The Dolores star., 1919-12-19
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

| David NJ. Campbell, attorney general
Of Colorado In lS9S and state senator
from Pueblo for four years, died sud
denly at his home in Pueblo. lie was
| III years old.
Following Il recent football game in
| Craig between the teams representing
The Snake River. Wyoming. section
and Craig, six Wyomin. young folks
who came TO root for their team We're
married
William l.. Munroe, about IS ycars
old. miner in the Strong mine, was
killed instantly ut Victor by falling
about 100 feet down a slope ut the
1OU-foot level. The accident was the
result of timbcrs giving way. He is
survived by his wife and two children
who are now in Nova Scotia.
A faint cry of II child NJ the oppor-
tune time and the chance and lucky
appearance of two boys is all that
saved little Lillian Maxwell of Colo
RADIO Springs from freezing to death.
In her hurry to get to school the child
cut across lots and fell into am aban-
doncd ccsSpool.
In order to protect themselves during
The Christmas season from theftS,
which have become unusually numer-
Gus. the merchants of Muntr"Se organ
izcd protective association and em-
pluyed a private detective from Den
Yer to guard their stores during the
holiday season.
With throat cut from ear TO ear,
the body of DIR. Woodford l.. Tilley,
AZ years old, II Denver dentist and
graduate OF the School of Dentistry of
the University of Denver, was dis
covered in sleeping car berth by the
porter on an eastbound Santa Fe train
when it arrived at Syracuse, Kan. 1t
is claimed to be II case of suicide.
Leland Solt of Fort Morgan heard II
whimpering from his front porch On
investigation, believing he would find
n baby, for the whimpcring WAS
strangely like that of an infant, he
found a basket and carefully wrapped
in woolens was the baby" II was
baby Bengal tger. though no one
knows where ii came from.
A new Boulder beet sugar company,
capitalized al S2,0oo,o0O has filed in
corporation papers with the secretary
of state II is to he known as the
Farmers Independent Sugar Company.
Erection and operation of sugar plants,
growing, buying and selling of sugar
beetS, acquisition of livestock, and
other interests are stated as among the
purposes of the concern.
The work of gathering and prcscrv-
ing for the state archives the records
of Coorado's men and women who
took part In the world war, in order
tina. n true and complete history of
ColuradO's participation in the conflict
max be compiled. has been started by
the State Historical and Natural His
tori Society. under the direction of
l.. G. Carpenter. its president.
Bank deposits in Steamboat Springs
are the greatest in the history of the
town. They are well over S9OO,OOO and
fast nearing the million-dollar mark.
! The total deposits In the First Ma
tiOnaI Bank are now SGSS,J1l. Three
years ago the deposits We're but SIG
lG3 The Bank of Steamboat Springs
has deposits of S2I2.34S. an increase
ment in September.
EXpansion of the consular service
of the Japanese government to aid in
| handling trade relations of its citizens
with other countries will result III the
| establishment OF Il consulate in Den
yer. according to word received from
Toxic. The new consulate will prob
ably have charge of n territory con
SSting of Colorado. New Mexico. Ne
braska, Wyoming, South Dakota and
parts of the states of Utah, Kansas,
| Texas and Arizona.
Federal aid for the construction of
| four stretches of road in Colorado to
cost an aggregate Of S2IS,2 200 is asked
| by The state highway commission in
| plans just submitted TO the Denver
district office of the United States
| bureau of roads Chief among the
projects is the building of 2.1G-mile
stretch over Battle mountain between
Red Cliff and Mnturn at an expense
| Of $4,000, of which amount the fed
eral government is asked to pay $55.-
200, or the MAXIMUM allowed under
| lht law loi Al IioJ''' VI tiiht iNhSii.
| Incomplete estimates made by the
State Cooperative Crop Reporting
| Service show that the value of all
crops in the state this year is in eX-
cess of $4,000, 900, which is much the
argest on record. Twenty years ago
he value of all crops grown in the
state as reported by Federal Census
Bureau, was little short of S17,OOO,-
| 700, or one-tenth of the value of all
| :rOps grown this year. Ten years ago
The Federal Census Bureau found the
value of all crops grown in the state
| 20 be a little short of sol 100000, or
considerably less than one-third of the
,alue of this years output
Frank Crosscn, well known farmer
md stockman living near Karval, in