The Colorado statesman., 1923-04-21
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

LONelanQ Wnen ". ". bbsCOIn, county
agent, and w. S. Hill of the state farm
bureau, explained the proposition to u
large number of Interested poultry
ralsers at the city hall. The directors
of the new organization are G. O.
Black, w. L. Bales. Mrs. Il. II. Ad-
kins, Fred Specht and Mrs. Horace
Frazier. Three thousand hens Will be
pledged to the organization here and
1t Is the eighth organization of Its
kind in the state.
Denver.-Telegrams to the COVER
nors of Wyoming. Utah and New Mex
leo, urging them TO have representa-
tives ut the hearing of the federal
power commission in the office of the
secretary of war, April 18, on the ap-
plication of James b. Grand for
power license ON the Colorado river at
Diamond Creek, Ariz., were sent by
Gov. William L. Sweet. The governor
is opposing Girand's application, as
well as others, in view of the fact that
the Colorado river pact has not been
ratified by Arizona.
Denver. The Colorado winter
wheat condition Is reported by corre-
spondents as 65 per cent of normal.
This is the lowest condition In recent
years, and is % points below the ten
year average, according to the April
report of the division of crop and live
stock estimates in cooperation with
the Colorado State Board of Immigra-
ton. Rye is rated at 81 per cent, 20
points below the ten-year average.
The number of brood sows is reported
as 10 per cent above the number at
this time last year.
Denver.-Four young children were
burned to death here in a fire. The
children had been playing in a barn
when the fire was set, 1t is said, by
an unidentified boy. They crawled
under pile of hay in the place and
perished there. The four little chill
dren who were burned to death were
playing hide and seek. The complete
ness Of their hiding place was the
very element that caused their death.
They were trapped without a chance
to get out.
Grand Junction.-A gun was placed
against the forehead of Frank Trujillo
and discharged, the bullet bouncing off
and inflicting slight scalp wound.
Then the assailant fired and missed,
and advancing close to his victim,
placed the gun against his ribs and 1t
missed fire. A fight followed. in
which the assailant was disarmed. The
fight occurred at Dragon, Utah, and
Trujlllo came here to have his wounds
dressed
Denver.-"Agricultu Statistics Of
the State of Colorado for 1922" Is the
title of a sixty-four page pamphlet
just issued by the state immigration
department. 1t is composed chiefly of
tables, maps and charts prepared for
use in the year Book of 1928" and is
published for the use of those inter-
ested in the agricultural development
of the state and who do not require
all the miscellaneous statistical infor-
nation contained in the year book.
Boulder.-Boulder voted, by a ma
JUrity of 1890, to retain the manager
form of municipal government. This
form was put in use number of years
ago, but was attacked this spring In
mayor form.
Fort Collins.-Chris Thompson sold
his 240-acre farm mile south of Fort
Collins, to the Poudre Valley Nation
al Bank for $105,000. This Is price
of about $40 an acre. In 1917 Thomp-
son paid 1920 an acre for the farm.
Pueblo.-The city of Pueblo, the
county and the commerce club have
Joined in raising the sum Of $500
which is to be used in Kidding the city
of rats. determination will be di-
rected by the health department.
Denver.-The condition of ranges in
Colorado on April l is reported as 85
per cent of normal, compared with
month ago according to the report of
the United States division of crop and
livestock estimates
Walsenburg.-Chil curiosity to
see what would happen If she tossed
lighted match into a keg of blasting
powder resulted in the death of 9-year
old Daveline Murphy and the probable
fatal burning of her brother, Robert,
6, and sister Eleanor, 5. Two other
small brothers and sister were badly
burned The tragedy occurred in the
farm yard of John w. Murphy, twenty
five miles east of here.
Cafion City.-The parole Of Harold
f. Henwood, convicted slayer of Tony
Won Phul and George Copeland, was
officially revoked by Gov. William q.
Sweet ut the request of Warden Tom
lyman of the state penitentiary. Hen
wood, who was paroled by Governor
Oliver Shoup on May 81, 1922, was re-
turned to the state penitentiary about
three weeks ago for violation of pa