The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-15
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

.oad and operated by the state, IN
stead of being abandoned and possi-
bly, dsmantled, We're voiced by speak
ars representing the farmers uI the
state. the labor unions ana many va
-ied industries before II committee OF
The House of Representatives. Inc
hearing was held publicly In the cham
Der of the House, and nearly all the
members of both housesNof the LeSis-
lature attended.
Angry because the teacher punished
his son, Henry Izet went to the school
house at Frederick and attacked the
teacher striking him over the head
and knocking him down with Il heavy
shovel At the same time he made
threats against fhe teacher lZet was
arrested on an assault charge ana
taken to Greeley where the charge
was changed to one, of breach OF
peace. He was put under 500 bonds
to keep the peace and fined, the costs
Of the case amounting to about $50.
President Wilson today renominated
Robert j. McGrath as receiver of pub
lie moneys at Lamar, Colo. For regis
| ters of the land office the following
were nominated for another term
Joseph II. Carruth, Mt Blackfoot, Ida.
Dallas G.. Weyand, Glenwood Springs,
Colo; Edward ]. Hoefnagels, Lead
Vile, Colo. Nathaniel Campbell, Port
land, Ore. AlonZo l.. Beavers, La
mar, Colo.
Resolutions condemnlng the repeal
of the Sunday closing law and gam
bling on race horses were adopted at
meeting of the Ministerial alliance
in Denver. The resolution against
the Sunday closing law was aimed at
bill pending before the Legislature
providing for the repeal of the stat
utes requiring the closing of places of
amusement on Sunday.
The Arapahoe county commission is
considering several road and bridge
improvement projects. Among them Is
the proposal to continue the state
road between Arapahoe and Adams
counties for Il distance of two miles
between Strassburg and Byers The
Improvement would start four miles
east of Strassburg.
Friends of County Judge Ira Roth
gerber are again urging him to be
come candidate for mayor of Den
yer in the, spring. Judge Itothgerber
has been mentioned frequently as
likely candidate, but has not made
any announ cement of his intention tc
make the race.
With the arrest of Edgar Winston,
Pullman porter charged WITH i'm
porting and selling liquor, police al
Colorado Springs have unearthed
ring of porters who have been work
ing the trains between Kansas City
and Colorado with great success.
With the killing of Joe Bruno AT
Walsenburg the longfeared Black
Hand society of Huerfano county is
believed 10 have been partly broken
up, and Sheriff Neellcy hopes he has
halted a long reign of terror on the.
part>of Italian black handlers.
A bill clamping the screws more
| tightly upon loan sharks who make
business of garnisheeing the wages OF
working men and women for small
loans is being urged upon Legislators
by committee on social legislation.
headed by Henry Van Kleek.
|
The livestock situation in southwest
ern Colorado and northwestern New
Mexico is, to a considerable extent, in
a precarious condition, due to the ina
bility of the stockmen to get feed foI
their stock and the ranges are deeply
covered with snow.
r. B. Dixon, owner of ranch a
short distance above Steamboat
Springs, received check for S5,137
from the Yampa Valley Milling and
Elevator Company as payment for
part of the crop raised on seventy
acres of dry land last year.
Tom Foley, wealthy Chinese laun4
dryman and character, for thirty
five years on the Western slope, was
found murdered at Ouray. Robbery
is believed to have been the motive.
Greeley farmers and promoters OF
the bean industry are not happy over
the prospects of the 1919 season for
Weld county. Although plans have
been made and equipment and capital
gathered to handle 10000 acres OF
seed beans annually, the prospects in
dicate that not more than 5000 acres
will be contracted, and at present
only 1000 are contracted. Prospects
for the pinto bean industry are darker
than those for the seed bean.
The United States Railroad Admin
istration abandoned all hope of saving
the Colorado Midland railroad from
junk when John Barton Payne, legal
adviser to Director General Hines, re
jccted n final proposition presented
on behalf of the company that the
government should take over the road,
pay $4,000 year rental and assume,
all costs of betterments and replace
ments.
4 bill by Representative BaslIOr