The Dolores star., 1909-11-26
STATE NEWS NOTES

Sidney Correii Of Colorado Springs,
was sued for 81 600 last week in the
district ON account of his bulldog hav-
ing bitten l7-year-old boy.
Farmers around Greeley have had
hundreds Of dollars worth of turkeys
stolen the past ten days. Turkeys are
about as valuable as diamonds these
days.
The Great Western Sugar company
expect to pay out this year total Of
$5, 25O, 900 TO the farmers of Northern
Colorado. The company last week
drew checks for 81 ,725, 900 to pay for
beets delivered during the fifteen days
ending October 81. This payment
makes total Of $2,7l7,OOO for the
month Of October. The crop this year
Is ten per cent greater than in 1908.
Without having spoken word IN
seven years, John DeviDe, convict No.
1854, died Friday IN the prison hospi-
tai at Canon City. Devine was sem
fenced for nenety-years after being con-
victed of wrecking freight train ON
the Santa Fe near Fowler. He was
model prisoner, but never during the
seven years that he has spent behind
the walls has he spoken word. Dur
Ing all the time he has been there he
never wrote or received letter.
On account Of million dollar suit
Of the United Oil company against
Samuel Rathvon, which was beIng
tried At Canon City before Judge Riser
Of Pueblo, being still unfinished Friday
Of last week, the date yet for the War
ford murder trial, Judge Rizer moved
into the ron, occupied by the county
court, and the murder case was called
In the district court room before Judge
Champion. Making the unusual pro-
ceedings Of two district judges holding
court In the same building.
Three men were sentenced to the
penitentiary Saturday by District
Judge Essex Of Pueblo, and one was
committed to the state reformatory.
All three who went to the penitentiary
pleaded the excuse Of intoxication. Ed
Fitzgerald, charged with. larceny from
the person, pleaded guilty, and was
sentenced to from two to three years.
He told the court that he had been
working for seven months In the
country in order to keep away from
temptation, but as soon as he came to
the city he began to drink, and was
soon In trouble. Frank Erickson
pleaded guilty to forging check, and
James Brady pealded guilty to .robbing
= secondhand store. Both got pen
Roy Rodney told the court
that he stole grip full Of clothes. He
is young and was sent to the refornia-
tory.
Farmers in the neighborhood Of
Meeker are anxious to correct an inn
preston that has been carried to Japan
by the commercial commission that
recently visited Denver to the effect
that Colorado farm landS will not pro
duce more than sixty bushels Of wheat
to the acre. In one of the address de-
-fivered at the banquet given in honor
of the commission in Denver 1t was
stated that forty bushels of wheat Is
not an unusual yield for large areas in
Colorado, while farmers often produce
as much as sixty bushels per acre under
especially favorable conditions. Charles
Bills Of Meeker, called upon DR.. F. L.
Bartlett president Of the chamber Of
commerce, last week and warned him
that the chamber is too conservative
in stating the producing qualities Of
Colorado soil. Colorado land, prop
erly irrigated, often produces more
than seventy bushels Of wheat to the
acre under ordinary conditions" he
said. "This result has been obtained
In many sections of the state In large
tracts Of land. This year Frank Hark-
er produced an,average of seventy-two
bushels Of wheat per acre on twenty
six acre tract near Meeker aud James
McHattan produced sixty-eight bushels
an acre on thirty-three-acre tract"
DR.. Bartlett says that reports received
by the chamber OF commerce from
various parts Of the state Of the size Of
crops produced OH Colorado lands un-
der irrigation are 80 wonderful that the
Eastern farmers and people coming
from other countries are loath to be-
lievs them.