The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-31

first volunteer company, Is dead. lie
had been resident Of Colorado
Springs for forty years.
Beet growers of the Longmont dis
trict will get an extra S2l4,OOO from
the payment of 81 additional ton Of
beets by the Great Western Sugar
Company, according 10 AN announce
ment made by y. Il. McCreery of the
Longmont factory.
Mrs. Nevada ]. Haywood, 30 years
old, and wife of William d. Haywood,
general secretary of the |. w. W., who
was recently released from Lcaven-
worth prison, died in Denver at Il san
itarium of which she had been an in
mate since last August.
Frank $. Lane, living near Grand
Junction, is under arrest, charged with
naving killed two deer out of season.
The report of the game warden, G. Il.
Nichols. was that Lane was found
with the butchered carcasscs of two
fine venison in his home.
William G. Jenkins, one of three sur
viving members of the famous light
brigade which took part in the bloody
battle of Balaklava. in the Crimea,
made famous by Tennyson's poem,
"rhe Charge of the Light Brigade"
died ut Pueblo. lie was 30 years old.
Plans for building tent city in
Boulder to accommodate summer
tourists have been initiated by the
Lions Club. George J. Breitenstein
asked the club to get behind a move
ment TO obtain army tents. A com
mittee was appointed TO look into the
matter OF obtaining tents.
Under the stockralsing homestead
act of Dec 20, 1916 more than 3,294,-
8S3 acres of land have been taken up
in this state, according to statement
issued by NJ. ID. McEnlry, chief of the
Denver field division. In addition TO
that amount, he estimated that nearly
6,000,00G more acres are available for
homesteading under that act.
Students of the University of Colo
RADIO at Boulder will establish co.
operative store, If charges of prof.
teering against stores on the hill' are
proved true. President George Nor
lin has issued a statement calling for
probe of the alleged profiteers
Manager Bryant Smith of the Asso-
ciated Students has also asked for an
investigation.
Mrs. Lois Allen of Canon City, edi-
tor of the Fremont County Leader,
was elected president of. the Colorado,
Editorial Association at the convention
In Denver. The other Officers elected
by the association are l.. /. Griffin of
the Ordway New Era, vice president
and George Il. Haubrich of the Weld
County News, Greeley, secretary and
treasurer.
Delta is to have n new canning plant.
A committee of Delta business men
spent several days in Denver working
out the details. They are going to
deal with a large eastern slope can
ming company. The plant will be put
up on n large scale. Delta plans many
big improvements this year, and the
outlook was never brighter for big
business campaign.
Assessors from fifty-five Colorado
counties who held their annuol confer
ence with the State Tax Commission
in the Senate chamber at the state
house, voted to assess automobiles on
the same basis as employed last year
with the exception that second-yeaf
valuations shall be 60 per cent of orig
inal value instead of being left chiefly
to the assessors discretion.
Coal production in Colorado de-
creased from 12,65S, 055 tons In 1918 to
rl, tNt. CO
of 2,262, ,492 tons, the report for Decem-
ber issued by State Coul Mine Inspec-
tor James Dalrymple showed, though
production in December alone was
greater than 100000 tons.
Another new discovery of ore bear
ing gold and silver and one of the
richest finds in the Silverton section
in years, is reported from the prop,
erty of the Gold King Extension
Mines Company on Bonita mountain.
The find was made in eighteen inches
of white quartz and values up to 500
ounces of gold per ton and 10 to 90
ounces of silver are reported.
Weld county farmers Will receive
100000 additional payment from the
1919 sugar beet crop as the result OF
the action of the Great Western Sugar
Company in raising the price paid for
the beets already ground into sugar
from $40 q ton to $11. Three factory
districts, Greeley, Windsor and Eaton,
raised approximately 100000 tons of
beets each and more than 100000 tons
were raised by farmers in southern
and western Weld county for factories
at Longmont, Loveland and Brighton
The 1919 Colorado apple crop was
one of the largest the state has pro-
duced, in spite of the severe damage
caused the crop by the frost on and
about June 1. The agricultural pro-