The Colorado statesman., 1923-01-13
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

Boulder county tunnel was being re-
cleaned and :etmbered, they said. The
latter bodies are not SO productive, one
assuying fifty-seven ounces and the
other twenty ounces. The first vein
discovered lr the Caribou mine was
unearthed in hanging wall ut depth
of 1,040 feet. Extensive plans for
this year are being made by the com
pany which will include u tunnel from
the Boulder county shaft 10 the Carl
bou mine. The tunnel, officials de-
clared, will cut into twentyseven
known and proved veins.
Denver.-Notices that the structural
iron workers of Colorado and the
wood, wire and metal fathers are de
manding an Increase In wages effec-
tive April |, 1923, were received by the
State Industrial Commission. These
notices were in compliance with the
provision of the state Industrial act
which requires the unions demanding
an increase IL wages to file notice
with the industrial commission at least
thirty days before the increase de-
manded is expected to take effect.
The structui ii iron workers, according
to the notice filed by the head of their
union, want an increase from SS.2o to
$9.25 a day. The wood, wire and met
al lathers are demanding an increase
from the present scale of 50 and $40,
to $40 and $11.
Denver.-Governor Shoup made the
following recommendations in his fare
well message to the Colorado Legisla-
ture: Continuation of the state
ranger force. Appropriation of from
$4,000 to 100000 for prohibition en-
forcement. Abolition of the State
Board of Equalization. Increased
powers for the tax commission. Leg
islation to make possible the taxation
of intangible wealth. Improvement OF
the state hospital for the insane al
Pueblo. Conversion of the home for
mental detectives ut Ridge into hos.
pital for the insane for northern Colo
RADIO. Larger appropriations for state
educational institutions. Continued
appropriations for water defense. Pro
vision for compensation of state pris-
Uners.
AT the annual meeting of the Colo
RADIO Stockgrowers' Association to be
held in Den, er Jan. Is and 10, during
stock show week, presidents of twV ma
tional breed -.=oo.ations will appea'
on the program. They are b. G. Allen
of Colorado Springs, recently elected
president of the American Shorthorn
Breeders Association, and John Il.
I.,.., .r oil oil flh
president of the American Hereford
Breeders Association. Never before
in the history IF the two associations
have both their presidents been resi-
dents of the same state. To Colorado
this comes as signal honor and
shows the prominent place she holds
in the affairs of the purebred breedin.
world.
Denver.-The youngest Horse Show
exhibitor at the coming National West
ern, Jan. 13 to 10, will be Miss Mar
garet Townsend, 12-year-old miss of
Denver. She will ride her Christmas
present, "Bob," formerly mount for
one of Denvers traffic policemen. For
months Margaret has loved this horse,
and every time she came down town a
few Jumps of sugar were in her pocket
for Bob" Her father hearing of this
bought her long loved pet for u Christ
mas present, and Miss Margaret plans
to show him in the big arena.
Grand Junction.-For every five
couples in Mesa county who said Il
will' in 1922 there was Il couple part
ing at the cross roads with "Never
again" on their lips, according to the
records kept by the county clerk and
the county judge Two hundred and
fifty-one couples were wed, while fif-
ty-five bade farewell to marriage VOWS
and sought again the solitude of single
blessedness.
Delta.-Delta high school students
recently celebrated their outstanding
victory in the meeting at Madison,
Wis, of editors of high school publica-
tions from all OYER the United States.
The Panther, their official paper, was
awarded first prize in the class of
schools from 101 to 400, and they gar @
"a reception II honor of the editor,
Harry Hewlett, upon his return from
the meeting.
Boulder.-Total enrolment at the
University of Colorado has reached
p,127, which figure includes all who
took work in summer school, regular
.chool, and by extension. The sum
mer school, sixth largest in the Unit
ed States in the 1922 quarter, had II
larger enrolment than the winter ses-
zion with 3,233.
Pueblo.-A small pig on the railroad
track caused the death of Lawrence
ucVee between Great Bend and Hois-
ngton, Kan, according to a report re-
eeived at the offices of the Missouri
oacific railroads here.