The Glenwood post., 1922-03-16
CENTENNIAL STATE unm.

tion, . contract for cherries has been
offered on q sliding scale, based on the
selling price Of the canned products.
This contract u now bsing offered By
the Loveland Packing Company -
cherry growers. 1t provides for 8 cents
pound for cherries when the selling
price Of cherries at Wholesale II 40
per dozen for No. 10 cans. For sasA
variation Of 50 cents q dozen In the
selling price Of the finishsd product.
an additional one-half cent 10 added or
subtracted from the original 6-osat
price. This means that II canned cher
riss sold for I'll per dozen the grower
would be paid 51i cents per pound, and
If cherries sell for 50 per dozen canned.
the grower would get but AZ cents per
pound.
Gresley.-From the Atlantic to the
Pacific Colorado State Teachers Col
lege has gone to get the best msa
available in the educational world to
serve on the special faculty for the
summer school. DR.. Frederick e.
Pierce. professor Of English literature
at Yale, is coming from New Haven,
Conn, and DR.. Lewis M. Terman.
noted psychologist and professor Of
education at Leland Stanford Junior
University, Is coming from California.
DR.. Emanuel Sternheim, lecturer at
New York State University and resi-
dent Of Boston, will come from the
Bay stats. ,-l
Pueblo, Colo.-Fire which destroyed
the Grand Opera House, one of the
handsomest buildings In the West, sew
eral days ago, was not extinguished
for three days. The estimated loss 10
$3.50 1000, partially covered by insur-
600, while the Pueblo store, dry goods,
lost about $250,OOO. The Rocky Noun
tain Theater Company, many lawyers
and doctors, and cigar store were
among the other losers.
Alamosa.-Legislation by the Unit-
ed States looking to the establishment
Of branch Of the Federal District
Court at Alamosa to relieve the pres
sure Of court business at Pueblo. was
predicted when 1t became known that
the Senate judiciary committee had
reported favorably on the proposal.
Federal Courts terms are regularly
held at Denver Pueblo. Grand juno
ton, Montrose and Durango.
Colorado Springs.-Announcem Of
the payment on April 10 Of dividends
of cents regular and 8 cents extra to
stockholders Of the Cresson Consoli-
dated Gold Mining ana Milling Com
pany is considered by local mining men
as one Of the best evidences of re-
turned prosperity to the Cripple Creek
gold camp. The payment will total
1922 900 and will be made to stOckhOld-
ers of record on March 81.
| Denver.-The board Of regents Of
the University of Colorado at a spe-
cial meeting held in the Denver Ma
tiOnal Bank building, votsd acceptance
of the gift Of twenty-acre plot of
ground for the new state hospital,
provided the university 10 released
from contingent contract for the
purchase of an eighteen-acre tract on
East Twenty-sixth avenue, north Of
City park.
Pueblo.-The Grand Opera House
fire in Pueblo on March 1 destroyed
! the city office of the Colorado State
Fair Commission. All their records, in
Guiding the list of 1922 exhibitors and
prize winners, some Of which have not
been paid, were lost In the fire.
Cripple Creek.-The Mine Owners
Association has posted notices of re-
ductions in wages that will be in force
| after April 1. The reduction averages
about 8 per cent, officials Of the asso-
ciation state, graded according to the
work being done.
Red Cliff.-With the object of
spreading nationwide interest in the
exploitation of the Mount Of the Holy
Cross as natural symbol Of Chris
tianity, an organization to be known
as the Holy Gross Associattoa has been
formed.
Denvsr.-The cost Of grade schools
and high schools In Colorado last year
was $1s,677, $40, or almost half the
, states total expenses Of 81, 0,87S,
which property owners are paying in
taxes this year. With the 3, 1884,, ,428 re-
quired by state educational institutions
added the total cost OF education in
Colorado was SCI, ,561, ,76s, more than
half the states total revenue. Since
1915. the first year that separate esti-
! mates on school revenues were COM
piled BY the State Tax Commission,
taxation for grade schools and high
schools has increased 100 per cent. In
i the same period school attendance has
Increased "a per cent.
Grand Junction, Colo.-Four men
were injured when an automobile
stage In which they were riding was
struck by a Denver 4 Rio Grande
Western light engine between Grand
Junction and Gateway, Colo. recently.
The stage was reduced almost to splin-
ters. The injured, who were brought
to a hospital at Grand Junction, are
William Graham, Gateway; Bert HI
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