The Colorado statesman., 1922-03-04
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


Judge Samuel w. Johnson of the First
judicial district, commanding him to
show cause why he should not be pro-
hibited from trying a suit brought
against Secretary of State Milliken by
eight discharged automobile inspectors
of the state motor vehicle department
William Kelly and seven other dis
charged inspectors brought suit in Lit
tleton to compel Milliken to put them
back to work, claiming the action of
the General Assembly was Illegal.
Greeley.-Five dollars ton for su
gar beets, and probably more, was the
prediction under the sliding scale con-
tract made at meeting here of Great
Western Sugar Company officials and
fieldmen from the Greeley, Eaton,
Windsor and Brighton factories. The
session was the first of series to be
held between officials of the company
and the fieldmen in all districts, to ex-
plain in detail the contract proposed
at the recent conference with the
growers committee in Denver.
Fort Lupton.-The appointment of a
receiver for the Industrial Sugar Com
pany, large independent sugar manu-
facturer, with a factory at Fort Lup-
ton, has been asked in petition filed
in the District Court by the Hamilton
National Bank, trustee for the com
pany. The petition states that the last
two sugar campaigns Of the company
resulted in heavy losses, and states
that the business of the company due
to present conditions is largely specu-
lative and uncertain.
Denver.-The amount of direct
taxes paid per capita in Colorado is
increasing steadily and rapidly, ac-
cording TO figures compiled by the
State immigration Department from
the records of the State Tax Commits
sion. These figures show that the to-
tai of state, county, municipal and
school taxes assessed in the state in
1920 amounted to $4195 per capita,
compared with $35.44 per capita in
1919. Figures for 1921 are not yet
available.
Colorado Springs.-Following a rob
berry at Falcon, fifteen miles east OF
Colorado Springs, in which merchan-
disc valued at 81 900 was TAKEN Colo
RADIO Springs police have arrested two
men and recovered the full amount OF
loot The men in Jail are Dave Dotty
and Marion Bratton, both of whome are
alleged by the Colorado Springs police
to have criminal records. 1t is believed
that several similar robberies in the
section can bet raced to them, the po-
lice say.
Denver.-The Colorado Society of
the Sons of the American Revolution
elected Judge George III. Bradfield of
Greeley president of their annual
meeting in the state house recently.
Other officers elected were Victor f.
Keyes, vice president; James Polk
Willard of Denver, secretary; Walter
D. Wynkoop, treasurer; Lathrop NJ.
| Taylor, Fort Collins, historian and the
Rev. Frederick A. Hatch of Pueblo,
chaplain.
Leadville.-Sazino Azeno was sho.
and killed during a fight at dance
here, and Mike La Zado is in Jail here
charged with having shot AZeno. Ac-
cording to witnesses, La Zado made
remark about woman with whom
ed La Zado's remark, 1t is said, and n
fight started which developed into
free-for-all affair.
Castle Rock.-The body of a we'll
dressed man, believed to have come
from Denver, was found hanging to Il
tree near the railroad tracks six miles
south of Castle Rock recently by two
coyote trappers. The man had com
mitted suicide by hanging himself
with his belt.
Salida.-That the granite business
would some day prove great asset to
Salida and its vicinity is about to be
realized Many new companies are be-
ing organized for business, a new road
to the district is planned for the imme-
diate future and the industry is pick
ing up.
Breckenridge.-A rotary snowplow
pushed by three locomotives left Breck-
enridge recently to remove two huge
snowslides near Curtin Spur in Ten
Mile caflon on The Colorado & South
ern route to Leadville. Denver trains
were held at Dillon. One of the snow
slides was reported as being $50 feet
long with ten feet of snow on the track
and the other 200 feet long and fifteen
feet deep.
Colorado Springs.-Viel Battle, a ne
gro, charged with the holdup of Dan
U. Hampton, prominent real estate
man, was arrested by Officer Robert
Wrath as he was about to board IL
southbound train in the d. & K. G.
railroad yards. A roll of bills contain
ing $780, alleged to have been taken
from Hampton, was found on the ne
gro, who submitted to arrest only after
sharp struggle with the officer.
Inveland Al meeting of beet