The Colorado statesman., 1919-06-07
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado

Greater ana greater reports OIL SOlu
values come from the Barstow mine
leases at Ouray and there seems to be
vast quantity Of high-grade ore III
sight that will keep the mine active
for long time.
Tony Cuaz, 80, well known as high
grade operator in the Cripple Creek
district, who was released from the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kan, three months ago, died suddenly
of heart failure in the Baltimore hotel
at Victor.
The thirty-second annual session of
the Second District Normal Institute
will be held at the State Preparatory
School at Boulder, June to 20. A
large attendance is assured. G. Il.
Brown, superintendent of the Greeley
schools, will be conductor.
Colorado court DEGREES dismissing
injunction proceedings brought to re-
strain Denver city officials from en-
forcing city ordinances requiring the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad to re-
move its tracks from across Seven
teenth street have been upheld by the
United States Supreme Court.
Real estate transfers up and down
the Arkansas valley are heavier than
they have been for several years. Con-
siderable farm land is also changing
hands, among which was the transfer
of twenty acres of irrigated land near
Holly from Charles Pinkham to Cline
brothers. The consideration was $780,
600.
More than 800 young people, affili-
ating with the various church auxiliary
organizations, will participate in a
great wienie roast near Grand Junction
on the evening of June II. The an
nouncement of the big roast was made
following n meeting of the presidents
of each of the five churches included
in the union.
Gov. Oliver II. Shoup is becoming
one of the heavy land owners of Col
orado He has recently bought four
additional ranches near Hustled, about
ten miles from Colorado Springs, Civ
ing him 1850 acres in body at this
point. He recently bought a ranch
of $50 acres, and these four connect
all five ranches.
William 7. Smith, 10, who drove
from Chicago to Denver in 1869 with
an OK team and later settled in Pueblo
county, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the heart at Rye. His
daughter, Mrs. Cora Meredith, commit
ted suicide at the same place four
years ago. Smith had been in i'll health
for long time.
Unnaturalized foreign-born residents
of Colorado have but a short time in
which to hunt. Il. G. Parvin, state fish
and game commissioner, has given no.
tice that the department was prepar-
ing to enforce the law as passed at the
last session of the Legislature prohib-
iting aliens from hunting or even car
rying firearms after June 10.
Sixteen thousand acres of wheat and
sugar beets in southeastern Weld coun-
ty around Hudson and Keenesburg,
will be saved from drouth by 10000
acre feet of water from Cheesman
dam, which has been purchased by the
Henrylyn irrigation district. Some of
the Cheesman water will be used this
week, but there will be sufficient re-
naming. for two late irrigations.
The Supreme Court has handed
Gown decisions under which the tele-
phone rates of 1918 must continue to
be paid while the case is refought !;
VIII II. Murphy is given office as en-
gineer of the State Land Board !;
II f,,I
$500 fine for contempt of court, and
A. F. Enyart, Ordway, Colo, bank
president, gets a new trial on the
charge of murder.
Inheritance tax receipts in Colorado
for fifteen days tOtaled 37,273.11, ac-
cording to figures given out by At
torney General Victor E. Keyes. This
brings the total Inheritance receipts
for the biennial period, which began
December 1, 1918, to $39S,741.19.
The crops in the Montrose section
and most of the great Uncompahgre
valley are two to three weeks ahead of
the five-year average. The alfalfa
crop is over 100 per cent average and
is ready for the first cutting now.
Some potato patches are showing re-
markable development and the farm
ers are declaring it is one of the most
advanced springs in the history of
Montrose county.
With but one dissenting vote, the
taxpayers of Keota voted $4,000 worth
of bonds for the installation of a COM
plete waterworks system for domestic
and fire purposes. The bonds were al
ready sold at 1886 and some of the
material was on the ground ready to
commence work as soon as the bonds
were voted. The water will be OBJ
tanned from a deep well and pumped
into a big iron stand pipe 100 feet
above the town on large hill.