The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-03
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

| recruiting 1Or tne CltlZenS military
training camp to be maintained here
from July 27 to Aug. 26. The towns
over the state in which these select
troops have been detailed to duty fol-
low: Limon, Arriba, Flagler, Seibert,
Burlington, Fort Lupton, Platteville,
Orchard, Brush, Merino, Sterling, Colo
RADIO Springs, Canon City, Pueblo, Wal
senburg, Trinidad, La Junta, Lamar,
Boulder, Longmont, Fort Collins, Gree
ley, Fort Morgan and Brighton.
Pueblo.-Believed to have caught
his foot in the stirrup when thrown
from his horse, William Baxter, ex-
pert horseman and crack rifle shot.
brother, Price Baxter, near Under
cliffe, Colo. The Baxter brothers
have been stationed at Butler pasture
in the extreme south central part of
| Pueblo county as predatory animal
hunters for the federal government for
the last two years.
Boulder.-Public and private i'm
provements exceeding $1,50OOOO in
value are being made in Boulder, or
are in the process of being ordered.
| A paving contract has been let for
1881, 900 and as much more is con-
templated by districts now being or
ganized Taxpayers recently voted
100000 for school improvements. Pri-
vate building operations, which have
already exceeded the city's record, to-
tai in excess of 100000.
Denver. Expenditures totaling
1886, 900 of national forest highway
| funds for the construction of 106 miles
| OF roads in Colorado have just been
approved by the secretary of agricul-
ture, 1t was announced here. This
money was made available for roads
serving the national forests and for
roads within or adjacent to the forests
that are Of primary importance to
states, counties and communities.
Denver.-The Denver Civic and
Commercial Association announces
that a statewide celebration will be
held to commemorate the official be-
ginning of work on the construction
of the Moffat tunnel. Announcement
was made also that a committee will
be appointed to draw up plans for the
| celebration and to cooperate in every
way with the commission recently ap-
pointed by the governor.
Steamboat Springs.-More than 5000
assembled here recently to celebrate
the success of the Moffat tunnel bill.
Beautiful weather marked the occa-
sion and brought hundreds of Moffat,
Grand and Routt counties. The Com
mercial Club had charge of the affair,
which was held in a large tent, seat
ing nearly 1000. Hundreds had to
stand, and enthusiasm was every
where manifest.
| Denver-Permissio to abandon
| twenty-five miles of track and road
bed on the Canon City branch of the
Santa Fe railroad from Pueblo to
| Portland has been granted by the Colo
RADIO Public Utilities Commission. Of
| ficials of the road said this stretch
| was damaged heavily by the June
floods last year and that industrial
conditions did not warrant rebuilding
at present.
Colorado Springs.-A decision by
| City Attorney G. NJ. Irwin that the
municipality has the authority to regu'
late rates of hotels and rooming
| houses in the same manner that public
| utilities rates are controlled on the
basis of reasonable return of profit,
has led the City Council to take steps
ordering all hotels to furnish their
rates for each room Immediately.
Florissant.-Ila Daggett, 3-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Dag
| gett, died at Colorado Springs hos
pital of convulsions, believed to have
been caused by eating wild parsnips.
| The child was found unconscious in
the rear of the Daggett home here.
Breckenridge-The automobile road
over Hoosier pass, between Alma and
Breckenridge, on the Gold trail, has
been opened. A gang of ten men have
been shoveling out the deep snowdrifts
under the supervision of ]. A. Theo
bald. This opened the pass and makes
| a through automobile road over the
Gold trail from Denver via Brecken
ridge to Kremmling, with snowy
mountains in sight all the way.
Denver.-Governor Oliver II. Shour
has appointed five members of the
Moffat tunnel commission recently
created at special session of the
| Colorado Legislature. The members
named are: w. 2. Robinson. Charles
| MacAllister Wilcox and w. N. w.
Blaney of Denver; Charles III. Lecken
by of Steamboat Springs and n. w.
Wheeler of Yampa.
| Denver-Tong warfare was threat
ened in Denver after the recent MUIR
der of Look Hee, Chinese cook and