The state herald., 1919-02-28
cENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


ernment and to report at the next
meeting to be held March 4. There
are number who are in favor Of a
decided change In the city manager
msnt who believe that action should
be taken at once In season to get the
proposition before the people at the
coming election In April, who have al
ready taken the situation In hand. and
q charter to embrace the needs Of
city the size Of Rocky Ford is being
prepared.
La Sale, Mead. Fort Lupton and
Milliken are prospective locations fof
the sugar factory which 1t is said the
Industrial Sugar Company will locate
some place In Weld county. The In
dustrlnl company was recently orgnn-
lied at Fort Morgan and has filed ar
ticles Of Incorporation with capital
stock of $4,0OO,0O0 for the purpose OF
building and operating factories In
Morgan, Logan. Weld and Larimer
counties.
Plans for paving the Denver road
north from Colorado Springs through
Palmer Lake were outlined In Colorado
Springs by 7. j. Ehrhart, state high
way commissioner, and ]. 4. MalOney,
engineer for the commission. Fedora!
and state. aid will be combined with
county funds and work liz to start Us
soon as the weather will permit. Traf-
fic records show this road receives the
heaviest travel OF any In the Pixies
Peak region.
John Capra, Italian. who quit the
business Of tilllng truck garden on
the outskirts Of, Denver last April to
go "Over There" as member OF I'm
Gle Sans expeditionnry forces, Is
coming back hero. At present he is
in debnrkation hospital, New York
City. recuperating from wounds In
flicted by particles Of high explosive
shell, which tore away n section Of his
left shin bone.
Colorado's $4,000 600 investment in
War Savings Stamps last year was n
IuOSt tACtISIt ruoWihkt uNtOiuihk w
Associate Director W. Ward Smith Of
the savings division OF the United
States Treasury Department, who was
In Denver on n tour to study 0rganiza
tiOn methods and results.
The magnificent Hotel Colorado, at
Glenwood Springs, together with its
ample and beautiful grounds md hot
and cold mineral springs, may he pur
chased by. the United States govern.
ment us the nucleus for the largest
army and navy Officers recuperation
camp In the world.
The skeleton OF n full grown man,
with large slab Of rock lying on
top Of the bones was found near Nuc.
Ia In the Big Bucktall gulch. The
skeleton was found on the edge Of a
ledge OF rock. Apparently, the man
had been crushed by fall Of rock
while asleep.
The vnstness of Colorado's manu-
featuring interests, Ms reported by Ex-
ccutive Secretary l.. Il. Lewis OF the
Colorado Manufacturers Association
mt national conference of mnnufact'
urers In st. Louis was n surprise tc
delegates from other parts OF the
United States.
Miss Jeanette LeIser of Pueblo Is
probably the only woman railway mail
clerk IN the United States. She re
celyed her appointment from the Post.
office Department and now Il
awaiting assignment
Three McxIcans living In the Sill
district are In jail charged with the
murder OF John Breuss, IS. wealthy
Garfield county rnncher, last Novem
bcr. following the discovery OF the
body In his barnyard.
The Mesa Verde and the Rocky
Mountain National Parks OF Colorado
are among U dozen scenic wonders Of
the West which the railroad admins
tration hns elected to advertise IN
time table folders.
Monte vistn will hnve big stock
show Feb. 20. % and %. 1910.
There still remains another bill pro
vIdIng for the repeal Of the law Great
Ing the constnbulary. but this bill is In
the Senate. Here. II the Democrats
show the same solidIty OF sentiment
against the police body ns they did In
the lower house. the fight for iis pas
snge promises TO be even more strenu.
Gus than TINT winged In the lower
house. The Senate bill was introduced
by DE Busk OF Trinidad. In the Senate
the Democrats ARE In the majority.
But the Republicans hope TO win over
n sufficient number OF Democrats 10
suve the constabuinry when the tes
comes.
From all sections Of Colorado come
reports Of new building. Industrial
development, road work. home con
struction. new factories. paving. mu
nicipal light md water plants, park
improvements and kindred develop
fncnts. A building boom has begun