The Colorado statesman., 1923-04-07
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

Secretaries, Principals and Superin'
tendents closed recently at Boulder
with banquet of the Schoolmasters'
Club, addressed by Prof. Herbert s.
Hadley. The convention was largely
attended. more than 300 being present
ut the meetings of the main association
and the auxiliarles. Officers elected
are: Colorado associatlon-S. NJ.
Andrews of Walsenburg, president; w.
l.. Blaine of Glenwood Springs. vice
president. High School Principals
w. S. Roe of Colorado Springs, presi'
dent Guy Fox of Leadvllle, secretary.
Elementary school principals-Miss
Susie Loveland of Boulder, president;
III. Cary Jacobs of Pueblo, secretary;
Executive committee for the associa-
tion-Mary G. Carson of Denver. w.
ID. Casey of Boulder, Ii. NJ Cornish of
Trinidad, j. S. Keating of Pueblo, Ro-
sefa Pulford of Durango, II. f. Kelner
OF Denver, III. L. Van Fleet of Monte
Vista, reelected The new members
are o. w. Rope of Littleton, Amy
Dickinson of Sterling and Johns G.
Casey Of Eaton.
Canon City.-Almost ten months
from the day on which former Govern
or Shoup paroled him, Harold Hen
wood was again put behind the bars
His ungovernabie temper, which
caused him to draw a pistol and fire
point blank into crowd of men in
the barroom of the Brown Palace
hotel twelve years ago and caused him
to kill two men and cripple third
one for life, Is responsible for his re-
turn to the penitentiary. HenwOod
threatened to kill a young girl, bank
er and u woman for whom he had
worked because the girl would not
marry him. THAT is violation of the
parole and we had to bring him back"
said Thomas ]. lyman, warden of the
penitentiary, Tuesday, as he confirmed
the report that Henwood Is again a
prisoner in the penitentiary.
Boulder.-The short course for
metermen, conducted by the electrical
engineering department of the Univer-
sity of Colorado, closed few days
ago. 1t was attended by representa-
tives Of a number of Wyoming and
Colorado cities. Prof. G. q. McCor-
mick was in charge of the technical
instruction. Addresses were given
during the conference by Herbert
Tewksbury, Denver Gas and Electric
Light Company; Herbert Dwight, cleo
tric engineer, of the public utilities
commission; G. A. Cummings. Duncan
Electric Meter Company; william
Trudgian, Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Company; Dean II. S.
Evans, University of Colorado.
Fort Collins.-Almost every farmer
occasionally goes up against the prob
lem of measuring hay in the stack.
Buyer and seller often find 1t difficult
to get together. because of different
methods Of measuring hay that are in
common use. Therefore 1t is con-
venience to have at hand a rule that
has received the approval Of the q. s.
Department of Agriculture. This rule
is found in Bulletin 2S1 of the Colorado
Agricultural Experiment Station, Fort
Collins. The bulletin is entitled
Methods Of Handling Hay in Colo
RADIO" and Its author Is G. A. Cummings.
1t is for free distribution.
Greeley.-Bert ]. Lowe, convicted of
the murder Of Edna Fern Skinner, his
sister-in-law, applied to the District
Court for a new trial. Application
was made through Robert Z. Win
bourn and Carl w. Farr, his attorneys.
Lowe was convicted on Dec. 8, 1922, by
jury In the court of Judge George A.
Bradfield of Greeley Of having MUIR
dered Miss Skinner on July 2. 1922, In
the Lowe home.
Lamar.-Two airplaDe passengers
were instantly killed and a pilot prob
ably fatally hurt few days ago when
a machine crashed to the ground at
Manter, Kan, on the Colorado line.
The dead are William Holman and
G. l. Haynes. both of Hugoton. Kan.
William Dugan, the pilot, Is in the
Mercy hospital at Liberal. Kan.
Pueblo-Oil was struck in Pueblo
county few days ago when a COM
pany drilling five miles east of Pueblo
announced the drill had pierced the
cap rock and was In an oil sand. The
drilling was ordered ceased immedl-
bringing the well in. Tanks are
ordered and will be placed to take
care of the oil, and the casing will
be lowered to shut off all water be-
fore the well will be shot. The oil
sand was encountered at 2,930 feet.
Pueblo.-Attorney Sperry s. Packard
Of Pueblo received notice of his ap-
pointment as referee in bankruptcy
for the Pueblo district. The appoint
ment was made by Judge j. Foster
Symes of the United States District
Court. The Pueblo district includes
the Arkansas and San Luis valleys and
counties west of Chaffee.