The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1919-03-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

"ic number who are in rnvor ~
uecided change in the city morona
lheht who believe that action sho,I,
pe taken at once in season to ,at ,i,a
proposition before the people at tho
cunning election in April, who have nj.
ready taken the situation in hand and
charter to embrace the needs of a
Guy me size of Rocky Ford is being
prepared
ihere sun remains another hill nro.
Vidlhg for the repeal of the law creot.
ing the constabulary, but this bin fs in
the senate. Here, il the Democrats
snow the same solIdity of sentiment
against the police body as they did in
the lower house, the fight for its mas.
sage promises to be even more strenu.
Gus than that waged in the loyer
mouse. The Senate bill was introduced
by De Busk of Trinidad. In the Senate
me Democrats are in the majority.
But the Republicans hope to win over
a sufficient number of Democrats ia
save the constabulary when the test
comes.
operations of the merit system I'm
Colorado may not be confined TO stnte
and district appointments, but NAV ey.
tend to public offices in the smallest
political subdivisions of the state, it.
developed in the discussion OF the
Lambert civil service bill. The bill
went through on second reading in the
House. in spite of Democratic OPPOSE
ton to block its passage The bill is
believed to be broad enough TO In.
clude certain county appointIye Off
GERS.
The favorable report of the House
Public Buildings and Grounds Commit
tee of the United States Senate on
the omnibus public buildings bill,
which includes an increase of $25O,OOO
to the 100000 appropriation for the
Durango public building to house all
federal offices located in the city, has
caused number of concerns there to
contemplate the erection of several
modern buildings.
The fossil remains Of an antidelu.
vim monster, half fish and half reptile
believed to have lived millions of
years ago when the great Uintah ba-
sin was an ocean, has been discovered
in the elaterlte deposits of Indian can
or. The snake fish fossil was found
completely embedded between two lay
ers of elaterte, and had shiny, jet
black scales of diamond shape.
The Colorado Public Utilities Com
mission denied the application of ship
pers of Park county for a rehenrins
in the case involving the dismantling
of the Colorado Midland railroad.
This gives the owners the privilege of
permanently abandoning all but fifty
four miles of the main line, which III
cludes the twenty-siX miles between
Colorado Springs and Divide.
Corp. Henry Rendering of La Junta,
90 years old, died in embarkation hos
pital No. l at Hoboken, n. J. He mr.
rived in Hoboken the first of Fehru-
airy, and was taken from the trans
port suffering from influenza, which
developed into pneumonia. He is sur
vived by his father and mother, and il
brother and sister.
At a countrywide meeting OF the
farmers and st0ckmen of Larlmer
county, the Larimer county farm bu-
reau was organized with more than Il
hundred members. Farmers and their
wives from all sections of the county
are Joining this bureau daily, and II
promises to reach membership OF
several hundred before summer.
The formal resignation of President
Livingston Farrand of the University
of Colorado was received by Actihe
President DR.. George Norlin, who VIII
prescnt it to the board of regents. Inc
regents are expected to accept the res
icnarlon and will probably name Ut.
Norlin to succeed DIR. Farrand.
Colorado's S1G,0OO,0OO investment IN
WAR Savings Stamps last year was II
most excellent showing, according 10
Associate director W. wan
the savings division of the oh'teo
states Treasury Department, VINO was
in Denver on tour to study organlza-
tion methods and results.
Ralph Berglund. the 1S-year-oid uni
versity freshman. who confessed TO tl'e
attack upon Miss Leda Frye pretty
coed mt the university, was taken ~
Roulder from Denver after dark anu
at n secret night session OF District
Court was sentenced to the reforma-
tory at Buena Vista.
The magnificent Hotel Colorado at
G,enwood Springs, together with its
annie and beautiful grounds ana not
and cold mineral springs, may be pur'
chased by the United States so,eln govern,
ment as the nucleus for the largest
army and navy officers recuperat'o''
camp in the world.
Government reports show that t''e, re
were 264,OOO mich cows III 'oioiauo
Ian l. 1919, worth S23, 232, 600, against
IGI 600 in 1911, worth 7,29sUo. Inc