The Colorado statesman., 1922-05-20
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

owner of a goat farm near Rock
Creek, has solved the disappearance of
eighteen of his herd during the past
month. Recently Stearns encountered
a huge black bear in the act of de-
vouring one of the goats. Unarmed,
Stearns was content to seek safety for
himself Stearns has lost eighteen kid
goats in a month. Although it is un-
usual for a bear to eat animal flesh.
this bear is believed by Stearns to be
wild and ravenous after his winter
Information.
Durango. - Superintendent Jesse
| Nussbaum has announced that the of
ficial opening of the Mesa Verde Ma
tional Park was Monday, May 10. With
the expectation of greater number of
visitors at the park this year than at
any time since the park was opened to
the public, improvements are being
rushed. Equipped with the latest road
building machinery, work is progress
ing on the new roads and the repair
of the old roads, most of which have
been completed.
Durango.-The recently organized
Lions Club has carried into effect the
first project it has undertaken, that of
the reorganization of the Durango
! band. The club undertook to raise
fund for the support of the band from
the business interests and the city it
self. So successful was it in its efforts
that a big enough fund was raised to
buy new uniforms, to pay the salary
of an experienced director, to purchase
new music and to even pay the person
mel of the band.
Colorado Springs.-The Alpha Chi
Omega sorority will hold an outdoor
convention in Colorado Springs June
2S-July ., the business sessions to be
held at the Antlers hotel, where three
hundred delegates will gather from all
over the country for their bienniel
meeting, The western chapters, in
Guiding Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
New Mexico and Colorado, will act as
hostesses, together with the alumnae
clubs of the larger cities of these
states.
Denver.-The victim of amnesia who
was found wandering about the Union
station, his mind blank, is William ].
Coulter of Greeley, Colo. He was iden-
titled by relatives, according to Supt.
| Thomas NJ. Hunter of the county hos
| pital. His memory partially returned
when he was addressed by this name,
and he admitted the Identification, say
ing he had son living in Greeley.
Coulter has a daughter, Mrs. Bertha
Wich, living in Wellington, Colo.
Denver.-Colorado winter wheat i'm
proved three points in April, and prom
| ises a possible crop of 17,S30,00O bush
els this year, according to the May 1
state-federal cooperative crop report
just issued. This forecast is based
upon the May 1 condition of so per
cent, which is equivalent to about fif-
| teen bushels per acre upon 1,173,000
acres, the estimated area left for har-
vest.
Trinidad.-Capt. o. L. Dennis with
a force of twelve state Rangers ar
rived in Trinidad recently to augment
the small force of Rangers stationed
there. Dennis announced his presence
| by stating that the Rangers would op-
crate to strictly enforce the state mo-
| tor vehicle law and against unlawful
liquor traffic.
Walden.-The North Park Stock
Growers Association has elected the
following officers: Harry Green, pres
ident; ]. II. Dickens, vice presi-
ident: A. H. Norell, secretary and
treasurer; Charles Murphy and Victor
Hanson, directors; John Peterson, A.
E. Dwinell and Charles Murphy, advis-
cry board.
Denver.-Motorists will be able to
travel over the Fall River road by
June 10, according to officials of the
| State Highway Department and con-
tractors in charge of construction. The
road has been opened to traffic already
to point fifteen miles above Estes
Park, it was said.
Hugo-John Book, a farmer, was
found guilty by jury in the District
| Court at Hugo recently of involuntary
manslaughter. He was alleged to have
beaten 2-year-old Lorraine Seger with
a razor strop, inflictng injuries that
caused her death. According to the
| testimony, the Seger child was left
with Book and mis- wife while the
mother worked.
Colorado Springs,-A deed for twen-
| ty-one acres of land at Colorado
Springs has been given to the board of
hospitals and homes of the Methodist
Episcopal church by citizens here as
site for national hospital for tuber-
culosis.
Boulder. e. Abel of Pueblo was
elected president of the Colorado
knights of Columbus at the convention