The Colorado statesman., 1921-09-03
STATE ITEMS.

/ LellS ol lllul county pbSHtSSlhE cso'f
motor vehicles of various SORTS nt that
line. Denver county, which stands
first on the list, has 81 l,5lS; ElI'nso Is
,hird with 6,I15; Pueblo Is fourth with
i,4SO, and Larimer fifth with 5,OI2
Yuma county, which has the lowest
number of passenger ears. leads the
state In trucks, with l06. Adams coun-
ty has 2.207 cars and 2I7 trucks. Lo-
gan county less than 5000 ears and 30
trucks and Larimer county has DO
trucks. The total registration for the
state is 1l7,20i passenger ears, T,402
trucks and S23 motorcycles.
The finest state armory In the West
Is at Pueblo. II will house two splen-
hid units of the Colorado National
Guard, Battery A and Troop G. Troop
& has already received about forty
finely trained cavalry horses from the
War Department, and sixty more are
expected soon. Battery A is to be
equipped with the very best field ar
tillery, also from the nations War De
partment. Both of these army units
lid splendid service during the great
Pueblo flood, and their usefulness To-
cally and for the state is sure to be mp
to the highest military standard. The
armory is to be fashioned after the
nrmOry at Philadelphia, and will cost
| 100000 or more.
A new cave of vast proportions has
been discovered about five miles
southwest of Victor, in Fremont coun-
| ty II is believed by persons who nave
| explored it partially that the cave
probably extends a mile or more. The
cavern is in the carboniferous lime for
nation and not far from the 1uncture
of Wilson and High creeks. Spacious
halls, with beautiful staluctite and sta
lagmite formations pillaring their walls
run far off into the echoing and unex-
plored distance. Abrupt cliffs in the
floors make exploring extremely diff
cult. \ rock thrown over one of these
dark abysses did not reach bottom
for eight seconds.
The body of an unidentified man,
who probably had been murdered, was
found partially wrapped in sack
few miles beyond Nineland on the San
ta Fe trail east of Pueblo. one bullet
the body were found. The man was
well dressed, about five feet ten inches
high, weighed about 200 pounds and
about 10 or 45 years of age. A fedora
hat bore a mark of "A Pawnee, Okla,
dealer, and in the mans pocket was
found a token from the Ford garage
at Fowler, Colo.
Revenue collections from Colorado
for the 1921 fiscal year were S33,96O,
S61.21 in comparison with S35,I21,'
1926 for 1920. This is decrease of
D per cent compared with the 10 per
cent decrease for the entire country.
The Colorado collections were divided
between S25, 5,0S4, ,574.17 from income
and profits taxes, and SS,S16,2S1.O4
from miscellaneous taxes. Only thir-
teen states showed increased collec-
tons, "A per cent in West Nir'
ginia being the largest.
The use of army arpianes for fire
protection in western forests will be
discontinued next summer, Secretary
Weeks announced, because the larg-
er reduction now being made in APP
preparations permitted expenditures
for only the most necessary strictly
military needs" Mr.. Weeks made this
statement in Il letter to Secretary Wal
lace. who had asked for army aid III
protecting timber lands in the West
Denver employees of the Colorado x
Southern railroad will hold their elev-
enth annual picnic on Sunday, Sept. A,
at Idaho Springs. More than 1,20O EN-
ployee and members of their families
are expected to attend.
Many new and novel exhibits from
far eastern and southern states are an
nounced as coming to this years Colo
RADIO State Fair at Pueblo, while there
will be entertaining features never be
fore seen in the West.
The Loveland Chamber of Commerce
has started an advertising campaign
for the city Five thousand folders of
the free camping ground are being is
sued, and 10000 small booklets with
scenes of Loveland and Estes Park
will he issued this winter. More signs
will be posted along the roads leading
to Loveland. and special news feature
articles will be sent to various trade
publications of the country.
Edith Pinnello, 1S-months-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs A. L. Pinello,
ranchers at Skinners, Colo, was
drowned when she fell in horse
trough. Her parents did not find her
until some time later and Immediately
summoned two Colorado Springs ply
Sicians, who made Il record run to the
ranch, eight miles away, and applied
pulmotor. Efforts to revive the child
proved futile.
one of the largest real estate deals
in eastern Colorado was closed when
George Waters of Kit Carson traded
his 2577-acre ranch, 2,30O head of cat