The Dolores star., 1919-10-31
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

for the money A bonus is to be given
mt the end of the campaign Ia every
man in the employ of the company.
This bonus will be based on Il mini
mum output and large prizes will he
given where the men exceed this mini
mum During the first week every
factory in the Colorado district was he
low the minimum, but the daily shirts
are now said to he exceeding this min
imum and are rolling up a bonus every
day.
Declaring that fraudulent stock sales
men are bleeding the people of Mont
rose with their promises of huge re-
turns on stock In companies that were
organized mainly for the exploitation
of the investors money. members OF
the local Chamber of Commerce cN-
pressed the urgent need of II city ordin-
ance which would make 1t necessary
for the stock In every concern that was
offered for sale be first investigated
and approved by n responsible local or
ganization. probably committee np-
pointed especially for this purpose by
the mayor of the city.
Payment of S16j, j,93l 81 "on account
of the inheritance tax" due on The es-
tate of Werner T. Reed and prospect
that Sll5.OOO on other large estates
will be paid within two months Will
alone bring the total collections of the
state inheritance tax department to
$50, 900 in the first year of the biennial
period which began Dec. l last. This
total will exceed by S1i5,oOO the esti-
mate made for the biennial period or
S725, 900. The sum of S5i9, l23.iS had
been collected by the department
Oct IL.
c. A. Van Dorm. president of the
First National Bank at Craig. Moffat
county C. H. Wise and II. $. Hamilton
of the same town filed application with
the State Public Utilities Commission
for certificate of public necessity and
convenience for the establishment of a
power and light plant at Craig. They
are about to organize the Craig Serr-
ice Corporation. they said in their APP
plication. and have already obtained II
franchise
The body of Frank Maxwell Camp
bell, - years old, IL former member of
the students army training corps and
former student at the Colorado Agri
cultural College and ut Washington
State College, Pullman, Wash, was dis
covered with bullet wounds IN it at
Fort Collins by Clarence Drexell. u stu
dent nj the college, who recognized
Campbell as his classmatc last year.
No cause for the murder has yet been
solved
\. Lehrmnn. well-known merchant,
was seriously injured at Brighton when
his daughter. Sarah, accidentally drove
n machine over him in front of his gar
age. The clutch slipped as she was
putting the car into the garage, after
returning home from Denver, and the
car gave Il sudden spurt and ran over
the merchant
In II raid on n farm two and one-huif
miles north of Brighton in Weld coun-
ty, Sheriff f. A. Gormley of Brighton
arrested Mike KaZlOwsky and two bro
theirs. who We're taken to Greeley to
be charged with making liquor. Six
gallons of distilled alcohol and fifty
gallons of raisin wine We're seized by
the sheriff
ut is practically assured that lcgis-
latiOn will be enacted at this session
relieving miners of all assessment
work for the year 1919" This state
ment was made by Ravenei Macbeth.
Western mining promoter, who is in
Washington working for this legisla-
tIOn.
Arthur Taggart, aged prospector.
was found guilty ut Boulder in the
first degree for the murder of George
Spencer, who was found dead in his
cabin at Spring gulch on Aug. 6. The
jury was out forty-five minutes He
was given life sentence
Archuleta county has fallen short
this year in the production of potatoes.
Ranchers are realizing that they have
once more made mistake in not
planting a larger acreage for the coun-
ty produces fine spuds without irriga-
tion. Many car loads We're shipped ont
last year but fear Of not getting good
price and lack Of demand has ham
pered the crop this year.
A net decrease of $2OO,5sO in the
states total assessed valuation for the
next year was shown when the State
Tax Commission completed compila-
'tion of changes made by the board of
equalization, which ended its annual
work. Reductions made were S7OSa
and increases We're S5OS.3SO, making
the approved valuation for the entire
state S1,494,S43449.
Greeley building contractors have re-
fused demands OF the union carpenters
for an increase in pay from 75 to 80
cents an hour. Contractors say they
have contracted ahead for work for the
remainder of the year on the basis of
the old wages and cannot meet the de-