The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1920-12-11
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

| tie, horses sheep and other farm AMI
| mails, mostly drawn from the state ag-
ricultural school II now takes many
acres of ground and floor 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. 1t has been the aim,
and in fact necessity, for the show
management to add an important new
building every year. For the snow
that starts this winter on Jan. 10 and
closes on Jan. % II 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
n 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 Reyes of Colo
RADIO for the collection of S5,9S4 alleged
to be due the state from the i per
! cent tax on gasoline and oil IN 10
| Nov. l. The defendant is the Jewel
| Oil Company of Pueblo and 1t 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 ny the
! company The suit is in line with the
announced plan or the attorney gen
eral to sue the companies that nave
f'en cole try the lax on every gal
lon of gasoline or oil ana holding IL 10
their own use.
More than 5000 Boy Scouts, Camp
Fire Girls, Young Mems and Wouien 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
s. Peck, district forester Scout or
CARNATIONS in Longmost and Greeley
have already built permanent camp
sites for outing purposes, ana 1t IS
expected mat many similar orGahlza-
tlohs over the state VIII Apply Ior
sites Tor me purpose OF constructing
roe reatlonal nuts wlthlh 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, 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 u
attorneys involved in the case. ana Il
big reduction in gas and electric rates
chan ged to the public Is predicted IL
the Supreme Court upholds Judge
"hi'hoiu
Tax leVles Tor various purposes Ill
FL faso county for l9=l VIII yieiu
TAX OF 9l'o9o'olo'fo' "ccoruihs 10 the
announcements hlaue by H. a. ScHoien'
chairman OF me county commissioners
Inc total levy' lnciuding city county,
school anu state, IS 3ooo MINIS, AS colh-
pared with 5z.4l mills Tor l9zo. Inc
om,s 80 nv ''''e "''' -'' 'o"' ''N''
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silt Vi "o'o'oo' oiieieu " ''e on
Nersi'S Oh ooiorauo ior the es'aoiish,
Ileht Vi great iileuical sehooi anu
STATE hospltaI IN Denver was ir;'ue by
herDert >. hauiey' former governor
OF Missouri ana now professor OIL Ia"
at the University OF Coloraoc IN an
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