The Colorado statesman., 1923-09-01
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS


for example, show great discrepancies
and there is II possibility that Boulder
civic interests will demand that Weld
county's valuation be increased or that
Boulder county make corresponding
decreuse.s The two counties border
each other. In Weld county automo-
biles are appraised on an average of
$1SG.67, decrease of nearly 500 over
last year. Ii Boulder county the valu-
alton on autos averages S26G.56. Irri-
gated land in Weld county is assessed
S101 II in Boulder, $112.32; dry farm
ing, $11.32 in Weld S3492 in Boulder;
horses, $45.23 in Weld, $54.75 in Boul-
der; mules, $46.64 compared to $T3.67
in Boulder; range cattle, S2347 in
Weld, $2j.31 in Boulder; milch cows,
$41.7S in Weld; S43.2S in Boulder.
Denver.-Bolstered by the backing
of the Denver Clearing House Associa-
ton and large deposits of score or
more of prominent business men, the
kept its doors wide open. This ussur-
ance was given by Frank l.. Bishop
and Michael a. Mclaughlin, president
and vice president, respectively, of the
bank. They are of the opinion, as Is
most of the rest of the banking frater
nifty, that the hysteria and apprehen-
sion that attended the assignment of
the Interstate Trust Company and the
failure of the Hibernia Bank and Trust
Company is passing rapidly. The peak
of the excitement, based solely on the
prOmi cnraodinU Of uufOundpn
rumors, was believed reached.
Denver-Work was begun recently
to convert the fifty-four mile Farm
ington, n. NJ, branch of the Denver
Rio Grande Western railroad from
standard to narrow gauge, according to
announcement by Frank A. Wadlelgh
general passenger agent of the Denver
& Rio Grande. A report from Durango
incorrectly stated that the road was to
be converted into standard gauge.
1t Is now standard gauge, according to
Mr.. Wadleigh, and the change to mar
row gauge is being made to afford
uniform gauge road from Alamosa to
Pennington, thereby eliminating trans
fer of live stock and other freight from
one gauge to another.
Denver-Coal production for the
state of Colorado during the month of
July was 6S9,254 tons, bringing the to-
tai for the year to 5,716,65S tons, ac-
cording to the monthly report of
James Dalrymple, state coal mine in
spector. The report shows that there
has been an increase of 637, ,T61 tons of
coal mined this year, compared with
similar period last year. There were
11,472 men employed in the mines of
the state during the month.
Colorado Springs. - Following the
resignation of Sheriff Sam Berkley
from the Elsie Suttle murder investi-
CATION, and his charge of lack of CO.
operation on the part of police and the
district attorneys office, District At
torney Willis Stracham declared that
1t was and is the duty of the sheriff to
continue to aid the district attorneys
office in the probe of the murder
which occurred recently and that he
knew of no lack of cooperation.
Fort Collins.-Fifteen students re-
ceived their degrees from the Colorado
State Agricultural College here, We'd
nesday, at the first regular commence
ment and comforting of degrees ever
held in Fort Collins, at the close of
summer session. The students pc
titions for degrees were approved last
spring by the State Board of Agricul-
ture, with the condition that they full
fill certain requirements during the
summer session.
Fort Collins.-S. b. Nuckols agron
omiSt with the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, stationed at Fort
Collins for several years in charge of
sugar beet investigation work, has
been ordered to Washington, where he
will be connected with the tariff COM
mission for the purpose of determining
the cost of growing sugar beets.
Colorado Springs.-Friction between
Sheriff Berkley on the one side and
the police department and District At
torney Willis l.. Strachan on the other,
was the outstanding development of
the fifth day of the Elsie Jorgenson
Suttle murder mystery. AS result
of their differences the sheriff is un-
derstood to have withdrawn in n large
measure from the case, and left the
task of hunting down the perpetrator
Of the crime to Chief Hugh ID. Harper
and the district attorneys office. Sher-
iff Berllley let it be known that his
theory was that the crime was an in
side job"
Observation-Disclosures crews of the
State Highway Department will begin
the erection of 1,500 new road signs in
the near future, according to an an
nouncement made by officials of the
department. The signs, giving direc
.ion and distances of the nearest
towns, have been delivered by the