The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-05-03
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

20 to make up the program for the
summer include the $4,000 court
house, the 1000 city hall, the $75,-
100 Main street paving, the $4,000
residence street paving, the $4,000 no
tel, the $4,000 hospital, the $4,000
dehydration plant, the $4,000 Congre-
yational Church, the $1,000 Christian
Church, some $4,000 in new resi-
dences, and added to this the $4,000
now being expended in new buildings,
the amount in sight for probable 1919
construction makes n total of S49o,-
900. The erection of the S350,000 fed
eral building is slated for 1920, and
possibly the erection of $1,000OOO
sugar factory in 1920.
Karl A. Mann enjoys clipping young
ladies' tresses. Several years ago,
when he was employed ut Cripple
Creek MS a mine electrician, he in
dulged his little fancy in picture shows
until the police sent him to Jail for
six months. Several days ago, Sheriff
Won Phul received letter from Chief
If Police Rynex at Schenectady, n. Y,
asking for a picture of Mann. Won
Phul suspected he had been up to his
old tricks, and forwarded a photo
graph. Sure enough, it was the clip
ping Mr.. Mann who was stopping with
the New York police, and they said
he had been shipping off young ladies'
braids and curls again.
Three new sugar factories have been
determined on by the Holly Sugar
Company, all to be erected on the
western slope-one at Delta, one at
Montrose and the third at Olathe.
Work will begin at once upon the Del
Ia factory, which, according to plans,
win cost over S1,250,000. Beet grow
ers of the territory adjacent have
taken 100000 of the stock on four
years time, with an option TO pur-
chase the entire plant at any time
they wish to do so. No business ac-
ton of recent years has given the
western slope farmers greater encour-
agement.
The resources OF the banks of Colo
RADIO have increased S2,5SS, 792.04
since Dec. 81, 1918, according to abb
stracts in the office of Grant Meier
son, state bank commissioner. The
figure covers the aggregate gain in as
sets of 215 state and savings banks,
eighteen trust companies and eight
private banks. The total resources of
the banks amounted to $102, S04, 974.3S
of which savings banks held $53,292,-
$500, trust companies S4S,210,59439,
and private banks S1,301, 424.70. The
average reserve was 27.53 per cent.
Abusing an officer for his conduct
in law enforcement is something that
is rarely successfully INDUCED in. At
Brighton, after being called vile names
and warding off blow from w. n.
Rankin, painter, Undersheriff Harry
Fallner slapped the abuser with such
force that he fell, striking his head on,
the sidewalk, and was unconscious for
several hours.
A lone armed bandit held up and
robbed Conductor f. w. Schulz and
Brakeman l.. +. Horton of Colorado
& Southern freight train mt Louisville
Junction. The robber secured two valu-
able watches, fine Elks fob charm
and $40 in money. Schulz and Hor-
ton were unarmed and therefore could
not resist.
Tom and Earl Combs, confessed
murderers of Jacob Ballinger, Rush
merchant, made a strenuous effort to
plead guilty to the charge of murder
in the first degree, and Judge j. w.
Sheafor had to force them to make
plea of not guilty when arraigned for
preliminary hearing at Colorado
| Springs.
After she had received letters
| which she had written to her son, Les
lie Tuck, with the War Departments
stamp Deceased upon them, Mrs.
Fannie Tuck of Greeley was oveE
joyed to receive word that Leslie hal
landed in New York and was on his
way to Fort d. A Russell for demObiI-
iZation.
Archibald Cowie, former manager Of
the Beaver Park Land and Water com
pany, editor and publisher of the Pen
rose Press and the head of many other
organizations and projects connected
with the town of Penrose and the Bes-
yer Park district, and who pleaded
guilty to the charges Of embezzlement
and of padding the pay rolls OF his
company, was sentenced by Judge
James l.. Cooper of the Fremont coun-
ty District court to term of from
two to three years in the penitentiary
Prices received by the war depart
ment in the sale of surplus supplies
totaling S140,000O00, the war depart
want o,nouncad averaged 81 Der cent
Of the initial cost. Military railway
material disposed of brought $71,OOO,-
600; exactly what these supplies cost
the government. Aircraft production
material was sold at 80 per cent OF