The Colorado statesman., 1919-12-27
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

resume OF the tNiIupTulHaTl n'H-
zion OF the Colorado Legislature ac-
:omplished the following enactments:
Woman suffrage ratification; an anti
auto-theft law; law to suppress an
archy and sedition; appropriation OF
s127 900 for the State ReformatOry al
Buena Vista appropriation of S35,OOo
for the state hospital ut Pueblo; APP
preparation of $4,000 for hospital
and cottages at the State Industrial
School for Girls in Golden; establish
ment of n $4,000 fund for ore testing
and experimental work in conjunction
with the federal bureau of mines AT
the Golden research station; approprl'
aiion of S30O,O00 to meet the expenses
Of the Colorado National Guard during
the recent mobilization in the coal
fields; provision for monthly allow
nnces to dependents of enlisted Colo
RADIO National Guardsmen.
All general appropriations for 1870
will be pared down "in accordance
with strictest economy except the
postoffice and Naval Departments, The
estimates of which are less than for
he present year, Majority Leader Mon
hell of Wyoming told the House when
the first urgent deficiency bill of this
session was brought up. Greatest re-
iuctions would be made in the army
and fortification estimates, he said, the
former request totaling S9S2, ,SOO,O2O,
and the latter SllT,T93,33O, an Increase
Of more than S1O8,000,0O0 over the
present appropriation.
Thursday, Jan. II. has been set by
he State Board of Land Commission
ers as the date for public sale of the
school land now occupied by the state
convict farm at Avondale. near Pueblo.
The land will be auctioned in the Avon
iale school house at 10 o'clock in the
morning, with the full membership OF
The land board present, according to
present plans. No bid will be consld-
cred if less than 500 an acre and 1t is
expected the greater part of the lanu
will bring a much higher figure.
The Holbrook valley, II farming com
munity few miles north of La Junta'
will probably have the first community
house TO be erected and dedicated to
the soldiers of the Holbrook valley
who served in the late war. meeting
was held at the town OF Cheraw, at
which steps were taken to complete the
building at an early date. The struc-
ture will contain a gymnasium ana
other modern improvements. The au-
iitorium will have a seating capacity
Of 500
Segregation or disposal of CONNER
cial lines not directly allied with the
meat and provision business OF the five
great packing companies as agreed up
on between them and the United States
attorney general announced by the lat
ter, will involve reorganization or
huge industry with assets of more than
81 900, ,OOO, 900. The agreement was re-
garded by the packers as marking an
epoch in industry in that, for the ea1rst
time big business bows to public opin.
ion.
Building of three railroad tunnels,
under James peak, Cumbres pass ana
Marshall pass, by means of state
bond issue authorized by an amend
ment of the state constitution to be
voted for by the people at the genera
election next year-this is the program
recommended by the State Railroad
Commission, appointed by the governor
by legislative authority in 19l in its
first report to Governor Oliver III.
Shoup.
Charging the city and county of Den
yer with failure to keep the road at
East Virginia avenue and South Colo
RADIO boulevard In repair, p. I. Reilly
and his daughter. Ruth Reilly, have
filed suits in the District Court ask
ing damages for injuries suffered when
their automobile plunged over the EN-
bankment into creek bed on Oct. II.
1919. The father asks S6,275 and the
doughter $1,000.
Government investigators are now
Interested in a sequence of events cen
tering around the American west coast
and the apparent concentric lines OF
Mexican and Japanese activities.
That the war time policy of obtain
ing officers for the United States ma
rine CORPS from the ranks be continued
is the recommendation made by Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels, according to
report received at the marine corps
recruiting office in Denver, Colo. The
secretary points to the work of officers
commissioned from the ranks during
the war, as his reason for making this
recommendation. He also recommends
that additional officers he commits
stoned for the marine corps aviation
branch, and that special aviation
grades be created for enlisted men. A
permanent marine corps of 27,46T Of
ficers and men, or 20 per cent of the
naval strength, is also recommended as
well as the creation of chief warrant
rank for marines.
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