The Dolores star., 1919-12-05
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

represented by at least one student
ut Denver University, Chancellor
Henry A. Buchtel stated in giving
resume of the work of the school in
the fifty-fivc years of its existence.
The total number of students en-
rolled this year in all department is
800, the chancellor said. Thirteen
hundred of these are from Denver
and the remaining 800 from forty diff
ferent states. DR. Buchtcl said that
in spite of extensive advertising EN-
ployed by all universities. the fact re
mains that every school draws the
great majority of its students from lis
immediate vicinity. A total of 3.i'2
degrees have been conferred by the
university to date.
The carrier pigeons and equipment
of the Navy Department will be used
next year by the United States Forest
Service for conveying fire reports
from lookout stations and fire fight
crS AT the front to National Forest
Headquarters. The value of the birds
in mountainous and lake regions
where, in many places, travel is diff
and trails, and there are but few tele-
phone lines, will be especially great.
The test of the birds FOR this use was
carried out on II limited scale this sea
son. hui 1t encouraged the Forest Ser
vice officials to believe that pigeons
can he employed profitably ON large
scale.
Lad 1,.r th StsI. nj.
migration Department show that the
per capita valuation of property in
Colorado for assessment purposes this
year Is Sl.i0i. compared with ST.
3S4.9i last year. There is an increase
of approximately 81 100000 in the as
sessed valuation of property as re-
turned by the State Tax Commission,
the total valuation of property for as
srsSmcnt purposes in the state this
year being S1,49j, 2OO,659 The high
est per capita valuation is in Cheyenne
county, S2.9S666, and the lowest is in
Iluerfano county. SSO66l. These per
capita figures are based upon a popu-
lation of approximately 100000 for
the state.
Appropriations to he asked of the
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governor had made known the amounts
to be sought. With the state already
facing the problem of meeting nppru-
priationS by the regular session that
were SITS, 1O6GO in excess of the csti-
mated revenues for the biennial
period, officials in the offices of the
state treasurer and state auditor are
puzzled as to how the state will oh
t;ilh iuhds 10 meet the additional buf-
deh.
Population in Colorado per square
mile of area this year, according to
compilations made in the State IInmi-
grafton Department, is 1926, com
pared with 9.92 last year and ~ as
returned by the census bureau III
l9lo. Ihe population OF the state APP
parehliy mas increased approximately
% per cent III me past Ten years. us
compared Win 40 per cent III me pre-
ceuihs uecade' Inc count! OF l'ehNer'
OF course Is 'he most d"hsei! p"pu-
iated' having approximately AHA per-
sons per square mile. Hlnsdale county
is the most sparsely populated, with
o,ol per square mile.
Denied the release of coal shipped
in by rail, Manager w. w. Campbell of
the Mesa flour mills is keeping the
mn III operation by hauling in coal