The Colorado statesman., 1920-07-10
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

NTHuu tpulltN INTO NORTHWEST hlbINhbi
and beyond. is being reopened for
travel Mr.. Franz Chapman of fampn,
is In charge of the work, with n crew
of about fifty men and-ten teams, and
equipment furnished by the State
Highway Commission. II II understood
| that Routt County Is 10 spend from
two to five thousand dollars on that
portion OF the road lying between
Toponas and the county line, dis
tance OF ten miles. Three miles OF
this part is almost completed. II Is
nearly forty feet wide and coinpnra-
lively straight, and when completed
will he almost level. The remainder
Of the road from the county line of
Routt and Grand over the top OF the
range Is TO he repaired with money
supplied by the State Highway Com
mission, Il il said. The commission
to furnish $4,000 in money and the
same in equipment.
Tie Mesa County Jersey Cattle Club
organized at Grand Junction elected
Jnmes ID. Reed as its president.
| committee was appointed to confer
with the Intermountain Fair Assoca-
ton, with view TO getting larger
and better premiums on the premium
| list this year for high-grade dairy
stock. II. A. Butcher heads the COM
mlttee picnic and dairy inspection
tour of the valley is planned for Aug.
4. George La Grange Is the chairman
of the committee aarranging for the
| tour. The organization decided TO meet
quarterly.
One of the biggest oil shale land
deals in years took place at De Beque,
when the Dan Burns ranch, the Boyd
brothers place and the Owen e.
Phares ranch. comprising about 1000
acres OF land on Brush Creek, seven
teen miles north OF De Beque, was sold
| to the w. z. Harmon oil shale inter
ests. Harmon is associated with the
| lacking interests and San Francisco,
New York and Boston financiers. The
purchasers expect TO develop vast oil
shale interests this year.
Two fatal automobile accidents oc-
CURED near Colorado Springs. Mrs.
| C.. NJ. Hutson was killed and her nus
band seriously injured on the Canon
| City highway, about twenty-sexen
miles south OF Colorado Springs when
an automobile in which they were rid
ing struck sandy stretch in the road
and overturned. pinning the two occu-
pants beneath the car Mr ana MRS.
Hutson are natives of Kansas and were
spending n short vacation in Colorado.
| Echo lake, in the Pike National for
est district, may he obtained as part
| OF the Denver Mountain Park system,
according to Walter B. Lowry, mnnag-
er of parks and improvements, who
stated that city attorneys will begin
condemnation proceedings on the prop
erty within the next week. The lake,
when obtained, will be connected with
the chain of parks by the Mount Evans
highway, which is soon to be com
pleted.
Oren Hurts of Snowshoe shot his
| fiftieth bear last week in the Gunni-
son national forest His brother, Otis,
| had wounded the bear, who sought
refuge in its den. Otis made a reflec-
tor out of tobacco can and threw the
| light so that Oren could crawl into the
| hole. where he discovered the bear
| huddled in a corner, growing. Oren
had to shoot lying on his stomach.
| Every winter some part of the state
is hit by severe weather and high
prices of feed. TO overcome this con-
dition farmers should be providing a
certain acreage of silage crops. These
crops put into the silo will reduce or
obliterate heavy expenses and increase
the profits of the stockmen next win
ter, says r. w. Clark, livestock spe-
cialist.
The annual Apple Pie day will be
held September 2 and 3, at Rifle. The
| citizens of Rifle have always had
pleasing programs on this occasion and
many persons from over all Colorado
have attended. 1t is expected that
there will be present large delegations
from all parts Of the state.
| AS the elimination of movement
that has been in progress at Canon
City for many years and which has
failed from time to time owing to legal
and other difficulties, the voters of
the two school districts including
Cufion City, South Canon and their
environs, in a mass meeting at the
First Methodist Episcopal church,
voted to consolidate by vote Of $40
to 10.
| George Bosko, under death sentence
at the Colorado penitentiary for his
share in the murder of w. /. Hunter, a
Pueblo automobile salesman, has been
declared sane by board of alienlsts
appointed to examine his mental con-
rlition and will be hanged during the
week beginning July 10, unless Cover
nor Shoup grants him a respite or COM
.nutes his sentence TO life imprison-