The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

jury In the investigation OF the death
Of Mrs. w. L. Earle of Arkansas City.
Kan, who WAS killed in an auto acct
Manitou. brought out allegations
against several Manitou persons Mrs.
Anne Dickens Of Manitou. II was tes-
titled by members of the auto party.
had served drinks to them during the
night before the accident occurred.
and IT was further charged that Mrs.
Dickens had been running a house for
some time that had disregarded the
prohibition and other laws.
the Conger Chief, which has afforded
sensations for the past two years. Is
now the center of interest again IN
the greatest silver strike that has
been made since the discovery OF the
Caribou mine in 1868. For the past
year a steady output Of ore ranging
in value from 5000 to $400 per ton
has been maintained and extension of
the workings shows a new body OF
chlorides OF phenomenal value and
the streak has been fully opened up
showing sixteen inches wide Of s., 900
material.
The highest price ever paid in Den.
yer for grass fed stock WAS received
by Coke r. Roberds. when he sold tw o
carloads OF horned Herefords at SIT a
hundred pounds. A few months ago
the top notch in prices was supposed
to have been reached at 1850. but
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pounds each, were sold at a figure al.
most equal to that paid for the best
corn fed cattle. They were bred in
Colorado on a range near Hayden, in
Routt county.
Acting upon q Washington dispatch
stating that President Wilson probably
will visit the Pacific coast during the
fourth Liberty loan drive. which will
occupy three weeks beginning Sept.
2S. representatives OF Denver and OF
Colorado Springs dispatched to the
President an urgent invitation that he
visit Denver on his tour. Governor
Gunter. who WAS In Estes park. wired
his concurrence In the joint invita-.
tion.
The price list, issued by the fair
price committee Of the food admin
istration for the week ending Aug.
Q shows . decline of 10 cents q hun
dred pounds in the price of wheat
flour. but the restrictions on buying
an equal amount q substitutes with
the flour remain. Owing to the short
age Of supply, restrictions on all sugar
sales are more drastic.
Postmaster General Burleson has
appointed the following railway mail
agents from Colorado points: Harry
B. Watts, Arthur E. Rosenthal and
Floyd M. Cox, all OF Denver; Elijah
L. johnson. Calhan; Arnold Mathsche,
Englewood; Vernon NJ. Kintner.
Swink; Ray McWilliams. Ault, and
William H. Mcdowell. Durango.
James p. Miller Of Boulder, a for
mer official in the Mercantile Bank
and Trust Company, which operated
In Lafayette and Louisville. has been
released by the Supreme Court on
$4,000 bond pending the trial OF
habeas corpus proceedings growing
out of an arrest over a banking trans.
action.
A patriotic program at Washington
park. including the presentation of the
flag of Colorado by the Daughters Of
Colorado to the city of Denver, and a
basket picnic were special features of
Denver's observance of the forty
ond anniversary OF Colorado's admis-
sion to the Union.
The body OF George B. Perry, 20
years old. was found in a shaft Of a
mine near Gillette. three miles north.
east Of Cripple Creek. Indications
were that Perry had been dead three
or four days. and 1t is believed he
was a victim Of heart disease.
Exro Smith. 21, charged with GRIM
inal negligence and alleged to have
forced Mrs. Anna Goodrich from the
road at the entrance to Bear Creek
canon, was found not guilty by a cor.
oner's jury at Golden.
That Colorado Day in wartime is a
day of courage. hope, fervor and con-
secration and the brave gaiety which
intensifies all these qualities was
suOWu ny Tue SplTIt Will WHICH DeuVer
entered into a patriotic celebration at
Washington park.
The semi-annual conference of the
Rocky mountain division of osteopaths
opened at Colorado Springs with about
200 doctors attending from Colorado
Wyoming. New Mexico, Utah, Idaho
and Nebraska.
A complete alibi was given by
George Pelton Of Wheatridge at his
hearing at Littleton on the charge OF
attacking with a hatchet John w.
ibis. Denver barber, at his ranch home
near Littleten.
1t is stated at Greeley that $25G.000
is a conservative estimate of the dam
age which hail done to wheat and
bean crops in Weld county during the