The Colorado statesman., 1919-05-24
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

came after Governor oliver III. Shoup
accepted the resignation of Col. Henry
f. Allen superintendent of the depart
ment TO take effect on that date. The
Legislature at the last session provid-
ed the department with funds enough
to last until July Is. According TO a
recent ruling of Attorney General Vic
tor Il. Keyes, however, the department
will continue to exist in name, no law
having specified its abolishment.
Colorado Springs is finally assured
of an airplane and flights will be
started shortly after June list. Ar
rangements are completed between
Ira B. Humphrey of Denver and the
management of the Broadmoor hotel
for an airplane service at the Broad
moor and an $4,000 Curtiss machine,
with room for two passengers and the
pilot, now is being completed at the
factories. Engineers have made the
surveys for the landing field and work
has already been started on four han
gars.
One million dollars worth of tractors
to take part in the Mountain States
National Tractor demonstration in
Denver, June 9th to 18th, are on the
railroads en- route. This aggregation
of machines represents only about one
third of the tractors and power ma
chinery that will be seen at the dem
onstration, according to the executive
committee in charge of arrangements
for the demonstration, since it is es-
timated that at least S3,000,000 worth
of machines will take part in the ex-
hibit.
The sheriff's office at La Junta cap
tured Ventura AntiZeros while he was
trying to dispose of some silk goods,
and after an examination it was
learned that he had quantity of goods
in the east end of town. His premises
were searched and five silk dresses,
silk waists and two coats, valued at
S75 each, besides a number Of trousers
and overalls, were found. The goods
were identified as those belonging to
store that was robbed in Pueblo of
1,5O0 worth of silk.
"The division of morale is soon to
be organized as the seventh arm of
service of the United States Army"
This statement was made by Raymond
Il. Fosdick, chairman of the National
Commission on War Camp Activities,
who has just returned from five
months in Europe with General Per-
shing. Mr.. Fosdck is now at Broad
moor, at Colorado Springs, where he is
enjoying a rest with his family after
IF
Greeley police are looking for man,
partly identified as the assailant of
16-year-old Greeley girl on the campus
of the Greeley high school. The girl
was attacked by two men, but escaped
and ran to the campus of the state
teachers college, where she tainted
from terror and exhaustion and was
found unconscious several hours later
beside a clump of bushes, with most
of her clothing torn away.
According to his own statement,
John Jensen, a Denver & Rio Grande
shopman of Grand Junction, estab-
lished new auto speed record ON
county roads in that vicinity by ramb-
ling thirty-five miles in thirty-five
minutes. He made the record dash
between Grand Junction and Garmesa.
The wild game in the Estes Rocky
Mountain National Park region is
quite tame this spring, affording many
chances for visitors to the park to get
closeup views of them. The deer are
the most numerous of the bigger game,
followed next by the Rocky Mountain
Big Horn sheep, and these by the elk.
T. C. Jones burned up just exactly
81 900 in half hour near Monte Wis
ia, when a field of peas that he had
just sold to a sheepman caught fire
from weeds Mr.. Jones was burning
adjoining the pea field. Mr.. Jones
rode to town and handed back the
1000 check.
The spring wool clip from San Juan
basin sheep this year will exceed 5OO,-
900 pounds, according to flockmasters,
who, during the last week have en-
countered difficulties in securing
warehouses in which to store their
clip. Practically every warehouse in
Durango is filled to capacity and
majority of the buildings used for
such purposes at the other shipping
points also are filled.
Two collie dogs, pets of the house
hold, saved the life of L. A. Jewel,
farmer living ten miles northeast of
Haxtun. Jewel was attacked by
bull, and had been repeatedly tossed
and trampled until almost dead, when
the two dogs attacked the bull from
the rear, drawing his attack, and Civ
ing time for neighbor to carry Jew
ell to place of safety.
Construction work on Brighton'S
new factory for the National Beet Har-
vester Company has started under the