The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-01-14
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.
Local breeders of purcbred live stock
are interested In efforts now being
made by County Agent Mccain and
the local farm bureau, to secure for
Mesa county three days live stock
extension course, to be given DIT Grand
Junction Jan. 70. % and Is. Mr.. Nc
Cam Is In correspondence with the au-
thoritIes at the Agricultural College In
an effort to arrange for this course.
II Is hoped to have. Dick Jay. live
stock extension agent from the Agri-
cultural College, for the entire three
days. Two courses are being consid-
cred either one dealing with the feed
ing Of live stock or one dealing with
the question Of breeding. The breed
ers residing on Orchard Mesa began
the movement for this course. and the
meetings will be held on one. Of the
ranches of that district.
One Of the many sources Of receipts
through business channels during 1921
Is traced to the ninety-eight national
conventions and state gatherings. In
Guiding stock show visitors. held In
Denver. The out-of-town attendance
was 32.sS5 persons, and they stayed
from three days to 4 week, or more.
Efforts of the convention committee Of
the tourist bureau of the Denver Civic
and Commercial Association, headed
by Chairman VIII r. Owen, to get del
egates to stay another day, II possible,
and make 4 short trip by rail- or auto,
were successful. Actual stopovers of
delegates routed through Denver to at
tend conventions elsewhere were also
encouraged, and as result about 1900
of the 1900 Visited Denvers system Of
mountain parks.
Tho University Of Colorado hospital
has been given to the city Of Boulder
for two years, provided that the Com
mercial Association will maintain the
institution satisfactorily and without
expense to the university. At the end
Of two years the building Is to be used
by the university for whatever purpose
It may see fit. The building was orig
inaily used as a training school for
medical students, but due to the trans
fer Of the medical school to Denver 1t
10 no longer needed.
Andrew Carlyle Carson, state his
torian Of Colorado. designer Of the
Colorado state flag. and for eleven
years manager of the Orpheum thea
ter here, died at his home In Denver.
Mr.. Carson retired from the active
management of the Orpheum theater
In May. 1912, because Of falling health
and had devoted most of his time since
then to writing photoplays and to his
been Ill for only three days preceding
his death.
Fire In the C. w. Daniels furniture
store at Colorado Springs caused about
81, 900 damage to Christmas goods
ready for shipment and to the stock.
The fire was discovered in the rear Of
tho building and the alarm was speed
ily given. enabling fire,nen to keep 1t
from spreading. About 200 shipments
were destroyed, and $4,000 worth Of
rugs damaged BY fire and water. The
fire was kept from spreading to the
basement, where, $4,000 In furniture
was stored.
Otis T. Burton, confessed holdup and
alleged member of gang operating In
Pueblo and possibly Denver. pleaded
guilty In Colorado Springs and was
sentenced to from seven to ten years
In the state penitentiary by Judge J.
W. Sheafor In the District Court. Bur
ton was arrested when d. H. Taggart.
90, whom he attempted to rob. beat
him with q set of lead quoits he was
carrying home for Christmas present.
The Durango Evening Herald re-
ports renewed activities In the Lake
Fork mining district, near Durango.
Several companies are making extern
sive improvements on their pining
properties and plan to resume opera
ton.
One mnn was killed and another suf-
fered fractures of both legs, and twelve
passengers In one train were badly
fhaken while another train was COW
cred under snowslide near Durango
recently.
Seven years ago travellers purchased
Indian curiOs while visiting In Colo
rado; today, sales include staples. The
result Is that August, formerly the
dullest In the business mans calendar,
Ii next to December, the heaviest
month, In point Of sales. Tourists
seven gears ago probably left IS, 600 900
in Colorado; in 1921, with an estimated
10000 tourists by rail and auto, sales
and hotel accommodations climbed to
$S5, 100000. Activities Of the Denver
Tourist Bureau during the first seven
years Of its existence have included
the distribution of literature, which. II
stacked In a pile, would be eighteen
times the height Of the Eiffel tower