The state herald., 1920-04-16
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS


The depth of snow at Ward Lake
March 31st was 127 inches on q level.
or ten feet seven inches, visit there
by Forest Ranger Robinson disclosed.
The ranger cabin WAS about buried out
of sight. The deepest snow ever re-
ported In the state before, 1t is said,
was on Cumbres Pass. where 12G
inches was reported In 1915 following
one Of the worst storms In the states,
history. The rangers found the fol
lowing depths near Ward Lake. Kiser
Creek, 96 inches Upper Surface Creek.
81 inches; Lower Surface Creek, rs
inches; West Muddy, 4S inches Hub
bard Creek, 3s inches; Upper Big
Creek. go inches. Lower Big Creek.
"a inches; Mesa Lake. 81 inches Coon
Creek, GO inches; Upper Divide Greek,
30 inches.
Following dispute over a herd Of
cattle, w. II. Hopper, n prominent cat
tleman living on Tallahassee creek, is
In hospital In Canon City in u seri-
GUS condition as the result of bullet
wound received In his right leg and
the loss of blood. Charles Rauber.
well-known rancher living In the west
ern part Of Fremont county, 10 10 jail
at the same place charged with the
shooting. The battle is said to have
resulted from an alteration over cat
tie belonging to Hopper, who main
tained that Rauber, who was being
paid BY him to feed them, was not
obeying an agreement they had made.
Greeley has 12,22S residents, accord
ing to the unofficial census completed
by q local publishing company, which
Is preparing n city directory. The un-
official census was taken with a great
deal Of care and Its figures tally close
ly with estimates Of the city officials,
based on number Of water users, and
also with statistics showing the In
crease In housing facilities The count
taken for the city directory In April,
1918, showed 11.207 people. The Off
cial 1870 census count on Greeley has
not been published as yet.
A change Of venue to Greeley In
Weld county will Be asked In the case
Of Riensi Dickens, accused Sf muir
dering his father, william II. Dickens,
LonGmont pioneer and banker. IN Nov.
80, 1918. RienEi Dickens attorneys al
lege popular prejudice. Rlenxi Dick
ems has been ordered to ap-
pear In the District Court
on Wednesday, April IA. when District
Attorney r. W. Fleming will ask for
Judgment on the remittitur In the su-
preme court, md a date for 4 new
trial of the case.
The establishment Of an airplane
field, probably in Colorado, for the
purpose Of patroling the United
States national forests In Colorado
and other states In this district, 10
very likely, according to Allen s.
Peck, district forester. The air serv-
ice fire patrol OF the United States
forest service is meeting with great
success on the Pacific coast. accord.
Ing to Fred Morrsll. assistant district
forester, who has just returned from
the Law enforcement conference at
San Francisco.
Ray Sherman, n student at the Uni.
versity Of Colorado and son OF g. X.
Sherman, a banker and mining man
of Boulder, is dead; Harold Muth,
companion. lies seriously injured at
the county hospital In Denver, while
T. a
trice Williams. college ch,ims Of the
two men. sustained minor lnju-,cs as
result Of a collision between their
automobile md machine driven by
John Musscr at East Seventeenth ave
nue. and Franklin street. In Denver.
Five thousand people attended Hol.
iy's fourth annual dairy celebration,
which, for magnitude and general ex
cellence, eclipsed any OF the shows
given In previous years There We're
more than 100 entries In the pure bred
Holstein cattle show and more than
sixty entries In the horse show. A fine
poultry show was added to this years
exhibition for the purpose OF stimulat
Ing the poultry industry In the Holly
district Of the lower Arkansas valley.
An auction sale Of 5000 acres Of
state school lnnd. which was held In
the House of Representatives at the
capitol by the State Board OF Land
Commissioner, nsttsd Si25, ,22o.d az. The
average nnle price per acre was s2o9o.
and the land Is located In Alnmosa,
Bent. Clear Greek, Jefferson, conejos,
Ebert. I'll Pnso. Inrimer. Lincoln. Lo-
gan. Montezuma. Rio Grande Routt,
Washington and Yuma counties.
John Rack. farmer. charged with
manufacturing liquor on his ranch
eighteen miles south OF For, Morgan.
was convicted In District Court and
sentenced to serve six months In the
county jail and to pay the costs OF the
trial. Rack pleaded guilty after TWEEN
ty-flye Witnesses had been heard. The
trial Of Alexander BurghHrd, who was
] nrrnatcd with Hnek Mill lie held snpn