The Dolores star., 1919-10-10
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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i'bulutI' nave bTSulllLtu tblllleI'ial
association.
The Colorado State Fair, which
closed a full week session at Pueblo.
was among the best ever held in this
state as regards exhibits, attractions
II the line Of entertainment, and at
tendance.
Frank Thomas, a negro, 33 years old
said TO be an eN-Convict, is charged
by the corners jury with the murder
of Jennie Mosby. n negress, II years
old, on the evening of Sept. 30, at
Pueblo.
Eleven persons were arrested, a
large stock of various kinds of liquor.
Il new still and high-powered ma
chine were seized in series of spec
tacuar bookkeeping raids conducted by
local police officers mt WalScnburg re
Gently
State Teachers College at Greeley
has completed the work of registering
students for the winter term and mas
| $40 women and sixty men enrolled. In
| duStrinI high school. which is operated
| in connection with the Teachers Col
lcSe. has 265 enrolled
The forty-fifth annual convention of
the Colorado Education Association
will be held simultaneously in three cit
| '"S. Denver. Pueblo and Grand June
ton, Nov 4 to 8. The delegates of the
Eastern, Southern and Western divi-
| Sions respectively will assemble at
| these centerS.
one of the most daring freight train
rObherieS staged in northern Colorado
for years was discovered when II
| Union Pacific freight train was
| brought To II stop near Num-. Il station
| twenty miles north of Greeley. The
| train crew discovered that three car
loads of merchandise had been broken
into between Num- and Pierce. II sta
| tion six miles south of Greeley, and
| goods valued ut several thousand dol
lars had been removed while the train
| was in motion.
| Plans for the enlargement and mod
ernizing the Greeley hospital. which is
operated Jointly by the Rcity and coun-
| ty, have been prepared and will be
| presented 10 the county commission
ers shortly. 1t is proposed to add two
| large wings TO the present building.
| The proposed new wings will provide
| ia rooms, which, ii is believed, will
be ample for all purposes for several
| wears to come. The wings will cost
$4,000, and will be fireproof. A larger
and thoroughly up-to-datc operating
room will be provided.
Besides winning the sweepstakes in
the potato display for the fourth con
Secutlve year, Colorado won two other
sweeps, seventeen first prizes, eleven
seconds and ten thirds at the Four
teenth International Soil Products eX-
position at Kansas City. Judging Of
agricultural exhibits has just been
completed, and though comparative
figures nave not yet been compiled. it
s believed in the department that this
state carried off more honors than any
other or any Canadian province.
The Colorado Cooperative Crop Re
porting Service is making an effort
this year to determine as accurately as
possible what percentage of corn and
sOrghumS is grown for grain In this
state and what percentage cut green
for silage. Inquiry is also being made
to determine what proportion OF the
| rye and oats crops is cut for grain and
what parts are cut for hay or other
purposes. This information has never
been available before and will be of
mach value to those interested in
knowing the approximate amount of
Silage produced in the state and the
amounts of these various crops grown
for grain.
Wesley Swank, "a, died at the Gree
ley hospital from injuries received
when he was buried under a load q
bricks he was hauling. the result of one
end of the wagon falling out. Swank is
survived by three small children. His
wife died from the flu last year
A runaway box car loaded with
wheat rolled from Ault, twelve miles
north of Greeley, TO Evans hill, one
mill south of Greeley. Conductor Il.
f. Stoner and a brakeman who rode
the car during its trip, which was
made at mile-aminute speed, es-
capped without injury. An extra
freight was switching at Ault when
| the bOx car, winch had been pushed
out on the main line ahead of the en-
gine, failed to respond to the brakes
and began to roll down the grade in
the darkness. After notifying the OPP
erator at Ault to clear the line, the
engine crew started in pursuit. Pas
senger train No. 109 from Denver to
Cheyenne, had just arrived in Ault
ahead of the runaway. AT Eaton a
northbOund freight train was passed
in safety. The engine did not gain on
the runaway car until the latter be-
gan to climb the steep grade south of
Greeley.
The total value of all property in
Colorado for taxation is 81 ,4ST 1881 ,191,
recording to complete reports from all
counties in the state Of the Colorado
Tax Commission.