The Colorado statesman., 1922-12-23

bly, amends the game laws at its com
ing session there will be an open sea-
son on male ring-necked pheasants in
November, 1924. The session will pre-
sent the last opportunity for legisla-
ton for protection of the birds.
Colorado Springs.-Colorado College
officials denied that there was any
truth, as far as they knew, In the re-
port that President G. A. Duniway has
accepted a position at Harvard and
will resign here in January. President
Duniway has been in the East for
three weeks.
Fort Collins.-Vigorous resolutions,
Including one opposing the construc-
ton of the 100000 Federal Reserve
Bank building in Denver ON the asser-
ton that the amount is greater than
is permitted by law, were adopted by
the Colorado Farm Bureau during its
annual convention in session at the
Colorado Agricultural College.
Fort Collins-The annual poultry
show of the Fort Collins Poultry AS
sociation, pronounced by the judge,
James A. Tucker of Royal Oaks, Mich,
as having a surprisingly fine collec-
ton of birds, came to n successful end
with the Farmers Conference and Ru-
raj Life Conference, and the four re-
lated schools conducted in conJunc-
don.
Golden.-Bumping over a country
road behind an ancient horse, distrib
in, hA f,f mill l.
man, was highly profitable business
until Sheriff Gary Kerr of Jefferson
county arrested the alleged purveyor,
James Lett, a negro. Lett was nabbed
at Midway after Sheriff Kerr had
carefully Investigated his route and
laid a trap.
Denver.-"The fact that federal re-
serve messengers and guards were
robbed of 100000 in the street in
front of the United States mint here
has led to erroneous reports that the
mint itself was robbed" said Robert
j. Grant, superintendent of the mint.
United States mints are not robbed.
Each is like a fortress and is so heav-
lily guarded that bandits never Invade
them"
Denver.-The famous show herd of
A. b. Cook, banker and railroad con-
tractor OF Townsend, Mont, has ar
rived in Denver for the National
Western Stock Show. The herd Is
headed by Panama no. a 3-year-Old
bull, which won first in Its class in
aged bulls at the recent Chicago In
ternational show in a class of twenty
head, and later at the show was made
grand champion Hereford bull over all
the winning Hereford bulls.
Fort Collins.-More money is spent
for tobacco than for churches, more
for automobile pleasure trips than for
taxes and SO per cent of the people
have autos where but 10 per cent of
the homes are equipped with bathtubs
this is the condition found at Ault,
Colo, according to u sociological sur
vey recently made public by Prof. b..
f. Coen of the Colorado Agricultural
College, who, with his class, made the
survey of Ault the past month.
Denver of $129,603 in
legislative appropriations for state de-
partments for the next two years Will
be recommended by Governor Shoup In
Il message prepared in accordance
with the state budget law. The gov
ernor's recommendations call for to-
tai appropriations of $4,GlO,36O for the
executive, legislative and judiciary de
partments and institutions which de
pend on appropriations for support, as
against similar appropriations of ST.
739,963 made two years ago.
Colorado Springs.-Charles c. Gates
of Denver was unanimously elected
president of the Greater Colorado,
Inc, n project intended to advance all
interests of the state, at n meeting of
Luncheon Club representatives of the
state in the AntlerS hotel here. L. c..
Storer of Pueblo was elected first vice
president. AS Mr.. Gates will leave
soon for an extended trip to South
America, much of the organization
work and the task of getting the state
wide program under way will devOlye
upon Mr.. Storer.
Denver. - Financial condition of
farmers and stocllmen is reflected in
the biennial report of George Stephan,
register of the State Land Board, SUP
mitted to Governor Shoup, which
shows cash receipts for the office dur
Ing two years of S2,053,990, or 81 ,1O6,-
652 less than for the preceding bien-
nial term. Money received by the de-
partment is derived from the sale of
and leasing of state lands, and in his
report Mr.. Stephan tells the governor
that the falling off in receipts is di-
rectly due to the inability of farmers
and stockmen to purchase, lease or
make payments on existing certificates
of purchase or lease.
Grand Junction.-One hundred and
eight bows and seventy-eight girls were