The Colorado statesman., 1920-02-07
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

for the state have suggested tnht II
bill be introduced in the next Leg sln-
ture providing for the licensing or al
threshermen and requiring them 10
make reports each week during the
threshlng season showing the acreage
and production of all grain threshed
by them. The form of measure gen
erally favored is one similar to tie
law now In effect in Michigan, which
has proved very successful. Under
this no fee is charged for the licensing
of threshermen, but they nre required
TO furnish information regarding acre
age and production of grain threslled
In lieu of paying fee. Ihe Slhue
immigration Department now collecis
through county assessors information
showing the acreage devoted to each
crop, but accurate information regard
ing production is not available.
The inquiry made in January by the
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
regarding the number and value OF llNe-
stock on farms on January LIST, indi-
cutes n decrease in the number OF beer
and range cattle sheep and swine ana
possibly slight increases in the huilper
of dairy cattle, horses and mules as
compared with the number of the Narl-
Gus classes of livestock on fhrils Jan
l, 1919. \ decrease in the average
value per head of every class ot I'VE
stock is indicated and apparently there
will he rather II sharp decrease in the
total value of all livestock ON farms
4. 90
During the year 1919 COloradoans
enjoyed more days of perfect sunshine
than the residents of amy other state III
the country There were 135 days on
which the sun shone brightly without
a cloud i'm the. sky, according to the Of
ficial annual report issued by the Den
yer branch of the United States wealth
cr bureau. Only on eighty-four days
was the sun hidden from view for the
entire day, and on 146 days 1t was Oh
scured only part of the time, accord
ing To the report.
August Speck, perhaps the first set
Tier in what is now North Park, VINO
went to that section forty-fire years
ago. died ut his home near owl, C0lor
and his body was taken TO Mahches-
ter, Ia. for interment. MIR Speck was
born in Germany 1t little more thah
eighty-eight years ago, and went 10
North Park fortyfive years ago, be-
ing engaged in sluice mining. He
shipped large quantities of gold from
time to time.
After drawing up will providing
how his estate, amounting to seNeral
thousand dollars, should be divided
and leaving instructions as to his bur
ial. Alfred T. Norman, ~ years old,
veterinary inspector attached to the
United States bureau of animal indus
try, committed suicide by shooting him
self through the mouth iii his room at a
Denver hotel with .32-caliber revol-
Yer. Death was instantaneous.
Hilary King, 81, was instantly killed
while hauling timber to his ranch, some
twenty-nine miles west of Colorado
Springs, near Divide. He lost his bal
ance from the humping of the wagon
on the frozen roads and fell beneath
one of the rear wheels which crushed
out his life.
That there has been six times the
snowfall this season on the Poudre wa
tershed than ut this time last season is
the statement of Glen Duvall, caretak-
err at the LaramiePoudre tunnel which
penetrates the continental divide near
its crest and carries water from the
Laramie to the Poudre rivers.
Mining activities are reflected in the
planned erection in the San Juan min
ing field at Little Deadwood gulch OF
a fifty-ton mill early this spring. The
Incas Mining Company Is financing the
building of the plant
A few men are working steadily on
the new entry to the big coal mine at
Sunlight. Everyone is hoping that the
Colorado Midland again will be oper-
ated and the output from the mines
will be much larger than ever.
Transfer to the permanent state
school fund of S600,900 worth of bonds
which have been held in the public
school income. fund of Colorado for II
number of years will make available,
under an agreement reached by of
ficiaIs of the state land, school and
treasury departments, the sum of 500
yearly for distribution TO the school
districts of the state until the entire
5000, 900 has been converted into in
come and apportioned to the counties
The body of Steve Borad, cage ten
der. was found at the bottom of the
shaft of the Sunnyside mine, near Sill
verton, crushed almost beyond recog-
milton. No one knew of the accident
which is believed to have caused Bor
ads death until the discovery of the
body. 1t is supposed he lost his foot
ing at the top of the shaft and fell in
to the opening.
David Lloyd, age 10, student in