The Colorado statesman., 1923-07-21
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

LUIS valley the number or acres In l02Z
amounted to 24,50Q, while in 1923 the
same area shows $4,000 acres planted
| to potatoes. In the Greeley district
| 10000 acres were planted in 1922, as
compared to $4,000 in 1923. A similar
decrease is shown throughout the
United States. Grand valley in Colo
RADIO shows June drop in fruit esti-
mated at 10 per cent
Denver.-The condition of the open
range in Colorado on July 1 was very
good, averaging 96 per cent or the
same as month ago, according to the
reports of the United States division
of crop and livestock estimates. Mois-
ture conditions are very favorable
over most of the state and the outlook
for plentiful supply of grass and for
age for the summer and fall is above
| average. The condition of sheep is
very good, averaging 97 per cent COM
pared with 93 on June l. Cattle are
steadily improving in condition, aver
aging 90 compared with 90 a month
ago.
Denver.-Bids for the construction
of the Moffat tunnel will be opened
publicly at l o'clock on the afternoon
of August %. This announcement was
made by the tunnel commission short
ly before X. II. Keays, chief engineer
of the commission, executed another
important move by appointing V. A.
Kaufman, 81 Pearl street, Denver,
resident engineer at the tunnel, to be
stationed ut one of the two portals
during construction. Another resident
engineer is yet to be appointed.
Pueblo.-Wool growers of the San
Luis valley have turned out the finest
product this season to have been grown
in years, according to eastern buyers.
In the last two weeks there have been
loaded at four Denver & Rio Grande
Western stations in the Saguache dis
trict, Moffat, Center, Parlin and Min
eral Hot Springs more than 100000
pounds of wool. Growers are receiving
more than 100000 for the crop.
Pueblo.-Pueblo is to be made
temporary, and in all probability per-
manent, headquarters of the Colorado
Potato exchange, organized in Salida
under the cooperative marketing laws
Of the state, July IL. The exchange
is composed of representatives of To-
cal potato growers association in the
state and has $4,000 acres of potato
land in Colorado, and produces 75 per
cent of the seasons tonnage.
Castle Rock-Seventy-fi town Of
ficers, representing seven Colorado
towns, were present at the regular
monthly meeting of the Central Dis
trict Council of Municipal Officers of
| Colorado, held at Castle Rock. The
| towns represented were: Deertrail,
| Englewood, Sheridan, Aurora, Arvada,
Littleton and Castle Rock.
Denver.-Crops are making fine
growth in Colorado but rain is needed
| in some east-central districts for the
satisfactory development of potatoes
and truck and for the filling of small
grains, according to the weekly wealth
er summary of Meteorologist j. NJ.
Sherier of the Denver weather bureau.
Pueblo.-Speeding on the highways
outside the city of Pueblo and in Pue-
bio county is soon to be expensive bus
mess. A special deputy sheriff, whose
Identity is being kept secret, has been
appointed to bring in all persons driv-
ing more than thlrty-five miles an
hour.
Denver-FaIlure of two coal COM
panies, operating mines on state-owned
lands to pay to the State Land Board
increases in royalties on coal mined,
authorized by the 1921 Legislature,
may result in the loss of approximate
ly 100000 to the state school fund.
La Junta.-Mrs w. r. Wilson, en-
ployee of a creamery here lost her
right arm at the elbow when she thrust
the member into an ice-crushing ma
chine.
Denver.-Three members of the Colo
RADIO National Guard entered West
Point with the class of July 2, Col.
Paul P Newton, adjutant general of
Colorado, announced here. The three
men, all privates in the guard, are :
ole Christensen of Company I'll of the
157th infantry, Fort Collins; Louis
Quinn of Company D of the 157th in
fantry, Montrose, and William G. Har-
ry of the Third battalion headquarters
company, Canon City.
Boulder-Colorado has captured the
1924 convention of the Society for the
Promotion of Engineering Education.
Herbert S. Evans, dean of the college
of engineering at the University of
Colorado, who went East to Cornell
University for the purpose of bringing
the convention to Boulder, next year,
was elected member of the board of
directors of the society.
Denver.-Definite plans have been
made for housing the thousands of
visitors who are expected in Denver
during the national convention of the
L,rntornnl Order of Enrles to omen |