The Colorado statesman., 1922-09-09
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

forty-inch mill and rod mills Nos. l
and 2. The force also was apprecia-
bly, increased in some of the other de-
partments of the plant, which have
been operating with below normal
forces. In addition to putting the men
back after several weeks of idleness,
substantial increases in wages are to
be made. Chance for conference be-
tween officials of the company and
workmen's representatives to take up
that matter with the exception of the
rail mill conditions in the steel plant
are considered more favorable than
they have been in months.
Pueblo-Suit for damages against
seventeen Colorado coal operators
probably will be brought by District
No. 10, United Mine Workers and an
effort made to collect between $780,
600 and S500,000 in back pay alleged
to be due the coal miners employed
in those mines, according to Felix
Pogliano, secretary of district No. 10.
Mr.. POgliano claims about seventeen
coal operators working under a signed
agreement with the union, broke their
contracts several months before the
contracts expired on April l, 1922, and
the men were forced to take a lesser
wage for several months previous to
April l, when the contracts expired
and the mine workers went out on
strike.
Denver.-According to the report
just released by Charles Sperle, repre-
sentative of U. S. Truck Crop Report
ing Service, as the result of special in
vestlgation, the acreage devoted to
commercial production of Mountain
Head Lettuce in Buena Vista, West
cliffe, Hardscrabble, Divide, San Luis
valley districts and the western slope
totals approximately 4,S43 acres. Acre
ages by counties as follows: Alamo
sa, 81; Costilla, so; Conejos, 6S; Gus
ter 700; Chaffee, 900; Eagle, 500;
Fremont, $50; Gunnison, 40; Mineral,
300; Pitkin, $50; Rio Grande, 293;
Teller, 300.
Durango.-Believing that the man
addressing her was a representative of
a telegraph company led to the arrest
of Mrs. Allie Johnson, alias Mrs. Mar
tin, at the auto camp grounds at Du-
range, on a charge of forgery. The
arrest was made by Sheriff George
A. Rowe upon telegraphic orders from
Sheriff Calmas Merritt at Lake VII
lage, Ark. The woman, in company
with a male companion, had been
trailed to Durango, the pair travelling
in IN auto. Mrs. johnson was known
to be in Durango, she having wired
back for money to be sent her by tele-
graph.
Pueblo.-Two men, giving the names
of ]. e. Keyton of Childers, Texas, and
Box Martin of Kansas City, We're ar
rested by Sheriff Sam Thomas and
special agents of the Denver & Rio
Grande Western railroad on the
charge of breaking into Rio. Grande
freight car and attempting to steal
fourteen cases containing 16S pairs of
high-grade shoes as the freight train
was moving between Colorado Springs
and Pueblo. Twelve cases of shoes
have been recovered.
Boulder.-An automobile obtained
from j. NJ. Pike of Boulder, through
what is said to be a fraudulent trans
action, last October, has been recov-
cred at Spokane, Wash, along with
child, which Mr.. Pike stated was not
included in the accessories sold man
who gave his name as Fred r. Hoff-
man. The child is being held in the
detention home at Spokane and the
car, which has been badly used, at
the city garage.
Fort Collins.-Shot by Albert w.
Shook, Loveland patrolman, when he
refused to halt, Frank d. Meek filed
suit for 100000 damages against the
mayor; James w. Williamson, chief of
police; Shook and DIR. L. C. Taylor,
county physician.
Denver.-Heavy declines in many of
the important crops of Colorado dur
ing July and August 1 figures much
below the ten-year average, with a
composite condition figure for all
crops of the state equalling 9O.S per
cent of the ten-year average, a decline
of 57 points during July, compared
with a composite condition of all
crops of the state of 104.4 per cent on
Aug. l, last year, are the salient fea
lures of this months crop report of
the Colorado Cooperative Crop Re
porting Service.
Fort Collins.-The stork has done his
best to make the Clyde o. Dale family,
living at 524 Edwards street in Fort
Collins famous. The Dales have three
children who celebrate their birthdays
June 13, 1918; son was born June 13,
1920, and another daughter was born
June 13, 1922.
Pueblo.-Colorado coal miners who
have been on strike since April l were