The Colorado statesman., 1920-02-14
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

ty is shown by the amount OF money
paid In the county for grain. inns
year the total paid to Routt county
farmers by local firms for their gram
was $4,000 while in 1914 the total
was but $4,000. The figures for TINS
year will mount TO Il much higher flg-
ure. The Yampa Valley Milling and
Elevator Company has distributed
S1SO,OOO in cash to the farmers OF TINS
section for wheat, barley ana oats
brought to the elevator ana the
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Com
pany will pay out 100000
Owners of the famous Victoria mine
at Summerville have organized the 81
400 600 Lincoln Silver Mining Com
pany in Boston and plan extensive de-
yelopment of this lode and of tln-
mel site at Salina. The Lincoln Com
pany Is planning development work ON
the Victoria by an extension eastward
of the 40O-foot level, by an extension
of the No. = incline to the 4OO-foot
level, and by raising from the 4OO-f0ot
level To the 100-foot level. 1t is eN-
pectcd that this development will open
Il large amount of the silver-bearing
ore for which the Victoria has been
famous.
The funeral Of Capt. George X. Will
son, Il Pueblo man who died ut
Lcavenworth, Kan, was held with full
military honors at Pueblo within Il
few hours after the body arrived from
Fort LeavenwOrth. Captain Wilson
was colonel on the staff of Major
General Bullard of the First division
i'm France. but was denoted along
with hundreds of other regular army
Officers when he was returned to the
United States after the war He OBJ
tanned the highest rank of any Pu-
eblo man in the war.
Two Denver boys who are charged
with sixteen different crimes, includ-
ing burglary, larceny and horse steal
ing, in Washington, Adams, Jefferson
and Arapuhoe counties, are in the Lit
tleton Jail, following what is said TO
have been IA freebOotng life for the
last month. They We're captured near
Deer Trail, Colo, by small posse
led by Deputy Sheriff VIII Kingsley
of Adams county.
The Holly Sugar Company, through
its vice president, $. w. Sinsheimer
of Denver, has let Il contract for the
starting of construction on factory
at Delta at once. The contract was
let, it was said, following the coming
of California sugar beet men and rep
resentatives of the Midwest Sugar
Company of Hamilton City, Calf, 10
the Uncompahgre valley.
The House has passed the second
1920 deficiency bill, carrying SSS,O0O,-
900. During hearings before the
House appropriations committee APP
proxinately S29,OOO00o was cut from
the original estimates. Amendments
providing S9,O00,000 for naval repairs
were defeated. Most of the entire
second deficiency was expended Incl
dental to settling war accounts.
The long mooted question of the To-
cation of Il courthouse, which will be
built here this year at cost of $780,
600, was settled ut Montrose when the
county commissioners board agreed
TO accept the proposition when busi-
ness men offered to purchase lots com
prising half block for the new site
in exchange for the present site of the
courthouse.
Agriculturists of the western slope
are delighted with the appointment of
| ii. A. Ireland as livestock expert of
the Uncompahgre Reclamation project
to take up other work. Mr.. Ireland
is an expert agriculturist in addition
| to being livestock man and is Il
trained and practical farmer.
Early indications are that Greeley
will equal or outdo its building record
of 1918 this year. Last year the city
issued building permits in excess of
$75O,OOO. The building inspectors es-
timated that the actual value of build
ing constructed during the year was in
excess of S1,25O,0O0.
Finding glass containing power
full tonic prescribed by IL physician for
his father, mother and two sisters,
who were i'll from Influenza, the 1S-
months-old son of Charles Wilcox OF
Burns drank the draught and died
from its effects before Il physician
could be found.
A bond election for 100000 will be
held in Boulder March to provide
funds for school improvements. The
money is to be used in building addi-
tions to three of the Boulder grade
schools. The schools are overcrOwded,
the attendance having increased 400
since last fall.
The work of clearing off the site OF
the new high school building has been
completed at Florence and the founda-
tions will soon be laid. Work on the
building will be pushed during the
| nnen Menther The grading of the