The Colorado statesman., 1922-05-13
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

| East Pueblo. Two nunureu property
owners in that section of the city have
petitioned for flood district to be
| known as the Fountain River Conserv-
ancy District, for the purpose of pre-
vention of floods, regulation of the riv-
er channel, regulation of the flow of
streams, deviating and controlling
them in whole or in part and elinAnat-
ing of water courses.
Lafayette-Frank Haskell, alias
Frank Kelly, has been arrested at the
Columbine mine an charge of
being concerned in the robbery of the
First National Bank here. A note
found under the pillow of the bed oc-
cupied by Haskell at a lodging house
here caused suspicion to be directed
toward him. Mrs. Abeya, keeper of the
house, found the following note under
! the pillow: Don't give up your job,
brother. We must pull that Lafayette
leal this week"
Golden.-William Talmadge, who
lug his way out of the Golden Jail some
| lime ago, was again placed in that jail
oy Sheriff Kerr Talmadge was picked
| up in Denver several days ago under
the name of Thomas, when police dis
covered him repainting a stolen truck
| IN a grove near the city. His original
conviction was for stealing chickens.
He will be held in the Jail here until
sentence is passed on him in the Dis
rict Court, where he recently was con-
eicted.
Greeley.-Three indictments, charg-
ng ]. n. Akey, 40 years old, cashier of
he defunct Farmers State Bank of
Windsor with embeZzlement, grand lar
ceny and perjury, have been returned
oy the Weld county grand jury to Dis
trict Judge George II. Bradfield. One
Indictment alleges that Akey on March
10, 1921, embezzled $4,000 from Martin
Svedman, wealthy Windsor farmer,
who was stockholder and heavy de-
positor in the Farmers State Bank of
Windsor.
Greeley.-Centennial High School OF
Pueblo carried off the bulk of the hon
ors, and four cups, in the state contest
for high school commercial contests,
held at Colorado State Teachers Col
Iege, Greeley. These were the cups of
fered in the individual contests. The
governors cup went to Kit Carson and
Fort Collins, one for the highest col
lective score in advanced bookkeeping
and allied subjects, the other for ad-
vanced shorthand and allied subjects.
Fort Collins.-With the announce
ment here that the land necessary had
been obtained by Fort Collins citizens,
the erection of a new SAL 900 armory is
virtually assured. Erection of the
building will start Immediately, ac-
cording to Col. Patrick ]. Hammock, ad-
jutant general of the state militia,
who, with Joseph Moorhead, closed up
the deal.
Denver.-Heavy damage caused to
the tracks of the Santa Fe railroad by
the June floods in the upper Arkansas
valley last year caused officials of that
road to make application to the Colo
RADIO Public Utilities Commission TO
abandon the Santa Fe rigbt-of-way
from Pueblo to Portland, Colo.
Golden.-The Colorado School of
Mines VIII graduate seventy-siX young
men as mining and metallurgical en-
gineers on May 10. The commence
ment address will be delivered by DIR.
Howard Monroe Raymond, president
of Armour Institute of Technology,
Chicago.
Denver.-The police at Colorado
Springs Informed Chief of Police VIII
iams of the recovery of large part of
the $4,000 worth of stocks, bonds and
ather valuable papers stolen from the
State Bank of Crowley, at Crowley,
Colo, last month, for which several
persons are being held at the city Jail
here.
Yuma.-The biggest vote ever cast
at local school election was cast at
the recent election. Three candidates
contested for the office of school board
secretary, DR.. George l.. Billsborrow
winning by a large majority. Elmer L.
Prather was second and FEEDER l..
Schmidt, third. A proposition to in
crease the tax levy to create fund for
the retirement of old warrants was de-
feated by eleven votes.
Denver.-Members of the open ye-
nire summoned for jury duty in the
West Side Court here signed a formal
protest against District Attorney Van
Cise's statement that many of them
were loafers and police characters and
were obtained for jury duty from pool
halls and cigar stores. The protest
was signed by forty-two veniremen
and delivered to Judge Charles c. But
ler, who submitted it to Mr.. Van Cise
Greeley.-The Colorado Milling and
Elevator Company has signed a con-
tract with the Burrell Engineering
Company of Chicago to build 600-bar-