The Colorado statesman., 1919-12-27
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts OF
Colorado


ycnr and that the total number III 'he
stnte Is now about 1000. The produc-
ton of corn for sllage in the state Is
increasing rapidly.
II has been definitely decided that
the ii. o. G.'s Association will have
stock show ut Monte Vista, Feb. IL, II
and I3, 1920. The Live Stock Associa-
ton, the Poultry Association ana the
ranchmen are supporting the under
taking.
Ten head of valuable cattle and four
horses belonging TO j. G. Wood or SID
ney, Colo, were killed last week when
his barn blew down. Eight head of cat
tie were crippled by the fall. The stock
was all valuable stuff and the loss Is
quite heavy.
Taxpayers of Colorado Springs next
March will pour into the Golfers of the
county treasurer n total Of Sl,6l4,Oo4
in school, city, county and state taxes.
The total tax levy for the city In 1921
is III mills, an increase of So mills
over that of the year 1919.
The Colorado Springs council of Boy
Scouts is to have "A permanent camp
with mess cabin and bunk house. The
Rotary Club of that city voted to eX-
pend 81, 800 for the erection of camp
buildings. and officers of the city wa
ter department have agreed upon
tract of land on the city watershed in
Bear Creek canon which will be grant
ed TO the scouts as II permanent camp
site.
With budget of $2,3O0,000 for road
work in 1920, the Colorado highway
commission lacks between 100000 and
$500. 900 I'm estimated revenues to meet
federal aid road projects, according to
II statement made by ]. L. Maloney,
chief engineer The commission is ap-
pealing to the various counties directly
Interested in federal aid projects to
meet % per cent of the cost, in order
that none of the government improve
mentS must be sacrificed.
f. Il. C. Rollins, the potato man
Jim Thompson of Wright X Wilhelmy
Company of Omaha, and George Tuck
er, manager of the La Sale branch OF
the Farmers Supply Company, were
the Greeley representatives at IL big
competitive rabbit hunt held in La
Sale country when 434 rabbits were
actually killed by two teams of fifty
men each, who spent the entire day
tramping over the country south of La
Sale in search of jacks and cotton
tails.
The new court house in Montrose
which will he built during 1920, ac-
cordng to the present plans of the
board of county commissioners, Will
contain one of the most fitting memoir
ials to the soldiers of that country that
could be procured This will be the
picture and brief biography of every
man who went from this county to join
Uncle Sans colOrs during the recent
war This will include more than 6OO
photographs and war records and will
be probably the largest collection of Il
similar nature ever made in county.
Colorado has begun official inquiry
into the claims filed against the state
by the Italian government, arising out
of the alleged destruction of life ana
property of Italian nationals during
the labor troubles of 1914 in the south
ern Colorado coal fields. The Italian
claims investigation commission, ere
ated by the Twenty second General AS
sembly in regular session, met In the
office of Lieutenant Governor George
Stephan when George Allen Smith, rep
resenting the Italian consulate In Den
yer, presented documents covering the
claims of the Italian government, and
filed affidavits in support of them.
Because the county jail at Fort Nor
gan is unsafe, and in order to keep her
separated from the relatives whom she
is alleged to have attempted TO assist
break Jail, Mrs. William Miller was
taken to the Weld county jail for safe
keeping during the service of her SEN
tence of thirty days in jail and n fine
of $50 and costs imposed by judge
in Fort Morgan.
Colorados coal production fell off
42 per cent as the direct result of the
coal strike, according 10 the official
November production report issued by
james Dalrymple. state coal mine in
spector. The output for November
was 622, 1874 tons-a drop OF 439.356
tons, or slightly more than Al per cent
from the production for the previous
month. The October production was
itself somewhat below normal, so the
actual decrease from normal is placed
at ~ per cent The production in the
state from Jan. l to Nov 30 was g.,
27O,575 tons-a falling off of 2,4S4, lbs
tons from the same period last year.
An average of 12,504 men were EN-
ployed in the coal mines of the state
during November. In October II, ,43J
was the average.
The work of gathering and preserv-
ing for tbe state archives the records