Gunnison news-champion., 1922-01-27
CENTENNIAL STATE 1rua

Sta tof mainfenance and operation 0f
In public schools during the fiseai
year ending June 80. laeO. according
90 the official report OF the Cnits1
States Bureau Of Census at Washing.
ton. d. @. The total cost of school op-
srafion for that rear was f2.2lS2R
For the fiscal year ending June %.
1917. the total cost was el.67S.o15, and
the per capita cost was Sas2- Before
fhe war. for the fiscal year Of 1914.
the total cost was Sizes. .701. and per
ger capita cost SSls6
Boulder.-At the cooperative oil
Shale laboratory where oil shate In
ve>tigations are being conducted by
fhe United States Bureau Of Mines and
the state OF Colorado, q number of
runs have been made with the large
horizontal retort under different con-
troilcd conditions All products are
being examined. and as the work goes
on. the belief that the oil yielded by a
horizontal refort Is not Of as high
quality as that from retorfs OF Q yer
tical type, is confirmed.
Dcnyer.-Thaf Colorado farmers
have planted about the usual acreage
OF winter wheat Is shown in the CO.
operative federal-state crop report. jus,
Issued by W. w. Putnam, agricultural
siatistician of the United States Bu-
reau of Markets and Crop Estimates.
The preliminary estimate OF winter
wheat sown In the autumn Of 1921 10
placed at l.4G6o0o acres. compared
with i.io6,op acres sown In the fall
of 1870. and about 1.0Ts.0O0 acres sown
In the autumn of 1919.
Denver.-Colorado Is seventh In size
of the foriy-eight states In the Union
with an area of 66,3il 100 acres. 1t in
more than twelve times the size of
MASSACHUSETTS,, about twice rs large ~
Iowa. and approximately the size Of
New York. Ohio. Connecticut and New
Hampshire combined East and west
its extreme length is 3S7 miles. and
north and south 2s6 miles. There are
for;y-two peaks that are 14.00O feet
In elevation. or more.
Eads.-Kiowa county was the scene
of the greatest Indian battle ever
fought In what is now the state Of
Colorado. II was In territorial days.
Nov. 20, 1854. that Col. John NJ. Chiy-
ington led 1900 men against a Chey.
enne Indian village on Big Sandy
creek. The redskins were led by their
noted chief. Black Kettle. and In the
battle 300 Indians were killed. II
caused. however. numerous other In.
dian wars.
Denver.-The first actual settlement
~ l. In, In, 1910 nd
the following year. 1850. marked the
first real gold discovery that led to the
greatest rush of people Into wilder.
ness ever known In these United
States. The growth as given by the
United States census of the state fol-
tows: 1850. 3i,277; 1870, 30,SGf; 1890
1887: 1890. 1920; 1900. 539. 100 I:
1910. 199,024: 1920, 039629
La Junta, Colo.-Mrs. Bessie Nc.
Conneil. n mother Of six. who conducts
q clothes cleaning establishment in the
basement Of local furnishing com.
pany. will cease to toll. She has re-
ceived word that through the death Of
relative In Indianola, Iowa, she In
herits 100000 As soon as she can
dispose OF her cleaning shop Mrs. Nc
Connell proposes to retire from work
and invest her fortune In In Junfs.
Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.-Bruce
Wallace. the 6year-old son of Lew
Wallace. Grand county editor, Is dead
after being run over by an automobile.
The child was sliding down hill on a
sled which went directly INTO the path
way Of the automobile driven by Ed
ward Chatfield. A fractured skull
caised death. Bruce was the only boy
OF Mr.. Wallace's five children.
Denver.-Colorado's vast ranges pro-
duced ssl.sl2.OO0 worth Of live stock
during 1921, besides which the Denver
Union Stockyards Company handled
SIG, ,3O7, 100 worth OF cattle, sheep and
hogs during the year. thus giving the
live stock Industry of the state grand
total of s1QS. 1l9, 100 business for the
kear.
4 Colorado Springs-A large igiOo
built Of concrete without doors or win
dows In to be built In Colorado Springs
by Dr. Fred NJ. Spiers Of Ochotzgaca.
gamute, Alaska, to test out his theory
of curing tuberculosis He plans to
have his patients live In furs without
any heat in the room whatever. fol-
lowing q plan he found successful IN
Alaska. where he says he cured l60
men.
Denver.-Only 100 Of the 1900 cor
porations reports which must be filed
with Secretary Of State Milliken on or
e,efnra Ma arrh have hnen recelved
according to information given out.
Officials Of the office urge that all
corporations Of the state file their re-
ports at the earliest date possible. in
order to assist the department In main
tanning Its efficiency.
Greeley, Colo.-Clarence Day, 10
years old, was killed when an automo-