The Dolores star., 1919-02-21
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

pared with 34U,I29 acres for 1909. The
Increase has been largely In the acre
age devoted to winter wheat
Dcnver's population is estimated al
2So,ooO In u booklet of tax information
Just published by the treasurer's di-
vision OF the Department OF Revenue
under Clair ]. Pitcher.
There are approximately G3,0D
farms in Colorado. as compared with
iG,lI0 in 1910, 24,IoO in 1900 and 16-3s9
in 1850. The average size of farms
has increased slightly since 1910.
The Summit County Winter Sports
club will hold its first ski tournament
al Lake hill, near Dillon, March and
.. Immediately succeeding the winter
carnival ut Steamboat Springs.
Being al the crest OF the continent,
Colorado contains the headwaters OF
some of the principal rivers of the
United States, including the Colorado,
Rio Grande, Platte, Arkansas and Re
publican.
Colorado has 4l.OOO miles of high
way and nearly 100000 automobiles,
more than two automobiles for each
mile of highway Many states less
than half as large rs Colorado have
II much greater road mileage.
Colorado springs was selected as
hendquarte,. and Il. w. Ross, news
paper man of Colorado Springs elected
secrerarr of the Pixies Peak Ocean-to-
Ocean Highway Association at the
sixth annual meeting in St. Joseph,
Mo.
Tie first concerted effort to obtain
II high school building for Enslewood
was taken when, at meeting the
Parents and Teachers club al Engie-
wood. II petition was drafted asking
tl.s city school board TO vote such an
Improvement.
\ house fell on George Hubbard at
MonrroSe and 50 severely crushed his
left leg that amputation WAS neces-
snry Hubbard WAS engaged in NOV
ing the structure when his team
-l,rched and the house slid from its
trucks and pinned him beneath.
4 fire, far-reaching and destructive
in irs result. occurred in Buckingham
when the village light plant. the home
Of J. H. Johnson. manager of the
buckingham elevator, and the Buck
inghum garage, We're all destroyed.
rhe garage contained seven autOmo-
biieS at the time of the fire. three Of
them high priced cars.
nF rho In
schocl circles, the meeting of the
Western Slope Athletic and Rhetori-
cal Association. will he held in Mont
rose Thursday. Friday and Saturday,
May -, "A and -, this year, with
eleven schools taking part as follows ::
Grand Junction, Montrose, Delta,
Ouray, Guunison, Olathe, Iotchkiss,
Dave ShoSrin, proprietor of II Mont
rose restaurant, is under arrest ut Sa-
Ida, his romance Of few hours ended
by angry creditors in MontroSc. He
is alleged to have done II brisk bust
ness in meal tickets at half price and
in checks for which the bank had no
money and then closed up shop, de-
parting with his head waitress. leaving
unpaid bills for several thousand dol
lars
Fifty thousand dollars damage was
done when fire started at the rear of
the New York store, owned by Rach-
ofsky X Son, pioneer Colorado mer-
chants of Loveland. The blaze was
discovered by members Of the Elks
lodge, which occupies the second floor
of the building, and is believed TO have
started from an ash pit or furnace.
The damage to the stock is estimated
at $4,000 and to the building S5,00U
Death has claimed Victor SANITY, a
well-known mining and mill man with
an international reputation. He was
a resident of Durango.
The secretary of the interior has
designated SO,332 acres of land rs
stock grazing homesteads, Colorado
list No. II, within Pueblo and Sterling
land districts, to become effective
Feb. IS, 1919. OF this great acreage,
all of it has practically been applied
for by citizens of this state. Within
the Pueblo district forty-nine applica-
tiOns We're made, and in the Sterling
land district forty-one citizens made
applications.
Upon receipt of information that the
Spanish trail had been accepted and
designated MS the westward cOntinu-
ntiOn of the National Old trails, an in
vitatiOn was extended for the asSoci-
alton to hold its annual convention
In Durango during the summer, and
while the designation OF the conven.
tion town likely will not be made un.
til the April meeting of the National
Old Trails Association. il has been in
tlmatcd from high official sources
that Durango is assured of the mid
summer meeting. in which case it will
he the first national convention ever
held In that part of the state.
The Parents and Teachers Club OI