The Colorado statesman., 1922-01-21
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

it's public schools during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1920. according
to the official report of the United
States Bureau of Census at Washing
ton, d. C. The total cost of school OPP
Grafton for that year was S2,2l5,962.
For the fiscal year ending June 30,
1917, the total cost was S1,67361I, and
the per capita cost was S6.S2. Before
the war, for the fiscal year of 1914,
the total cost was S1,359,701, and per
per capita cost S5S6.
Boulder.-At the cooperative oil
shale laboratory where oil shale in
vestigations are being conducted by
the United States Bureau of Mines and
the state of Colorado, number of
runs have been made with the large
horizontal retort under different con-
trolled conditions. All products are
being examined, and as the work goes
on, the belief that the oil yielded by
horizontal retort is not of as high
quality as that from retorts of YER
tical type, is confirmed.
Denver.-That Colorado farmers
have planted about the usual acreage
operative federal-state crop report, just
issued by w. w. Putnam, agricultural
statistician of the United States Bu-
reau of Markets and Crop Estimates.
The preliminary estimate of winter
wheat sown in the autumn of 1921 is
placed at 1,466,000 acres, compared
with 100000 acres sOwn in the fall
of 1920, and about 1,073,0O0 acres sown
in the autumn of 1919.
Denver-Colorado is seventh in size
of the forty-eight states in the Union
with an area of 66,341, 100 acres. 1t is
more than twelve times the size of
Massachusetts, about twice as large as
Iowa, and approximately the size of
New York, Ohio, Connecticut and New
Hampshire combined. East and west
its extreme length is 3S7 miles, and
north and south 276 miles. There are
forty-two peaks that are $4,000 feet
in elevation, or more.
Eads.-Kiowa county was the scene
of the greatest Indian battle ever
fought in what is now the state of
Colorado. 1t was in territorial days,
Nov. 20, 1854 that Col. John M. Chiy
enne Indian village on Big Sandy
creek The redskins were led by their
noted chief, Black Kettle, and in the
battle 300 Indians were killed. 1t
caused, however, numerous other In
dian wars.
Denver-The first actual settlement
of Colorado was in Denver in 1858, and
the following year, 1859, marked the
first real gold discovery that led to the
greatest rush of people into a wilder
ness ever known in these United
States. The growth as given by the
United States census of the state fol
lows: 1860, 34,277; 1870. 39,S6f; 1880,
194,327; 1890, 413,249; 1900, 539, 700;
1910, 799,024 1920, 939, 1920.
La Junta, Colo.-Mrs. Bessie Nc
Connell, mother of six, who conducts
a clothes cleaning establishment in the
basement of local furnishing COM
pany, will cease to toll. She has re
ceived word that through the death of
a relative in Indianola, Iowa, she in
herits 100000. As soon as she can
dispose of her cleaning shop Mrs. Nc
Connell proposes to retire from work
and invest her fortune in La Junta.
Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.-Bruce
Wallace, the 6-year-old son of Lew
Wallace, Grand county editor, is dead |
after being run over by an automobile.
The child was sliding down a hill on II
sled which went directly into the path |
way of the automobile driven by Ed |
ward Chatfield. A fractured skull |
caused death. Bruce was the only boy |
of Mr.. Wallace's five children.
Denver.-Colorado' vast ranges pro-
duced SS1 ,S12, 900 worth of live stock |
during 1921, besides which the Denver |
Union Stockyards Company handled |
$26, ,307, 100 worth of cattle, sheep and |
hogs during the year, thus giving the |
live stock industry of the state grand |
total of $1OS, 119100 business for the
year.
Colorado Springs-A large igloo
built of concrete without doors or win
dows is to be built in Colorado Springs |
by DIR. Fred NJ. Spiers of Ochotzgaca-
gamute, Alaska, to test out his theory |
Of curing tuberculosis. He plans to
have his patients live in furs without |
any heat in the room whatever, fol |
lowing a plan he found successful in
Alaska, where he says he cured $50
men.
Denver.-Only 100 of the 1900 cor.
porations reports which must be filed
with Secretary of State Milliken on or
before March have been received,
according to information given out
Officials of the office urge that all
corporations of the state file their re-
ports at the earliest date possible, in
order to assist the department in main
tanning it's efficiency.