The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-24
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

have them ready for distribution to
the assessors early in March. Every
effort Will be made to make the work
OF the assessors easy and simple, no
Information being. asked for which
farmers cannot give readily without
reference to their books or accounts.
The schedule will also call for II con
siderable amount Of Information
which was not collected last year,
principally regarding crops grown
only In restricted localities and the
number Of fruit trees OF bearing age.
An effort Will be made TO distribute
samples Of the schedules sometime in
February, so that farmers may be in
formed rega riding what information
will be sought and will be prepared
To give assessors and their deputies
the information without delay.
A roundup of bootleggers and Illicit
distillers by internal revenue collect
ors, in conjunction with the sheriff's
office and the local police at Canon
City, has resulted in gathering in the
official net n number OF Austrian and
Italian residents of Prospect Heights
and Lincoln Park. as well as fine col
lection of copper and galvanized iron
dstilling outfits, several cases of Cali
forna iaisins, several barrels of
mash" ready for distllation ard
few gallons of the finished product
familarly known as white mule"
The Avondnle prisOn farm is no
more Ten substantial farmers of Pu-
eblo county bought $40 acres of the
land and the improvements and the
water rights for S143,2lSj0 at the
sale when members of the State Land
Board auctioned off the land in small
tracts, none less than forty acres and
none more than eighty acres. None
of the signers of the petition previous
ly circulated asking that the state
Land Board refuse to renew the lease
to the penitentinry for the prison
farm, was bidder at the sale.
The first continuous oil shale re-
tort of commercial size ever operated
in Colorado was started last week on
the property OF the Continental Oil
Shale Mining and Refining Company
on Piceance creek, about two miles
from Rio BlancO. The trial run was
made and the results We're quite up to
the expectations of the management
and the designing engineers who
carried it through.
AT least 1000 persons attended the
opening of the First National bank at
Windsor. The entire Interior of the
building was decorated with flowers,
and officials of tine bank gave out car
nations to their women guests. Music
was furnished throughout the after
noon and evening by II local orchestra.
Refreshments were served during the
day to over 1000 people.
Colorado is coming to be one of the
most important states in the produc-
ton of vegetable seed. The Seed Re
porting Service of the United States
Bureau of Markets found total of
T,131 acres devoted to vegetable
seeds, including sugar beet seed, in
1918. There was considerable falling
off in 1919, principally in seed beans,
which is the most important seed crop
grown in the state.
A tent city of 400 tents, to cost
S165, 600, is to be built in Colorado
Springs before the summer tourist sea-
son in order TO accommodate the ex-
pected crowds. The tents will be
equipped and furnishd and there will
be a garage and cafeteria in connec-
tion. The Chamber of Commerce Is
backing the project. owing to the com
plants of last season of the lack of ac-
commodations.
The Colorado Springs City Council
is now considering an ordinance to ere
ate new street lighting district,
which embraces a part OF Pixies Peak
spd South Nevada avenues. The cost
OF the project is estimated at $4,000
store was completely destroyed by fire
at CRANKY. The loss, according to of
ficials of the company, is estimated
between $4,000 and $4,000, part OF
which is covered by insurance. Glen
Dow, the manager, lives in the rear
of the store and when lie was
aroused at 3 O'Clock in the morning the
flames. which are believed to have
started from the furnace in the base
ment. had made such headway that
nothing could be saved.
1t cost the state of Colorado ST.
54792 to bring members of the
Twenty y-second General Assembly TO
Denver for the special session last
month, according to report prepared
by Auditor of State Stong. OF this
amount the senators received S549.0S
and representatives S99SS4 the mem
bers having advanced the money.
1t is reported that a new town, Pc
oria. to be located six miles west OF
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