The Colorado statesman., 1920-07-03
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

pissed lust before adjournment the
Germun war trophies now stored In n
government warehouse are TO be dis
trihutcd among the several states on
the basis of the number of men fur.
nished the army. These goods are TO
he shipped to central point In the
several states and from there be dis
trbutcd by each congressman In his
district In the Colorado allotment
there nre twentN-onc field guns, how
itZcrs and trench morlarS thlrty-e'ght
vehicles, ninety-four machine guns and
quite number Of small guns and
thousands of small articles. Manager
]. L. Benman of the State Fair has
written each congressman from Colo
rndo, urging that these goods he
shipped To Pueblo at thet ime of the
State Fair. Sept. 1925, where they
may be placed on exhibition and then
distributed from there BY this ar
rnngement the visitors attending the
State Fair will have an opportunity of
seeing the entire collection.
Partial reports from county asses
sors received hy the State lmmi igrution
Department show that the acreage de-
voted to beans in the state this year
Is somewhat larger than early prelini-
nary reports indicated II would he. In
1uiries made during the spring tended
TO show that the acreage devoted to
the crop this year would not he much
in excess of G1 per cent of last years
acreage, or about $1,000 acres, eNclu-
sive of those raised for seed. Such
returns aS have been made by county
assessors up to this time Indicate that
the acreage planted this wear is at
least 50 per cent of that for last year,
and may run slightly above 10000
acres.
With the death of one member of the
city fire department and property
damage estimated at more than 500
UCO. Telluride Witnessed the worst fire
in its history The fire, which started
in the new flotatiOn mill of the Snug
gler- Union mine, one and one-haIi
miles east of Telluride consumed the
entire building, in addition To destroy
ing the residence Of Bukeley Wells,
president and general manager of the
mine, the mine office building. the
company store. an oil warehouse, three
cottages. seven freight cars and an
enormous amount of lumber and coal
stored near.
The town of Ault has been cNonerat-
ed from alleged contempt charges 10y
the State Utilities Commission. 1t hnr
been charged that Ault had violated
orders issued by the commission last
September in regard to the operating
of a municipal light and power plant.
Testimony of witnesses appearing be
fore the commission brought out the
fact that the town officials were in no
way responsible for citizens plugging
in" on the municipal power wires aft
er the order TO restrain had been is
sued by the commission.
IT takes courageous man to save
his burning house with buckets of milk
worth 10 cents Il quart wholesale, hui
David Easterly and Martin Van Nonr-
his, ranchmen on the Cornwall ranch,
on Ohio creek, possessed the necessary
courage when their ranch home caught
fire Twenty gallons Of tactical fluid
sufficed to douse the flames, which
had started on the roof,
fNtDlp post NJ. ~ SUM
has established its headquarters in the
canteen used throughout the war by
the local chapter Of the Red Cross {"
serve hot lunches to soldiers passing
through the city. The building has
been moved from near the Union sta
tion to Court and Fifth streets. and has
been comfortably and costly fitted up
as clubhouse for the Legion.
Owing to the failure of materials To
arrive. the ceremony of laying the cor
nerstone of the new 100000 Sterling
hospital will not take place for Il few
weeks. In the meantime. efforts to
raise the remainder Of the money To
meet the cost of thes tructure will b"
redoubled, in the hope of having the
fund complete when the cornerstone is
laid.
Harry Falkner, 10, town marshal OF
Brighton, and former deputy sheriff.
was shot twice by hank robbers. Faik-
ncr was rushed to Mercy hospital, Den
yer. Falkner is believed to have been
shot by the "lookOut' for the bank
robbers, who were on the point q
breaking into the American bank on
Bridge street. ~ Brighton.
The hearts of forty orphan children
and eight residents of the State Odd
Fellows Home at Canon City were
made happy when over 800 representa-
tives of the triple link from all parts
of the state assembled there 10 ccle-
brute the first annual Homecoming OF
the order in Colorado.
Struck in the face with a flying
piece of jagged steel, the broken part
of an automobile fan, George Schaefer. |