The Dolores star., 1919-08-22
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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a can from the Independence mill ut
| Victor. John Franklin, aged 30, and
James Gurioux, aged 20, victims of the
| robbery, are in the district hospital.
| Franklin, the watchman, is said to he
in IL serious condition. GuriouX is suf-
| fering from shock. The robbery was
| discovered when the day shift went
| on duty. The Waterman and night
clerk were found locked in close;.
| The elder man was unconscious and
his companion almost strangled by the
gag.
| Frank Gable, director of the Du-
rangO roundup, to be held from Sept.
% to 26 inclusive, is arranging one of
the classiest wild west programs ever
offered. There will be bull riding,
cowgirls' races, running races, goat
roping contests, trick roplng contests,
| steer buldogging, Indian races, cow
boys relay races, bareback riding,
cowboys bucking contest, trick riding,
| farmers wagon races, in all twenty
events day and 5000 to be dstrib-
uted to the winning contestants during
the four-day celebration.
By bank certificate issued by
State Bank Examiner Grant McPher
son to the Farmers State Bank of
Gill, the twenty-secOnd state bank
Is added to Weld County's total, and
the first bank along the railroad
between Greeley and Brggsdale is
established. The new banks capital
Is $4,000 and its surplus S2,215. The
addition of this bank makes PIG state
banks in Colorado. Besides these there
are 175 national banks, the eXamin-
ers records indicate.
| William r. Myera, who was arrested
several weeks ago charged with "high-
grading" gold amalgam from the Pow
der River Gold Dredging Company's
| dredge, and who was released on Il
$500 bond, failed to appear either on
| the day set for a hearing by the jus
tice of the peace or before the Dis
trict Court, is now fugitive from
| justice and his bondsmen have had to
pay over the $500 of the forfeited bond
to Sheriff j. G. Detwiler of Summit
county.
| The La Junta secretary of the Red
Cross has received the honor badges
| to be given the ladies for their work
in the Red Cross during the year. The
badges are of faun and black the faun
color representing 400 hours or more
of service, and the blue 500 or more
hours, and two stripes for 2,40O hours
or more Mrs. J. N. Lamb president
of the local chapter, will receive
blue badge with three stripes, having
worked $500 hours.
| Greeley is to have one mile of paved
county highways on both the north
and the south sides of the city limits
before winter sets in. Money for
these projects has been appropriated
by the State Highway Commission and
| the location of the two miles deter
mined by the county commissioners.
| Two of the worst stretches of the Lin
coin Highway between Denver and
Cheyenne will be eliminated by the
improvement.
| Frank f. Wood, 63 years old, the
Oldest man in point of service running
out of Denver in the railway mail
service, is dead. Mr.. Wood was known
as the most unlucky clerk in the Serv-
| ice so far as wrecks We're concerned.
His associates say he had been in
more wrecks than any other railway
mail clerk in the country He entered
the service in 1883, running between
| Leadville and Aspen.
| The net income of the Colorado &
Southern railroad for the year ending
Dec 81, 1918, was S1,376311 16, with d
gross income of S3,S7S, ,S91 90 The an
nual compensation for the road al
lowed by the act that enabled the gov
ernment to take over the railroads is
S2,4S1. .211.SS. The net income of the
road for the year 1917 was S2.493,-
45G21, and its gross income, S4,S5S,-
O17.SO.
In Baca county, which not many
years ago was regarded as n worth
less waste the acreage of land in cul-
tivation has increased more than 400
per cent in the past ten years and it
now ranks about twentieth among the
counties in total cultivated area.
C. l.. Waite has sold the Lost Creek
and the Lockhard ranches, situated
thirty-five miles from Greeley in the
Roggen district, together with 700
head of cattle, to c. V. Owens of
Eaton for consideration of $4,000.
Governor Oliver H. Shoup has ac-
cepted an invitation to speak at the
Western Slope fair meeting at Mont
rose, September II, which is II special
soldiers day, with every soldier in the
western slope invited.
At an election held at breckenridge,
taxpayers voted on $4,000 bonds for
the erection of a new schoolhouse. The
vote was A for the amendment and
23 against Denver firm placed the
bonds at par.
There have been 40 per cent more
tourists visit Canon City this season