The Keota news., 1920-03-26
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

more than in the same month L"s'
year,
Pruning is now iH full swing AT the
Grand Valley and in almost every
orchard men are being employed III
this necessary spring work. The Trees
show little effect OF the severe winter
Miss Dorothy Smith. ld'ycnr-old
daughter OF Frederick II. Smith. cash
Or OF the First National Bank OF Colo
RADIO Springs. II near death nt WelIes'
ley. Mass. ns the result OF skiing ac'
cih.nt IN which she was impnlcd 10y
broken skiing rod. Miss Smith fell on
the fragments Of the stick and her nb'
aomen was perforated in three places.
Negotiations w.r. completed In Den
yer for III. purchas. "f $500 worth
~ radium by the Medical aud Surgical
group Ur Denver, Til. deal WAS mad.
with the Kndium Company Of Colo
RADIO. onc.half grain, or seven aud
,hr...quarI.rs grams "t the precious
mineral is contained in the tube pur'
chased.
An excess Of 3I.s.i.5i over the
amount ayniluhl. for administration
and engineering purposes waS spent
10y the Stat. Highway Commission IN
I'll. fiscal year cnhin. Nov. 10. 1919.
according I" u report by State Audi
tor Sl"ng. The total expenditure for
ih-s. purposes WAS Sis..,,SEi y:
this. Sii.:2...,S 81 was spent In prcllin'
I,n ssf sNr f.sNH
Md projects.
Edward Ives. mental defective
convict. sawed his way through steel
bars ut window ot his cell In tn.
state rcnltcrilnry hospital at Canon
City and made his escape. After saw
Ing through two heavy steel bars. the
ends of which he forced outward. I've.
crnwici through the opening and
gained access Ia n low stone wall. from
which he climbed To- the high wall sur.
rounding the prison enclosure.
The growth uf saw timber in tn.
United States is believed to be only
onc.thirh nf tn. amount annually cut
Twcntytnin. Of our states import more
timber than is cut within their bound.
aries. and every exporting stat. Is cut.
ting faster than their timber grows. ~
timber famine is bound TO come" say.
w. j. Morrill, ~ tn. Colorado Asricul.
turul College: indeed. locally in many
parts of the United States 1t has ar.
rived already rs reflected in the high
prices of lumber"
. .. -
less 1" educate u student nt the Fort
Collins Agricultural college than nj tn.
state university at Boulder. accurdiu:
To reports ON the two big institutions
submitted to Governor Sh"up by Audi.
;or of State Stong. The average cx.
r"hse OF educating n student ut tn.
Agricultural college. Stung reports, Is
SiSi.J1. while nj the stat. university
1t is S2Sl.2I. The Agricultural college
spent S2.2.OlSpS educating 1.tSI stu.
dents. while nj the university the .,lu
cation of 1,IiJ students cost SjO3.
i1-."a These figures are for the year
1919.
Colorado and Wyoming naval re.
serris's who served during the war
with Germany mny obtain Victory but
tons by applying to Lieutenant Com.
lnander =. $. Thciss of tn. Denver
navy recruiting station or to the pctty
officer In charge of the recruiting sta.
tlon nearest them. Hitherto only men
who served In the regular navy could
obtain these buttons in Denver. tb,
reservists being required to apply to
tne colnmnndnnt of the Twelfth Naval
district, san Francisco. Calf. All an.
nliCai Ions for Nirfnru Eniiu,,u ,...,.. l. -