Cheyenne record., 1920-12-09
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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Fifteen years ago the first stock
show at Denver was held In tent To-
Gated on flat opposite the diminu-
| tive stock exchange building. The ex-
hibits consisted of a few head Of cat
tie, horses, sheep and other farm ami
mails, mostly drawn from the state ag-
ricultural school 1t now takes many
acres of ground and fioOr space on
that same plat Of ground to house the
wonderful exhibits of pure bred AMI
mails drawn from every part Of the
West and middle West, and sometimes
from the East. It has been the aim,
and in fact a necessity, for the show
management to add an important new
building every year. For the show
that starts this winter on Jan. Is and
closes on Jan. % 1t is huge pavilion
for hogs. The hog comes into his own
this year Mt the Denver show, largely
because around the city has grown up
considerable hog industry. In the ag-
ricultural sections more attention Is
being paid to hogs and more marketed
than old timers ever believed would be
possible. The coming exhibition may
prove to be the largest hog show held
in the United States this year.
The first suit of its kind to be filed
In Pueblo county was brought by At
torney General Victor Keyes of Colo
RADIO for the collection of $5;9S4 alleged
to be due the state from the l per
cent tax on gasoline and oil up 10
Nov. 1. The defendant is the Jewel
Oil Company Of Pueblo and it Is
alleged that the tax which is collected
by the companies selling gasoline and
all products Of gasoline and which,
under the law, should be turned over
to the state, has been withheld by the
company. The suit is in line with the
announced plan of the attorney gen.
eral to sue the companies that have
trtn cole t'rg the lax on every gal
Ion of gasoline or oil and holding it to
their own use.
More than 5000 Boy Scouts, Camp
Fire Girls, Young Mems and Women 5
Christian Association members spent
their annual outings last summer in
the national forests of Colorado,
Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Minnesota and Michigan last year, ac-
cording to statistics compiled by Allen
8. Peck, district forester. Scout or
ganizations in Longmost and Greeley
have already built permanent camp
sites for outing purposes, and it is
expected that many similar organiza-
tions over the state will apply for
sites for the purpose of constructing
re, reational huts within the next year.
BY ruling of Judge Greeley w.
Whitford in the District Court in Den
yer, the Denver Gas and Electric Light
Company must pay to the city Of Den
yer SSS, S,134.24 Of its collections during
the year 1918. The ruling also means
that similar share of its collections
in 1919, 1920 and future years must be
turned over to. Denver, according to
attorneys involved in the case. and Il
big reduction in gas and electric rates
char ged to the public is predicted IL
the Supreme Court upholds Judge
Whitford's decision.
Tax levies for various purposes in
Ell Paso county for 1921 will yield a
tax Of $1,69O, ,S1S.43, according to the
announcement made by H. A. SchOlen,
chairman of the county commissioners.
The total levy, including city, county,
school and state, Is 1898 mills, as COM
pared with 32.41 mills for 1920. The
only levy increase was for local school
purposes.
| A plea for legislation to accept the
gift of $s5O,OOO offered to the Uni
versity of Colorado for the establish
ment of great medical school and
state hospital in Denver was made by
Herbert S. Hadley, former governor
Of Missouri and now professor of law
at the University Of Colorado in an
address made to the Optimists' Club,
| Denver.
Antonio Manzanares, former post
master at Walsenburg, Colo, will not
have to make good q loss of approxi-
mately $1,000 to the Postoffice Depart
ment, by virtue of a verdict returned
by jury In the United States District
Court.
Plans are under consideration for
the complete remodeling of the Cedar
edge fish hatchery. The interior ar
rangement has been poor and the
water circulation and floor drainage
unsatisfactory. No eggs were placed
In the hatchery this fall, due to the
| expected remodeling and the eXcep-
| tiOnally light take of eggs.
The value of farm land and build
ings in Eagle and Grand counties has
increased $3,13S,435 in the last year,
according to statement issued by the
census bureau at Washington. In Eagle
county the valuation this year reached
$4,233, 125, or $1,759,5S5 more than last
year. In Grand county the 1920 valu-
alton is $3,2S4 ,240, an increase of 81
37s.900. or 72.4 per cent over the 1919