The Meeker herald., 1919-05-03
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

fered for number OF events in the
fancy class and already the associa-
ton Is promised number of fine AMI.
mails from Pueblo, Colorado Springs
and other places. For the past few
securing the quality OF melons that
the association desires to give to pa
irons. but this year some twenty-five
acres will be grown In different parts
of the valley on the best melon land
to be found, from selected seed, and
there Ia reason to believe that the big
pile will be the most attractive TINT
has ever been offered.
The present rate of tonnage produc-
ton In the San Juan mining region
will enable that section to occupy first
place during the years to come as the
most productive mining section In our
great mining state Of Colorado. The
Ing an area eighty miles long by from
twenty-five to forty miles Wide, with
Its hundreds OF submits exceeding 49,
900 feet In elevation, In only just now
beginning to produce the precious met
ais on = big scale.
A. J. Pierce. wealthy Mceker ranch.
err, has presented the Meeker public
library with fifty choice volumes In
memory OF mis- wife, who died several
months ngO. and has promised 500 In
books each year to the library. Mrs.
Pierce WINS keenly Interested In the
welfare Of the library. She was the
daughter of former Congressman
mother for number of years was
president of the Iowa State Library
Board
| Corporal John Il. johnson, late OF
Co. +. Fifth Engineers. Seventh divi-
sion, and formerly an officer Of tn,
TO Canon City, having just been dis
charged from the recuperation camp nj
Macarthur, Okla. johnson had . thrill.
Ing experience In ne war. On Oct. IS
In the st. Mihiel drive lie WIS wound
ed and was In the hospital recovering
from his wounds for five months.
The largest class In the history Of
the Odd Fellows lodge In western Colo.
RADIO WIS Initiated In Grand Junction
with big ccremOnials, including ban.
quct and fraternal addresses. The class
was composed OF sIxty-eigit members
and represented every district In the
county. Walter NJ. Merrill. grand pa.
triarch Of the state. was amoug the
higher officials OF the lodge to attend
Potato acreage will be cut about u
per cent of the 1913 acreage this sum
mcr. according to dealers mud farmers
around Greeley. This years potato
shipments will total 5000 carloads
while the 1910 crop probably will run
under 1000. Much OF the potato acre
age In going Into sugar bects, while
other potato land IL being seeded to
alfalfa. The value OF the 1918 crop
to the farmer was about 1000.
Unless there is speeding up from
now on. Colorado's coni production In
1910 will fall below the 10000. O0O-ton
mark, In the opinion Of coal experts
The monthly report of James Dnlrym
pie, state coal mine Inspector. fOi
March shows that compared with 1913
there has been n decrease Of 7lB,52i
tons In production during the first
quarter OF the year.
A lone armed bandit held up md
robbed Conductor +. W. Schulz and
Brakeman l.. +. Horton of n Colorado
4 Southern freight train ut Louisville
Junction. The rObber secured two valu.
able watches, II fine Elks fob charm
and $40 In money Schulz nnd Hor
ton were unarincd and therefore could
not resist.
Werner T. Reed, one OF COlorndOt
wealthicst citizens, an oil magnate
mining man. pliilnntiiropIst md author
died Mt Coronado Bench. Calf, follow
ing n long period OF III health. Pneu
monia developing cnused his death. but
not until three hours before the end
did his physicians consider his condi
| ton serious.
Tom and Earl Combs. confessed
| niurticrers Of Jacob Bnllinger, Rusl
merchant, made n strenuous effort to
plead guilty to the clnrge of murder
In the first degree, and Judge j. W
Shenfor had to force them to mike q
plea of not guilty when nrrnigncd FOL
II preliminary hearing at Colorado
Springs.
Register OF the United States land
office In Durango says llS,B2G ncrct
Of lnnds. designated In nearly all town
ships In that district, are open to en-.
Try under the stock raising homestead
law, commonly known MS the 8i0.acre
law.
When George McQuown. discharged
soldier, went home to New Itaymer h.
didn't loaf about town or go to Gree
ley or Denver to get n job. George i'm.
medlntcly Incorporated himself AS the
New Rnymer Electric Light md Pow.
err Company.