The Meeker herald., 1922-09-16
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

were resumed IN the fOurteeh-lhcii hii'if
forty-inch mill and rod mills Nos.
and .. The force also WAS apprecla-
bly, Increased In some of the other de-
pnrtments OF the plant, which have
been operating with below normal
forces. In addition to putting the men
back after several weeks Of ihleness,
substantial increases In wages ure to
be made. Chance for conference be-
tween officials Of the company md
wOrkmen's representatives to take up
that matter with the exception OF the
ruil mill conditions In the steel plnnt
are considered more favorable thnn
they have been in months.
Puebio.-Suit for damages against
seventeen Colorado conl operators
probably will be brought by District
No. 10, United Mine Workers and an
effort made to collect between $780,
900 and $5O0.OOO in bnck pay alleged
to be due the coal miners employed
in those mines, according TO Felix
POsllnn0. secretary of district No. 10
Mr.. POglinno claims about seventeen
N'ihhh hHuSh - "'S''se
agreement with the union, broke their
contracts several months before the
contracts expired on April ], 1872. and
the men were forced to take Il lesser
wage for several months previous to
April I. when the contracts expired
and the mine workers went ont on
strike.
Dcnver.-AccordinS to the report
just released by Charles Sperle, repre-
sentative Of U. =. Truck Crop Report
Ing Service, us the result Of special In
vestigntiOn, the acreage devoted to
commercial production OF Mountain
Head Lettuce in Buenn Vista, West
cliffe, Hurdscrabble, Divide, San Luis
valley districts and the western slope
totals approximately 4,Si3 acres. Acre
ages by counties as follows: Alamo
ga, 50: COstills, 90; COneJos, Os; Gus
ter. 100; Chaffce. 900; Eagle, 800;
Fremont. $50; 0nnnlson. 40: Mineral.
800: Pltkin, 80: Rio Grande, .o3:
Teller. 200.
MISUNDERSTANDING that the man
addressing her was Il representative OF
a telegraph company led to the arrest
of Mrs. Allie johnson. alias Mrs. Mar.
tin. at the auto camp grounds at Du-
fnngO, on u charge Of forgery. The
arrest was made by Sheriff George
A. Rowe upon telegraphic orders from
Sheriff Calmns Merritt at Lake VII
lage. Ark. The woman, in company
with Il mule companion, had been
trailed 10 Durango. the pair travelling
In IN auto Mrs johnson was known
to be In Durango. she having wired
back for money TO bc sent her by tele-
graph.
PueblO.-TwO men. giving the names
Of J. +. Keyton of Childers, Texas, md
Box Martin Of Kansas City. were ar.
rested by Sheriff Sam Thomas nn,l
special agents Of the Denver 4 Rio
Grunde Western railroad on the
charge Of breaking into Rio Grande
freight cur and attempting to steal
fourteen cases continuing 16S pairs OF
hIgh.grale shoes as the freight train
was moving between Colorado Springs
and Pueblo. Twelve cases OF shoes
have been recovered
B0nlder.--An automobile obtained
from J. n. Pike Of Boulder. through
Whit liz saId TO be a fraudulent trans.
action, last October, has been recOv-
cred ut Spokane, Wash, along with II
child, which Mr.. Pike stated WAS not
included In the accessories sold mnn
who gave his name us Fred II. IiOff-
man. The child Is being held in the
detention home ut Spokane and the
car, which llas been badly used, at
the city garage.
Fort CoIIins.-Shot by Albert W.
Shook, Loyeland patrolnan, when he
refused to halt, Trunk u. Meek filed
suit for $4,000 damages against the
city Of LOvelund, George W. Foster,
mayor; James W. Williamson, chief Of
police: Shook and DIR. 7. Z. Taylor,
county physician.
Dcnver.-Heavy declines In many of
the important crops of Colorado dur
ing July and August ! figures much
below the ten-year average, with Il
composite condition figure for NIL
crops of the state elunliins U.S per
cent Of the ten.ycnr average, II decline
of 81 points during July, compared
with u composite condition of all
crops of the state Of l04.I per cent on
Aug. !, last year. are the salient feu.
lures OF this months crop report of
the Colorado Cooperative Crop Re
DOrtjny Service