The Colorado statesman., 1922-02-18
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

iactufe OF COlOfhuO DIOuuClS btl'iC
the very eyes of all who come to see,
the Colorado Industrial Exposition and
Prosperity Carnival will open at the
municipal Auditorium Feb 20 for the
annual five days show of Colorado
industrial exhibits. Officials of Den
yer retail stores are laying plans for
giant displays of Colorado-made goods
in their windows and show cases, and
during the business week of Feb. POPS,
the many products of Colorado manu-
facturers will be brought to the atten-
tion of Denver citizens and visitors as
only is possible during the annual in
dustrial exposition. Exhibitors from
the four corners of the state have re-
served space in the Auditorium booths
already under construction. Not all of
the exhibits will he Denver ones, by
any means, and other points in the
state will be fully represented In all
lines of industry.
Monte Vista.-More than GOO men
and women sat down at the ninth an
nual banquet of the Monte Vista Hog
Growers Association in the assembly
room of the state armory, breaking all
previous records of attendance at BAN
quets in the San Luis valley. The ban
quet marked the ending of the sixth
annual stock show of the High Order
of Grunts This banquet has now be-
come the big annual event of the San
Luis valley and men and women from
all parts of the region were present.
Fort Collins.-When their automO-
bile left the canon road near the Big
Narrows in Cache la Poudre canon be-
cause of defective steering gear and
plunged end over end seventy-five feet
down the cliff to the bottom Of the
canon, the four occupants of the car
all escaped injury with the exception
that one suffered Il possible fractured
rib Deputy County Surveyor Walter
Edwards, Herbert Peasley, Elmer
Pearson and Paul Lass were the occu
pants of the car.
Denver er.-Application of the Foun-
drymen's Association for permission
to make cut of 10 per cent in wages
TO all foundry help in nine Denver
plants has been refused by the State
Industrial Commission. The order
was entered by Commissioners Joseph
c. Bell and w. l. Reilly and declared
''said request for reduction at this
time is unreasonable and unjust"
Hiram L. Hits, the third member of
the commission, did not concur in the
award.
Pueblo-What is believed by police
to be an organized gang of holdup men
and store robbers has been broken up
by the arrest of four men here. One
of the men has confessed and much
of the loot from several stores in Pu-
eblo and drug store in Penrose, Colo,
has been recovered in the home of an
other. The men arrested are Lester
Allen, Raymond Ray, Sam Rotolo and
Elmer Beasley. The value of the loot
taken from the stores is about 81 800.
Avondale-Cracksme made two big
hauls in this town recently. The Fay
lor Mercantile Company and the Avon
dale postoffice, located in the same
building, have checked their losses
into thousands of dollars. Cash, mon
ey orders, stamps and merchandise
were taken from the safe. In the sec
ond saft-cracking job the entire pay
roll of the Avondale Alfalfa Milling
Company, amounting to several thou
sand dollars, was taken.
Pueblo-Policeman r. Fouch of the
Pueblo police department has been
taken back to the county Jail following
the verdict of the coroner's jury which
probed the killing by the officer of
Mike Livecchi, pool hall owner. The
iury's verdict was that Fouch was not
justified in the act. Charges will be
filed by the district attorney.
Denver-Accordingt to word received
from Washington, bill introduced in
Congress through the Department of
the Interior provides for the appropria-
ton of $4,000 for the Uncompaghre
and Grand Valley irrigation projects,
on the Colorado western slope and for
the Rocky Mountain park system.
Golden-Work has been started on
the construction of an indoor tennis
court on the drill floor of the state
nrmory recently acquired by the State
School of Mines. This will be the first
covered court to be constructed in this
state and serves as an indication of
the increased popularity of the sport
among the student body of the state
institution Other schools will no doubt
follow the lead of the Mines, and all
year tennis will be common.
Denver-Governor Shoup has re
signed as one of the vice presidents of
the american Committee for Russian
Famine Relief" following report from
Secretary of Commerce Hoover that
the committee is an organization of
alleged red agents, who propose TO col
Iect funds for the soviet government
from the American people, according
to announcement here.
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