The Colorado statesman., 1919-01-18
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

INTO aHalrS OF SIaIe 1 ueSuhy Hooht
official recognition of which was
marked by the inauguration of Oliver
II. Shoup as governor. The ceremo-
nies were held in the chamber of the
representatives and bring to an end
the Gunter regime. Republicans sue
ceed Democrats in office, with one or
| two exceptions. The inauguration OF
the state executives and Justices OF
the Supreme Court was in the pres
ence of the legislators of the Twenty
second General Assembly and some
1,200 persons who were admitted to
the galleries. The incoming and out
going officials filed into the House
chamber at ~ o'clock, where Governor
julius C. Gunter formally relinquished
the reins of government. Chief JUS
tice William A. Hill of the Supreme
| Court administered the oath of office
| to the incoming governor. One OF
the largest outside delegations to at
tend consisted of 200 men and women
of Colorado Springs, the home town
of the new executive.
A proposal to advertise the re-
! sources of Colorado is made in a bill
| to be introduced in the Legislature
which has been prepared by the Colo
RADIO Association of Commercial Ex-
! ecutives. They say it is necessary
| for the state to take action, as the
railways, since coming under govern
ment control, no longer issue folders
and pamphlets advertising Colorado's
scenery and opportunities as former
! ly. An appropriation of $4,000, to
| be expended under the direction of
the bureau of immigration, is pro-
vided for in the bill. Agricultural ex-
hibits are to be sent to fairs, shows
and large gatherings outside the
state. Booklets are to be prepared
at cost of $4,000, each one of which
will advertise some particular indus
try of the state, such as mining, dry
farming, beet raising, dairying, fruit
raising, etc. Plans are being made
to attach these measures to the long
| appropriation bill.
The midwinter session of the Colo
RADIO Editorial Association will be held
this year on January 20 and 81 at the
| Albany hotel. A series of several
luncheons has been planned and a
banquet to the State Legislature at
the Albany hotel. After the banquet
there will be an old-fashioned dance.
During the business sessions w. A.
Patterson, managing editor of the
Western Newspaper Union, will speak
on "The Responsibility of the Press in
| the Reconstruction Period" j. l..
Cross, head of the Federal Reserve
Bank in Kansas City, will speak on
the governments methods in raising
the four Liberty Loan quotas and the
plans for the Fifth Liberty Loan
drive.
The youngest postoffice robber ever
handled by the postoffice inspectors of
the local jurisdiction is under arrest
at Glenwood Springs. He is only II
years old. He slipped into the Glen
wood Springs postoffice through par
eel post drop Tuesday night, gathered
up quantity of loot and was pre-
pairing to depart when an employe
of the office, returning to attend to
some unfinished business, discovered
and captured him.
Twelve California, Colorado,
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Montana, Nebraska, North Da-
kota, Oregon and Utah-reported
surplus OF common labor to the de-
partment of labor this week, as COM
pared with seven the week previous.
In the South there is a general short
age of labor in all trades, while the
belt from Connecticut to Minneapolis
shows surpluses in special branches.
Governor Shoup's address was one
Colorado Legislature and was as fol
lows: Il have just been getting &C
uuainted with lot of new friends, and
am ready to become acquainted with
lot of new responsibilities and duties.
which | shall endeavor, with your CO.
operation, to shape into success for
Colorado"
City Commissioner Andrew w.
Frandsen was the first Montrose man
to be fined for violation of the new
quarantine regulations. His children
came down town and the commission
er was at once handed a request to
appear before Justice W. H. Franklin.
He was fined $675. A daughter of
Mr.. Frandsen is ill with influenza.
Senator-elect Lawrence C. Phipps
sustained sprained- ankle while
skiing on Genesee mountain.
The twenty-second annual copven-
tion of the American National hive'
stock Association will be held at the
Broadway theater Jan. 21. % and %.
The program of speakers includes
many prominent government officials
and livestock men. The convention
will be devoted to discussion of
topics of vital Importance to the graz
ing industry. Among the subjects for
consideration which are of local inter
est is the proposed advance in grazing
fees on national forests. The ad-
vances were ordered by the secretary
of agriculture early in December of
1918, and became effective Jan. l.
Colorado's early days and her
growth since 1862 will be recalled to
Denver people if bill being prepared
by Representative Boon Best and
Speaker Allyn Cole of the House be-
comes law. For they propose to bring
to Denver and set up on the capitol
grounds the little cabin used by Colo