The Colorado statesman., 1924-07-12
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

| discovery which promises untold
wealth and may result in the estab-
llshment of several new factories here,
1t was announced few days ago.
Assurance of a permit for a mill to
be erected on South Bannock street,
opposite Overland Park which will
cost approximately $55,000, but which,
If plans mature. will be but the nu-
cleus of n larger plant, brought out
the story. ii. j. Arnold, former mayor
Of Denver and until recently owner of
the Altitude OIL Company, secured the
permit. The mill will be used to re-
fine products of a 1,600-acre grant in
the Silver Cliff mining district, in Gus
ter county, about ,thirty-five miles
south of Canon City"
| Denver.-The Colorado inheritance
tax department collected total of
$50, 1906 in taxes and fees during the
last fifteen days of June, it was re-
ported here by George Hetherington,
Inheritance tax commissioner for the
state. Thirty estates were listed in
the report, the largest tax being paid
| by the estate of Everett S. Jackson
Of Colorado Springs, whose heirs paid
| 1851 into the state treasury. Also
Included In the report was the final
report of the SS29,900 estate of the
late Crawford Hill of Denver. The
part of the tax paid in the fifteen-day
period on this estate was Still. The
total amount of taxes and fees col
ected by the department so far in the
| u1 ie C1 QR2 lSQ tha
| port showed.
Longmont-Drowned in an irrigation
ditch containing but three inches of
water, the body of the year and one
half old child of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
| Carnahan, living five miles west of
Longmont, was found by Mrs. Carna-
han a short time after the child had
wandered away from two sisters at
their home. The body was found face
down in the ditch, the nose and mouth
barely covered by the shallow water
The child, it is believed, stumbled and
| fell while playing at the side of the
| ditch. At the time Mrs. Carnahan was
in an adjoining field, where she had
gone to join her husband, who was
at work. She left the baby in charge
of her two girls, 3 and years old.
Denver.-With the issuance of n
building permit for the new South
Denver high school, to cost $4,000, a
! new mark has been set in the history
of building in Denver, according to
Jay Williams, building inspector. Since
Jan. 1, $12911, $50 in building permits
have been issued, including permits
for the construction Of gas tower
at 100000 a radio station at S65,0O0,
| and two huge brick warehouses at
| S195000. Such activity along building
| lines has been unprecedented in Den
yer, the total valuation of the per-
mits so far this year amounting to
| $1,376,700 more than the correspond
ing period Of last year.
Denver-Outstandin features of
the Colorado Year Book for 1924, now
| being distributed by the State Board
| Of immigration, are the inclusion for
the first time of complete gazetteer
| of the towns and cities of the state
and comparative valuation tables
| showing the assessed value placed
| upon the different classes Of land
since 1913 and the relative acreage
| from year to year-the latter indicat-
! ing the effect of changing assessed
| valuations on the amount of acreage
reported in farms.
Colorado Springs.-Manitou park,
eight miles north of Woodland park,
established by General William ].
Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs
fo Of ba
resorts of the Rocky Mountain region,
will open again in a few days after a
lapse of many years, according to re-
ports. The estate consists of &c.
room hotel and a large number of
cottages with thousands of acres of
| leased and decided land through which
runs trout-stream and hunting pre-
| serves.
Canon City-A White Leghorn,
owned by ]. d. Atterbury of Canon
City, has done herself proud this year
by laying 1856 eggs over a period of
six months. Ten White Leghorn hens,
| owned by the Goris brothers of Canon
| City, rank fourth in the United States
with a joint production of 95S eggs
| during the six months contest period.
| The egg-laying contest conducted at
| Canon City under the direction of the
| State Agricultural College at Fort Col
| Inns, is II novel innovation. Paul C.
Jameson, poultry expert, who has
compiled records of international con-
| tasts during the current contest year.
| places Colorado third for best indi-
vidual pen and fourth place in high
| pen.
La Junta-M A. Tannehill, 30, of
La Junta, suffered a serious injury to
his back when he was struck by
motor car while he was changing n tir.