The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-22
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

the season of 1921 at the national
Fairgrounds was broken by the Rocky
Mountain National Park, according TO
figures announced by the national
pnrk service in Washington. The
Rocky Mountain National Park had
2T5,737 visitors. compared with Hot
Springs with 10000; Yosemite with
pi,5l3, and Yellowstone with Sl,051, or
1O2,573 more than the combined num-
Der OF Yosemite and Yellowstone, the
two other most famous parks In the
United States. The total number or
visitors TO all the national parks the
past season was 1,008,995, so more
than one-fourth of all national park
visitors were In the Rocky Mountain
Park. There were 164, 4,46l visitors to
the national monuments, of which
$500 visited the Colorado. Mesa Verde
National Park had 3,003 visitors dur
Ing the senson.
The large increase in cultivated
arens in the state this year has been
due almost exclusively to very large
increase in acreage devoted to winter
wheat. No other important crop with
the exception of potatoes shows sub
stantial increase in acreage over last
year, and many leading crops, includ-
ing corn, hay, sorghums, rye, sugar
beets, beans, field peas and millet,
show actual decreases. Slight in
creases are shown in the acreages re-
ported for oats and barley. The in
crease In acreage of winter wheat re-
ported is 374.117 acres, or about 26,-
900 acres more than the total Increase
of cultivated acreage, showing that
all other crops with the exception of
winter wheat, taken together, show
decrease in acreage as compared with
last year. There was also slight in
crease in the acreage devoted to spring
wheat
While hunting on Steuben creek, fif-
teen miles west of Gunnison, John
Story accidentally discovered the
bones of Howard Carpenter, who was
lost in the hills nine years ago. The
remains were in thick timber and
were identified by Carpenters gun and
watch close by. The disappearance of
Carpenter, who was a popular young
man of "a, occurred on Oct. 3, 1912,
nnd created great excitement. He was
leading a hunting party, consisting OF
the Rev. G. f. OFarrel, Catholic priest
of Montrose; Fire Chief Terry Owens
of Denver and two Colorado Springs
hunters. They were hunting on the
left fork of Steuben creek, and on the
return to Camp Carpenter left the
party and never was seen again.
The Tacoma plant of the Western
Colorado Power Company at Durango
was put out of commission when more
than 100 feet of flume providing wa
ter for the plant from Electra lake
gave way. 1t was necessary to switch
the current load to the company's plant
at Ames. 1t will require from two to
three weeks to make repairs to the
flume, according to a statement by an
official of the company, who also
stated the loss was great. The Tacoma
plant furnishes current for Durango
and part of the Silverton district.
Mistaken by a member of another
hunting party for a deer, Walter Nc
Cafferty of Montrose was shot and IA
tally wounded while hunting near
Lake City The shot was fired by
Charles Mendenhall, also of Montrose,
who saw a movement in the brush and
mistook the flash of McCafferty's coat
for a buck. The bullet tore McCaffer-
tvs right arm to shreds and although
he mounted horse and rode to his
camp n mile away in hope of receiv-
ing help, he died of shock soon after
his arrival.
His desire to see his wife and four
months-old baby, which was born
while he was in prison, led Charles
w. Dunbar to escape from the road
camp at Cedar Creek, Colo, June IL,
he told officers who arrested him at
his wife's home at Lincoln, Neb., two
hours after he had Joined his family.
Dunbar said he roamed around the |
country four months in an effort to
throw officials off his trail. He was
serving five years for forgery.
The University of Colorado Players
Club will present Moliere's lie Bour-
geois Gentilhomme," or 1.-The Newly |
Rich," to the alumni on Homecoming |
day, Nov. 5, after the football game |
between Colorado College and the |
State. The play is of the musical ex-
travaganza type. 1t will carry cho-
rus of thirty-five men and women and |
thirteen leads. The costuming, as
planned by Coach Francis Wolfe, will
be both unique and gorgeous.
Linda NJ Lee, said to be the only |
woman justice of the peace in Colo
RADIO, recently administered justice in
the spirit of true Portia. When Earl
Pollard, waiter at a Boulder hotel,
was brought before her on an assault
charge, she fined him $3.50, and then
turned around and fined the complain
ing witness, Walter Carter, like
like amount for provoking fight.
coal miners strike of emplOy6S of |