The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-06-26
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

uted July to the sixty-three counties
Of the state on the basis Of school pop
ulation for use Of the county schools.
This is the largest sum in the history
Of the state which has been produced
previous high figure having been the
1921 600 distributed Jan. last. The
public school fund now amounts to So
800, 500, that being the total June 1.
The sum to be distributed next month
is made up of the interest on the total
fund, rentals on state lands and inter-
est on deferred payments paid into the
fund by buyers Of state land.
The Colorado Legislature will be
called into extraordinary session. pos
sibly In the fall, to consider the ratifi-
cation of the national suffrage amend
ment. Gov. Oliver H. ShOup, in max
Ing the announcement, said he would
Issue the call n soon as he had fixed
upon a date, which leaders are dis
cussing. The governor did not give
a positive statement that the suffrage
question alone would be considered,
saying that little else would be in
Guided in the call. If anything.
Five persons narrowly escaped
death near Colorado Springs, as the re-
suit of an automobile collision on the
Canon City road. Fred r. Smith,
cashier of the First National Bank, Is
suffering from a fractured hip and
internal injuries; and his wife. two
daughters and son are more or less
thn 70 nd ho nd
machine was driven by Miss Dorothy
Smith, aged 10, and after striking the
other car 1t rolled down a 2OO-foot
embankment.
Patients from forty-four states are
receiving treatment at Hospital No.
81 at Aurora, according to informa-
ton compiled from Red Cross records
by Miss Grace NJ. Smith. librarian at
the recuperation camp. There are also
patients from Finland, Canada,
Italy, Sweden, Ireland. England
and the Philippine Islands. I'LL
nois leads with 250 more than twice
as many as any other state. WiscOn-
sin and Missouri have ia each.
Grand Mesa may become one of the
greatest of Uncle Sans national
parks, II the proposals Of the Western
Slope boosters are acted upon by Con-
gress In the form of necessary legis-
lation and appropriations. One sug-
gestion was that the mesa, one of the
NEST beautiful points in America,
through the aid Of returned soldiers,
could easily be converted into the
beauty land Of America, besides giving
employment to the soldiers.
The Rocky Mountain National park
will receive from Congress this year
only the $4,000 annual allowance for
maintenance heretofore granted, al
though 4 fight was made by Parks
Director Stephen T. Mathsr to have
added to the regular appropriation
$4,000 for road building. The sundry
civil bill reported to the House of Rep
resentatives carries oaly the $4,000
for expenditure during the fiscal year
ending June so. 1920.
Unless it suffers further damage
from unfavorable weather or disease,
will be approximately 10000. 900 BUSH
els, or about 100000 bushels more
than the reported production for 1917,
the states banner wheat year to date.
The Colorado cooperative crop report
ing service in Its June report forecasts
the production of winter wheat at H.
ISL, 70O bushels and spring wheat at
1896, 600 bushsas.
The Radium Ore Sampling Company
Of Montrose, the only commercial ra-
dunn ore sampling plant in the world,
has already accounted for more than
500, 900 of radium ore during the few
months it has been located at that
point Despite the fact that only five
men are employed at this plant, 1t has
been of great benefit to the local mer-
chants, since 1t has kept in operation
various nearby mines.
Placervilie, Colo, was practically
destroyed by a fire that caused a loss
estimated at $175,00O. The ID. & r. G.
Railroad Company sustained loss of
almost 5000 when the freight depot
and other outlying structures were
burned to the ground. 1t Ia estimated
that $4,000 worth Of freight was con-
sumed. Traffic was delayed for a
short while, but is now normal. The
fire consumed the railroad warehouses
and Outbuildings, garages, stables,
postoffice, general store and three
story business block. 1t Is not known
whether the postoffice records were
saved.
There is nearly $4,000 worth of
buildings being erected in Greeley at
the present time, and contractors have
plans for Mt least twenty-five more
residences ranging in price from $500
to 5000. which will be started as soon
rs workmen are available. These