The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-22
Pithy News Notes
From All Paris of
Colorado
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

IrlctS.
Colorado has 5,5422 miles of railroads,
owned by forty-one railroad com
panies. Weld county is first in length
of railway lines within its borders,
having 401 miles.
The smallest man in the army, Ros-
coe Schwartz of Colorado Springs, has
returned from service In Maryland, Il
different man. Schwartz grew two
inches during his service of twelve
months.
Municipal ownership of the utilities
in Colorado Springs is being bitterly
fought by all factions in the city and
1t is the consensus of opinion that the
measures will be defeated at the
spring election.
K. G. Grant of Denver, who is said
to be one of five men of that city
who are known as the big Five" in
bootlegging circles, was fined $500 and
costs on the charge of having liquor
in his possession.
Worry over his son in France is be-
lieved to have caused the suicide of w.
A. Hoel, 80, farmer near Sterling.
After Mr.. Hoel had been missing sew
eral hours neighbors found his body
hanging from rafter in barn.
Reorganization of the old Santa Fe
racing circuit has been undertaken by
Secretary j. l.. Beaman of the Colo
RADIO state racing commission, and in
this work he has the assured support
of the race lovers of southern Colo
RADIO to an extent which spells positive
success for the enterprise.
Colorado and Wyoming will pay a
tax on 1918 incomes totaling between
$40,O0O,000 and $50,000,000, it was esti-
mated at midnight Saturday by Mark
A. Skinner, internal revenue collector
for these two states. The income tax
payments for these two states a year
ago totaled $2S,635,000.
The farmers of Brighton organized
cooperative elevator company with
a capital of 100000, and within few
minutes subscribed for $2T,5 worth
of stock in the concern. An elevator
will be built and be ready for business
by June 1. 1t will have a capacity of
$4,000 bushels.
An automobile bus filled with chill
dren on their way to school, thirty
three miles east of Colorado Springs
in the White Plains district, turned
turtle, resulting in serious injuries to
the teacher, Miss Ruth Hall, and the
driver, Paul Gardener. lie bus held
twelve children, and their escape is re-
garded as miraculous.
1t Is discovered that practically all
the 300 or more coal miners of Crested
Butte will be obliged to pay an income
tax this year. Wages have been splen-
did and work plentiful, so that unless
sick or unfortunate or unwilling to
work, there were few who did not
draw down more than $1,000 in pay
checks during 1918.
Students of the State High School of
peace conference at their sophomore
junior-senior banquet given in the
Woman's club building. At the peace
table students costumed to represent
the leading characters and statesmen
of the allied nations were introduced
by the POSTMASTER, Prof. E. b. Smith,
impersonating Uncle Sam. The speak
ers in turn told of the part taken by
their nations in the war and expressed
their views as to conditions requisite
to a permanent peace. DR.. ]. II. Bell,
principal of the school, impersonated
Premier Clemenceau and President
Crabbe, President Wilson.
Incorporation papers for S3,00o,ooo
concern to develop irrigation projects
for 10000 or more acres of land imme-
diately east of Denver and partly with
in the city limits will be filed in few
days, according to A. ]. Simonson,
chairman of the executive committee
of the consolidated interests which are
to form the new company.
Colorados own military unit
the One Hundred and Fifty-Sev-
enth Infantry regiment-will be
demobilized at Camp Kearny, Cal,
not later than April 10, ac-
cording to announcement made ut
San Diego by Maj. J. c. Dooley, intel
ligence officer of the Fortieth Sun
shine" division. The One Hundred and
Fifty-seventh is part of this division.
The sum of $4,000 is being ex~
pended in Colorado by the United
States bureau of plant and animal in
dustry in making survey of Colorado
forests, with a view of discovering and
Graduating diseases which destroy
largo Quantities of lumber annually
The survey is being made by group
of government experts under the d.
rection of Ellsworth Bethel of the
Bureau of Forest Pathology, Washing
ton.
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