The Glenwood post., 1922-06-29
CENTENNIAL STATE 1TEhS.

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demonstration is being prepared for
the coming Colorado state fair. open
Ing at Pueblo September 25, which in
scope and completeness will surpass
anything of the kind yet produced west
Of the Mississippi river. The state
fair commissioners and the manager
are more than delighted with the op'
portunity to give demonstrations and
make displays Of apparatus and equip
ment, such as has never yet been
shown at any state fair, and will this
fall be shown at only one or two 9TH
ers in the country. Complete sending
and receiving apparatus will be in,
stalled. Soundproof glass booths will
be used, and elaborately equipped ex'
| tensions will be located In the grand
stand at the fair grounds, in all the
larger buildings and at outside points
where crowds will congregate.. A
ten-watt station will be installed on
the fair grounds, and this will be con-
nected with the 5OOwatt plant down
in the city. From all the broadcast
ing instruments there will be given out
! in the human language all the big
news of the days and nights, the
| speeches of eminent orators, all sorts
of public announcements, the great
musical concerts in the large eastern
cities, and everything else of public
nature that is going on all over the
world.
The State Board of Land Commits
sioners have made available approx
mately 100000 for distribution to the
various school districts of the state.
This amount represents the income
for the six months period since jan
uary 1st this year, received from
lenses on agricultural and grazing
lands; from interest On investments of
the school permanent fund of the
| state in farm loans and municipal,
state and government bonds; and
from interest on deferred payments on
school lands standing under certifi-
rates of purchase in the names of indi-
= rftluals. This amount has been stead
ly increasing from year to year, and
will eventually take care of consid-
erable percentage of the school eX-
pense of the state. 1t is distributed
/ among the various school districts in
proportion to the school population,
from records in the office of the state
superintendent of public instruction.
| Denver-Sergt Harold l. Johnson,
Denver youth, who won medals of
honor from the American, British and
French governments for bravery in ac-
ton before the German forces in
France during 1918, was designated as
| Colorado's greatest hero by Acting
Governor Cooley. With this designa-
ton, he represented his state in the
Living Hall of Fame during the ma
can Veterans Of the World War at SAP
Francisco from June 20 to June 80.
Durango-Denver IL for the San
Juan basin, and the San Juan basin
is solid for Denver. Denver has come
and has been conquered. Denver is
convinced that the San Juan basin is
entitled to its southern railroad out
let, and that such an outlet will be
equally as important and profitable to
Denver as it will be to the San Juan.
Such were the conclusions of the
meeting held recently under the aus
pices of the Durango Chamber Of
Commerce.
Louisville.-Thomas L. Allan, chief
| engineer in charge of the boiler plant
Of the Western Light and Power Com
pany, located between here and Lafay
| cite. was seriously and probably fatal.
| ly burned when an economizer lead
ing from the boilers exploded, en-.
velOping him in burst of escaping
steam. The force of the blast tore a
hole in the roof of the boiler house
and caved in the walls of one corner
of the plant.
Crestone.-C. f. Chapman, postmas-
ter at Hooper. Colo, his wife and two
nephews and the son Of w. J. Chris
man, manager of the telephone ex-
change at Hooper, were seriously in
jured in an auto accident near here
Mirage,-An attempt to blow up the
intake dam of the Cotton Creek Irri.
cation Companys $4,000 steel flume
was frustrated by the arrival of the
watchman. The watchman was in his
cabin when he heard the explosions
and got to the scene in time to see a
number of men fleeing. Dissatisfac,
ton over the distribution of water Is
said to have been the cause for the
attempt to destroy the dam.
Boulder.-Cyrus b. Headley, IT
years old, and Rowland Crowley, %,
who escaped from the Buena Vista re-
formatory June 10, were captured near
Boulder by Undersheriff Mills and
Deputy Sheriff Williams, after gun
battle in which Crowley was wounded
In the right shoulder
Canon City.-1he Rev. Mr.. II. Ralph
Bixler of Salida and forty members
of his Smiling workers Sunday
school class drove sixty miles to ct
tend the Sunday school of the Canon
City Christian church on friendly