The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-09-26
STATE NEWS
Items Of News From all Parts
Of Colorado.
THE WEEKS RECORD
OF Important Events CONDEMNED
For the Busy Reader.

For the Busy Reader.
Traction engines, pulling gang
plows, ere working night and day
breaking up IN sOoscre tract lof land
near Briggsdale which will be sowed to
spring wheat and which will BE- the
largest field Of Its kind this side OF the
Missouri river. The tract In ow ned BY
Foster bsothen and has been used a .
pasture.
The last chapter In an embesslement
case which startled Weld county and
Denver was written In the dristrict
court In Greeley Saturday, when
Thomas F. Miles, formerly . cashier 10
the State bank Of Severance, was
fined 500 and costs. Miles pleaded
guilty 10 tho charge Of advertisement,
when his trial was half completed, by
IN arrangement with the authorities,
and ct the time II was Understood that
furthur action was 10 follow. Miles
WAS employed n . clerk In the Office
Of Secretary Of State James b. Pearce
LAST fall.
Slowly starving to death, Bess, .
collie dog belonging to J. II. Holmea,
who lives near Greeley. has refused
meat because her owners will not per.
nit her to live exclusively on the
hearts Of watermelons. Holmes Is
known ~ the watermelon king" ~
he has large farm devoted entirely to
this product. From, the time fsess was
. puppy she has had an unusal appetite
for watermelon. For several weeks
Mn. Holmes has been finding broken
melons In the field aud was mystified
until she saw the dog roll one against
. post. break II aud eat the heart. Her
husband would not believe the dog
Vas guilty until Tuesday, when Bess
came to the house wearing . collar Of
watermelon rind. Since that time tho
dog has been tied up.
For fosty-eiGht bo0r posses with
tioodhouuds have bssu ssaschiag with
out success through expenses Of prairie
between Limou and the Rock Island
p the north and Ordway and the
Missouri Pacific on the south for the
man who Sunday morning shot and
killed samusl E. Marts. . Rock Island
conductor 1t Limon. During the two
days that have ELAPSED sincs the killing
the few Inhabitants Of the section have
uresned Of the murder aud have report.
FedMy stranger who happened among
them. All Of these sirangers have
teen Investigated and each has proved
by their physical makeup or BY alIbIs
he wss not the slayer Of Marta. Mon.
day morning the bloodhounds FROM
Phillipsburg, Kss., were put on the
trail at the scene Of the holdup.
According to the latest reports FROM
oil sections Of southern Colorado where
the coal miners are nov on . strike Il
IL learned that between 1000 and 1900
Of the miners have gone out on the
strike ordered to take effect yesterday
by the international officers OF the
United Mine Workers Of America. The
representatives Of the miners, however.
say that more than 5000 Of the miners
are now out on the strike, while the
coal mine OPERATOR ray that not more
than 5000 Of the men are out. Except
for the announcement made from
union hesdquarteru TO the effect that .
few more Of the independent operation
had signed the scale and agreement
with the miners, the situation remains
unchanged. Hundreds Of armed
guards are now patrollIng the coal
camps and protecting the mines but no
disorder Of any kind have been report.
ed from any where In the strike district.
More guards sent In here by the coal
OPERATOR are arriving on every train
and 10th s,des now say that the stu.
alton ut present 10 very satisfactory.