The Dolores star., 1919-03-14
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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1919 crop of bcets. There Is every In
lication that even this vast sum Will
| be raised several millions of dollars
before the final sum Is reached. Ap-
proximately 100000 acres of beetS had
been signed up for by the Great West
ern Sugar Company In northern Colo
RADIO and IL is possible that the finai
figures will reach 100000. Basing the
beet crop, however. only on 10000
acres and with an average of twelve
tons to the acre, on the $40 flat rate
a ton to be paid by the Great Western
Sugar Company, there will be 1,6So.OOO
tons of beets or SlGsOO,0Oo paid to the
farmers.
| The greatest building boom in the
history of Pueblo is In sight. NUM-
cipal improvements are contemplated
when spring comes. Two new paving
district petitions have been filed with
the city commissioners and two petit
tons asking for the creation Of two
other paving districts are being cir
culated among the property owners
and the response IL such that there 10
no doubt but that they will be included
In the work this spring.
An employment bureau for the re-
turned soldiers and sailors has been
| opened at Denver In the Knights OF
Columbus building. by the National
Catholic War Council: under whose
auspices all X. of C. work Is carried
on. 1t is open to soldiers and sailors
| Of any creed and every effort will be
made to secure employment for them.
| No fees will be charged. Lieut.. James
r. Kenney. recently returned from the
service. is In charge of the bureau.
A proposal for bond issue for
| $4,000 is likely to be submitted to the
taxpayers of Logan county shortly in
the interest of dormltory for the
| Logan County Industrial Arts High
school. The need OF dormitory has
been apparent for long time, and 1t
is declared that many Of the rural
children are prevented from attending
| the high school because of the lack OF
accommodations for lodging in the
| city of Sterling
State superintendent OF schools has
offered bronze tablet to the school
showing the largest holding per capita
| OF War Savings stamps 1t is said that
Pittsburg, Pa, and Breckenridge, Colo,
pupils are running meek and neck"
with $40 to the pupil. Mrs. Melissa
| Hayden, superintendent of schools of
Summit county, Colorado, is confident
that the Breckenridge schools will
prove to be the winner OF the bronze
tablet.
Finding little TO do since the cessa-
ton of hostiiities the Womens Coun-
ell of Defense of Trinidad has formed
itself into Community Welfare
League. The business men of the city
have set out to raise $1,000 as sink
ing fund necessary to equip the head
| quarters of the organization. Late
reports show that considerably more
than the desired amount has been
raised.
Capt. james +. Abbott. son of Mrs.
Eugene II. Abbott of Greeley, has been
appointed attache of the United States
to Japan with headquarters at Toxic.
For six months Capt. Abbott has been
stationed AT Washington us military
Intelligence officer and previous to
this had been sent to China, Japan
and the Far East to investigate con-
ditions there.
Mrs. Dora Belle Johnson, wife of
w. d. Johnson, proprietor of hotel
ar Fountain, thirteen miles south of
Colorado Springs, was drowned when
she accidentally fell into an abandoned
well in the rear of the hotel. There
was only four feet OF water in the
veil and the woman fell head fore
most, burying her head in the mud.
The next few days will determine
whether there is any oil in Pueblo
county. The drillers operating ut tho
well of the Overland-Big Eight, five
miles west of Pueblo, have gone
through the red beds and claim to be
in the cap rock. which is just above
the supposed oil-bearing sands.
Murl Edmnston of Montrose, con
fessed slayer of Vincent Corado OF
Telluride, was taken from Jail ut Tel
lurde. and at night session of court
in Grand Junction was sentenced by
Judge Black to twenty to twenty-five
years in prison. Edminston, after kill
ing the Telluride man and hiding the
body. stole his automobile and several
hundred dollars in cash that he car
ried
Mrs. II. Il. Rose is being held in this
county jail at Sterling on a charge OF
stealing an automobile. The car
which belonged to Il. L. Harris of VII
lard, was stolen from in front of the
pOstoffice in Sterling on the night OF
Feb. Is. Mrs. Rose was captured IL
Holyoke. Her husband was also ar
rested at the same time In Fleming
and is also being held.
Seventy-eight new members were