The Colorado statesman., 1919-12-20
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado

David NJ. Campbell, attorney general
of Colorado in 1898 and state senator
from Pueblo for four years, died sud
denly at his home in Pueblo. He was
6l years old.
Following recent football game in
Craig between the teams representing
the Snake River, Wyoming, section
and Craig. six Wyoming young folks
who came to root for their team were
married.
Denver.-with returns received from
only few of the counties, total ot
S35, 900 has been raised up to date in
the campaign of the Colorado Public
Health Association for funds to carry
on its work in 1920.
William p. Munroe, about 4S years
old, miner in the Strong mine, was
killed instantly at Victor by falling
about 100 feet down slope at the
700 foot level. The accident was the
result of timbers giving way. He is
survived by his wife and two children
who are now in Nova Scotia.
A faint cry of child at the oppor-
tune time and the chance and lucky
appearance of two boys is all that
saved little Lillian Maxwell of Colo
RADIO Springs from freezing to death
In her hurry to get to school the chlld
cut across lots and fell into an aban-
doned cesspool.
In order to protect themselves during
the Christmas season from thetts,
which have become unusually numer-
Gus. the merchants of Montrose organ
lied protective association ana EN-
ployed "A private detective from Den
yer to guard their stores during the
holiday season.
DR.. Ralph D. Mace, former practic-
ing physician in Delta, and Mrs. ELLA
Kehr. a nurse, who were charged with
the murder of Mrs Ada Scager, wife
of Adam Seager of Hotchkiss, on May
25th, through an Illegal operation,
were vindicated of the charge in DIS
trict Court at Delta.
A total of S7,40627 in Inheritance
taxes and attending fees was collected
by the state inheritance tax depart
ment in the first half of December, re-
mort issued by Attorney General Vic
tor +. Keyes and Collector X. H.
Blackman showed. This amount brings
the total collected since Dec l, l9lS'
to SS33, ,503.91.
A new Boulder beet sugar company,
capitalized mt S2,000,O00, has filed IN
corporation papers with the secretary
| of state 1t is to be known as me
! Farmers Independent Sugar Compare,
Erection and operation of sugar plants
growing. buying and selling of sugar
beets, acquisition of livestock, ana
other interests are stated as among the
purposes of the concern.
The work of gathering and prescrV-
ing for the state archives the records
of Colorado'S men and women Wh"
took part in the world war, in order
that n true and complete history oi
/ Colorado'S participation in the cuhIllct
may he compiled, has been started by
the State Historical and Natural HIS
tory Society, under the direction OF
| l.. G. Carpenter, its president.
Incomplete estimates made by the
State Cooperative Crop Reporting
| Service show that the value of all
crops in the state this year is in eN-
cess of SlTO,OO00OO, which is much the
largest on record Twenty years ago
the value of all crops grown in the
state. as reported by Federal Census
Bureau, was little short of SlIOOO.-
600. or onc-tenth of the value of all
crops grown this year. Ten years ago
the Federal Census Bureau found the
value of all crops grown in the state
| 10 be little short of SjlOoO.OOO, or
considerably less than one-third of the
value of this years output.
AIontrose citizens will play big
brother to sixty orphans at the Nc
! Clelland home in Pueblo, according to
the plans of \. O. Talbot 6f that city,
who has agreed to collect IA broad
gauge carload of provisions and cloth
.ng for the orphans of the home, who
are i'm urgent need of assistance.
Bank deposits in Steamboat Springs
are the greatest in the history of the
/ town. They are well over 100000 and
fast nearing the million-dollnr mark.
The total deposits in the First Ma
tional Bank are now SGSS,5ll. Three
wears ago the deposits were but S2l6,-
| 163 The Bank of Steamboat Springs
has deposits of S242,3iS, an increase
of S22,OO0 since the call for Il state
ment in September.
Expansion of the consular service
of the Japanese government to aid in
handling trade relations of its citizens
with other countries will result in the
establishment of consulate in Den
yer. according to word received from
Toxic. The new consulate will prob
ably have charge of territory con
sisting of Colorado, New Mexico, Ne
braska, Wyoming, South Dakota and
parts of the states of Utah, Kansas,
Texas and Arizona.