The Dolores star., 1919-07-25
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

two raids made in Denver by the state
constabulnry on the eve of the discon'
tinuance of the body through the eN
pration of the appropriation made -!
the last Legislature The woman, wht
gave her name ns Mrs. Elsie Chnrline
Mock, ~ years old, was arrested whet
the officers raided the residence NJ
300 Birch street. n mile east of th'
Country club district, in Denver: 1--WE
stills. other paraphernnlia inciden'a
to the business and sixteen gallons OF
whisky were confiscated at the hous'
in Birch street The other still was
found in the rear Of the residence oi
William Phillips, 1925 Julian street
Denver
THE Good Ship Minnequa" is afloa'
and taking cargo aboard for her firSl
cruise in the Pacific ocean as II mem
ber of the United States Merchant ma
rine The MIinne0ua is Pueblo's Vic
tory ship and her name would har.
been pueblo if ii We're not for til,
fact that there is already battlcshiI
in the United States navy by that
name The ship was christened by
Mrs. J. c. Brooking of Pueblo and the
name "AIinnequa" was given it because
of the beautiful Lake Minnequa ai
Pueblo. A bottle of water from Lake
Minnequa was broken over the bow OF
the ship i'm the christening exercises.
The city Of Greeley is to increase the
storage capacity of its reservoirs 81
per cent by raising the walls of the
twin basins five feet. The city's wa
ter supply is brought through forty
mile pipe line from a diversion dam
situated in the Poudre canon, sixteen
miles west of Fort Collins The local
reservoirs hold 100000 gallons and
the rapidly growing city consumes
nearly 3,J0O,O00 gallons a day. The re
built reservoirs will hold slightly more
than 15.OOO,OOO gallons
The 1900 doctors, dentists and drug
gists of Colorado and Wyoming who
have not yet made their narcotic re.
turn to the department of internal rev
enue must do so Immediately, accord
ing to c. OBJ. Berry, chief field depu-
ty of the department. After the eXpr
alton of the time limit, July 30, any
doctor registering prescriptions or any
pharmacist filling them who has not
five years in the penitentiary and II
fine of $1,000, he said
Charles Graves, 43 years old, a
rancher at Shaffer's Crossing, n few
miles south of Golden, was shot by
Wade. Williams, 81 years old. farm
hand. following an argument over the
latters work on the farm. Two bull
let's lodged in Graves chest. williams
surrendered to Sheriff Jones of Col
den and declared, according to the
sheriff, that he shot Graves because
the latter drove him about the farm
like a slave"
An auto accident which resulted in
known rancher, and caused injury to
three others, occurred when the auto
in which the four were riding turned
over. The car was travelling at a high
rate of speed, when one of the tires
burst and flew off. The car turned II
complete sOmersault. This is the sec.
ond fatal accident that has occurred
near HaXtun recently.
60 to 65 per cent, beet crop is cs-
timated for Boulder County by Agr-
culturst ii. II. Simpson, who said that
conditions were SO improved that he
felt compelled to revise his original
estimate of a 40 per cent. yield. The
uEpl,y,r,,, lao
much damage to the beets, has dis.
appeared as n result of spraying and
natural causes.
The real eS bureau of the Civic
and Commercial Association of Den.
yer has been asked to present recon-
mendations to the board of directors
with regard to the proposed "Pres-
dents summer home" on Mount Fal.
con. This action was taken after re
quest was made by John BriSben
Walker for consideration of further ac.
zion
Colorado's wheat and corn crops this
year will exceed last years crops BY
millions Of bushels, according to esti.
mates by the Colorado cooperative
crop reporting service, based on acre.
age returns sent in by the county as.
SCISSORS, in accordance with the new
agricultural statistics law adopted by
the last Legislature. These estimates
place the wheat crop this year at 49,.
62T,O0O bushels for both spring and
winter wheat. as compared with 49,.
333,OOO bushels last year; and the corn
crop Mt 23,1iS,00O bushels as against
2O,5SJ,OOO bushels in 1918.
Better roads boosting received new
encouragement upon advices that the
State Highway Commission had allot.
ted 100000 to Mesa county for road
construction. The amount, it is I'M.
dcrstood, will he equally divided be.
tween the Palisade concrete road and
the proposed concrete road between
Grand Junction and Fruita. The Pal.
isade road has been under construction
for some time. The Fruita road was