The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-07-26
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

year SHOWS Va 't'cNf'SS
as compared to the production from
January l to July 1, 1918, according
to the report of James Dalrymple'
state coal mine inspector Every coal
producing county in the state, with the
exception of Routt and Rio Blanco
counties, shows a decrease for the SIX
months period as compared TO the
same period in 1918. The number of
miners employed last month was TO-
92S, as compared to 1859 employed III
the previous year. The total produc-
ton of coal in the state during the
first six months of 1918 was 6,414,117
tons. The production for the first six
months of this year was 4,923,57S tons.
The average number of miners EN-
ployed during the six months of 1919
was 1920.
One woman was caught in the act of
making "moonshine" whisky and three
stills were confiscated as n result of
two raids made in Denver by the state
constabulary on the eve of the discon-
tinuance of the body through the ex-
piration of the appropriation made by
the last Legislature. The woman, who
gave her HtIut us ESlsit ,iiui iihN
Mock, 81 years old, was arrested when
the officers raided the residence at
300 Birch street, mile east of the
Country club district, in Denver. Two
stills, other paraphernalia incidental
to the business and sixteen gallons of
whisky were confiscated at the house
in Birch street. The other still was
found in the rear of the residence of
William Phillips, 1895 Julian street
1.-The Good Ship Minnequa" is afloat
and taking cargo aboard for her first
cruise in the Pacific ocean as mem
Der of the United States Merchant ma
rine. The Minnequa is PueblO'S Vic
tory ship and her name would have
been pueblo" If it were not for the
fact that there is already battleship
In the United States navy by that
name The ship was christened by
Mrs. J. c. Brooking of Pueblo and the
name "MinneQua" was given it because
of the beautiful Lake Minnequa at
Pueblo. A bottle of water from Lake
Minnequa was broken over the bow OF
the ship in the christening exercises
Colorado's wheat and corn crops this
year will exceed last years crops by
millions of bushels, according to esti-
mates by the Colorado cooperative
crop reporting service, based on acre
age returns sent in by the county as
SCISSORS, in accordance with the new
agricultural statistics law adopted by
the last Legislature. These estimates
place the wheat crop this year at 49,
o., Int ,,N,.;,,
winter wheat, as compared with 49,
335, 900 bushels last year; and the corn
crop at 23,14S,OO0 bushels as against
20,5S5,OO0 bushels in 1918.
The 1000 doctors, dentists and drug
gists Of Colorado and Wyoming who
have not yet made their narcotic re-
turn to the department of internal rev
enue must do so Immediately, accord
ing to c. OBJ. Berry, chief field depu-
ty of the department. After the expir-
alton of the time limit, July 80, any
doctor registering prescriptions or any
pharmacist filling them who has not
complied with the law will be liable to
five years in the penitentiary and
fine of $1,000, he said.
Plans have been started by the job
bers' bureau of the Civic and CONNER
cial Association to bring 25,0OO meT
chants into Denver this fall. The plai.
is to bring the merchants, in the ter
ritory served by Denver, to the city,
not in a body, but 100 each day.
committee has been appointed TO out
line the campaign. The jobbers be-
lieve by bringing the merchants into
Denver they will be able to look over
the stock and also they will be enter
tanned.
More paving will be done on county
and state roads during the next year
than has been done in all the previous
years together, ]. E. Maloney, state
highway engineer, said following the
three-day conference of the State High
way Commission.
Charles Graves, 43 years old, a
miles south of Golden, was shot by
Wade Williams, 80 years old, a farm
hand, following an argument over the
latter's work on the farm. Two bull
lets lodged in Graves chest. Williams
surrendered to Sheriff Jones of Col
den and declared, according to the
sheriff, that he shot Graves because
the latter drove him about the farm
like slave"
A go to IS per cent, beet crop is es-
timated for Boulder County by Agri-
culturist II. III. Simpson, who said that
conditions were so improved that he
felt compelled to revise his original
estimate of a 40 per cent. yield. The
webworm, which has been causing
much damage to the beets, has dis
appeared as result of spraying and
natural causes.