The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-22
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Western Newspaper Union News Services
COMING EVENTS.
The Red Cross Christmas Seal sale VIII
take place all over the United states
fInm Dncomber To 10, 1873.


predicts IN unusually heavy influx OF
settlers into Colorado from other
states next spring. due TO present CON
ditions in other parts OF the country.
The agricultural schedule to be
used by the United States census bu-
reau next year in collecting farm sta
| tlstics calls for more complete agri-
cultural information than has ever be-
been collected by the bureau.
The once famous silver mining camp
| of Creede is again entering upon
.ew era of prosperity. Scores of new
aces are taking out leases and vacant
houses are filling up steadily. The
Tabath Company is shipping ore
| daily and also installing machinery.
The estimated value of the fruit
erons of the Grand valley for this year
| alone is $2,O00000, according TO fig
uYes available for the first time this
year The value of the apple crop is
estimated at $500 600; peaches,
SSOOoo0: pears, 100000, and other
| fruits, S140000.
The total assessed valuation Of
property in Colorado, as returned by
| the state tax commission, is Sll9J-
| 2OO6l9. an increase Of about STOO00.-
| 900 over that for last year Final re
! ports from county treasurers are eN-
| uccted to Increase this to approx
mately S1,500000,000.
A 6-cent fare has gone into effect on
all local street car lines of the Trini-
dad Electric Transmission Railway
and Gas Company. Application for in
creased fare was granted by the Colo
RADIO public utilities commission. No
| increased fare is effective on the in
terurban coal camp lines.
An oil shale laboratory with an in
| itial expenditure of at least 100000 Is
to he established at the University of
| Colorado Immediately by the United
| States Bureau of Mines and the state
of Colorado. Official announcement
was made by Governor Oliver IL.
| Shoup in Colorado Springs.
The largest "harvest" of trout
spawn gathered by the State Fish and
| Game Department for years is under
| way at three different groups of Colo
RADIO lakes, r. G. Parvin, state game
and fish commissioners, said. I'VE eX
pect the total TO reach 1O,O0O,O0O
spawn."
John Sachs of Denver pleaded guilty
Ut Golden TO charges of breaking in
and stealing valuable property from
he summer home of T. l.. ScholtZ.
Denver druggist. in Bear Creek canon
last spring and was sentenced to from
;,, 1,
state penitentiary.
Residents and the town govern
ment of Haxtun, Phillips county, filed
before the State Public Utilities Com
mission Il petition which asks that
the Bur ngton railroad he ordered to
erect II new railroad station mt HaX-
tun. Growth of tile town and the in
crease of business at the station make
new depot imperative, the petition
declared.
Colorado will he represented at the
annual meeting of the National
League of Compulsory Education Of
ficials, TO be held at Philadelphia,
Dec 3 to 6, by Alfred G. Hoel, direct
nr vocational training, Denver
schools; George Norlin. president of
the University of Colorado; Gilmore
Floyd, Las Animas county school SUI
perintendent; Emma Full, Montrose
county school superintendent Emma
wilkins, Larimer county school super
intendent, and Mrs. Inez Lewis, Ell
Paso county school superintendent.
Only one county in Colorado outside
of Denver county has an assessed val
uation in excess of S100.000,000. This
IS Weld county, which has ranged sec
ond in assessed valuation for some
time Pueblo ranks third with SI1.-
600. 600 and El Paso county fourth
with about $67000,0OO.
The body of an unknown Mexican
was founl partly concealed in hay
stack on the farm of c. n. Johnson,
two miles northwest of Atwood, by Mr..
Johnson, when he went to the stack to
repair a fence. The body of the un-
known Mexican with bruises about the
head and face indicated that his death
had been violent one.
One thousand of Denver's poor and
helpless will eat Thanksgiving dinner
this year as the guests of Superin-
tendent A. b. Boiler of The Denver Re =
cue Mission, and of the charitable
business men who are to donate to
the dinner fund, according to an an
nouncement made by Mr.. Boiler. Last
year the mission give out 400 tickets
and this year the number is to be in
creased by six hundred A thousand
Denver business men have been asked
to aid n the work.
Construction of 5,00O-ton coal
storage reservoir at Greeley to safe
guard the city against coal famine
and exorbitant prices, is urged by Jo-
seph c. Ewing. ATTORNEY and real es-