The Dolores star., 1919-02-07
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

" 'ohhAy 40 abhih No'Na''
with heavy blanket OF snow. and a.
result the wheat farmers are smil
ng.
An army Y. NJ. c. A. Club for re
urning soldiers and sailors is to be
feature OF Demver's reception to the
Yanks in the future.
Thomas B Bishopp. famous in the
early history of Colorado as an In
ian fighter freighter and prospector,
is dead at Greeley at the age OF 81.
An old landmark and relic Of Gree
ey's earlier days will disappear soon
when the old Colorado house is torn
down and modern business building
is constructed
Notice has been issued by the land
office at Montrose that on April Z
1919, Twp. II, south. X. 81 west. 9th
D. m. which has been withdrawn for
resurvey. viii be reopened to entry,
]. A. Clay, general manager of the
Western Colorado Power Company
which is moving its main offices from
Montrose 10 Durango. has been elect
I'd president OF the Durango Ex
change.
The Denver & Rio Grande has be
gun laying sixty-fiyepound steel from
Montrose east toward Salida. The
steel will BE- laid until it meets the
heavier steel which has been already
placed on the Marshall pass part OF
the line.
Pablo Martinez. Mexican section
hand. who pleaded guilty 10 wreckine
Union Pacific fast train No. I09 last
October by throwing II switch, was
sentenced 10 fifteen years in the state
penitcntiary by Judge Bradfield al
Greeley.
The second annual convention OF
the American sugar Beet Aglicul
turalists will he held in Denver late
in January, 1920. IL was decided at its
meeting at Logan. Utah, at the clos
ing session OF the first gathering OF
the organization.
As 4 memorial to her son. Lieut..
Harry Wray, who died recently oil
wounds received OIL ,he battleiields OF
France. Mrs. u. s. Okey has donated
TO the Canon City Young Mems Chris.
tian Association her splendid sprivate
library of 26O volumes.
Supervisors of agriculture for the
Icading railroads in Colorado con
ierred il the offices OF the State
Board OF Immigration to make. plans
for furnishing information TO- home.
seekers and returned soldiers desir
ing to settle on Colorado land.
TWO aliens now in the county jail
at Leadville. Sam Nelson, Swedish
and Gus Lipking, Russian, are to be
leportcd. They will leave here and
itart east on special train coming
rom San Francisco to pick up EN-
quite all undesirable aliens who have
ueen ordered deported.
Thieves broke into the office of the
.iimaX Molly ybdcnum Company at eli
rtX forced the company's safe and
sscaped with registered Liberty bonds
Jf. the fourth issue valued at between
he property OF employees of the com
Uany that had been left in its safe fol
:ecuri,y
\ million-dollar copper enterprise
for western Montrose county was an
rounced by James N Mcbride. rep
rcsentative OF a syndicate OF Michi
gan and Colorado mining men who
have obtained an option on the old
Cash In mine, long owned by a Mich
gan widow. Mcbride is on his wa,
o the mine to arrange for Il flota
tion mill which will employ 500 Il
900 men. The mine is the only
one with a native vein of copper il
Colorado rn
and widest variety of muuntai,
scenery found i'll the United States. |
has more than forty mountain peak.
above 1900 feet high and approx
mately 32j above 10000 feet
The Steamboat Spring Ski Club will
hold tournament this year. the date!
| selected being Feb. u and % AS ha,
always been the case, the tournamen
this year Will eclipse all others a.
added attractions are being obtained
and the top notch professionals of the
world will be in attendance to try
again 10 lower the worlds resorl
Jump made on the local track.
Complete casualties have been an
nounced for the Eighty-ninth division
which is largely made up of Colorado
men. The division- obtained its famt
in the war beginning with the frs
day of action when the men of The
Eighty-nlnth entered the st. Mihie
salient on Aug. and fought through
the succeeding days until the armis
tlce was signed by the sacrifice of 8,
t73 men. according to dispatch from
the army of occupation This tota
includes the men that were killed
wounded Or missing in action durinl
the three months period
Owing to the severe Winter weather