The Colorado statesman., 1920-11-20
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

| enteen hOldOVerS are Democrats, the
Democrats will have eleven of the thir-
ty-fIve senator's. The Republicans
have twenty-fOur members, or exactly
the two-thirds needed whenever II is
found expedient TO make use of the
safety clutch or emergency clause. The
program will most likely call for some
changes In the constitution and two
thirds majority is needed TO submit
constitutional amendments TO the vote
of the people. In the House the Re-
publican majority Is even greater than
in the Senate. with two districts yet
10 be heard from, the Republicans have
! fifty-five seats and the Democrats only
eight Even should the two unreport-
ed districts go Democratic the Repub-
| leans have eleven more :han two
thirds majority. OF the sixty-three
members whose election Is sure, twen-
ty were members of the Twenty-second
| General Assembly.
Growers of sugar beets in northern
Colorado delivered upward of $14.-
100000 worth of beets in October to
factories of the Great Western Sugar
Company, according to a statement
issued by the company. This is a
now record for the northern fields
and means that practically 80 per
cent of the crop was harvested and
delivered last month. Checks for
payment of the crop have been dis
tributed to beet growers as follows:
Fort Collins. s2.045. 900; Loveland.
! $1,125, 900; Longmont, $1,750,O0O;
dn0 nm. GraaIaV
S1,55O,0O0; Windsor. $1,55O,OOO;
Sterling, s2,5O5,OOO; Eaton, $780,
| 900; total. $13,S35, 900.
The Board of County Commission
ers, after thoroughly investigating the
proposed route of the new auto high
way up the west side of Grand Mesa,
the 10.SO0-foot tableland east of Grand
| Junction, have declared themselves in
favor of the road being built at the
earliest possible time, as it will mean
one of the greatest drawing cards for
tourists in the west. The climb would
be nearly as great as the climb from
Colorado Springs to the summit of
Pixies Peak.
w. Il. Freeman, receiver for the
Denver & Salt Lake Railroad, an
nounced that the shops and buildings
ut Utah Junction, burned at loss OF
81 100000, will be rebuilt at once. The
work of reconstruction will begin as
soon as the debris of the fire is cooled
enough to permit There was no in
terruption of passenger or freight
service because of the fire.
The City Council of Colorado
! Springs has adopted budget for
1921 which will require a tax levy
! of 1O.7 mills, or three-tenths of
raill less than that of this year. The
levy will yield $4O7,932. The re-
mainder of the $705,758 needed to
operate the municipal government
will come from the receipts of va
rious departments.
Colorado Rangers from Denver were
called to Canon City to safeguard
against mutiny of prisoners in the
! state penitentiary which was threat
ened after IL trio of convicts beat into
unconscousness Nick Bickaback, a
prisoner whom they feared would
''soueal," and Neal Robertson, bur
glar, had scaled the high prison walls
and fled to freedom.
Just two years after the Eighty
Ninth Division, which included hun
dreds of Colorado men, halted its ad-
vance through the Argonne forest on
the banks of the Meuse river, the
work of gathering material for writ
ten record of the famous fighting
unit has been completed, and print
ing of the history of the division has
been started in Denver.
The Bank of North Fork at Hotch-
kiss has received n new burglar-proof
safe for keeping its finances intact.
The old safe was shattered by bank
robbers month ago when they
escaped with about $4,000 in vaSl-
ables The bank authorities deemed
it best to spend the money for
burglar-proof affair.
Sixteen persons were injured, none
seriously, when three cars of west
bound Denver &c Rio Grande train
No, IS overturned near Grand VAL
ley, forty-four miles from Grand
Valley. The injured were taken in
charge by Miss Helen Baylis, Red
Cross nurse of Palisade, Colo, a
passenger.
Seven of the national Greek-letter
sororities of the University of Colo
RADIO have nominated candidates for
the combined Vanity Fair contest and
subscription campaign that has been
instituted by the 1921 Colorndoan
staff. The remaining organizations
| are expected to make nominations
soon.
In common with prices in general,
the useful metals are quoted lower
al the Atlantic seacoast. with a very
conservative demand Zinc in Colo