The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-22
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

other.~highway outlet to the east, be-
sides the Wolf Creek pass route,
which ordinarily Is blocked by snow
before Nov. of each year. Conejos
county good roads men, backed by an
opinion from State Field Engineer J.
b. Cheney, contend the Osier route,
which would place Antonito and La
lara on an international highway. has
decided advantages. The alignment
and grade in the long and gradual
approach to the contineninl uiviue
from the Antonlto side, and the easy
descent to the Los Pinos with water
grade from there to a junction point
with the present road is preferable in
the matter of exposure TO the sum-
thus insuring longer open season
for motorists.
The general demand for authentic
information about the resources anu
industries of Colorado, which has been
growing in all sections of the country
in the past few years, is being ex-
tended into the public schools. with
in the past year the State lmmigra-
tion Department has had hundreds OF
requests from school children Tor
booklets on different sections OF the
state, to be used in class work. The
heaviest inquiry has been from the
city of Chicago, where students IN the
intermediate grammar grades nave
been making a study of the Centen-
NAL state with particular reference 10
it's industries and resources rather
than its scenic attractions.
Ground has been broken at Brigh-
ron for the erection of the new wheat
products plant of the Midland Cereal
Products Company, which is to ne To-
cated opposite the Great Western Su-
gar refinery. The building will be
constructed of steel, concrete and
glass. and when ready for operation
ii will cost about S1500OO. Part OF
the plant equipment will be two huge
grain elevators. Norman & Two
good. contractors of Denver, are in
charge of the construction.
Plans are under way for harding
field and one of the finest aviation
stations in the West, to take care OF
the travel that is expected III the
northern part of the state next sea-
son at Loveland. Sporismen inter
ested in aeronautics say that fl ghts
will be common then in the Estes
Park region and around the horn
from Denver TO Greeley, through
Longmont, Loveland and Fort Col
lns.
The Michigan-C Colorado Copper Com
pany of Bedrock, in the west end or
Montrose county, will erect l5O-ton
oil fIotation mill at their mines in
stead of the 1OO-ton mill as original
Iy planned. The company has recent
ly increased their holdings in claims
and expects to increase their output
at least 100 per cent by spring. This
mill will be the first unit in series
of mills which they expect TO con-
struct as the output is increased.
Between 400 and 600 more people
this wear visited the Mesa Verde Ma
tional park during the open season,
which closed on Nov. 1st. than did last
year, according to the official regis
ter, which shows that 2,312 people en-
tered the park This does not include
several hundred more people from
nearby points who have been OCCASION
al visitors, but merely represents the
ajority of tourists.
Fortunate Dalvit, former ranchman
and Italian resident of Trinidad, shot
and killed Louis Ecclis, ranch hand
employed by his wife at the Dalvit
ranch, near Ell More. He attempted
to kill his wife also by firing twice
from a shotgun Later he took his
own life by shooting himself thru the
head with a small % caliber revolver.
The laundry mark ON collar he
was wearing led to the detection OF
w. l.. Hazelwood, 26, waiter, who
confessed, according to Deputy Chief
of Detectives Washington A. Rinker.
at Denver, that he broke into a jew
elry store at S erling, Colo, and stole
SO. 800 worth of jewelry.
In the case of the state versus Ar
thur Lyman Wright at Del Norte,
Colo, charged with involuntary man
slaughter when he ran his automobile
into wagon, killing one boy and in
juring others, in September, verdict
of guilty was returned by the jury.
The defendants council was granted
fifteen days in which to ask for new
trial. Pending the action of the court
he gave bonds of $500.
Karl C. Schuyler of Denver is trying
to give away fifty and two twenty
five dollar prizes. He has offered
500 for the three best editorials which
are printed in any Colorado pubica-
ton before December 18th on the need
and opportunity of public health work
in Colorado. Inquiries should be ad-
dressed to the Colorado Public Health
Association, contest editor.
New Workers afflicted with tubercu-
losis, who imagine that mere residence
L.. 1.tl,o,. Iaaiat In Cola.