The Colorado statesman., 1922-12-30

Denver.-Colorado's seven leading
industries, exclusive of agriculture and
mining, paid total of S106,43O,4S5 to
GO,575 wage-earners, 14,541 of whom
were women, during 1922, according to
the biennial rep'"t of the State Bureau
of Labor Statistics, made public here.
The report was compiled by Carl 5.
Milliken, secretary of state and eX-of-
ficio labor commissioner, and Carl De
Lochte, deputy state labor commits
sioner. The report shows that an av-
erage annual wage of 1,I59 is paid in
Colorado in the following industries:
Automobile, films, department stores,
hotels and restaurants, manufacturing,
public utilities, and railroads.
Greeley.-Somewher in the sand
hills of northern Colorado or western
Nebraska, four men believed to be the
bandits who robbed a Federal Reserve
Bank truck of 100000 in Denver and
killed Charles Il. Linton, bank guard,
are hiding, while Denver police and
Weld and Morgan county sheriff's Off
cials are searching for them. Jumped"
from DIR. j. w. Fuequa's untenanted
farm house. eight miles northeast of
Greeley, where it is believed they were
hiding, the suspects, driving two large
automobiles, divided and sped away
before posses, hastily organized, could
get on their trail.
Pueblo.-The rail mills of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company at Pueblo
will resume operation after shutdown
of several months, members of the
company have announced. Because of
the increased work in all producing de-
partments, the opening of the mill will
give employment to more than 1000
men.
Fort Collins.-For the third year in
succession the water rentals for the
year have been collected 100 per cent
for the close of the years books in the
city clerks office. Clerk \. j. Rose
now reported % the city council that
every water fee in the city for the year
had been paid.
Estes Park.-Painting vivid word
pictures of the peaks and ranges, flow
ers and birds and beasts of the Rocky
mountains, Charles Edwin Hewes, Es-
ties Park poet, has just completed Il
book of verse, "Songs of the Rockies" !"
Marked by simplicity of style that
reflects keenly the beauty of mountain
nature, many of the verses show 4
| depth of feeling unusually beautiful.
Fort Collins.-Mrs. George w. Thin
| mig of Wellington and her 1'i-year-old
| daughter, Erma, are in the Fort Col
Inns hospital suffering from injuries re-
| in, Nrl,i ,inh
Mr.. Thinning and two sons were rid
ing was crowded over an embankment
on the road north of Fort Collins at
night by another car which failed to
dim its bright lights.
Colorado Springs.-With his head
crushed, Robert Burg, brakeman en-
| ployed by the Denver & Rio Grande
| Western railroad, was found dead on
top of a freight car when the train ar
rived in Colorado Springs from the
south. 1t is believed he was struck
when the train passed under low
bridge at Fountain.
Denver.-The welfare of the state
of Colorado is in danger until the rec
amation department has officially and
unreservedly committed itself to the
development of western Colorado irri-
cation projects, and Colorado should
hold up ratification Of the Colorado
river pact until such commission is
| made, Congressman Taylor said, ac-
cording to a dispatch from Washing
ton. The Colorado congressman is try
ing to get the reclamation service to
pledge itself to development of the
| paor White and San Juan river irri.