The Colorado statesman., 1920-02-21

Springs have moved to otheirnew quarters
especially constructed for them in the
new Jones building. 1t is one Of the
most attractive lodge halls In the state
and has been completely refurnished.
Iilda Munger, 1l-year-old daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. Munger, former
ly residents of Great Divide, Colo,
was burned to death Mt Lamanda
Park, Calf, recently. Mr.. Munger
has homestead in the Great Divide
neighborhood and was at one time
postmaster there.
Raymond &. Whitlock of Pueblo,
Colo, was the successful bidder for
the contract of building the big east
wing addition To the Grand Junction
high school building, work upon which
is to start as soon as the weather per
by the new contractor.
Two youthful higlwnymen, who fled
before they could be Identified, held
up Miss Florence Clark in Denver as
she was walking east on East Sixteenth
avenue, near Sherman, and at The
points of two Ieveled revolvers forced
her to surrender her purse. The purse
contained only 90 cents.
Twelve entire sections of state
school land and eleven additional lots
made up of parts of sections. com
prislng $500 acres altogether, will be
offered for sale by the State Board of
Land Commissioners at public auction
in the House of Representatives Cham
ber at the Statehouse March ,.
Despite the success of Delta county
in putting the damper on the local eff
forts to obtain an Independent sugar
factory for Montrose, local interests
are confident that factory Will be
built, and have already contracted for
more than IL thousand acres of beets
with growers for 1920.
The oil shale laboratory being erect
ed at the University of Colorado will
be ready for operation by March 10, ac
cording to an announcement made by
William Garvin of Washington, ID. {.
who is to have charge. A temporary
building has been completed and some
of the equipment is to be installed.
The value of all crops grown in
Colorado has increased from about
$4,000 900 in 1899 TO more than S19l,-
100000 in 1919 During this period of
twenty years agriculture has advanced
from fourth to first position among
the states Industries, and it is today
developing more rapidly tlian any
other state industry.
Colorado is the seventh state in
size, with an area of 66,3i1,1 40 acres
about twelve times the area of Massa-
chusetts. Its greatest length is about
3ST miles, east and west, and its great
est width is about 276 miles. At the
present time it ranks about thirtieth
in population, with something more
than 100000 people.
Delegates of the Kiwanis Club of
the Eastern states are to make tour
of the Pixies Peak region on June %
The visit is to be but part of 5000
mile tour of the country that the dele
gates are to make in which they will
visit St Paul, Banif, Alberta, Cana
dian National park, Salt Lake city,
Denver and Kansas City
Capt. Thomas Head, centenarian, is
dead, following brief illness, at the
home OF his daughter in Crawford.
He was one of the first citizens of
the western slope and for many years
had been n prominent merchant in
various towns. He was n mining king
in the early days and had owned a
large amount of valuable property.
j. A. Robbins, one of the early set
tiers who planted one of Paonia's first
orchards, is dead at the age of 81
years. He is survived by his widow
and three daughters.
Edward II. Devine, associate editor
of the Survey, and one of the leading
social workers of the United States,
will be n member of the faculty of the
University of Colorado summer school,
which will open on June II at Boulder.
Mrs. Cora Winchell of Columbia Uni
versity will have charge of the classes
in home economics and Prof. Jerome
Dowd of Oklahoma University of the
department of social science.
Within sixty days referendum
vote among the 1000 locals of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks in the
United States and Canada will deter
mine whether or not n home for con-
sumptive and superannuated clerks,
to cost $1,000,O00, is to be erected in
Colorado Springs. The Colorado
Springs local No. 645 is now in COM
munication with the executive COM
mittee of the order and has received
assurances which have caused them
to begin active campaigning for the
vote.
Mining activity at Matterhorn, Colo,
has SO increased the population that
the people of Matterhorn have asked
the Postoffice Department for a post
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