The Colorado statesman., 1924-03-22
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS


the U. S. Department of Labor, shows
that industrial and employment condi-
tions in Colorado have made a notice
able Improvement over January. Fav-
orable weather permitted a partial re-
sumption of seasonal out-of-door activl-
ties, which has resulted in relieving to
some extent existing winter surplus of
principally unskilled labor. Labor sit
uation in the metal mining camps OF
this state continues to improve and es
tablished metal mines and many small
enterprises recently initiated maintain
practically normal forces. Favorable
weather has allowed building and 9TH
er outside construction, of which there
are large programs, to resume earlier
than anticipated, thereby causing em-
ployment for n moderate portion of the
seasonal surplus of skilled construc-
tion programs to be under way within
thirty days will cause employment of
large numbers of local labor Indus
trial plants, particularly those manu-
featuring building materials, equip
ment and supplies for municipal i'm
provement and general construction,
and meat-packlng plants are operating
to capacity. Railway shop employ
ment slightly increased.
Julesburg.-Amongt the preparations
which have been started to provide for
what is expected to be ColOrado's
greatest tourist season is the project
of a new road between Julesburg,
oh vxyh
is being sponsored by the Rocky
Mountain Motorists, Inc. In order
that work may be started at once and
the road completed by the beginning
of the tourist season, conference has
been called in Lincoln, Nebr, The
delegation which left Colorado to at
tend the conference included repre-
sentatives from Julesburg and Sterl-
Ing, county commissioners from sur
rounding counties of the district, Maj.
L. D. Blauvelt, senior highway en-
gineer for Colorado, and Clarence
Werthan, executive secretary of the
Rocky Mountain Motorists, Inc.
MISUNDERSTANDING given by a
prisoner in the Adams county Jail here
saved Clyde Miller, jailer, and son of
Sheriff L. H Miller, from a plot to
cut his throat. Two desperate con-
victs, Troy Dennis, convicted autOmo-
bile thief, facing a five-year term at
Canon City, and James Stitt, under
life sentence for the murder of c. A.
Levers at Henderson, Colo, in 1920,
planned to kill him and then escape,
Miller said.
Fort Morgan.-M. G. Goodell chal-
lenges the world to beat the work of
his Plymouth Rock hen, who has laid
an egge which measures eight inches
in circumference Recently a Califor-
mia poultry grower displayed an egg
which measured six and one-quarter
inches in circumference and a Kansas
hen egg has attracted national atten-
ton which measured six and One-half
inches. This Colorado egg has them
all beaten.
Colorado Sorings.-Robert Mickey
nolds, mayor of Ramona, was arrested
by deputy sheriffs on charge of ille-
gal manufacture of whisky. The chief
executive of the sleepy village of sew
en- houses, which formerly was famous
MS an oasis in this dry belt, will not be
prosecuted, it was decided after he was
taken before the assistant district at
torney, "since no liquor was found on
the premises" and he was released
Denver-iThe body of a woman, be-
lieved to be that of Mrs. Bella Jams
sen of this city was found at Ogden,
Utah, in a trunk checked to Weed,
Calf, by "John ]. Smith" of Denver
''Smith" answers the description of
Fred Jansen, husband of the victim.
Colorado Springs.-The Democratic
state convention will be held in Colo
RADIO Springs May "a, it was decided at
n meeting of the state Democratic cen
trail committee in the office of Ray
mond L. Miller, chairman of both COM
mittees, at the state house in Denver.
Fort Morgan.-The Midnight Oil
Company, with 10000 acres under lease
near Buckingham, west of Fort Nor
gan, Just across the county line, has
signed contract with a drilling COM
pany to begin a test bore on its hold
ings before June 1, according to f. L.
Cross of Buckingham and an officer
in the company. One test on struc-
ture there was abandoned at $50 feet.
Colorado Sprlngs.-Clarence C. Ham
lin, editor of the Gazette Telegraph of
Colorado Springs, was elected Repub-
lican national committeeman on the
second ballot by the Republican state
convention, meeting in the municipal
o,,ditori,,p, suomlin'S election was
made certain by the Withdrawal OF
Charles ]. Moynihan of Montrose, who
seconded Hamlin's nomination.
Sterling-Wlth the death here of a
man and a 5-year-old boy, the total