The Dolores star., 1919-06-13
COLORADO
STATE NEWS


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ton to valuable property.
Colorado leads all states In the pro
duction of beetS, and the 1919 crop, ac-
cording to present indications, will be
the largest in the history of the sugar
beet industry here.
Hay is Colorado's banner crop. Its
value last year was about S42,OOO,OOO,
or approximately as much us the val
ne of the states total metal output
for the same year
Colorado, Wyoming and New Mex
leo men enllsting in the United States
navy now may choose whether they
wish to take their preliminary training
in San Francisco or at the naval train
ing station at Great Lakes, near Chi
cago.
The state road fund is richer by
S2i, l56 as a result of the first months
collection of state tax on gasoline and
kerosene under the law enacted by the
Twenty second General Assembly us
one of the measures to promote the
building of good roads in Colorado.
investigations by expert field men
connected with the Colorado Packing
Corporation indicate that 90 per cent
Of the tomato plants reported as killed
by the frost on June LIST are sending
out new shoots and with proper care
will live and produce Il crop in the vi
cinity of Canon City.
Weld county, ColoradO's banner ag
ricultural county, is the leader also in
the number of incorporated cities and
towns, number of banks, number of
schools, number of farm owners and
number of tenant farmers. 1t ranks
assessed valuation and third in bank
deposits
The Greeley Commercial Club will
protest efforts of the railroads to
change the minimum lOnding require
ments for lambs shipped from north
ern Colorado. Local shippers say that
the proposed change will cause an adj
ditional charge of $50 upon every car
load of lambs shipped from the Gree
ley and Fort Collins district.
t'hh'i ''''hhi'II anu 'HNli'NN lll'i
have signed contract for six air
plane flights to be held in that city
July 4th and 9th by Aviator Brock of
Chicago, one of the most daring eX-
hibitiOn filters in the country. Two
flights will be given each afternoon
and one at night accompanied by fire
works bOmbardmcnt. Ten thousand
visitors are expected in Salida on the
two days from western and southern
Colorado.
The gold ore production in the Grip
pie Creek district in May amounted
to 55,376 tons, carrying a gross bull
lion value of S691, S61.45 which is an
increase over April of $4,000 The
general average of all ore produced
was $l0.jS. Nine hundred and ninety
tons were shipped to the smelters,
which returned $50 per ton. The divi-
dends paid during the month by the
Cresson and the Golden Cycle Com
panies amounted to S1G7,OOO.
Plans for the Fourth of July celebra.
lion in Steamboat are rapidly taking
shape and the affair is growing in i'm.
portance. The sports committee has
been especially active, and already
many of the best riders of northwest
ern Colorado are lined up for attend.
ance. 1t is planned to make the rough |
riding feature of greater interest than
ever before. Some of the recent con.
tests have been rather tame, but |
George Long, on Il trip to the lower |
country interested some of the best |
riders in the contest. They are anx.
lOus to try conclusions with the crack |
riders of the Art-O-Graf Film Com |
pany, who will be there.
complete cOuntcrfeiting plant |
ready for operation was unearthed |
and the two men held responsible for |
is erection taken into custody in |
Boulder canon, eighteen miles west OF |
Boulder, by Roland X. Goddard of the |
United States secret service, Sheriff |
Robert Euler and two deputies.
Denver will receive six pieces of
German artillery and two machine
guns with shells for display purposes,
"a d blll In the federal |
House of Representatives by Con.
gresham William n. ValIe is passed
The bill provides that the guns shall
De from the captures made by the
expeditiOnary forces and de.
ivered TO the United States under the
erms of the peace treaty.
With silver going up toward the for.
ner coinage value, renewed interest
$ being taken in the older silver pro.
ulcers of Summit county. Silver and
gold will again be prospected for dur.
ng the coming summer in the Breck-
,nridge district, which was formerly
Considered gold camp" until the
output of zinc and lead ores gave for
ner gold and silver producers a back |
eat"
The death of Joseph Milton Lamb |
It his home at Cotopaxi, in the west
I'm part of Fremont county, removes
me of ColOradO's most renowned pio- |
Indian fi,rb