The Meeker herald., 1922-07-08
CENTENNIAL STATE 1TEMs.

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anything of tho kind yet produced west
Of the Mississippi river. The state
fair commissioners and the manager
are more than delighted with the op.
portunity to give demonstrations and
make displays Of apparatus and equip
ment. such as has never yet been
shown mt any state fair, and will this
fall be shown at only one or two 9TH
ers In the country. Complete sending
and receiving apparatus will be In.
stalled. Soundproof glass booths Will
be used, md deliberately equipped ex.
tensions will be located In the grand
stand at the fair grounds, in all the
larger buildings and ut outside points
where crowds will congrezate.. A
ten-watt station will be Installed on
the fair grounds, and this will be con.
nected with the 500 plant down
In the city. From all the broadcast
ing Instruments there will be given out
In the human language NJ the big
news Of the days and nights, the
speeches OF eminent orators. all sorts
| Of public announcements, the great
musical concerts In the large eastern
cities. and everything else Of a public
nature that Is going on all over the
world.
The State Board OF Land Commits
sioners have made available approx
mateiy $4,000 for distribution to the
various school districts OF the state.
This amount represents the income
/ 10 IL hae n
uary LIST this year. received from
leases on agricultural and grazing
lands; from interest on Investments OF
the school permanent fund Of the
state in farm loans and municipal,
state and government bonds; and
from interest on deferred payments ON
school lands standing under certlh-
Gates Of purchase In the names Of indi-
viduals This amount has been stead
lily increasing from year to year. and
will eventually take care OF a consid-
| cradle percentage of the school ex-
Iense Of the state. II Is distributed
| among the various school districts In
| proportion to the school population,
| from records In the office Of the state
superintendent OF public instruction.
Denver-Sergt Harold I. johnson,
Denver youth, who won medals OF
| honor from the American, British and
French governments for bravery In ac-
| tlon before the German forces In
France during 1918. was designated us
Colora,los greatest hero by Acting
Governor Cooley. With this deslgna-
| hn tnsI
Living Hall OF Fame during the ma.
tiOnal convention of Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans Of the World War at San
Francisco from June &c to June 30.
Durango.-Denver Is for the San
Juan basin. and the San Juan basin
and hns been conquered. Denver IL
convinced that the San Juan basin Ii
| entitled to Its southern railroad out
let, and that such IN outlet Will be
equally as important and profitable to
Denver as 1t will be to the San Juan.
Such were the conclusions Of the
meeting held recently under the aus
pieces Of the Durango Chamber Of
Commerce.
| Louisville Thomas L. Allan. chief
engineer in charge of the boiler plant
| of the Western Light and Power Com
pnny, located between here and Lafay-
cite. was seriously and probably fatal.
ing from the boilers exploded. en-
veloping him In a burst Of escaping
steam. The force of the blast tore q
hole in the roof of the boiler house
and caved In the walls Of one corner
Of the plant.
ter at Hooper, Colo, his wife and two
nephews and the son Of w. J. Chris
man, manager of the telephone ex-
change at Hooper. were seriously in
jured In an auto accident near here.
Mirnge.-An attempt to blow up the
intake dam of the Cotton Creek 1rri-
CATION Company's $4,000 steel flume
was frustrated by the arrival of the,
Waterman. The Waterman was in his
cabin when he henrd the explosions
and got to the scene in time TO see n
number OF men fleeing. DIssatisfac-
ton over the distribution OF water Ia
said TO have been the cause for the
attempt to destroy the dam.
Boulder.-Cyrus b. Hendley. II
yenrs old, and Rowland Crowley. %,
who escaped from the Buena Vista re-
formatory June 10, were captured near
Boulder by Undersheriff Mills and
Deputy Sheriff Williams. after gun
battle in whi6h Crowley was wounded
In the right shoulder.
Canon CIty.-The Rev. Mr.. II. Ralph
BIxler Of Salida and forty members
Of his Smiling workers Sunday
school class drove sixty miles to at
tend the Sunday school of the Canon
City Christian church on friendly
visit
Grceley.-Two thousand men and