The Colorado statesman., 1919-05-24
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Western N.wspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Capt Harold Shoup, eldest son of
Governor and Mrs. Shoup, who has
been in service overseas for two and
one-half years, has sailed from France
for New York.
The third trail to the summit of
Pixies Peak, said to excel both the
present trails in scenic attractions, Will
be completed in time for the summer
tourist season.
The final settlement of the estate
of Winfield Scott Stratton, multi-mil'
lionaire mining man who died in 1902
will be made in the county court OF
FL Paso county.
DIR. Livingstone Farrand, former
president of the state university and
now head of the Red Cross in Wash
ington, will be in Boulder for com
mencement and deliver the address on
June 25th.
Advance reports indicate that the
cultivated acreage in Colorado in 1919
will be the largest on record for the
state, the most substantial increase be-
ing in acreage devoted to sugar beets
and wheat.
The lowest county tax levy in any
county in Colorado for the year 1919
is $50 mills in Phillips county, and
the highest is 1875 in Hinsdale coun-
ty. Seven counties have tax levies be-
low . mills.
The first high-grader convicted in
the San Miguel District Court in four
teen years was sentenced to the pen
itentiary for three years, when John
Cataftakis was convicted of stealing
rich ore from the Smuggler mine at
Telluride.
The recent development of Kiowa
county in eastern Colorado is forcibly
illustrated by the increase in bank de-
posits from S244, ,330.11 on December
81, 1917, to $3.50, ,S4999 on December
81, 1918, an advance of approximately
100 per cent.
That residents of various Colorado
towns may have an opportunity to
hear the famous 157th Infantry band
before it is disbanded, the organiza-
ton will make a farewell tour of the
state lasting six weeks, and commenc-
ing June list.
According to an announcement re-
ceived from Seattle by the Skinner
and Eddy Shipbuilding Corporation,
the 9,600-ton shipping board steam
ship Colorado Springs will be launched
there about June 10th, instead of May
22nd, as previously announced.
Marie Green, 2 years old, fell from
the second story window of her home
at La Junta, and outside of n severe
shaking up, suffered no serious in
jury. The child was leaning against
screen when it gave way. She
struck on an electric light wire which
broke the fall.
Harold Monroe of Montrose is a
member of the crack gun crew which
captured the championship honors of
the Pacific coast. This crew, as
result of this record, received a bonus
of 81 400 and $S a month extra pay
for a period of two years, for the in
dividual craftsmanship.
The sales of school land in Colo
RADIO during the biennial period end
ing November 80, 1918, were 224,005
acres, and the total price was S3,21S,-
S47. Most of this sum goes into the
permanent school fund of the state,
and the interest it earns is used for
the support of public schools.
o. S. Parker, of Denver, and John
Hancock of AvOndale, were both per
haps fatally injured when an auto in
which they were driving collided with
a street car at the intersection of O
street and Union avenue in Pueblo.
Both men were catapulted from their
machine and landed on their heads.
Prof. Roosevelt z. Walker, for the
last three months field organizer for
the extension department of the Uni
versity of Colorado, has resigned and
will 20 to Athens, Ga, to become pro-
fessor of English at the University of
Georgia. He is returning to a position
he held for several years before COM
ing to Colorado.
One-half of the buildings in Fraser,
Colo, were destroyed by fire. Only
four buildings were left on the north
side of Main street, and the saving of
these was due to quick trip by
Moffat road train from Tabernash,
bringing fire fighters How the fire
started is not known, for it was under
good headway in a small building when
discovered.
Sunflower ensilage is to be given
test by members of the Adams county
farm bureau, acting under the direc-
lion of George II. Smith, county agri-
culturalist. Different members of the
organization will plant an acre each
to give the flower that made Kansas
famous IL chance to show what it can
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