The Colorado statesman., 1922-10-14
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


per cent of the money collected from
timber sales and grazing permits Is re-
turned to the state treasury. An addi-
tional 10 per cent goes for the con-
struction of roads and trails within the
forest boundaries. Colorado ranks
fifth among the states of the Union In
the distribution of these government
funds, according to the forest service.
and will receive $75, 500 for schools and
roads, and S30,344 for forest reserve
roads and trails.
Denver.-Lou ID. Sweet, noted agri-
cultural expert of Colorado, has intro
duced wheat into the San Luis valley
that runs as high as sixty-five bushels
to the acre. Ii is grown on the Sweet
seed farm near Carbondale. Mr.. Sweet
provided car of this special wheat to
the farmers of the San Luis valley FOR
planting last spring, and from 100 TO
500 acres were planted with 1t. The
average production an acre Is from
fifty-four bushels to sixty-five bushels
to the acre, whereas the average bush
els in the United States is fourteen to
the acre. This wheat is known as
Kitchener, and originated on the farm
of DR.. Sager Wheeler of Saskatche-
wan, the Burbank of Canada" sal
Mr.. Sweet.
Castle Rock.-Rudolph Abbott, bron-
cho buster, famous as "Slim," was seri-
ously injured at almost the close of
the Douglas county fair program here,
when Shutdown, noted outlaw, fell
while trying to dislodge the rider Alb
bott is suffering from concussion Of
the brain and had not regained con-
sciousness late tonight. Attending doc
tors are uncertain regarding the out
come. The horse rolled over on Abb
bott after the fall, and he may be in
jured fatally. The attendance at the
closing of the fair was the largest that
ever gathered in the grounds. At the
barbecue more than $500 were fed
roasted beef, rolls, coffee and other
trimmings.
Pueblo.-Postmaster General Hubert
Work, the Coloradoan in President
Harding's cabinet, has accepted the in
vitation of George S. Walker, presi-
dent of the Western Radio Corpora
ton, to broadcast a special message
to the radio fans of America through
KFAF, the Western Radio Corpora
tion-Denver Post station, the night of
November s. DIR. Work, a resident of
Pueblo, Colo, for many years, will be
in Denver early in November to ad-
dress the meeting of third and fourth
class postmasters November s and the
first general postal employees state
N a
Pueblo.-Thirteen employees of the
Mountain States Telephone and Tele-
graph Company were awarded the The
odore N. Vail memorial medals when
President Ben S. Read and other off
cials of the company of Denver came
to Pueblo for that purpose. The medals
were given for unusual service, given
on the night of June 3, 1921, when the
Arkansas river flooded this city and
the telephone exchange. A dancing
party followed the presentation of the
medals and the program which accom-
panied that ceremony.
Denver.-The intimate connection
between the Roosevelt family and the
United States navy is emphasized by
proclamation issued by Governor
Oliver H Shoup. in which Oct. 81 is
designated as Roosevelt-Navy day.
Oct. % will. be the sixty-fourth ami
versary of the birth of Theodore
Roosevelt, and governors of the vari
GUS states have been asked to desig-
nate that day as Roosevelt day.
Colorado Springs. - Dr. Melville
Black of Denver was elected president
i
at the close of the fifty-second annual
session in the Antlers hotel here. The
report of the nominating committee
was adopted without opposition by the
house of delegates.
Denver.-According to figures issued
by the national parks department at
Washington, 219, ,164 persons visited the
Rocky Mountain National parks of
Colorado during the summer season
this year. That number is more than
one-fifth of all the tourists who visited
all the parks of the nation this year.
The national total of parks visitors for
1922 was LOLA ,53S, nearly 10000 more
than the total for 1921.
Denver.-Greater respect for the
American constitution is aimed at in
proclamation issued by Governor
Shoup designating Oct. 10, the anniver-
sary of the battle of Yorktown, as Con
stitution day. The governor urges that
all citizens re-read the constitution on
that day and that schools and colleges
observe the day with special programs
which will tend to make the constitu-
tion more familiars
Colorado Springs.-Ninety officials
IF the Modern Woodmen of America,
including all head officers, fifty state