The Colorado statesman., 1922-07-22
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

6G6,0 bushels of barley, 1,151. 900
bushels of rye, 1S,705,O0o bushels of po-
tatoes, 1,577 900 tons of sugar beets,
2,703,000 tons of hay. 4,091 900 bushels
of apples, 10000 bushels of peaches,
402,0O0 bushels of pears, according to
the report just released by the United
States bureau of agricultural econom-
les division of crop and live stock es-
timates), in cooperation with the State
Board of Immigration. The Colorado
winter wheat crop will amount to
about 22053, 900 bushels If conditions
remain exceptionally favorable, and an
average yield of nearly nineteen bush
els to the acre is finally produced on
the 1,173,000 acres left for harvest.
Last year the average was only twelve
bushels to the acre when the crop
| amounted to 16,152,000 bushels.
Denver-Four of the eight National
| Guard units mobilized two weeks ago
to preserve law and order during the
coal strike were relieved from active
duty by order of Col. Patrick ]. Ham
rock, adjutant general. The three
units now in the field in the Freder-
lex district will be withdrawn soon, 1t
is understood. Colonel Hamrock de-
cided danger of trouble is past and
that the Ranger force now is adequate
to cope with the situation. The units
| ordered demobilized are: Companies
Il of Boulder, II of Fort Collins, L of
Longmont and the Howitzer company
of Canon City. These have been held
in their armories. The company at
pr;, ;,,bt ,ttI i, 1,,tx, or tC
Troop b, the tank company and med
lcal detachment all of Denver, are In
| the field. After their withdrawal, 1t
is understood, an emergency force will
still be held for time in tho armory.
Sterling.-Forty county commission
ers from district of Colorado, COM
posed of Adams, Logan, Phillips, Sedg-
wick, Yuma, Morgan, Washington
Weld and Arapahoe counties, met here
for an annual conference on road and
other public matters. Commissioner
Tiffany of Adams county was chair
man. The address of welcome was
given by Mayor Sauter of Sterling.
Charles B. Timberlake, congressman
from this district, and e. X. Harper,
secretary to the governor, were among
the speakers at the dinner given the
commissioners by the citizens of Ster-
ling. A special road tax on heavy We
hicles was advocated by some of those
present The talks generally favored
the S6,0OO,000 bond issue proposed for
road building.
Cripple Creek-The spirit of gold
holds the district in its grip, following
strike at the Portland mine of the
richest vein of ore found in the last
twenty-five years. Nothing since the
days of Stratton's "jewelry shop" in
his old Independence, or the "Cresson
vug" of 1917 can even approach it, eX-
perienced miners say. The "Cresson
vug" was a rich find, but the new
strike is of vastly more Importance
since it is a real vein. The Portland
strike is also significant in that it was
made at 2y600-foot level, new rec
ord for mining in the state, and seems
to indicate that deep level mining in
the Cripple Creek district has a future
that even dreams might underestimate.
Pueblo.-Extenslve plans are being
made in Pueblo for July 81 and %,
when members of the Colorado Editor
ial Association will be guests of the
Pueblo Commerce Club at the regular
midsummer meeting of the editors.
The program for the two days includes
brief talks by Mrs. Lois Allen on THE
Franklin Price List George Lewis on
advertising Newspaper Advertising"
and Arthur A. Parkhurst on "The Re
vision of the State Constitution" and
ters for the editors in Pueblo will be
in the Hotel Vale and at the Com
merce Club. The first session of the
convention will be held in the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Boulder, Colo.-Judge S. S. Downer,
well-known attorney and for twelve
years judge of the Eighth judicial dis
trict, comprising counties of northern
Colorado, died at his home here. He
had been in poor health for year and
became seriously i'll a week ago. Judge
Downer was a brother of Frank NJ.
Downer, Denver manager of safety,
and was 6S years old.
Greeley.-The office of public trus-
tee, to which Governor Shoup recently
appointed A. NJ. McClenehan as head,
is the object of stormy fight. NJ. ].
Walsh, present incumbent, has refused
to relinqulsh the station and turn over
the records to McClenehan.
Pueblo.-C. F. Delliquadri, deputy
sheriff, and A. E. Baertsch, said to be
demented, were both wounded in
struggle when the officer attempted to
place the man under arrest. The shoot
ing occurred on a ranch ten miles
north of Pueblo.
Longmont.-Howard Roberts, state
ranger who shot and killed John Gas