Thresa Steward of La Veta have been employed to teach in the Bradford school district.

1920 January La Veta: Roberts and Crawford have opened a shoe repair shop in the Masonic building.

1920 January La Veta: The County Commissioners will sell the Ford used as the county ambulance as it is of no use to the county.

1920 January Walsenburg: Friday's Independent came out the next Tuesday afternoon because the machinery broke and the type had to be sent to Pueblo for printing.

1920 January Walsenburg: A dance in the Bradford School New Years Day honored Jesse Roche and his bride, Emma Teursch, daughter of J. Houser.

1920 January Walsenburg: A new school truck was purchased by District 19 to bring pupils from Mutual to Walsen school.

1920 January Walsenburg: A new school truck was purchased by the board in District No. 19 to bring pupils, from mutual to Walsen.

1920 January Walsenburg: A seasonable white Christmas, with plenty of cold weather, suited the younger generation but just as some sleighing parties were ready to go, a thaw interfered.

1920 January Walsenburg: Bids are being taken for the construction of a new school house at Apache, District No. 26.

1920 January Walsenburg: C.E. Furphy was chosen chairman of the board of county commissioners.

1920 January Walsenburg: Charles Furphy was elected chairman of the board of county commissioners and George Blickhahn was selected County Attorney to replace John L. East.

1920 January Walsenburg: Fourteen new members were installed into the Walsenburg Clerk's Association and Helen Coss was elected secretary.

1920 January Walsenburg: Henrietta "Retta" Edwards was hit by a Cory truck while coasting on school house hill.

1920 January Walsenburg: Huerfano County High School beat La Jara at basketball 25 to 24 and Monte Vista, 29 to 9.

1920 January Walsenburg: Huerfano County High School defeated La Jara 25-24 and Monte Vista, 29-9.

1920 January Walsenburg: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Levy are the proud parents of a son born Dec. 27.

1920 January Walsenburg: N.E. Karst and Nora McDaniel have revealed they were secretly married Nov. 15 in Raton.

1920 January Walsenburg: Noverto Garcia, about 70, an old resident, was found by the railroad tracks with a skull fracture. It is assumed he was struck by a train.

1920 January Walsenburg: Rouse schools have been closed this month due to scarlet fever.

1920 January Walsenburg: South Main Street will be straightened and a concrete bridge built over the Cucharas.

1920 January Walsenburg: The bazar [sic] at Ravenwood was a great success and the school will have a library purchased with the proceeds.

1920 January Walsenburg: The Women's Christian Temperance Union met with Mrs. E.R. Shepherd Jan. 16 to observe the day on which the 18th Amendment went into effect.

1920 January Walsenburg: The YMCA at Walsen is a busy place with the bowling alley, Americanization classes, club meetings, etc.

1920 January Walsenburg: Walsenburg now has its own flour mill.

1920 February La Veta: A deputy collector of internal revenue will be at La Veta State Bank Feb. 20 to assist people in making out their income tax returns.

1920 February La Veta: Clyde D. Estes received the new $1,500 soda fountain for the drug store and it will be an attractive shrine at which to quench the summer's thirst.

1920 February La Veta: For Sale: Eight year old team with harness, weight about 1,400 pounds each, price $400. Inquire of J.H. Jones.

1920 February La Veta: Henry Roberts has installed a gasolene engine at his blacksmith which will wield a hammer and manufacture juice for lighting.

1920 February La Veta: Mrs. R.L. Crumley and Mrs. Virginia Eugglina will open a short order restaurant in the Spanish Peaks Hotel.

1920 February La Veta: Mrs. R.L. Crumley and  Mrs. V. Eugglina have taken over management of the Spanish Peaks Hotel and are renting the rooms and serving meals.

1920 February La Veta: The Atlas Construction Company was incorporated with $50,000 by R.W. Atchison, W.O. Van Etten, H.M. Stockwell, Paul Ghiardi, L.M. Kreutzer and Allen Roush to undertake all types of construction.

1920 February La Veta: The flour mill is back in operation.

1920 February Walsenburg: A new school building has been erected in the east part of Dist. 12, Cucharas, in the dry farming section. 1923: Adv.: Fancy potatoes 80˘ for 100 pounds; three heads of lettuce 25˘; Courtney's Union Market, 309 West Seventh

1920 February Walsenburg: Charles Tanner, his wife and their baby all died this week, probably of the ''flu." Tanner was the shipping clerk at the Walsenburg Company.

1920 February Walsenburg: Died, Andrew Jackson Steele who built the St. James A.M.E. Church and was a long-time liveryman on Seventh Street.

1920 February Walsenburg: Died, Andrew Jackson Steele, former barn boss for CF&I farmer and livery man who built the St. James A.M.E. Church.

1920 February Walsenburg: Died, Newton Lee Coggins, 45, a resident of Gardner since 1894. His wife, the former Ouida Caldwell, died five months ago. They leave children Mrs. Gladys Karst, Lorraine, 13, Truman, 8 and Auberta, 5.

1920 February Walsenburg: Many are opposed to the "flu" closing order effecting picture shows, dances and other public gatherings.

1920 February Walsenburg: Miss Mildred Babbitt married Willard Hodges, mechanic at Central Garage, Jan. 27 at the home of the bride's parents.

1920 February Walsenburg: Mrs. Murray, principal of the Pictou school and teacher of the primary department, is doing wonderful work with her 58 little tots.

1920 February Walsenburg: Olive Turner and Pete O'Rourke were married Feb. 10.

1920 February Walsenburg: Pryor school will open Monday after being closed for two weeks when the wind damaged the building.

1920 February Walsenburg: The Bradford school district people formally dedicated their new school with a dance.

1920 February Walsenburg: The faculty of Huerfano County High School will keep open house at the school building Friday, Feb. 18 from 8-10 for the public to inspect the new building.

1920 February Walsenburg: The Mesa district and school will now be known as Pauley.

1920 February Walsenburg: The Rouse mine had to close down because of the flow of water coming in.

1920 February Walsenburg: The Rouse mine had to close down because of the flow of water coming in.

1920 February Walsenburg:  The Bradford district people formally dedicated their new school with a dance.

1920 March La Veta: Frank Prator bought the stone building at the corner of Francisco and Oak and will reside there with his sister.

1920 March La Veta: Levi Kincaid has gone into partnership with his father Joe K. Kincaid in the corner mercantile establishment.

1920 March La Veta: T.E. Donohue has taken charge of the La Veta Pass garage.

1920 March La Veta: The Kreutzer ranch house is moving slowly to town. It is out of soft ground but still has an uphill pull.

1920 March La Veta: The new soda fountain at the drug store cost $1,500.

1920 March Walsenburg: Died, Abe Cutter Jr. of the flu and pneumonia.

1920 March Walsenburg: Died, J.P. Manzanares, son J.N. Manzanares, who was married just two months ago.

1920 March Walsenburg: Dissler Furniture, located opposite the post office, delivers  anywhere in the county.

1920 March Walsenburg: For 1919, the city of Walsenburg had a valuation of $2,010,540, the mill levy was 33.37 and total taxes were $67,091.72.

1920 March Walsenburg: Frank P. Vallely and William Mattivi will open the Huerfano County Garage in the Levy building adjoining the Independent office.

1920 March Walsenburg: John Shaft sold his Main Street confectionery to G. R. Moore.

1920 March Walsenburg: L.H. Kirkpatrick is remodeling his store next to the bottling works for Mike Reviglio's Studebakers.

1920 March Walsenburg: Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Babbitt of Kansas say they will make their future home in Walsenburg.

1920 March Walsenburg: Pauley residents met at Mesa School and organized a Farm Bureau.

1920 March Walsenburg: The Dick-Gardner service station on North Main was sold to a Mr. McKee of Pueblo and will be the agency for Oldsmobile cars and trucks.

1920 March Walsenburg: The new bridge beyond the hogback on the federal highway is now open for travel.

1920 March Walsenburg: The Opera House Cafe is moving from across the street from the post office to the former Materoli's soft drink parlor.

1920 March Walsenburg: We have 23 different nationalities represented in this county.

1920 April La Veta: By the number of cows, chickens and horses wandering around one would take La Veta to be a stock farm.

1920 April La Veta: Clyde Estes is getting his soda fountain in the drug store shaped up for the summer business.

1920 April La Veta: Died, J.L. Powell, 86, a Civil War veteran. He leaves sons John, James, Walter and Frank and a daughter, Mrs. Al Coleman.

1920 April La Veta: Died, J.L. Powell, 86, a Civil War veteran. He leaves sons John, James, Walter and Frank and a daughter, Mrs. Al Coleman.

1920 April La Veta: Get your 1920 hunting and fishing licenses from E.S. Vories, forest ranger.

1920 April La Veta: La Veta Automotive Company and La Veta Garage were consolidated into one business.

1920 April La Veta: R.L. Hammett purchased a new Ford and for his first lesson in driving drove it to Walsenburg.

1920 April La Veta: Saturday was a gala day in La Veta for the first airplane which has ever attempted flights from this place carried a number of our citizens on a pleasure jaunt over the city.

1920 April Walsenburg: Cameron will have four public garages soon when the new one is completed.

1920 April Walsenburg: Four seniors will be graduating this spring from Rouse High School.

1920 April Walsenburg: Frank Kato is now operating the Greenlight Cafe.

1920 April Walsenburg: I. Nijak will be manager of the Shaddy brother's new Liberty Store.

1920 April Walsenburg: Lots are selling for $50 in the Wellsby townsite north of the new county high school.

1920 April Walsenburg: Seven men were arrested for gambling at Sunnyside.

1920 April Walsenburg: Street Commissioner Furphy is opening a street east of the railroad on Martin and north on Cedar Street.

1920 April Walsenburg: The Walsenburg World will begin publishing twice a week next week, on Tuesday and Friday.

1920 May La Veta: An aeroplane scheduled to fly from Pueblo to Blanca was unable to negotiate the range and landed on the hill north of town.

1920 May La Veta: Died, Hubert Fay Martin, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Martin.

1920 May La Veta: J.W. Vernon moved his family onto the Ward place on the Cucharas.

1920 May La Veta: Joe Brown bought the John Penne ranch on the Wahatoya for $33,000.

1920 May La Veta: La Veta Automotive has orders for 21 Ford passenger cars which shows money must be plentiful but we wish some of it would find its way into the editor's pocket.

1920 May La Veta: Messrs. Webb and Matthews have dissolved their partnership in the shoe business and Webb retains the shop on Main Street.

1920 May La Veta: Mrs. Bessie Estes is the new president of the school board.

1920 May La Veta: Neal Baysinger is clerking in E.L. Smith's store.

1920 May La Veta: Owen Williams bought an interest in Fred Vasquez' blacksmith.

1920 May La Veta: The new refrigerating machine in the La Veta Meat and Produce Company's store filled up the place with ammonia fumes when a pipe became disconnected but luckily nobody was suffocated permanently.

1920 May La Veta: The senior class play "Household Aid" stars Guy and Grace Lougheed, Ruthena Webster, Leslie Smith, Leland Austin, Alice Coe and Charles Lester.

1920 May La Veta: The Town Board wants to build curbs on Blocks 1 and 2 in order to protect the trees.

1920 May Walsenburg: Cameron will have four garages when the new one is completed.

1920 May Walsenburg: Check with Harry Bluck, 233 West Seventh Street, for your contracting needs.

1920 May Walsenburg: Clyde Pritchard was salutatorian and Juanita Oldham valedictorian at Huerfano County High School. The class of 22 was the largest graduating class ever.

1920 May Walsenburg: The east bound passenger train was wrecked last Thursday night this side of La Veta, derailing five coaches but luckily only injuring one person.

1920 May Walsenburg: Thirty-five ranchers of Huerfano County filed a petition with the State Board of Land Commissioners to restore some 14,000 acres of land, called the Badito Carey project northwest of Walsenburg, to public homestead entry.

1920 May Walsenburg: This week has shown real signs of spring and trees are beginning to venture out and break their buds.

1920 June La Veta: About 150 people attended the fish fry sponsored by the La Veta Commercial Club in honor of the directors of the Spanish Peaks Playground Association.

1920 June La Veta: C.J. Rilling was appointed town marshal.

1920 June La Veta: D.A. Webb bought the Lester building on Main Street, which currently houses the undertaking parlor.

1920 June La Veta: Damaso Vigil bought the William Kincaid ranch east of town, one of the best in the county.

1920 June La Veta: G.A. Mayes has lately placed signs advertising Cuchara Camps along the principal highways as far south as Raton, N. Mex., directing the way for tourists.

1920 June La Veta: Lillian M. Vories, sister of Mrs. John Bruce and Mrs. Luther Kitchen, married Elder W.W. Wheeler in Buenos Aires, South America.

1920 June La Veta: Mrs. Daigre sold her home on the north side of Field Street to Ples Phillips for $2,500.

1920 June La Veta: Railroad Park has been seeded to grass.

1920 June La Veta: The dance pavilion at Cuchara Camps has again been enlarged and is now connected to the commissary and main building.

1920 June Walsenburg: A sane Fourth will be in order at Mesa School house, 13 miles southeast of here, with a big dinner, games and other exercises.

1920 June Walsenburg: About 100 attended the ballgame at Mesa, which Rattlesnake Buttes won 5-4 over the home team.

1920 June Walsenburg: Ad - Creamery butter, 52˘, a pound, a dozen lemons 35˘ and Schilling Coffee, 62˘ a pound at Common Sense Grocery, 606 Main.

1920 June Walsenburg: Beginning June 12, there will be a dance at Cuchara Camps every Saturday night.

1920 June Walsenburg: City Council was presented a petition for paving to continue from fully 60 percent of the property owners fronting on Main Street, representing 80 percent of the frontage.

1920 June Walsenburg: Dr. Mustain's new dental office is very well equipped.

1920 June Walsenburg: Henry Gordon is erecting a building on the back of his lot on Russell Street and will put in a stock of groceries.

1920 June Walsenburg: Members of the Rattlesnake Buttes farm club graded one mile of road that was causing them trouble.

1920 June Walsenburg: Mike Reviglio sold his business opposite the Independent office and bought R.B. Vaughan's interest in Central Garage.

1920 June Walsenburg: One hundred and fifty Walsenburg lots will be sold at one-fourth down and $10 a month.

1920 June Walsenburg: R.B. Vaughan, formerly at Central Garage, and M.S. Anderson of Sears and Sears, opened the Auto Trim Shop opposite the Independent office.

1920 June Walsenburg: Ravenwood beat the Walsen Spanish-American team 4 to 3.

1920 June Walsenburg: The Cameron bowling team beat Ideal at the Walsen YMCA 2025-2018.

1920 June Walsenburg: The Huerfano County High School team defeated the Spanish-American team of Walsen 12-2.

1920 June Walsenburg: The street department is hauling yellow dirt on the streets again. A four-weeks-old baby can see that such work is money and time thrown away.

1920 June Walsenburg: We have just added another labor saving device in this office. It is a folder.

1920 June Walsenburg: Wedding Breakfast Coffee, 48 cents a pound at The Common Sense Grocery, 606 Main Street. 

1920 June Walsenburg: Will take a limited number of pupils for China painting class. Mrs. H.J. Nickolds, 125 West Sixth Street.

1920 July La Veta: Edwin L. Smith and E.V. Gibbons bought the building south of Smith's store and will open an auto show room as soon as Mr. Webb vacates to the next store south.

1920 July La Veta: Edwin L. Smith bought the small cement block building west of his store on Francisco Street from J.M. Elrod.

1920 July La Veta: Hiram Baker, a Civil War veteran and resident of the area since 1871, died at his home in Oakview.

1920 July La Veta: John Bowdino bought the 160 acre place of Miss Fisher on the Wahatoya.

1920 July La Veta: Miss Dorothy Thompson of Walsenburg, teacher at the school at the head of the Cucharas, replaced Miss Claudia Groves in the La Veta school.

1920 July La Veta: T.F. Haase has moved his family into his roomy new residence.

1920 July La Veta: The Anson, Eggleston and Willis families attended the annual Russell reunion over La Veta Pass Sunday.

1920 July La Veta: The dance pavilion at Cuchara Camps has again been enlarged and is now connected to the commissary and main building.

1920 July Walsenburg: Lewis S. Brown will open a music store in a room of the Walsenburg Electric Company.

1920 July Walsenburg: Merritt Brothers just sold their 1800 acre sheep ranch for about $40,000 through Neelley Realty Company.

1920 July Walsenburg: The Methodist Ice Cream Social netted about $55.

1920 July Walsenburg: The Methodist ice cream social netted about $55.

1920 July Walsenburg: The Walsen Spanish American team beat Ravenwood in the baseball game 1 to 0.

1920 August La Veta: According to the Denver Post, the Denver and Rio Grande laid its first rails 49 years ago on July 27, 1871.

1920 August La Veta: Brunk's Comedians, an excellent company of artists of good clean fun, will be here all week in their own electric lighted, waterproof tent theatre.

1920 August La Veta: D.A. Webb has moved his shoe shop to his newly purchased building on Main Street south of Smith's store.

1920 August La Veta: George A. Edmonston has sold his mercantile business to the Cash Saving Stores Company, a stock company.

1920 August La Veta: Hamilton Beach is being frequented by several lady bathers hardy enough to stand the temperature of the water.

1920 August La Veta: La Veta's assessed valuation is $388,420 and at the nine mill levy, this produces an income of $3,495. Water rentals bring in $2,400 and other taxes $700, making a total income of $6,600 annually.

1920 August La Veta: M.M. Beck bought the Adamson property on Francisco Street for $850.

1920 August La Veta: The new census shows a Population of 16,879 in Huerfano County, compared to 13,320 in 1910.

1920 August La Veta: The new census shows La Veta to have a population of 737, compared to 691 in 1910 and 254 in 1900.

1920 August La Veta: The schoolhouse has been wired for electricity.

1920 August La Veta: Two cottages are complete and occupied at the camp site at Blue Lake but the road up there is not ready for travel.

1920 August Walsenburg: Mrs. Glen Bruner, the former Edith Williams, was given a miscellaneous shower at the Walsen Club Wednesday.

1920 August Walsenburg: Showing Saturday, our first display of millinery fashions for fall, Benine's Millinery, successor to Mrs. Fawks, in the Walsen block.

1920 August Walsenburg: The body of Private John Furphy was received home and given burial Tuesday.

1920 August Walsenburg: The Harrison Stock Company with 30 people will appear at a Sunday matinee at the Star Theater, 75 cents and 55 cents (war tax included).

1920 August Walsenburg: The Harrison Stock Company with 30 performers will appear at a Sunday matinee at the Star Theater. Tickets 75˘, and 55˘, war tax included.

1920 August Walsenburg: The sheriff's office spent $6,402.08 in 1917 and 1918 for auto hire alone.

1920 August Walsenburg: UMWA organizer Mike Salvage is moving back to our

1920 August Walsenburg: UMWA organizer Mike Salvage is moving back to our burg.

1920 August: The Palace Meat Market, Cross and Williams proprietors, premium hams for 52 cent pound, or 65 cents a pound sliced.

1920 Sept. 17: Gussie Archuleta, the daughter of Ben Archuleta and a high school graduate, was married to Reinaldo Bustos last Tuesday, September 14 at St. Mary Church by Father Liciotti.  Reinaldo is the son of Juan Bustos, prominent rancher of Cucharas. Following the wedding banquet at the Opera House Cafe, attended by 100 people, the newlyweds left for a wedding trip, The Independent

1920 September La Veta: George A. Edmonston sold out his stock to the Cash Savings Stores Company.

1920 September La Veta: H.B. Sager was killed in an automobile accident.

1920 September La Veta: Mrs. Charles Spielmann sold six lots on Oak Street to Thomas H. Nogle who plans to plant them in strawberries.

1920 September La Veta: Mrs. Karst of Walsenburg has purchased the furnishings of the Spanish Peaks Hotel and Maple Leaf Cafe and will take over business the first of October.

1920 September La Veta: Nathan (Dewey) Marker was granted a scholarship to the State Teachers College at Greeley by the National War Workers Council of the Y.M.C.A.

1920 September La Veta: Pothoff, who bought the Bassinger restaurant for $250 with the intention of putting in a bakery, sold it to F.M. Eggleston for $50 instead.

1920 September La Veta: Rev. Slipher of the Methodist Church has been transferred to serve the Rye area.

1920 September La Veta: The District No. 9 branch school on the Cucharas will be closed and the students transported to town.

1920 September La Veta: Two cars collided near the railroad bridge below Oakview on the dangerous curve but fortunately the accident was harder on the cars than on the occupants.

1920 September Walsenburg: A new colored Baptist church was organized Sept. 23 by representatives from the Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Lester.

1920 September Walsenburg: A new colored Baptist Church was organized Sunday by representatives from Mount Olive Baptist Church of Lester.

1920 September Walsenburg: About a dozen young desperadoes have been rounded up by city police after much petty thievery and many breakins. 

1920 September Walsenburg: Ben Markham, a Mutual miner, was struck and killed by a northbound D&RG near Red Camp.

1920 September Walsenburg: Hill and Wayt are extending their lumberyard building back to the alley.

1920 September Walsenburg: James M. Lamme, M.D., specializing in eye, ear, nose and throat, hours 9-12 and 3-4, at the corner of Main and Seventh.

1920 September Walsenburg: Louis Pozzi, alleged disturber of the peace and accredited IWW organizer, was taken into custody Sunday by sheriff's officers after visiting several camps.

1920 September Walsenburg: Mrs. Nora Crist won the Dort automobile in the Independent subscription contest.

1920 September Walsenburg: On Oct. 2 the Apache Farm Union will give a picnic and fair while dedicating the fine new school building. Bring your exhibits and a full dinner basket.

1920 September Walsenburg: Senior class officers at Walsenburg High School are Sam Tessitore, president; Julia Jaramillo, vice president; Sidney Chattick, secretary and Henry McNally, treasurer.

1920 September Walsenburg: Several times this paper has called attention to the many young boys aged eight to 15 found on the streets, in pool halls and running wild generally both day and night.

1920 September Walsenburg: The D&RG passenger station was destroyed by fire Tuesday night, which also consumed the west bound mail. The building was about 30 years old.

1920 September Walsenburg: The Lady Maccabees of Turner enjoyed a good crowd at their dance last Saturday evening.

1920 September Walsenburg: The Lady Maccabees of Turner enjoyed a good crowd at their dance Saturday evening.

1920 September Walsenburg: The municipal campgrounds down by the river have been well patronized.

1920 September Walsenburg: The Star Confectionery, Maccabee Hall and several private residences have been vandalized and robbed this week.

1920 October La Veta: After the big snowstorm snapped wires, the Ojo mine is filling with water without the use of the electric pump. It will be another week before La Veta gets "juice" and the phones are still out as well.

1920 October La Veta: Barber shops in La Veta have changed hours and will now be open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. weekdays and from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. Saturdays.

1920 October La Veta: Former residents J.M. Garren and Sallie Strange were married in California.

1920 October La Veta: George Coleman is doing the work on the new cement-based street lamps to be placed at the intersections to answer for "traffic cops" to slow down traffic.

1920 October La Veta: Martin Kauser, 21, fire boss, was killed by a fall of rock in the Oakview mine. His father was killed in the Segundo mine some years ago. 

1920 October La Veta: Mrs. Karst bought the Maple Leaf Cafe in the Spanish Peaks Hotel.

1920 October La Veta: The county assessment for 1919 was $14,317,448, compared to $12,272,495 just five years earlier.

1920 October La Veta: The tax levied for 1919 was 3.47 for the state and 8.50 for Huerfano County, compared to 1.39 for Colorado and 7.30 for the county just five years ago.

1920 October La Veta: Three hostlers are now employed at the roundhouse.

1920 October La Veta: Walter S. Chapman, who is running for county treasurer, was the star witness against La Veta miners in the 1913-14 strike.

1920 October Walsenburg: A devastating 18 inch snowfall was received Oct. 14, causing power lines to fall and the city was in the dark for two days, causing the newspaper to be published on Monday instead of Friday.

1920 October Walsenburg: At the Star Theatre Oct. 7, Harvey's Greater Minstrels and the Octoroon Beauty Chorus, including 50 people and 15 actors. Watch for the parade.

1920 October Walsenburg: County Surveyor Ovie Francisco is taking bids to connect Huerfano County High School with the Walsenburg sewer system.

1920 October Walsenburg: Mr. and Mrs. Canuto Maldonado have leased the Victoria Hotel.

1920 October Walsenburg: Over 100 couples attended the Retail Clerks Association dance Saturday night in Maccabee Hall.

1920 October Walsenburg: The Ellison-White Chautauqua will appear at the Strand Theater two nights, at the fairgrounds three nights and the pavilion two nights. Admission 77 cents plus eight cents war tax.

1920 October Walsenburg: The Ellison-White Chautauqua will appear at the Strand Theatre two nights, at the fairgrounds three nights and the pavilion two nights. Admission is 77˘ plus 8˘ war tax.

1920 October Walsenburg: The Mt. Zion Colored Baptist Church has secured the Steele building on West Seventh where the colored barber shop used to be and will hold services there each Sunday.

1920 November La Veta: A few of the new street lights on the curb have been installed and we hope that no more collisions occur.

1920 November La Veta: Adolph and Elsie Goemmer came down from college at Boulder to see their uncle Gus elected county commissioner.

1920 November La Veta: Edwin L. Smith is installing a meat market at his store on the corner.

1920 November La Veta: Emil Schmidt, 87-year-old pioneer of Pass Creek, died Friday.

1920 November La Veta: The fourth school bus arrived Wednesday and the regular drivers are Messrs. Kirkpatrick, Mathews, Williams and Baione.

1920 November La Veta: There is to be a masquerade ball tomorrow night in Kincaid's Hall.

1920 November Walsenburg: Advertisements have been posted for bids to carry the mail twice a day between Walsenburg and Ravenwood.

1920 November Walsenburg: Advertisements have been posted for bids to carry the mail twice a day between Walsenburg and Ravenwood.

1920 November Walsenburg: Burglars smashed the plate glass windows and stole diamonds and watches from Fred Barron's jewelry store.

1920 November Walsenburg: Burglars smashed the plate glass windows and stole diamonds and watches from Fred Barron's jewelry store.

1920 November Walsenburg: Night classes for those desiring citizenship are being held in Ideal, Pictou, Walsenburg, Tioga and Big Four.

1920 November Walsenburg: Night classes for those desiring citizenship are being held in Ideal, Pictou, Walsenburg, Tioga and Big Four.

1920 November Walsenburg: See the new Nash Sport Model at the Main Garage. $2,075 delivered for cord tires and standard equipment.

1920 November Walsenburg: See the new Nash Sport Model at the Main Garage. $2,075 delivered; cord tires and standard equipment.

1920 November Walsenburg: Several wagons found their way into irrigation ditches and waste paper receptacles were turned upside down on Main Street on Halloween - where were the police?

1920 November Walsenburg: The American Legion is planning an Armistice Day celebration Nov. 11 and it is hoped that merchants will close their businesses in honor of the event.

1920 November Walsenburg: The bridge across Bear Creek, south of town, is completed and in use. It makes a big improvement.

1920 November Walsenburg: The new bridge across the Cucharas on South Main is nearing completion, replacing the old curve and bridge, which was an eyesore.

1920 November Walsenburg: The new high school on Walsen Avenue on Capitol Hill is almost completed, with three stories of red brick and 34 rooms.

1920 November Walsenburg: The post office department will hold examinations Dec. 21 to fill the postmaster vacancy here. The job pays $2,500 a year.

1920 November Walsenburg: The post office department will hold exams Dec. 21 to fill the vacancy of postmaster here. The job pays $2,500 a year. 

1920 December La Veta: Ed Roberts opened a shoe repair shop in the Masonic building next door to Gibbons Hardware.

1920 December La Veta: Ernest Stanturf  leased the Spanish Peaks Hotel.

1920 December La Veta: Floyd Moore quit working at the family ranch and is going into business with his brother Herbert in Trinidad.

1920 December La Veta: Mrs. Daigre lost most of her furnishings in a fire at her home about 9 a.m. Saturday.

1920 December La Veta: Remember the Methodist bazaar tomorrow in the Micheletti building.

1920 December La Veta: The Commercial Club needs articles such as mounted specimens of fish, bird and beast to advertise the San Isabel National Forest in the Congress Hotel in Pueblo.

1920 December La Veta: The Farmers Union cleared $51.50 on their dance and supper last Friday night.

1920 December La Veta: W.G. Jamison, one of an executive committee of 12 from all over the United States, returned from the annual meeting of American Federation of Farm Bureaus at Indianapolis.

1920 December La Veta:  The Methodist people made about $235 at their holiday bazaar last week.

1920 December Walsenburg: A large deposit of soap, in the form of volcano ash, was found near Gardner and shipped out by a Denver company.

1920 December Walsenburg: About 70 students at Gardner entertained a large crowd with a Christmas program last Thursday night.

1920 December Walsenburg: About 70 students at Gardner entertained a large crowd with a Christmas program Thursday evening.

1920 December Walsenburg: About 70 students at Gardner school entertained a large crowd with a Christmas program Thursday evening.

1920 December Walsenburg: At least 55, attended the seed corn show at the Pauley community last Saturday.

1920 December Walsenburg: Fred O. Roof resigned as president of the First National and James B. Dick was elected to replace him.

1920 December Walsenburg: Go to the Huerfano County Garage, 117 West Seventh, for gas, oil, tires or repairs.

1920 December Walsenburg: Huerfano County Garage, gas, oil, tires, repairs. 117 West Seventh.

1920 December Walsenburg: J.S. Hunter has sold 76 turkeys for $353.14.

1920 December Walsenburg: Levy and Dawson are selling both the Strand and Rex theaters to Sara and Yeoman.

1920: Seventy students of the Gardner school entertained with a Christmas program Thursday night.

1921 January La Veta: Everett Hazard is opening a cleaning establishment in half of the Mauldin building and George Price retains the other half with his army goods store.

1921 January La Veta: Joe Ross and James Mahaney returned to their school for the blind Monday after playing for several dances over the holidays.

1921 January La Veta: Joe Ross and James Mahaney, both proficient musicians, have returned to the school for the blind in Colorado Springs.

1921 January La Veta: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Paul now have charge of the culinary department at the La Veta Cafe.

1921 January La Veta: Mr. and Mrs. K.C. Edminsten have partitioned off eight rooms for rent in the Micheletti building and will operate the Home Dairy restaurant in the front with a real estate office.

1921 January La Veta: Senator East has introduced a bill to the Colorado legislature to establish a fish hatchery here.

1921 January La Veta: The Commercial Club has secured railroad land west of the creek for an automobile camping ground.

1921 January La Veta: The local Farmers Union had a social with their wives and children at their hall on Christmas Eve.

1921 January La Veta: The town is considering buying the vacant block on east Virginia Street for a public park.

1921 January La Veta: William McEvoy replaces L.M. Kreutzer as manager of the Farmers Supply company store.

1921 January Walsenburg: Hot tamales, chili hamburgers, 10˘ at The Cupboard, opposite Kalmes store.

1921 January Walsenburg: If you have an old mattress you can spare call the Red Cross headquarters.  It will be put to good use.

1921 January Walsenburg: Miss Stevens who lives on upper Main Street in the old county jail is quite sick and confined to her bed.

1921 January Walsenburg: Mrs. Willburn, teacher at Maes Creek, helped her students construct text books since the school is short of readers.

1921 February La Veta: A reception was held at Stranger Hall Monday for Rev. and Mrs. Charles Gwynn, the new Baptist minister and his wife.

1921 February La Veta: Citizens attending the Town board meeting Tuesday evening voted 12 to one to let go of the town property at the head of the Cucharas.

1921 February La Veta: Everett Hazard is opening a cleaning establishment in half of the Mauldin building while George price is occupying the other half with a stock of army goods.

1921 February La Veta: Floyd Garritson quit as machinist at Star Garage and is working at La Veta Automotive.

1921 February La Veta: John Elley escaped serious injury when one of his team fell while crossing the Dotson ditch on school house hill and upset the wagon filled with bales of hay.

1921 February La Veta: Paul Erwin lost a stack of hay to fire Monday, caused by sparks from a passing locomotive.

1921 February La Veta: The ground hog saw its shadow but it doesn't make much difference, anyway, for we have three months more of winter at best.

1921 February Walsenburg: Dr. Greear says he needs to get out more, so will make house calls day or night. He will soon get a phone in his office in the Dick building on Fifth Street.

1921 February Walsenburg: Mrs. George O'Connor presides over the school at Cucharas, a room 16 by 12 feet so crowded the pupils all but climb over each other.

1921 February Walsenburg: The Domestic Science class has opened a cafeteria at Huerfano County High School for the convenience of those students who live beyond walking distance of the school.

1921 March La Veta: Barton Gross took over management of the Spanish Peaks Hotel.

1921 March La Veta: Born, a boy to the Fenton Martins and a girl to the Van Pattens.

1921 March La Veta: David Firm had his grandson John Shanks, who was killed in a boxing match, buried in the family plot in the La Veta Cemetery.

1921 March La Veta: Dr. A.J. Chisolm is moving to Denver and is desirous of selling the hospital here.

1921 March La Veta: Fred Vasquez and Dorothy Richman won the prizes for the best costumes at the St. Patrick's Masquerade Dance.

1921 March La Veta: Howard Moore has moved back on to his father's ranch and Floyd Moore is occupying part of the Joe Pickens residence.

1921 March La Veta: J.W. Tinsley sold the restaurant and meat market to Messrs. Van Patten, Ward and Roberts.

1921 March La Veta: Kenneth Baker, Ruth Elley and George Tiedeman have been chosen to represent the school in the county reading contest.

1921 March La Veta: Kenneth Baker, Ruth Elley and George Tiedeman have been chosen to represent the school in the county reading contest.

1921 March La Veta: Miss Lucille Gray wants to sell her 240 acre ranch three miles from La Veta on the road to Walsenburg.

1921 March La Veta: Mr. and Mrs. S.E. White of Boulder have taken charge of the Cash Savings store as managers to replace George Edmonston, who is going back east with his family.

1921 March La Veta: Mr. and Mrs. S.E. White of Boulder have taken charge of the Cash Savings store as managers to replace George Edmonston, who is going back east with his family.

1921 March La Veta: Mr. and Mrs. Turk Moore are having the exterior of their Main Street home covered with iron sheeting.

1921 March La Veta: Mr. and Mrs. Turk Moore are having the exterior of their Main Street home covered with iron sheeting.

1921 March La Veta: Mrs. M.L. England has bought the Lem Smith property.

1921 March La Veta: Mrs. Mott McRae opened a ladies ready-to-wear in the old post office building belonging to Egglestons.

1921 March La Veta: Sterge Mavrodis is installing a public drinking fountain in front of the post office.

1921 March La Veta: The La Veta National Farm Loan Association is again doing business with J.E. Coe as president and John Elley, secretary.

1921 March La Veta: The town is planting trees around the lately purchased park or playground in east La Veta.

1921 March La Veta: There are 470 registered voters in La Veta.

1921 March La Veta:  Joseph Akers, the husband of Edith Marker, died at the age of 42 at Camp Dix, N.J.

1921 April La Veta: A.J. Roush and his mother, Mrs. J.B. Wright, sold their ranch, the former F.C. Sager place, to A.P. Atchison for $26,000.

1921 April La Veta: D.M. Ward bought the Ashbrook house in east La Veta and the Ashbrooks have moved to the Hamilton stone house near the lakes.

1921 April La Veta: D.M. Ward bought the Ashbrook house in east La Veta and the Ashbrooks have moved to the Hamilton stone house near the lakes.

1921 April La Veta: Frank Baysinger moved over from Stonewall and is occupying one of the Estes houses south of town.

1921 April La Veta: J.T. Manning has purchased the Capps home on Francisco Street and sold his own on Field to E.C. Stream.

1921 April La Veta: Jimmie Ghiardi has taken over the Crystal Theater and it will be open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings.

1921 April La Veta: Jimmy Ghiardi now has the Crystal Theatre.

1921 April La Veta: L.P. Springer's jewelry and watch repair shop moved to the Mauldin building.

1921 April La Veta: Levi Kincaid bought the Dr. S.J. Lamme house on Ryus Avenue and will move his family into it.

1921 April La Veta: Mr. and Mrs. Arch Mauldin are moving to their ranch and will put up a four-room house.

1921 April La Veta: The American veterans of the world war were in the vicinity this week seeking a location for a recreation camp for disabled soldiers. They found a spot in Price canon where they could build cabins for about $3,500.

1921 April La Veta: The American veterans of the world war were in the vicinity this week seeking a location for a recreation camp for disabled soldiers. They found a spot in Price canon where they could build cabins for about $3,500.

1921 April La Veta: The basket social last night netted $28.55 to be used toward a children's recreation ground.

1921 April La Veta: W.H. Adamson is busy cleaning up his park on Oak Street which would be an ideal spot for summer cottages.

1921 April La Veta: Will Boyd bought the Parker brothers' automobile repair shop and took the fixtures to his own garage.

1921 April Walsenburg: If there is no news this week, blame it on the wind.

1921 May 8: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church Rev. J.B. Liciotti, Pastor

1921 May La Veta: A grandstand is under construction at the baseball park.

1921 May La Veta: Allen Roush says La Veta Automotive Company has sold 17 flivvers since the first of March.

1921 May La Veta: In the Wahatoya School District, 11 votes were cast to build the new stone $3,000 school house and none against.

1921 May La Veta: It is proposed to construct some retaining ponds along the river for young trout with which to stock the creeks.

1921 May La Veta: L.P. Springer has removed his jewelry and watch-repairing establishment into the Mauldin building.

1921 May La Veta: La Veta lost the ball game at Oakview Sunday afternoon by a score of 7 to 4.

1921 May La Veta: Mrs. Oscar Smith closed her school near Aguilar and is back with her husband on their ranch below town. 

1921 May La Veta: Of the many things planted by the ladies in the railroad park last year, the flags seem to be about all that have survived.

1921 May La Veta: Roy Mathews bought and moved into the McDonald stone house on Field Street and Mrs. Richman rented the stone house at the corner of Oak and Francisco.

1921 June La Veta: A.J. Roush and his mother Mrs. J.B. Wright sold their ranch, the former F.C. Sager place, to A.P. Atchison for $26,000.

1921 June La Veta: Because of the flood damage to the tracks between Pueblo and Canon City, through trains will be routed through La Veta.

1921 June La Veta: C.L. Martin bought the lots at the corner of Main and Field from Harry Capps and is thinking of building a residence.

1921 June La Veta: E.C. Myers is now sporting a horse and buggy to deliver his milk, the hand cart being unsuitable in this hot weather.

1921 June La Veta: E.L. Smith's new stone building on the corner will have a separate storeroom on the southeast side and a balcony to show off the carpets.

1921 June La Veta: La Veta citizens were generous with their donations for the relief of the Pueblo flood victims.

1921 June La Veta: Miss Cleo Vasquez is working at the bakery and Miss Byrdie Beamer is answering your demands on the telephone.

1921 June La Veta: Miss Pansy Beamer won first place and Miss Cleo Vasquez second in the popular girl contest at the Pastime Theatre.

1921 June La Veta: Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Conkle have opened the Tourist Cafe, offering short orders and rooms, in the former Edminsten restaurant.

1921 June La Veta: The local farmers union will have a Community Fair Sept. 21-22 in Galassini hall.

1921 June La Veta: The Popular Girl contest at the Pastime Theater was won by Miss Pansy Beamer, first, and Miss Cleo Vasquez, second.

1921 June La Veta: Tom Hustes [sic] resigned his position at Smith's store and expects to drive to California with his family.

1921 July La Veta: At Kincaid Hall on July 4th, a big six-reel special, "Out of the Snows," plus a picture of the recent Pueblo Flood and a good comedy. Admission 10 cents and 25 cents.

1921 July La Veta: Byrdie Beamer expects to leave for Bozeman, Montana Sunday to take a three-year nursing course.

1921 July La Veta: Carpets of wildflowers cover the top of La Veta Pass - one of the grandest sights it has ever been our pleasure to set eyes upon.

1921 July La Veta: Joe K. Kincaid was one of the attendees at the Old Timers' Picnic at Russell last Sunday. 

1921 July La Veta: Miss Julia Ward is filling the position vacated by Miss Margaret Price in the Oakview post office.

1921 July La Veta: The forest service quit work on the Blue Lake road because of lack of funds and efforts are being made to have the county complete the road.

1921 July Walsenburg: County Coroner Aubert Durnell died Sunday evening.

1921 August La Veta: Frank Erwin, Art Foote and some youngsters negotiated Indian Creek Pass Sunday in a spring wagon.

1921 August La Veta: G.A. Mayes now has 13 rental cottages in Cuchara Camps and there are also 25 privately owned cabins.

1921 August La Veta: La Veta defeated the Walsen-Huerfano team at Walsen Sunday 7-3.

1921 August La Veta: La Veta's Shoe Hospital, B. Amiday and Company, in the Masonic building.

1921 August La Veta: Ravenswood [sic] came to La Veta Sunday to play ball and left with a 19-5 defeat.

1921 August La Veta: Ray Coleman and Cornelia Simpson were married this week.

1921 August La Veta: There are now 25 privately owned cabins in Cuchara Camps and Mr. Mayes has 13 others for renting purposes.

1921 August La Veta: Two wagonloads of ripe tomatoes were brought into town yesterday and were selling for ten cents a pound. 1924: William Culler is taking a break from barbering and works as night clerk at the Spanish Peaks Hotel.

1921 August Walsenburg: A 150-member choir is being organized.

1921 August Walsenburg: A junior high school will be opened this fall in the new high school building.

1921 August Walsenburg: A junior high school will be opened this fall in the new high school building.

1921 August Walsenburg: All kinds of cement work by experienced man. J.C. Sanchez and Son, east end of Eighth Street.

1921 August Walsenburg: Frederick won the First Aid Contest of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pictou was second and Berwind, Ideal and Rouse tied for third. Others competing were Primero, Walsen, Kebler, Cameron and Rockdale.

1921 August Walsenburg: Snodgrass Food Company purchased the stock and business of the Palace Market on West Sixth Street and will open Wednesday.

1921 August Walsenburg: The old bridge across Bear Creek on the Trinidad road was removed to the Apache near St. Mary's.

1921 August Walsenburg: The Ravenwood Cubs defeated the Berwind White Sox by a score of 12-11.

192l August Walsenburg: Frederick Mine won the CF&I First Aid Contest, with Pictou second and Berwind, Ideal and Rouse tying for third.

1921 August Walsenburg: War heroes John Jenkins and Steve Duzenack were laid to rest Sunday after their remains were returned from Europe.

1921 August: The old bridge across Bear Creek on the Trinidad road was removed to Apache Creek near St. Mary's.

1921 September La Veta: Chevrolet Model 49, $695 at the Star Garage.

1921 September La Veta: Enrollment is 323, 61 of which are in the high school (31 boys, 30 girls).

1921 September La Veta: Fifteen members of the Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian Church enjoyed a picnic and pinon nut hunt on Pinon or Martin hill north of La Veta.

1921 September La Veta: Get your bedding, cooking, utensils, etc., at Ownbey's Furniture Store.

1921 September La Veta: Iver H. Dailey threshed out about 5,200 bushels of wheat off his 400 acres.

1921 September La Veta: Mr. Masinton won the first prize at the Crystal Theatre, a 26-piece silver set.

1921 September La Veta: Mrs. C.E. Turner and son made the drive to Denver in nine hours and 15 minutes including a stop for lunch. Pretty good for an old Tin Lizzy over five years old.

1921 September La Veta: Mrs. Robert Owenby has bought the Benefiel stock of furniture and will continue the business in the same location.

1921 September La Veta: Some ten railroad cars loaded with potatoes jumped the track near Codo last Friday and blocked traffic for 24 hours.

1921 September La Veta: The enrollment of 323 includes 61 students in the high school and 262 in the grades.

1921 September La Veta: W.L. Warner is improving his cottage at Cuchara Camps by enlarging and screening in the porch accommodations.

1921 September Walsenburg: Charles Dick, Walsenburg's crack pitcher, will be in the Denver Post state tournament.

1921 September Walsenburg: Sixty or 70 miners at Cameron organized a local of the UMWA Sunday.

1921 September Walsenburg: The county commissioners have purchased a Best 60 horsepower Caterpillar and a Gallion Giant Premier grader for upkeep of the roads.

1921 September: The Annex Jazz Orchestra will play for dances at Maccabee Hall Oct. 4, 5 and 6.

1921: Mr. and Mrs. K.C. Edmisten have partitioned off eight rooms for rent in the Micheletti building and are conducting a restaurant and real estate office in the front part.

1921 Oct. 25: What advantage is it to live at the mouth of the biggest coal mine in the state? Walsenburg People are paying $7.75 per ton, while good coal is being delivered in Denver at $6.50 per ton. The Independent

1921 October La Veta: Benton Canon first raw the La Veta valley in 1865 when Francisco and Daigre were still running the trading post in the Old Adobies still standing, the only building in the valley at that time.

1921 October La Veta: E.L. Smith is handling cash sales only now. Sale items include 13 pounds of sugar, $1; fancy prunes, 17½˘ per pound; five rolls of toilet paper, 25˘.

1921 October La Veta: Eugene Lougheed is now in charge of the flour mill.

1921 October La Veta: Hallowe'en is tonight; put your goods and chattels under cover.

1921 October La Veta: Hugh Sager and Sarah Atchison were married Oct. 23 by Rev. Gunby in the Methodist Church.

1921 October La Veta: Lew Haase died in Denver, leaving his wife, the former Pheney Erwin.

1921 October La Veta: Mrs. Margaret Garren Kitchen died after catching a cold at the Pioneer Day celebration.

1921 October La Veta: The crossing of Sand Arroyo on the road to Walsenburg is being cemented, which will be a very big improvement.

1921 October La Veta: The plumbing at the schoolhouse is completed and is now sanitary without the aid of a sewer system.

1921 October La Veta: The telephone line workers are all boarding with Mrs. Turk Moore on Main Street.

1921 October La Veta: The valuation of the La Veta School District is $1,716,407, or virtually one-sixth of the entire county valuation.

1921 October La Veta: Three to four hundred people attended Pioneer Day yesterday in the vacant lots at the corner of Field and Main Streets.

1921 October La Veta: To be happy though married - obey the laws and pay no attention to the in-laws.

1921 October Walsenburg: A double wedding Oct. 25 united in marriage Charles Lea to Neva Holmes and Floyd Holmes to Belle Lea.

1921 October Walsenburg: Dewey Reynolds has sold his interest in the California Fruit and Grocery, opposite the Independent office, to his father J.M.

1921 October Walsenburg: Down with High-Powered Rifles - - Hunt Your Game with the Kodak.

1921 October Walsenburg: Dr. P.G. Mathews and Dr. S.J. Greear have swapped offices. Now the former is downstairs and the latter upstairs in the Kearns block.  

1921 October Walsenburg: Engineers have been surveying to ascertain the cost of constructing a highway across Mosca Pass.

1921 October Walsenburg: Farmers around Mustang are losing a lot of chickens to coyotes - trapping ought to be good this winter.

1921 October Walsenburg: Harvey Starbuck resigned as county court clerk and is opening law offices in rooms over Neelley Realty Company.

1921 October Walsenburg: Huerfano County Fair is in full swing as are the Apache and Turkey Ridge community fairs.

1921 October Walsenburg: Ideal school captured first prize at the Huerfano County Fair for best exhibit of school work.

1921 October Walsenburg: Joe Manelli and family, residents of Ideal for several years, have returned to Italy to make their permanent home.

1921 October Walsenburg: Last Friday was the Apache community fair.

1921 October Walsenburg: Sam Hand was found guilty of the first degree murder of Garfield E. Calland over a boundary dispute near the Rattlesnake Buttes.

1921 October Walsenburg: Sam Hand was found guilty of the first degree murder of Garfield E. Calland over a boundary dispute near the Rattlesnake Buttes.

1921 October Walsenburg: Use Warfano Bread. Sold at all grocery stores.

1921 October Walsenburg: Use Warfano Bread. Sold at all grocery stores.

1921 November La Veta: Born, a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Foote.

1921 November La Veta: Bryan Denton has purchased the Jim and Worth Baker interest in the Baker home on Oak Street.

1921 November La Veta: C.H. Brooks and F.N. Raeder threshed out 1,300 bushels of wheat, 1,000 bushels of barley and 200 bushels of emmer.

1921 November La Veta: Gov. Shoup proclaimed martial law here to handle the threatened coal strike against CF&I after the company reduced wages.

1921 November La Veta: Hugh Sager and Miss Sarah Atchison were married Oct. 23 by Rev. Gunby. They will build a house on his ranch east of town for their home.

1921 November La Veta: Hugh Sager and Sarah Atchison were married.

1921 November La Veta: Lawrence Kreutzer's ranch home is being moved into town.

1921 November La Veta: Martial law is in effect here but people seem to be very much mystified over the affair as, except for the trouble at Oakview a short time ago, everything seems quiet.

1921 November La Veta: Miss Anna Ward is now assistant postmaster.

1921 November La Veta: Sharp words between Mayor Boyd and Arthur Bruce about some stock running at large resulted in the latter being fined $5 for disturbing the peace.

1921 November La Veta: Sixty men were laid off at the Oakdale mine.

1921 November La Veta: The Amiday Shoe Hospital is putting in shelving to accommodate a complete line of footwear.

1921 November La Veta: The boys are trapping muskrats, for the price on hides and furs has risen.

1921 November La Veta: The new Wahatoya school house will probably be completed this week.

1921 November Walsenburg: Dr. Greear has moved his office upstairs in the Kearns block, first door on the left from the stair landing.

1921 November Walsenburg: Get your medicines from Huerfano County Drug Store, 116 East Fifth Street.

1921 November Walsenburg: If CF&I cuts wages to the 1917 rate, union officials say the miners will strike.

1921 November Walsenburg: Men's Ties, fifty cents each at the Strand Bargain Store.

1921 November Walsenburg: Scores of state rangers are imposing curfews on Walsenburg because of the coal strike.

1921 November Walsenburg: The Spanish Peaks and Greenhorn were covered with a nice coating of white this morning, the first snow of the season.

1921 November Walsenburg: The state rangers have been searching union miners' homes, saying they may do so because of the martial law imposed on Huerfano County.

1921 November Walsenburg: The state rangers have been searching union miners homes, they may do so because of the law imposed on Huerfano County.

1921 November Walsenburg: We will paint and varnish your auto and the side and top curtains for only $47.50. Auto Trim Shop, 114 West Seventh.

1921 November Walsenburg: We will repair your auto's top and side curtains at Auto Trim Shop, 114 West Seventh.

1921 November Walsenburg: What advantage is it to live at the mouth of the biggest coal, mine in the state? Walsenburg people are paying $7.75 per ton, while good coal is being delivered in Denver at $6.50 per ton.

1921 December La Veta: A skating party was staged at mill lake Sunday but the next day a big thaw set in and we enjoyed summer time again until this morning when a cold blast hit the town.

1921 December La Veta: A.B. Parks turned 1,700 sheep into his cornfield to have ready for market in 60 days.

1921 December La Veta: Arch Mauldin moved from the Boyd House into the Mauldin block.

1921 December La Veta: Asa and Frank Arnold are building a road up Chaperell Creek, where they will stay and cut timber this winter.

1921 December La Veta: Carl Atchison and Dora Sager were married Nov. 28.

1921 December La Veta: Dr. L.W. Lee is now operating the La Veta Hospital along with Dr. H.R. Sickafoose.

1921 December La Veta: Hiram Vasquez remodeled his home to accommodate two families and now the George Colemans occupy the south half.

1921 December La Veta: J.E. Marker has abandoned the meat market business in town.

1921 December La Veta: John Karavanas moved down from the mine and is occupying his property at the corner of Francisco and Oak Streets.

1921 December La Veta: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Moore have moved to the Kitchen house on the west side of the river.

1921 December La Veta: Oakdale Mine will reopen Monday after a month of idleness when the miners were laid off.

1921 December La Veta: Oakview and Ojo mines are closed and martial law has been imposed since miners wages were cut and a strike threatened.

1921 December La Veta: Over 60 relatives attended the annual family reunion of the Hector, Stranger and Pickens families at  ranger Hall on Christmas night.

1921 December Walsenburg: A heavy wind storm has been in progress for the past several days.

1921 December Walsenburg: Doc Steele opened a tin shop in the Baxter hardware building.

1921 December Walsenburg: For sale, an eleven room stone house with a 120 foot corner lot, good location, $3,750. Edward Slates Realty.

1921 December Walsenburg: Guaranty State Bank will move to its new Main Street property, where the City Pharmacy is now.

1921 December Walsenburg: High school classes were dismissed Monday because the rooms were too cold.

1921 December Walsenburg: High school classes were dismissed Monday because the rooms were too cold.

1921 December Walsenburg: Hot tamales, chili hamburgers, 10 cents at The Cupboard, opposite Kalmes' store.

1921 December Walsenburg: N.F. Kastner of Iowa is the new cashier at Guaranty State Bank.

1921 December Walsenburg: N.F. Kastner of Iowa is the new cashier at Guaranty State Bank.

1921 December Walsenburg: R.E. Jenkins of Cameron bought one-half interest in the Huerfano County Garage from Joe Magro.

1921 December Walsenburg: T.S. "Doc" Steele opened a tin shop in the Baxter Hardware store building.

1921 December Walsenburg: The Hedwhite four-piece jazz orchestra will play for a CUPIE dance given by the Maccabees Saturday night.

1921 December Walsenburg: We have a report that Jack Caviness, son of the late town marshal John Caviness, was burned to death in California.

1921: Mrs. Charles Spielmann picked a dish of luscious strawberries from her garden this week. How's that for December in the Rockies?

1922 January La Veta: Albert Noel and George Price are trying to establish a professional radio station here.

1922 January La Veta: Earl Morris and May Arnold were married Saturday, Dec. 31 at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Mary Roberts. They will make their home on the Arch Mauldin ranch.

1922 January La Veta: Henry Lupton has rented the A.B. Dickinson ranch south of town. 

1922 January La Veta: Ice cutting is to commence this week although the ice is only eight or nine inches thick.  

1922 January La Veta: On account of a lull in the railroad business, J.W. Crawford, Frank Powell and Frank Erwin have been laid off from the roundhouse, leaving James and Walter Nuttall alone to repair the cars.

1922 January La Veta: Roy Springer Jr. is back here again and is in charge of the new Creek Meat Market.

1922 January La Veta: The athletic association has rented the Micheletti building where they are fixing up a basketball court.

1922 January La Veta: The mill lake was a popular resort Sunday with everybody skating, even parents and grandparents cutting capers like the younger folk.

1922 January La Veta: The new auto repair shop to be erected on east Francisco Street by Messrs. Vasquez and Parker is to be of sheet iron and will be 46 by 31 feet in size.

1922 January La Veta:  H. G. Hamilton is now the weigh boss at the Oakdale mine.

1922 January Walsenburg: A fire in the Furphy Brothers Garage burned three cars and scorched the hearse.

1922 January Walsenburg: A small army of alleged Turks from Denver made things lively here Sunday evening by staging a shooting and assault near the Huerfano Trading Company store near Main and Sixth streets.

1922 January Walsenburg: About 50 new members will be initiated at the Gardner Farmers Union meeting and oyster supper Saturday, Feb. 4.

1922 January Walsenburg: Fire destroyed both the Cameron school houses Jan. 20 but the nearby Colorado Supply store was saved. 1924: Kate Jeanette Unfug, widow of Charles 0. and cousin of William Allen White, died in California.

1922 January Walsenburg: Frs. Liciotti and Paul, we are informed, preached strong sermons last Sunday on the immoral conditions in this city. 

1922 January Walsenburg: judging from the speed the Huerfano County Auto club is making in completing details of the organization and securing necessary data for the future they must be hitting on six, shifted in high and have the trottle wide open.

1922 January Walsenburg: judging from the speed the Huerfano County Auto club is making in completing details of the organization and securing necessary data for the future they must be hitting on six, shifted in high and have the trottle wide open.

1922 January Walsenburg: Married: Robert Muir and Matilda Russell; Alice Elmire and Glen England of Red Wing.    

1922 January Walsenburg: Mother Superior of Sacred Heart School in Gardner has returned from Mexico with two sisters, one of whom will teach in the school.

1922 January Walsenburg: Pearson and Elliott have the contract to remodel the second floor of the Elks building.

1922 February La Veta: An Italian by the name of Umberto was killed by a fall of rock in the Oakdale mine and was buried in La Veta  Cemetery Sunday. He came here from Dawson one month ago.

1922 February La Veta: George Tiedeman and Nelson Webster have set up a wireless station at the latter's home and are getting some good results.

1922 February La Veta: Julian Beamer and Doris Webster celebrated their birthdays Saturday evening at the Carson home with 24 of their young friends.

1922 February La Veta: Martial law ended with the removal of the state rangers Saturday. We are glad for Mayor Boyd's sake as they seemed to getting on his nerves.

1922 February La Veta: Mr. and Mrs. Al Coleman tore down the old adobe school house on Main Street and will build a modern five room house.

1922 February La Veta: Some 30 men are digging ditches for the new sewer line, which started on Ryus Avenue and thence along the alley between it and Francisco Street.

1922 February La Veta: The little adobie schoolhouse is gone. Mr. and Mrs. Al Coleman own the site and will build a five room house, using the adobies in its construction. 

1922 February La Veta: The post office is to be moved to its new location one-half block north on Main Street next Sunday.

1922 February La Veta: The town board upheld its reputation of ignoring the wishes and protests of the citizens by letting the sewer system contract to Reed Construction Company of Denver for $24,500.

1922 February La Veta: Town Board upheld its reputation of ignoring protests and awarded a contract to Reed Construction Company of Denver to build the sewer system for $24,500.

1922 February La Veta: W.J. Berry is now managing the Crystal Theater since the Pastime closed.

1922 February La Veta: Walsenburg beat La Veta in basketball by a score of 8 to 3.

1922 February Walsenburg: A case of smallpox is reported near the C&S station but we don't know who it is.

1922 February Walsenburg: During a dance at a soft drink and dance hall on Seventh Street Wednesday, police officer Jose Trujillo exchanged shots with an intoxicated man who emptied his pistol at him.

1922 February Walsenburg: During a dance at a soft drink parlor and dance hall on Seventh Street Wednesday, police officer Jose Trujillo exchanged shots with an intoxicated man who emptied his pistol at him.

1922 February Walsenburg: George Nickolds, president of the Walsenburg Commercial Club, says enough signatures have been secured to start the proposed paving district in Walsenburg.

1922 February Walsenburg: Huerfano County High School defeated La Veta High School 8-3 in a basketball game here.

1922 February Walsenburg: Mr. Lowry, father of Albert and Jack Lowry of this city, died Friday and his wife died Saturday.

1922 February Walsenburg: Mrs. Taylor Thorne has returned from Pueblo and resumed her school work at Rahn School.

1922 February Walsenburg: Sam Hand, who murdered his neighbor at Rattlesnake Buttes over a boundary dispute, has escaped from the county jail.

1922 February Walsenburg: The Apache F.T.A. meeting was unusually well-attended and members were rewarded by an entertaining mock trial by the high school and eighth grade students.

1922 February Walsenburg: The Cameron bowling team met the Ideal team on the latter's alleys and lost by 98 pins, 2253 to 2155.

1922 February Walsenburg: The family of Glen Mathews are again able to be out after being quarantined with scarlet fever.

1922 February Walsenburg: The flu wave has hit some business houses hard - five employees are out from Snodgrass Grocery alone.

1922 February Walsenburg: The Guaranty State Bank will begin tearing down the front of their building and soon will erect a new banking room.

1922 February Walsenburg: The Guaranty State Bank will begin tearing down the front of their building and soon will erect a new banking room.

1922 February Walsenburg: The Huerfano Paint and Poster Company are starting work on calsomining the Strand Pool Hall.

1922 February Walsenburg: The World's Famous Original Brown's Saxophone Six is appearing at the Rex Theater.

1922 February Walsenburg: Workmen began tearing down the front of the former City Pharmacy building to remodel it for Guaranty State Bank.

1922 February Walsenburg: Workmen have begun tearing down the front of the former City Pharmacy building to remodel it for Guaranty State Bank.

1922 March 14: Henry Gordon was able to be out of doors for awhile Wednesday during the sunshine hours.

1922 March 14: Mr and Mrs Frank Cardinal are the proud parents of a baby boy born on Monday the 6th.

1922 March 14: Mr. Kaster of the Guaranty State Bank returned this morning from Denver after a short business trip.

1922 March 14: Mr. W.H. Kane who has been traveling thruout Texas on business for the Huerfano Agency, returned home Monday night.

1922 March 14: Mrs. Fenton Babbitt and Mrs. Wm. Rahn left Monday night for Colorado Springs where they will attend a convention of the Lady Macabees.

1922 March 14: Mrs. George C. Nickolds and children who are in Pueblo are expected home Saturday. The children are reported much improved in health.

1922 March 14: Mrs. J. J. Pritchard returned home Thursday after several weeks visit with her parents at Andora, Ohio.

1922 March 14: Mrs. M.E. Cowing entertained at cards at her home on East Indiana avenue Saturday afternoon.

1922 March 14: Mrs. Marshall Anderson who has been quite sick at her home on East First Street is much improved.

1922 March La Veta: A.A. Campbell bought the Ellsworth 120 acre ranch for $1,500.

1922 March La Veta: Died, Sarah Caroline Bruce, 82, who was born October 23, 1839 and came to Colorado from North Carolina in 1870. She leaves six sons and three daughters.

1922 March La Veta: Died, Sarah Caroline Bruce, who settled with her family above La Veta on the Cucharas in 1871. She leaves six sons and three daughters.

1922 March La Veta: Ed Sheffield opened his general blacksmithing in the old Boyd Blacksmith Shop on Francisco Street.

1922 March La Veta: For sale: six lots at the corner of Oak and Cuchara Streets, $260. Enquire of Mrs. C.E. Turner.

1922 March La Veta: La Veta beat Walsenburg at basketball, 28 to 14.

1922 March La Veta: Miss Alice Coe will graduate April 22 from Chiropractic college in Wichita, Kans.

1922 March La Veta: Mrs. Mott McRae opened her stock of ladies ready to wear in the old post office building Saturday.

1922 March La Veta: Mrs. Sarah Caroline Bruce passed away Wednesday. She was 82 years old and came to Colorado with her parents in 1870.

1922 March La Veta: Mrs. Sarah Caroline Bruce passed away Wednesday. She was 82 years old and came to Colorado with her parents in 1870.

1922 March La Veta: Ojo coal mine is open but work is sporadic.

1922 March La Veta: Some 140 people are now members of the La Veta Athletic Association which is to be incorporated.

1922 March La Veta: Thomas Crumley sold his ranches to William Kincaid for $30,000. This includes the Indian Creek farm, cattle and the home place. Mr. Crumley and Mr. and Mrs. George Smith take Kincaid's town residence.

1922 March Walsenburg: City council adopted an ordinance that pool halls may open at 7 a.m. and must close at midnight.

1922 March Walsenburg: City Council agreed to let the Saturday Club use the old city jail at the head of Main Street for a public library.

1922 March Walsenburg: Died, Mrs. Charles Mazzone, 63, Thomas Strachan, 69, Virginia Hart, 12, and Mrs. James Munn, 30.

1922 March Walsenburg: Eight people died of the flu this week, including David Ezekiel Farr, Herman Veltman and Mrs. Carolina Mazzone.

1922 March Walsenburg: For rent: two nice rooms furnished for light housekeeping. Inquire of Mrs. Lockwood, 111 Walsen Avenue.

1922 March Walsenburg: Joe Bergamo has installed a lighting plant in his home at Malachite.

1922 March Walsenburg: L.H. Kirkpatrick and Paul Wayt have purchased much of the land in the Atencio subdivision and it may be brought into the city of Walsenburg. Mrs. Atencio will be paid $500 for her residence which would be demolished to make way for a street and A. Levy, who has much land there, will dedicate some for streets and alleys.

1922 March Walsenburg: Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Mockmore are building a small cottage on East Kansas Avenue.

1922 March Walsenburg: Mrs. J.J. Wilson celebrated her 83rd birthday in Redwing with her daughters Ida Tirey and Mrs. Albert Campbell.

1922 March Walsenburg: One hundred and fifty attended the annual banquet and meeting of the Commercial Club at Maccabee Hall.

1922 March Walsenburg: The flu wave has hit some business houses hard - five employees are out from Snodgrass Grocery alone.

1922 March Walsenburg: Three hundred more pupils can be taken care of after completion of the new two-story west wing of St. Mary School.

1922 March Walsenburg: Three hundred more pupils can be taken care of after the completion of the new two-story west wing of St. Mary School.

1922 March Walsenburg: Victor M. Hovis, District Deputy Governor of Lions International, was recently in Walsenburg to organize a Lions Club.

1922 April 24: The Huerfano Trading Co., phone 64,

1922 April 29: The Liberty Store, Shaddy Bros. Dry Goods, Ladies and Gents Ready-To-Wear Goods Shoes and Boots, (stores in Walsenburg, Aguilar and Las Animas)

1922 April La Veta: Arthur A. Foote died of the flu and was buried in Pueblo. He leaves a wife, two sons and a daughter.

1922 April La Veta: Dr. J.B. Wright bought the building he's been living in on Main Street for his wife.

1922 April La Veta: Frank Hefferty of the U.M.W. will speak Sunday afternoon at the Chrystal Theater on "The Coal Strike."

1922 April La Veta: Jesse Donegan will continue her father A.A. Foote's business at the Post Office Store, offering a fountain, tobaccos, newspapers, flowers, magazines and candy.

1922 April La Veta: La Veta joined Walsenburg, Turner, Aguilar, Ravenwood and Rye to form a baseball league.

1922 April La Veta: La Veta joined Walsenburg, Turner, Aguilar, Ravenwood and Rye to form a baseball league.

1922 April La Veta: Mrs. Hy J. French has leased the soda fountain and candy stand in the Van Patten restaurant.

1922 April La Veta: Mrs. Van Patten now has a cleaning and pressing business in the Mauldin block.

1922 April La Veta: Sisto Yacconi and Miss Eliza Maes were married in St. Mary Church in Walsenburg April 17 and will make their home in the Oakview district.

1922 April La Veta: Sumpter Martin drove 750 sheep and lambs through town yesterday.

1922 April La Veta: Van Patten's restaurant is now named The American Cafe, Mrs. Nola Smith, proprietor.

1922 April Walsenburg: C.M. Buckles will no longer run the post office book store and is selling the fixtures of his confectionery shop.

1922 April Walsenburg: City Council voted to purchase modem fire equipment.

1922 April Walsenburg: Fred C. Sporleder was elected vice-president of the Guaranty State Bank.

1922 April Walsenburg: La Veta, Walsenburg, Turner, Aguilar, Ravenwood and Rye will form a new baseball league.

1922 April Walsenburg: More miners are joining the strike every day.

1922 April Walsenburg: Mr. and Mrs. Dan Unfug have moved here from Pueblo.

1922 April Walsenburg: Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Mockmore are building a small cottage on east Kansas Avenue.

1922 April Walsenburg: Plans are complete for the new Lamme Brothers' hospital and work will soon begin.

1922 April Walsenburg: The bodies of three men killed in the World War, John Vigil, Anastacio Trujillo of Rouse, and Charles Elmire of Gardner, are being returned for burial.

1922 April Walsenburg: The body of John Vigil, son of Damaso Vigil, has been returned from Europe for a proper soldier's burial.

1922 April Walsenburg: The county commissioners took over all management of the Huerfano County Fair Association from local ranchers without any consent.

1922 April Walsenburg: The Lamme brothers purchased the stone building on West Eighth, which includes 120 feet on the comer of Eighth and Albert.

1922 April Walsenburg: The marble finishings in the Guaranty State Bank were set this week and the building is nearing completion.

1922 April Walsenburg: The Pictou Young Cubs beat the Boy Scout team of Pictou 16-0 in a seven inning game.

1922 May La Veta: A scholarship to the state university is to be awarded to Miss Constance Ghiardi.

1922 May La Veta: All interested in improving the condition of the cemetery for Decoration Day, please bring your tools and be there on Saturday morning, May 27. By Mayor F.M. Eggleston.

1922 May La Veta: Ed Sheffield bought the old Goemmer blacksmith on Francisco Street and is moving his business there.

1922 May La Veta: For sale: 160 acre ranch three and a half miles south of town, 20 acres in alfalfa, 40 in wheat; well; fairly good buildings; chicken sheds; school bus passes door. John Bruce.

1922 May La Veta: Forest Ranger Gilbert moved the forest service office from the Mauldin building on Main to the McDonald building on Francisco Street.

1922 May La Veta: James Nutall left yesterday to see the American Derby in Kentucky.

1922 May La Veta: Lisle Thomas has moved into his comfortable new house of the bungalow style, and El Coleman will soon complete his five room bungalow. . 

1922 May La Veta: Mrs. J.T. Logan has purchased the little adobie [sic] house and lots west of the schoolhouse.

1922 May La Veta: Taxi Service: Phone 104J.

1922 May La Veta: The Votaw brothers bought the flour mill.

1922 May La Veta: This year's high school graduates will be Constance Ghiardi, Ruth Smith, Patty, Jamison, Jimmie Ghiardi, Cleo Vasquez, Clarence Kreutzer and Jane Elley.

1922 May Walsenburg: About 55 attended the junior-Senior "Prom."

1922 May Walsenburg: Died, Henry Gordon, 54, at his home at Fifth and Russell streets. He has lived in Walsenburg since 1877 and was a miner, rancher and merchant.

1922 May Walsenburg: Fully 2,000 people attended the Grand Opening of the Guaranty State Bank in its new home.

1922 May Walsenburg: George Nicholas, James Janos and Ben Archuleta will open a restaurant in two weeks where Buckles' cafe was.

1922 May Walsenburg: HCHS beat La Veta 28 to 7, with Shosky hitting three home runs and Max Vigil one.

1922 May Walsenburg: Huerfano County High School defeated La Veta 28-7 with Shosky hitting three home runs and Max Vigil one.

1922 May Walsenburg: Hundreds attended the baseball game between Walsenburg and Dawson, with the local team winning by a score of 14-10.

1922 May Walsenburg: Hundreds attended the baseball game here between Walsenburg and Dawson, which the home team won 14-10.

1922 May Walsenburg: Mayor Sears says contracts will be let for the proposed paving on Main Street and Walsen Avenue.

1922 May Walsenburg: Mr. and Mrs. George Dick Jr. are parents of an eight pound girl born May 2.

1922 May Walsenburg: Mr. and Mrs. George Dick Jr. became parents of an eight pound girl on May 2.

1922 May Walsenburg: Spanish Peaks Campground Association will build a phone line to Blue Lake, construct a shelter and commissary house and outdoor fireplaces and furnish the cottages.

1922 May Walsenburg: St. Mary High School graduates are Felix Bustos, John Chavez, Frances M. Nelson, Esther Gonzalez, Grace Cornwall, Christy R. Kaiser, Anna B. Jansa and Julia John.

1922 May Walsenburg: St. Mary High School graduates were Felix Bustos, John Chavez, Frances Nelson, Esther Gonzales, Grace Cornwall, Christy R. Kaiser, Anna B. Jansa and Julia John.

1922 May Walsenburg: Sunshine Williams' orchestra played for the dance last weekend at the Ideal "Y".

1922 May Walsenburg: The best buy in a closed car is the New Essex Coach at only $255 more than the open car.

1922 May Walsenburg: The best buy in a closed car is the New Essex Coach at only $255 more than the open car.

1922 May Walsenburg: The HCHS sophomores defeated the St. Mary team in a baseball game, 14-12.

1922 May Walsenburg: The Walsenburg Merchants defeated the baseball team from Ideal 1 to 6.

1922 May Walsenburg: Tom Wright is now chef at the Opera House Cafe.

1922 May Walsenburg: We watched our first game of golf Saturday afternoon.

1922 May Walsenburg: We watched our first game of golf Saturday afternoon.

1922 May Walsenburg: Williams and Dick's Central Garage is now the Hupmobile agency.

1922 June La Veta: For sale: 4 rental-room apartment house on Main Street.

1922 June La Veta: Forest Ranger Gilbert has moved his office from the Mauldin block on Main to the McDonald building on Francisco Street.

1922 June La Veta: Mrs. J.T. Logan has bought the adobie house and lots west of the school house.

1922 June La Veta: The 22-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Bruce died.

1922 June La Veta: The Huerfano County Pure Bred Livestock Breeders Association was formed here Saturday with James Firm, president, Emmett Harrison, vice president and Walter Campbell, secretary.

1922 June La Veta: The La Veta boys beat Rouse at baseball, 19 to 7.

1922 June La Veta: The stage has been torn out of Kincaid Hall which will allow more space for dancing.

1922 June La Veta: The stage has been torn out of Kincaid's hall to increase the dancing space.

1922 June La Veta: The third annual La Veta fish fry was well attended, especially by Walsenburg people.

1922 June La Veta: We understand that $900 has already been raised toward piping city water to the cemetery.

1922 June La Veta: Word just arrived that Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bruce's youngest child was drowned in the Cucharas while the family was spending the day near the Smith ranch.

1922 June Walsenburg: A new public campground for autos has been opened on South Main Street east of the bridge.

1922 June Walsenburg: A store called Huerfano Bargain Center is being opened by the Walsenburg Furniture and Dry Goods Company in a room of the Victoria Hotel on South Main, with dry goods, shoes, etc.

1922 June Walsenburg: Captain Samuel J. Capps was elected commander-in-chief of the GAR for Colorado and Wyoming.

1922 June Walsenburg: Eight students graduated from St. Mary and 17 from Huerfano County High School.

1922 June Walsenburg: Lenzini Motor Company have their new garage on West Seventh Street almost completed.

1922 June Walsenburg: Lt. Gov. Cooley stopped at the Strand Billiard Parlor a few days ago and had a chat with Mike Joseph, one of the managers.

1922 June Walsenburg: Nine autos camped the first night in the new campground adjacent to the race track.

1922 June Walsenburg: Rose Placivik, 126 West Third, won the 100 pounds of sugar at the Liberty Store.

1922 June Walsenburg: The Motor Club has hired a caretaker for their tourist camp and the buildings are almost completed. Visitors have already arrived from California, New York, Kansas, Kentucky, Texas, Wisconsin, Iowa and Oklahoma.

1922 June Walsenburg: The water system will be improved so that people on the hill will be guaranteed water.

1922 June Walsenburg: When the Spanish Peaks Circle Highway, also known as the Stonewall-Cucharas road, is complete, Southern Colorado will have a scenic highway that is destined to become nationally known.

1922 July La Veta: J.W. Vernon is making arrangements to handle all of the cream in this vicinity.

1922 July La Veta: Mrs. Edith Akers purchased the McRae property on the hill behind the schoolhouse for $1,100.

1922 July La Veta: Mrs. J.F. Coss, wife of the editor from Walsenburg, is spending the week in Wayside Inn in Cuchara Camps.

1922 July La Veta: Neal Baysinger and Mildred Smith were married Sunday evening by Rev. Gunby.

1922 July La Veta: Neal Baysinger, son of Mrs. Al Coleman, married Mildred Smith, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Smith.

1922 July La Veta: O.W. Beamer and Nelson Webster are working on the telephone line which is being constructed between Cuchara Camps and Blue Lakes Resort.

1922 July La Veta: The rain in this region last evening was great. We hope it covered the dry farm area; it was needed in those areas.

1922 July Walsenburg: A monster mass meeting of coal miners met last night at Maccabee Temple to hear Frank Hefferly, international union organizer. Speeches were also given, in Spanish and Greek.

1922 July Walsenburg: A monster mass meeting of coal miners was held last night at Maccabee Temple with speaker Frank Hefferly, international union organizer. Speeches were also given in Spanish and Greek.

1922 July Walsenburg: About 15 new members have joined the American Legion during the membership drive.

1922 July Walsenburg: Albert Galli and George Allingham of Ideal have purchased new Essex touring cars from Lenzini Motor Company.

1922 July Walsenburg: E.L. Neelley has purchased the Strator Hotel in Durango so will not run for county sheriff after all.

1922 July Walsenburg: Eighteen people loaded in four cars spent the Fourth at the cabins near Blue Lake.

1922 July Walsenburg: Frederick, 18 and the youngest son of F.E. Cowing, died.

1922 July Walsenburg: Henry Tressler invented a combination camp ground table and bench which is favorably received by tourists at the camp ground.

1922 July Walsenburg: Henry Tressler invented a combination campground table and bench which is being favorably received by tourists at the camp ground.

1922 July Walsenburg: James E. Tressler has announced he will be a candidate for sheriff.

1922 July Walsenburg: Norman Joseph has the foundation in for his new brick garage and business on South Main Street.

1922 July Walsenburg: Several fires have been reported this week in the Navalesi Photo Gallery on Main Street.

1922 July Walsenburg: Some union men were attacked by rangers at the Sandoval pool hall at Sunnyside, who accused them of being agitators.

1922 July Walsenburg: Some union men were attacked by rangers who accused them of being agitators at the Sandoval pool hall at Sunnyside.

1922 July Walsenburg: The Hudson Super Six new Sport model is now $1,885, delivered. Lenzini Motor Company.

1922 July Walsenburg: The Hudson Super Six new sport model, now $1,885 delivered. Lenzini Motor Company.

1922 July Walsenburg: The Ladies of the Altar Society are giving a card party at Ussell Memorial School July 12. Admission 25 cents. Everyone welcome.

1922 July Walsenburg: The meeting of the Walsen and Robinson miners scheduled for last night was cancelled until all county miners can gather for a mass meeting.

1922 July Walsenburg: The striking miners say they are being trailed by plain clothes men, who approach them when any number get together on the street.

1922 July Walsenburg: The water supply is so low that city water may not be used for irrigation, for a while, at least.

1922 July: The water supply is so low that city water may not be used for irrigating for a while at least.

1922 August La Veta: About 225 People enjoyed the Huerfano County Pioneer Day here Wednesday, where J.K. Kincaid, T.J. Quillian and Mrs. P.S. Brown were guest speakers.

1922 August La Veta: About 40 people enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sager and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Atchison at the pretty ranch home on Wednesday evening.

1922 August La Veta: Business and Crops? There ain't no such animal in La Veta this year.

1922 August La Veta: County Commissioners Goemmer and Furphy say the new road across Cuchara Pass will be completed before winter closes down.

1922 August La Veta: Harry Carey in "Man to Man" at the Crystal Theater Monday and Tuesday, a seven reel program for 15 and 30 cents, with a comedy.

1922 August La Veta: Lloyd Powell has nearly two acres of head lettuce thriving at 8,000 feet on the Cucharas.

1922 August La Veta: Oakview school teachers for the coming term will be Mrs. Ada Crawford and the Misses Tengood and Hilda Killian.

1922 August La Veta: Only three counties in Colorado have a higher infant mortality than Huerfano with 177 deaths per 1,000 births.

1922 August La Veta: Stannard Roop took over management of the American Cafe and Confectionery.

1922 August La Veta: T.E. Donohue opened an auto repair shop in Smith's building on South Main.

1922 August La Veta: The Adamson Campground