The Colorado statesman., 1922-08-05
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


numho~ Of homes ere destroyed The
fire started + the Odd Fellows build
ing. It's origin has not been do'"r-
mined. Practically every glown person
in the town, which has population OF
about COO, assisted in the fight to sub
dr. the fire. but their efforts, l.6ndi-
capped as they were by lack of facil-
ties, were fruitless and the flames
swept from building to bulldog until
every structure in the block had been
destroyed.
Denver.-According to report by
the district forest department. l,OOO
acres of the national forest reserve
have been destroyed by fire in this
state since the first of the year. Three
thousand six hundred dollars have
been expended in suppression OF the
fires, G2 per cent of which have been
traced to carelessness. Damage in 4O
per cent of these has been settled by
fines or payment of damages. FIFTY
per cent of last years cases were set
tied in this manner
Roc Ford. The oE.y real running
race meet held in Colo: ,dO for many
years will be that at Rocky Ford in
connection with the fair to be held
Sept. SO. There will be fifteen run
ming events and the purses are large
enough TO attract some of the best
hor-oe in the West. we races will be
run under Jockey Club rules and a
well-known eastern starter will have
charge of gett'- the ponies away from
the gate.
Canon City.-Henry Wilson, 80, mule
driver, and Ellis Meeks, IL, coal digger,
both negroes, employed at the Chan
dler coal mine, seven miles south of
Canon City, are in Jail here charged
with dynamiting the home of Night
Watchman J. C. Walker, also negro,
at Chandler. The rear end of the
Walker home was blown out, but no
one was injured, as the family was not
at home at the time.
Grand Junction.-A double knockout
two punches at the same time TWO
men lying flat on The canvas while the
bewildered referee counted ten over
both-was the ending of bout here
which, according to Old-time boxing
fans, is the queerest thing heard of in
the history of the ring. Whitley Hut
son of Grand Junction was striving to
uphold the honor of his home town
against Jack Downs of Montrose.
Cripple Creek.-The new ore body on
the bottom level of the Portland mine
the most sensational strike of high
grade ore made in the Cripple Creek
district in years, has been opened for
a distance of 100 feet. Drifting CON
tinues in both the north and south
breasts of the vein and the manage
ment expects when the ore shoot is
fully developed it will be 1000 feet
long.
Palisade.-Eli S. Sherman, 63, died
at his home in Palisade. Death oc-
Cured while he was bathing, resulting
from heart disease. Mr.. Sherman had
been editor of the Palisade Tribune for
two years. Since going to Palisade
from Denver, he has been active in
Republican politics and leader in
the organization of fruit growers. He
lived in Palisade thirteen years.
La Junta.-P. II. Eckles, a worker
at the Santa Fe railroad shops, was
kidnapped by fifteen striking shopmen
taken several miles out of town and
ordered to "head for Pixies Peak"
Ecl1les was found wandering about an
unfamiliar road by Sheriff Steward
several hours after it became known
that the kidnapping had occurred.
Castle Rock.-Lewis Tinker and
John Shaw of Cheyenne were
scratched and cut and thoroughly
drenched when their automobile
plunged into a fifteen-fOot hole at a
dry creek bridge near the John Dillon
ranch, the driver not seeing that n
flood had washed away the approaches
to the bridge.
Boulder.-A vest containing $500 in
currency, two army discharge papers
and a pension certificate, was stolen
from under the pillow Of Il bed occu-
pied by John Milton Montgomery, Civil
war veteran, at the Alma hotel here,
according to report made by him TO
the police.
Magnolia.-A forest fire started by
careless campers did some damage in
this region recently. The flames were
fought by mountain mixers. Mountain
clubs and city officials of Boulder are
cooperating with forest rangers in
campaign to warn picnickers and
campers of the peril of carelessness
with tches, camp fires and tobacco.
Denver.-Fair prices on lump coal,
f. o. b. cars at the mine, should not ex-
ceed $3.50 ton and the slack price
should not be in excess of $1.SO ton,
{. O. b. cars at the mine. This was the
report of Governor Shoup's fair price
coal commission" which was named to
set Il reasonable price on coal, espe-
cially that produced and shipped from