The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-17
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

able outlook for the spring grass crop,
being reported as SO per cent of nor
mai, compared with so per cent
month ago and 81 per cent on January
| |, according to the report of the Unit
ed States division of crop and livestock
estimates. There Is little pasture ut
the present time, as ranges are gener-
ally covered with snow and in the sec
tons where bare the grass has been
| largely used up. Range and feed are
both short in some sections of the
southeast and a shortage Of water Is
reported. The mild wiBter has tended
to conserve the hay supply and the
present supply is reported as "a per
cent of normal, compared with 81 per
cent on February l and SO per cent on
January l.. Cattle are in excellent
condition due to the mild winter. Prac-
ticHlly no disease and very few losses
are reported. The condition on March
! is normal, compared with the same
per cent IL month ago and 94 per cent
on January l. Sheep in feed lots are
doing very well and marketing is max
ing good.
Montrose.-Forty thousand dollars
will be paid to the beet growers of the
western slope within the next few days
by the Holly Sugar Company, as an
additional payment of 81 per ton, ac-
| cOrding to announcement. Seven dol
lars a ton has already been paid by
| the western slope company and in ad-
dition to the 81 more to be paid soon
Il further payment OF 81 may be made
later. The local company has already
paid 81 ton more than any other su-
gar company In Colorado, officers say.
Boulder.-Windsor High school won
the state basketball tournament here,
at the tournament of the Colorado
State High School Association by beat
ing Littleton in the final game 10 to
a. This places Littleton in second
place and Pueblo in third, after three
days of fast play. Playing before a
crowd that packed the state armory.
Littleton made gallant stand to stem
the tide of defeat, but the superior
teamwork of the northern Colorado
champions proved too much.
Fort Morgan.-Oscar w. Heller was
instantly killed, and his daughter
u years OlO, uleu twenty
later, when the automobile in which
they were riding was struck by the
engine of Burlington passenger
train at the track crossing one mile
southwest of this city. The touring
car was tossed in the air and the third
occupant, a 4-year-old son of Heller,
was thrown eighty feet, alighting in
the weeds by the side of the track.
Fort Collins.-rhe Montana State
College debating team, composed of
Charles Lyndon and Walter Carter,
supporting the negative side of the
question, Resolved, That the United
States should adopt the cabinet parlia-
mentarian form of government" won
from the Colorado Agricultural College
team, composed of w. o. Orr and Or
rim Pierson, in Il debate here.
Colorado Springs.-Joseph Kitter-
man and Robert NJ. Hunt escaped con-
victs from the Colorado state peniten-
tiary, are believed to be hiding in the
mountains west of Colorado Springs.
An automobile, stolen from Canon City,
and believed to have been used by the
pair in their flight, was found
abandoned in ditch near Rock Creek,
ten miles south of Colorado Springs.
Denver.-Senutor Samuel ID. Nichol-
son of Colorado, who has been i'll for
the past two weeks, is now resting at
Rochester, Mimi, where he has en-
tered the Mayo hospital for eXamina-
tion. Puzzled as to the exact cause
of the senator's illness, Mr.. Nicholson's
Washington physician suggested he
visit the Mayo brothers, who are ex-
perts on diagnosis
Boulder-The State Preps of this
city defeated the Idaho Springs team
here in debate and will now meet the
winner of the southern division for the
right to represent northeastern Colo
RADIO in debate against Western slope
school team.
Cripple Creek-Very high grade ore
now sacked for shipment to the Golden
Cycle mills was recently developed in
the old Golden Cycle bonanza and Is
showing an assay value of 81 to the
1OO-pound sack. This means close to
$1,000 to the ton. The first carload
sent out returned close to $4,000.
Sullivan and partners are the fortu
nate leasers. They are old Golden Cy-
Gle miners.
Colorado Springs.-The city of Colo
RADIO Springs has filed suit in the Dis
trict Court asking that the Colorado
Springs Light, Heat and Power Com
pany be enjoined to construct three
mile pipe line on the slopes of Pixies
Peak Building of the pipe line was
provided for in the franchise issued to
George w. Jackson, Sept. s. 1898, un-
der which the present company is op-
Grating.