The Meeker herald., 1922-10-21
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

I24,53l now Is available for distriDC-
ton to the road and school funds OF
states which have national forests
within their boundaries. Twenty-Five
per cent OF the money collected from
timber sales and grazing permits Is re-
turned to the state treasury. An addi-
tiOnal 10 per cent goes for the con-
strlIction of roads and trails within the
forest boundaries. Colorado ranks
| fifth among the states of the Union IN
| the distribution OF these government
funds, according to the forest service,
and will receive ST., $50 for schools and
roads. and S3O,34l for forest reserve
roads and trails.
Denver.-LOu d. Sweet, noted neri-
cultural expert of Colorado, hus intro
duced wheat into the San Luis valley
that runs us high as slXty-five bushels
to the acre. II Is grown on the Sweet
seed farm rear Carbondale. Mr.. Sweet
provided IL car of this special whent TO
the farmers of the San Luis valley for
| planting last spring. and from IOO TO
500 ncres were planted with II. The
average production an acre Is from
| nfty-four bushels TO sixty-five bushels
| to the acre, whereas the average buslI-
/ els In the United States Is fourteen TO
the acre ",rhis wheat is known as
Kitchener. and originated on the farm
OF DR.. Sager Wheeler Of Snskatche-
wa2. the Burbank Of Canuda.'" Sal
Mr.. Sweet.
Castle Rock.-RudUlph Abbott, br0n-
cho buster, famous us slim" was seri-
| Ously injured ut almost the close OF
the Douglas county fair program here,
when Shutdown, noted outlaw, fell
while trying to dislodge the rider. Abb
bolt is suffering from concussion OF
| the brain and had not regained con-
seriousness late tonight. Attending doc
tors ure uncertain regarding the out
come. The horse rolled over on Alb
bolt after the fall, and he may be In
Jured fatally. The attendance ut the
closing of the fair was the largest that
ever gathered in the grounds. AT the
barbecue more than $500 were fed
roasted beef. rolls, coffee and other
trimmings.
Pueblo.-Postmaster General Hubert
| Work, the ColorudOan in President
Harding's cabinet. has accepted the In
vitation of George s. Walker, presi-
dent of the Western Radio Corpora
ton, to broadcast special message
to the radio fans of America through
ltFAF, the Western Radio Corpora
tiOn-Denver Post station, the night OF
November 8. DIR. Work, II resident of
Pueblo. Colo. for many years, will be
in Denver early In November TO ad-
dress the meeting OF third md fourth
class pOstmasters November and the
first general postal employees state
meeting ever held in the west.
| PuebIo.-Thirteen employees Of the
Mountain States Telephone and Tele-
graph Company were awarded the The
OdOre N. Vail memorial medals when
President Ben s. Read md other Off
clals OF the company Of Denver came
to Pueblo for that purpose. The medals
were given for unusual service given
on the night OF June 3, 1921, when the
Arkansas river flooded this city and
the telephone exchange. A dancing
party followed the presentation of the
medals md the program which accom-
panied that ceremony.
Denver.-The Intimate connection
between the Roosevelt family and the
United States navy is emphasized by
n proclamation issued by Governor
Oliver II. ShOup, in which Oct. % Is
designated as Roosevelt-Navy day.
Oct. p will be the sixty-fourth ami
versnry of the birth Of Theodore
Roosevelt. and governors of the vari-
| xlnri
nate that duy as Roosevelt day.
Colorado Springs. DIR. Melville
Black of Denver was elected president
Of the Colorado State Medical Society
| at the close Of the fifty-second annual
session In the Antlers hotel here. The
report Of the nominating committee
was adopted without opposition by the
house Of delegates.
Notwithstanding to figures Issued
by the national parks department ut
Washington, 219, lG4 persons visited the
Rocky Mountain National parks of
Colorado during the summer scnson
this year. That number Is more than
one Fl fth of all the tourists who visited
ull the parks of the nation this year.
The national total Of parks visitors for
1922 was l.0I4.53S, nearly 10000 more
than the total for 1921.
Denver.-Greater respect for the
American constitution Is aimed ut in u
proclamation issued by Governor
Shoup designating Oct. 10, the nnniver-
sury of the battle of Yorktown, as Con
stitution day. The governor urges that
all citizens re-rend the constitution on
that day and that schools and colleges
observe the day with special programs
which will tend to make the constitu-
ton more familiar
Colorado Sprlnss.-Ninety officials
OF the Modern WoOdmen OF America.
Including all head officers, fifty state