The Colorado statesman., 1923-11-10
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COLORADO

del costing S35000 will be erected on
the corner of Colorado avenue and
Weber street in Colorado Springs.
Greeley.-Organlzat of new Ma
tional Guard company, to be known us
the Third Battalion Headquarters COM
pany, One Hundred and Bifty-seventh
infantry of the Colorado National
Guard, Is being effected at Greeley.
Denver-The State Public Utilities
Commission granted permission to the
Denver & Rio Grande Western rail
road to operate IA mixed train between
Durango and Sllverton. The ID. & X.
G. w. claimed insufficient business be-
tween these two points was reason for
the requested change.
Denver.-A new eXplosive-liquid
oNygen-has been successfully used in
Colorado by the Department of the In
terror in experimental mine blasting
and road construction work at cost
of approximately one-half that of the
gelatine dynamite ordinarily employed,
according to federal officials in Den
yer.
Greeley.-A cost plus contract, with
$4,000 set as the maximum. for remod-
cling the Greeley high school so that
four more classroQms and four more
offices will be provided has been let
to a Greeley contractor by the Greeley
school board. The contract is on n
cost plus 10 per cent basis, with the
school district and the contractor di-
viding the saving. The work of remod-
cling the building will be completed by
next January.
Denver.-The pure-bred sires spe-
cial train sent out recently by the Bur
lington and Colorado & Southern lines
exchanged $4,000 worth of pure-bred
bulls and boars for 5000 worth of
scrubs, it was announced on the re-
turn of the special to Denver. The
scrubs were sold to two local packing
houses for 5000. Over $4,000 persons,
it was said had visited the exhibition
of pure-breds on the train on its seven
teen-day tour through Colorado.
Florence.-Eva Rosenberg, IL years
old, is believed to have ended her life
when she hung herself from her bed
stead A note to her father saying
who is dead. gave the first inkling of
the deed. The note was addressed to
her father, A. b. Rosenberg, proprietor
of the Eastern Junk Company. and
was left for him on the table down
stairs. Her body was found hanging
from the bedstead by a small piece of
rope tied around her neck. She had
been dead an hour when found.
Loveland.-The Loveland factory of
the Great Western Sugar Company and
the Fort Collins factory both went to
half capacity recently owing to the
shortage of beets due to the storm.
Only two days supply of beets re-
manned even mt half capacity, accord
ing to announcement made by Hugh
Scilley, manager of the Loveland fac
tory. If this results, it will be the
first time since the erection of the fac
tory over twenty years ago that the
factory has had to shut down in the
middle of Il campaign for lack of beets.
Denver-The pre-eminence of agri-
culture among ColoradO's industries is
Indicated by the large number of per
sons engaged in agriculture and asso-
ciated farming industries in the state
compared with the number engaged in
other industries, as shown by the cen
sus report on occupations for 1920, re-
Gently made public. This shows that
of the 366, i57 persons gainfully em-
poyed in Colorado, 100,153 were en-
gagged in some branch of agriculture.
This means that more than twenty
seven out of each 100 persons en-
ployed in the state are working on the
farms or ranches.
Montrose-A whirlwind courtship
came to grief and honeymoon was
abruptly interrupted by the minions of
the law, when l.. J. Irvine. 20 years
old, of Montrose, and his bride of Il
month. who was formerly Miss Mary
Lick. 16 of Cimarron. Colo, We're ar
rested in Los Angeles on II warrant
charging Irvine with forgery.
Loveland-S Sunbeam is dead. The
beautiful pet trout mt the fish hatch
cry near Estes Park, that has charmed
more than IL half million persons from
all parts of the United States by its
brilliant colors and dazzling beauty,
fell victim last week to II steathy
mink that crawled through an outlet
pipe of the hatchery and devoured the
pet fish.
BouIder.-The cornerstone for the
new gymnasium ut the University of
Colorado was laid Il few days ago by
Master Masons, with the principal ad-
dress by Gov. William f. Sweet.
Among the leading Masons in attend
lnce were Robert Il. Adams of Denver,
grand chaplain; Frank ]. Reinhard of
| Golden junior grand warden, and l. e.
| Newsom of Fort Collins, grand orator,
| The day was one of luncheons and re-
ceptions by members of the alumni
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