The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-24
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

lpvies for the construction ana main
tcnance of highways. The levies range
from mill to mills. and the total
revenue to be collected by the coun-
ties for highway purposes Will be In
the neighborhood OF S3,OOO,OOO, the
highest in the history of the state, and
more than was available annually for
highway purposes from all sources in
the state ten years ago. In addition
to this there will be substantial in
creases in the amount collected tins
year for highway purposes from auto
mobile license tax and from gasoline
tax, and the amount to be turned over
to the state by the federal government
from various sources for highway pur-
poses also will he larger than ever he
fore. Apparently the total amount
available for highway purposes In the
state from all sources this year VIII
be in the neighborhood Of SI,UO0,OOO.
Children between the ages of II and
l6 are barred from working in Colo.
RADIO factories and Industrial establish
ments later than Z p. m, as the re-
suit of ruling by w. L. Morrissey,
state labor commissioners, from fed
aral labor officials in Washington.
The ruling holds that the federal la
Dor law supersedes the state law in so
far as working hours for children are
concerned. Under the state law, chill
tlren between the ages of Ia and Is
could work until s O'Clock at night,
under permit.
james Girardet and Fred S. HOich-
kiss, two Delta county contractors,
have been given the contract for the
construction of the Delta-Montrose
gravel highway, according TO an
nouncement from the State Highway
Commission This contract calls for
an expenditure of from $4,000 TO
$50, 900 and the work will be completed
this summer. When finished. this Will
make the longest stretch of gravel
road in the Uncompahgre valley,
twenty-three miles
Rienzi Dickens of Long Beach,
Calf, after an absence from Colorado
Of four years, appeared in the District
Court at Boulder and was granted
further liberty. under bond of S3I, 900
The bond was signed by himself, his
mother, Mrs. w. ii. Dickens, and by
Walter G. Coulehan, cashier of the
Farmers National bank of Longmont,
who is his brother-in-law. Dickens is
accused of having killed his father, W
H. Dickens, Longnont pioneer and
banker
Denver restaurant keepers who he
gan Il campaign TO reduce the con
sumption of potatoes will not deprive
their patrons of potatoes by removing
them from the menus, hut instead will
suggest daily that their customers use
substitutes, such as sweet potatoes,
cabbage, macaroni and other food
stuffs, until the price of potatoes is
forced down through lack of demand
The repeal of the compulsory vac
cination law was advocated by Il reSo-
luton passed by the Mothers Congress
and ParentTeacher Association at
meeting held in Denver. The resolu
ton stated that committee appoint
ed by the chair should seek To have
this law revoked at the next session
of the State Legislature.
To honor the memory OF George
Duclo, ManitOu marine killed in the
war, the town council of Manitou has
changed the name of Ute avenue to
Duclo avenue for all time. A bronze
ronument to DuclO is to he erected
also. Duclo was killed at Chateau
Thierry.
The House committee on public
buildings and grounds have agreed on
legislation authorizing expenditure of
500, 100000 to build or purchase hos
pitfalls for soldiers in the various states.
This will include one hospital or more
in Colorado
Colorado is working TO establish
state forest of something over 100000
acres to be conservatively managed
for the sustained yield of timber and
forage.
Investigations by the Colorado Agri-
cultural College are beginning to show
that shrinkage of live stock when
shipped to market can be greatly re-
duced The most important thing is
comfortable car and not much crowd
ing The next thing is to have the
animals well fed and contented when
they are loaded and until they are
sold at the terminal market. In other
words, plenty of feed and water and
comfortable quarters are most import
ant.
Unless more substantial evidence is
submitted to the government census
bureau by the Chamber of Commerce.
the city of Colorado Springs will have
to accept as final and official the re-
cent census report of slightly less than
10000 for that city. From the nature
of the letter received from the census
bureau IT appears that only com
plete recount by the city will be ac-
cepted as substantial evidence.
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