The state herald., 1919-03-28
uKNTENNIAL STATE TTnm

the Flncher-O O'Brien bill; increasing
workmens compensation In Colorado
from IS to $40 q week, under the state
compensation fund. and reducing from
fourteen to ten days the so-called walt.
ing period intervening between the
date of injury and the time when com.
pensatioR becomes available. The bill, |
as passed, increases the medical bens. |
fits to 500 within sixty-day period
following injury. Under the present
law, the maximum medical benefit 10
500 within limited period of thirty
days. The maximum death benefit, |
under the new measure, 10 increased
from $500 to $s,l25. Sponsors for the
measure declare that 1t contains an
aggregate Increase Of approximately
20 per cent In the maximum benefits
available from the stute compensation
fund.
Students of the State High School o.
Industrial Arts at Greeley staged q
peace conference at their sophomore.
junior-senior banquet given in ths
Woman's club building. At the peace
table students costumed to represent
the leading characters and statesmen
of the allied nations were introduced
by the toastmnster, Prof. Il. b. Smith,
impersonating Uncle Sam. The speak.
ers In turn told Of the part taken by
their nations In the war and expressed
their views us to conditions requisite
to q permanent peace. DIR. ]. X. Bell,
principal OF the school, impersonated
Premier Clemencenu and President
Crabbe. President Wilson.
Because of slowness Of local beet
workers to sign contracts for the sea.
sons work at the prevailing price Of
$25 nm acre, they demanding $40,
which the growers refuse to pay, the
Great Western Sugar Company will
import enough laborers to take care
Of the enlarged acreage OF beets
around Windsor. Il. c. Walters, agri.
cultural superintendent OF the com.
pany. says the Iaborers will be Mexl-
cans gathered from New Mexico anl
Old Mexico.
A six-tOn fighting tank over the top
Of Pixies Peak as feature Of the fifth
Liberty Loan c0mpnign Is one Of the
stunts now contemplated, according to
Ell Powell, member OF the press bu-
reau service, donated the state Liberty
Loan organization by the Union Pa.
cific railroad. This sensational feat
10 to be attempted In whippet type
tank, manned, as Mr.. Powell puts II,
by "the hardest fighting tank men TO
be had from service overseas"
A baggage and mall express car OIL
n wesi-bound Santa Fe passenger train
caught fire while In motion east OF
Baxter, and, with Its contents, was de-
stroyed. The touring car was switched
onto a siding at Baxter and an engine
summoned from Pueblo to bring II to
Pueblo. The fire continued to burn
until the car reached Pueblo, by which
time 1t was practically consumed. The
loss TO the contents Of the cur will run
Into the thousands. It Is believed.
Tons upon tons OF potatoes raised
In the dry farm districts around Gro
yer are being fed to hogs and cattle
because farmers refuse TO haul them
ten or twelve miles to railroad ship
ping point when they are selling at
only 20 cents per 100. This condition
has brought about renewal OF the
agitation for more railroads and q
committee 10 now actively at work en-
deav0ring to induce the Union Pa.
cifIc to extend It's Brigesdale branch.
Jack, 21-months-old son OF w. T.
Granville. fire boss at the Lucas mine
ut Louisville. was playing In mn old
trunk In the yard Of the Granville
home near Boulder when the lid fell
on his neck pinnlng him down. His ..
yesr-old sister. playing near him.
screamed. and Mrs. Granville ran out
When she lifted the trunk lid the baby
was dead. the lid having broken his
neck.
Double funeral services were held In
Louisville over the bodies OF Lyman
r. Eiwell and his wife. Both were
victims Of Spanish influenza.
The LendvIlle Water Company 10
sued m order allowing the city to
use the surplus Of the appropriation
fund left over ut the end of the fiscal
year. ending April II. to pay the re.
naming debts Incurred during the rs-
cent Influenza epidemic. The surplus
Is expected to be- around $4,000 The
tota, debts incurred during the cpl.
demIc amounted TO So.000 Of which
tc,000 have been paid to date, leaving
q totni Of $1,000 to be paid out Of the
surplus.
With but one dissenting vote. .
drainage district embracing l,200
acres Of valuable land adjoining tho
town of Windsor WAS created at . sps.
cial election. This Is the first district
Of its kind to he created In northern