The Glenwood post., 1922-05-18
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

eighteen of his herd during the past
month. Recently Stearns encountered
huge black bear in the act of de-
vOuring ono of the goats Unarmed,
Stearns was content to seek safety for
himself. Stearns has lost eighteen hid
goats In month. Although 1t is un-
usual for q bear to eat animal flesh,
this bear IL believed by Stearns 10 be
wild and ravenous after his winter
hibernation.
Durango. - Superintendent Jesse
Nussbaum has announced that the Of
ficial opening Of the Mesa Verde M
tional Park was Monday. May Is. With
the expectation Of greater number of
visitors at the park this year than at
any time since the park was opened to
the public, improvements are being
rushed Equipped with the latest road
building machinery. work is progress
ing on the new roads and the repair
Of the old roads. most OF which have
been completed.
Durango.-The recently organized
Lions Club has carried into effect the
first project it has undertaken, that OF
the reorganization of the Durango
band The club undertook to raise .
fund for the support of The band from
the business interests and the city it.
self. SO successful was II in Its efforts
that big enough fund was raised to
of an experienced director, to purchase
new music and to even pay the person,
mel of the band.
Colorado Springs.-The Alpha Chi
Omega sorority will hold an outdoor
convention in Colorado Springs June
2S-July ., the business sessions to be
held at the Antlers hotel, where three
hundred delegates will gather from all
over the country for their bfenuisl
meeting. Tie western chapters, in
Guiding Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
New Mexico and Colorado, will act as
hostesses, together with the alumnas
clubs Of the larger cities of these
states.
Denver.-The victim of amnesia who
was found wandering about the Union
station, his mind blank, Is William ].
Coulter of Greeley, Colo. He was iden-
titled by relatives, according to Supt.
Thomas M. Hunter of the county hos
pital. His memory partially returned
when he was addressed by this name.
and he admitted the identification, say
ing he had q son living in Greeley.
Coulter has . daughter, Mrs. Bertha
Wich, living in Wellington, Colo.
Denver-Colorado winter wheat I'm
proved three points in April, and prom
ises possible crop of 17,s30,000 bush
els this year, according to the May l
state-federal cooperative crop report
just issued. This forecast is based
upon the May 1 condition of 80 per
cent, which is equivalent to about fif-
teen bushels per acre upon 1,173.0O0
acres, the estimated area left for har.
vest
Trinidad.-Cnpt. o. L. Dennis with
force of twelve state Rangers ar
rived In Trinidad recently to augment
the small force of Rangers stationed
there. Dennis announced his presence
by stating that the Rangers would op-
crate 10 strictly enforce the state mo-
tor vehicle law and against unlawful
liquo; traffic.
Walden.-Tbe North Park Stock
Growers Association has elected the
following officers: Harry Green, pres
ident; ]. q. Dickens. vice preai-
ident: A. H. Norell. secretary and
treasurer; Charles Murphy and Victor
Hanson, directors; John Peterson, A.
Il Dwinell and Charles Murphy, advis-
| DRY board.
Denver-Motorists will be able to
travel over the Fail River road by
June 15, according to officials of the
State Highway Department and con-
tractors in charge of construction. The
road has been opened to ira fife already
to a point fifteen miles above Estes
Park, 1t was suid
HugO.-Iohn Book, farmer, was
found guilty by jury in the District
Court at Hugo recently of involuntary
manslaughler He was alleged to have
beaten 2-year-old Lorraine Seger with
razor strop, inflicilng injuries that
caused her death. According to the
testimony, the Segcr child was left
with Book and his wife while the
mother worked
Colorado Sprngs.-A deed for twen-
ty-one acres of land at Colorado
Springs has been given TO the bonrd OF
hospitals and homes of the Methodist
Episcopal church by citizens here as Q
site for u national hospital for tubsr-
culosis.
Boulder. e. Abel of Pueblo was
elected president Of the Colorado
Knights of Columbus at the convention
here One hundred delegates from the
councils in the state were present, and
forty were received into the order dur.
ing the meeting.
Brush.-The Brush Commercial Club
Band will take part in the program In
Denver during Music Week. The band