The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1920-12-10
COLORADO NEWS NoTEA

Fifteen years ago the first stOci
show at Denver was held In a tent 10
Gated on flat opposite the diminu.
tive stock exchange building The ex.
hibits consisted OF a few head OF cat
tie. horses, sheep and other farm ami.
mails. mostly drawn from the state az.
rtcultural school It now takes many
acres Of ground and iioor 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. II has been the aim.
and In fact necessity. for the show
management to add an important new
building every year. For the show
that starts this winter on Jan. Is and
closes on Jan. % It Ii huge pavilion
for hogs. The hog comes Into his own
this year Mt the Denver show. largely
because around the city has grown up
considerable hog industry. In the az
riculturnl sections more attention ID
being paid to hogs and more marketed
than old timers ever believed would be
possible. The coming exhibition may
prove to he the largest hog show held
In tho 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.
rxdo for the collection Of &5.0s4 alleged
to he due the state from the per
cent tax on gasoline and oil UP 10
Nov. !. The defendant II the Jewel
OIL Company Of Pueblo and It 70
alleged that the tax which Is collected
by the companies selling gasoline and
all products Of gasoline and which.
under the law, should Ike turned over
to the state. has been withheld by the
company. Tho suit II In line Wit, tho
announced plan Of the attorney gen.
eral To sue the companies that have
ftn collie 't'rg the lax on every gal.
Ion Of gasoline or oil and holding Il 10
their own use.
More than 5000 Roy Scouts. Camp
Fire Girls, Young Mems and Women
Christian Association members spent
their annual outings last summer In
the national forests Of Colorado.
Wyoming. South Dakota. Nebraska.
Minnesota and Michigan last year. &C.
cprtiing to statistics compiled by allen
8. Peck, district forester. Scout or.
Ennixations In Iongmost and Greeley
have already built permanent camp
sites for outing purposes, and II II
expected that many similar orEanixa-
lions over the state will apply for
sites for the purpose Of constructing
M rcational huts within the next year.
by q ruling Of Judge Greeley ".
Whitforti In the District Court In Den.
yer. the Denver Gas and Electric Light
Company must pay to the city Of Den.
vcr &Sa. 134.24 Of It's collections during
the year 1913. The ruling also means
that similar shnrc Of It's collections
In 1910. 1920 and future years must be
turned over to Denver, according t.
attorneys involved In the cnse. md q
big reduction In gas anil electric rates
char ged to the public Is predicted II
the Supreme Court upholds Judge
WhitfOrti's decision.
Tux lcvles for various purposes In
Fl Paso county for 1921 will yield a
tax Of $1,000, S1s.43, according to the
announcement made by II. A. Scholen,
chairman of the county commissioners.
The total levy, including city, county,
school and state. IL 1898 mills, as COM
pared with 32.41 mills for 1920. The
only levy increase wns for local school
DurDOScS