The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

U4U rect from the portal, Wnlcn meas
ures six feet In width in vertical fis-
sure. When first opened, this vein
showed two feet of high grade ore, as
saying 400 to 500 ounces of silver and
sixteen to eighteen onuces of gold to
the ton. Since the discovery the vein
has been wldened on each side Of the
flssure and now the whole six feet of
high grade ore Is exposed. The value
has Increased us the vein was opened.
Denver-There is slightly less land
under cultivation in Colorado this year
than last, according to reports of coun-
ty assessors to the State immigration
Department. Complete reports show
a total of 5,422, 100 acres planted for
harvest this year, compared with o.
713,651 acres planted for the 1922 har-
vest. On account of the favorable
weather this season and more favora-
BILE prices for farm products, however,
the acreage harvested this year actu-
ally will exceed that harvested last
year and the value of the crop will
exceed that of last year by 10 per cent.
Fort Collins.-Just a few minutes
before he went on trial In the District
SOuIl Btu Win lht lhCll Va
an automobile, William B. Sheriff. and
Miss Mary A. Potter were married.
This was the second wedding cere-
mony for the couple, the first having
been in Texas. Judge ]. III. Bouton of
the County Court performed the cere-
mony. The repetition of the ceremony
was held here, 1t was explained, to
make the marriage legal, since find
ing that Sherill was not sane made the
former marriage invalid.
Notwithstanding is to be taken
up by the University of Colorado this
fall for the first time, as a result of
the completion in Boulder of n fine
pool. Two hundred students, includ-
ing both boys and girls, have signed up
for the courses in preference to other
athletic work which they are required
to take as freshmen or sophomores,
An effort Is to be made to secure con-
tests with the School of Mines, Colo
RADIO College, Aggies and the Denver
Y. NJ. c. A.
Denver.-The Blue river branch Of
the Denver & Rio Grande Western
railroad, 35.6S miles of narrow gauge
NJ LtudNlilt,
through Fremont pass and Frisco, and
having its terminal at Dillon, Colo,
will be abandoned If the State Public
Utilities Commission grants L. FL.
Beacon, receiver of the Denver 4 Rio
Grande Western, a certificate of public
necessity and convenience authorizing
total abandonment of and salvaging Of
this strip of track.
Estes Park.-The Northern Colorado
District Association of the American
Legion has proposed that the Colorado
posts of the Legion undertake to devel-
op a camp ground in the Rocky Noun
tain National park. This plan has
been endorsed by the National Park
Service.
Denver.-The value of all taxable
property in Colorado for 1923 has been
fixed at 81 $40, ,607 ,237 by the Colorado
Tax Commission. Compared with 1922,
this is a decrease of $6,010642, the
value for that year having been fixed
at $1,54S, ,617, ,S79.
Durango.-Every effort is being
made to locate Mr.. and Mrs. james
Baughman, parents of 4-months-old
baby, who Is dead here. The baby was
left at local hospital several days
ago and died last week.
Colorado Springs.-Charles w. Bo-
CART, race driver, drove his touring car
into this city a few days ago, beating
Santa Fe train No. 8 by twenty min
utes, after an exhausting race from
Kansas City, Mo.
Pueblo.-The state fair here opened
with a huge parade and mamonth
crowd attended the horse show in the
evening, all the boxes to the event
having been sold a week before the
show.
Denver.-Presence of mind and the
fact that he was an experienced SWIM
mer are the two reasons assigned by
II. D. Bellrose for his escape with his
life from the Burlington wreck in
Wyoming. I'm sore ell over" declared
Bellrose, "but am thankful that 1 am
alive. My face Is cut by glass and 1
have q wrenched wrist and d score of
bruises, but no bones are broken, and
after I get a real rest 1 will be the
same old man."
Arvada.-With the arrest In Pueblo
of Lee Barnes, % years old, who is al
legged to have confessed his part In
the robbery of the First State Bank Of
Arvada, and the arrest in Denver of a
mysterious young woman who Is be-
lieved by the police to know considera-
BILE about the affair, the police believe
they are close to solution of the dar-
ing daylight holdup.
Fort Collins.-Of nine bids received
for S6S,0O0 worth of school bonds for
the beginning Of work on the new
Fort Collins high school the board Of
directors accepted that of e. III. Rol-