The Colorado statesman., 1921-01-08
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

Ilfht STATE corn SHOW uHu lnt new S%of-
300 hog pavilion. A grand total of l.
III individual entries of stock have
been made and 204 cnrlots to be auc-
toned. Cnrlot entries are divided as
follows: Sheep, Z; swine, IS; cattle,
40 this show. Carlot cattle this show
are divided ms follows: Fat, 10; feed
ers, 1907 registered heifers, %; regis
tered bulls, Al. Following is list OF
all entries made for the show, ana IL
offers fine chance to study pureDreus
or buy In cheaply: Breeding ana fnt
Cattle: Shorthorn, 254 Hereford, 81
Aberdeen-Angus, "a steers, 40. Iotal'
FOG Dairy Cattle: Holsteins, 12l;
Milking Shorthorns, 6l Jerseys, 10;
. Guernseys, ~. Total, 240. Horses ana
Mules: Percheron, "a; Belgian, 13i
Clydesdale and Shire 4; Grade Draft,
I; mules, 20; jacks and jennets, 81;
Total, 145. sheep: Miscellaneous, IL;
Cotswold, 2; Ramboullett, "a; Hamp-
shire, So; Shropshire, 80; Corriedale,
%; Southdown, o. lambs and wethers'
26. Total, 1877 Breeding Swine: Pol
and China, 50; Duroc-Jersey, 1I3;
Hampshire, So; Berkshire, IS. Fat
Swine, barrows, 90.
Ground will be broken by the Noun
tain States Packing Company early
next fall for new packing plant in
Denver which will represent an invest
ment of approximately S2,500,0O0, &C
cording to an announcement by
Charles f. Kamrath, president OF the
company. 1t is planned to erect the
plant on fifty-acre tract bounded by
York and Race streets, Forty-ninth
avenue and the Burlington railroad
right of way. Negotiations are now
under way for the purchase of two
packing plants in the city, which, 1t is
planned, will be consolidated with the
new plant.
Statistics for the year 1920 of crime
md accidents, taken from records
compiled by DIR. William II. Sharpley,
manager of health and charity, and
from the police records of Denver,
show that the increases of both have
made the year 1920 a record-breaker.
According to a report made public by
the police department, S,270 persons
we're arrested and confined in the city
prison during the year. OF this num-
1er of prisoners handled by the police,
200 were persons who had come vol
unfairly to the city Jail for shelter.
State lands valued at several thous-
ands of dollars will be sold at public
auction by the Board of Land Com
missioners at the Capitol building on
Jan. II at p. m. The lands total
nearly 1000 acres and are located in
Alamosa, Clear Creek, Ebert, Grand,
Logan, Routt, Washington, Weld and
Yuma counties. Nearly all of the land
is improved, some of it being appraised
as high as $50 per acre.
A new corn king among the youth of
Northeastern Colorado was developed
with the holding of the second annual
Logan county corn show. Stanley Nit
chell of Tiff won the silver loving
cup, wrestling the i2urels from G. Il.
Mock, who held the cup the past year.
Mitchell carried off the honors for the
best ten ears of corn of any variety.
He also won first on display of single
ears.
The Nucla State bank has changed
hands, Gee Hawkyard of Montrose
having purchased a controlling inter-
est from G. o. Earnest and c. r. Hen
ierson, the former of Montrose, the
after of Nucla. Mr.. Hawkyard is an
experienced banking man and plans a
big improvement. Mr.. Earnest remains
president of the bank, retaining lit
tie stock.
Factory employees of the Great West
ern Sugar Company will receive APP
proximately 100000 in prizes for ef-
ficiency, according to an announce
ment made by officials of that COM
pany. The prizes are given to EN-
ployes at factories which exceed a
fixed standard slicing and sugar ex-
traction capacity.
II. G. Rogers, prominent attorney of
Lamar, was instantly killed when he
fell under a Santa Fe west bound
freight train. Mr. Rogers, who was
30 years of age, was standing close to
the tracks and, it is believed, was sud-
denly overcome by dizziness, which
caused him to fall under the train.
A new city hall is to be built next
year at Longmont. The council has
authorized a committee to purchase
additional lots to the site already Sc
lected and to proceed with the plans.
Bonds for this Improvement We're vot-
ed last April.
The storing away of 64,000,000
pounds of ice in the tremendous ice
houses at Grand Junction for the Rio
Grande railway and 100000 pounds
at Delta, total of S0,000,000 pounds,
has given many men employment
Abe Buck, well driller on the Red
lands, near Grand Junction, accident
ally was struck on the nose by a fell
low workman with a sledge hammer.
His nose was badly SDlit