The Meeker herald., 1922-05-27
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

month. Recently Stearns encountered
a huge black bear In the act Of de-
vouring one Of the goats. Unarmed,
Stearns was content to seek safety for
himself. Stearns has lost eighteen kid
goats In month. Although 1t Is un-
usual for bear to cat animal flesh.
this bear Is believed by Stearns to be
wild and ravenous after his winter
Information.
Durango - Superintendent Jesse
Nussbaum has announced that the Of
ficlnl opening of the Mesa Verde Nh
tiOnal Park was Monday. May 10. With
the expectation of II greater number OF
visitors ut the park this year than ut
any time since the park WIS opened to
the public, improvements are being
rushed. Equipped with the lntest 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 1t has undertaken, that of
the reorganization of the Durango
band. The club undertook to raise u
fund for the support Of the band from
the business interests and the city it
self. So successful was 1t In Its efforts
that 4 big enough fund was raised to
buy new uniforms, to pay the salary
of IN experienced director, to purchase
new music and to even pay the person
mel of the band.
Colorado Sprlngs.-The Alpha Chi
Omega sorority will hold an outdoor
convention In Colorado Springs June
2S-July ., the business sessions to be
held ut the Antlers hotel, where three
hundred delegates will gather from NIL
over the country for their biennicl
meeting. The western chapters, In
Guiding Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
New Mexico and Colorado, will act as
hostesscs, together with the alumnae
clubs of the larger cities of these
states.
Denver.-The victim of amnes!n who
was found wandering about the Union
station, his mind blank, is William J.
Coulter of Greeley, Colo. lie was iden-
titled by relatives, according TO Supt.
Thomas NJ. Hunter of the county hos
pital. His memory partially returned
when he was addressed by this name,
and lie admitted the Identification, say
Ing he had 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 II 100000 bush
els this year, according to the May I
state federal cooperative crop report
Just issued. This forecast Is based
upon the May condition of 50 per
cent, which Is equivalent to about If
teen bushels per acre upon 1,173,OOO
acres, the estimated area left for har-
vest.
Trinidnd.-Capt. o. l.. Dennis with
a force of twelve state Rangers ar
rived In Trinidad recently to augment
there. Dennis announced his presence
by stating that the Rangers would OPP
crate to strictly enforce the state mo-
tor vehicle law and against unlawful
liquor traffic.
walden.-The North Park Stock
Growers Association Inns elected the
following officers: Harry Green, pres
ident; J. II. Dickens, vice presi-
ilent: 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 Fall River road by
June Is, according to officials of the
State Highway Department and con-
tractors in charge of construction. The
road has been opened to traffic already
to point fifteen miles above Estes
Park, 1t was said.
Hugo.-John Book, farmer. was
found guilty by IL jury in the District
Court ut Hugo recently OF involuntary
manslaughtcr. He was alleged to have
beaten 2-year-old Lorraine Seger with
razor strOp, inflicting injuries that
caused her death. According to the
testimony, the Seger child was left
with Book and mis- wife while the
mother worked.
Colorado Springs.-A deed for TWEEN
ty-one acres of Innd at Colorado
Springs has been given to the board of
hospitals and homes of the Methodist
Episcopal church by citizens here as II
site for national hospital Tor tuber-
culOsls.
Boulder. f. 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 pnrt in the program in
Tlnnyar lurInv Afua{c Voak Tho hand