The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1919-06-20
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service
COMING EVENTS.
The Colorado Editorial Associate
meet in Denver. July II. Il. 1918

been made as soon as the blossoms
were well off the trees
Two hundred and seventy-nine grad
/ yates of State Teachers college re-
I ceiyed degrees or life certificates at
the commencement held on the college
| campus at Greeley.
The state Inheritance tax depart
ment will make u thorough investiga-
ton of the reported shrInkage of the
/ estate of w. $. Jackson. Colorado
/ Springs pioneer banker, from $1,000
/ 100 to little more than Sl,ooo.ooo.
A balance of S9,65o, 169os on May 81
/ is the amount on hand in the state
/ treasury, according TO Harry Z. Null
/ nix. treasurer. This is an increase of
| sl,SO0,0o0 over the balance on hand
Feb. IS The receipts for the last
| quarter were Si643, 045.49 and the dis
bursements S,3l1,+S5.9T
| The first distinguished service med
| Il presented in Colorado was given to
| Wendell W. Jacobs of Colorado
| Springs by Lieut.. Col. c. VI. Barney,
/ commander of the Denver army re-
| cruiting station. Private Jacobs was
| with Company c, 341st Machine Gun
| Battalion. and was cited for extraor-
| binary heroism.
! Maintenance of the government guar
anteed price of S226 bushel to the
wheat producer is absolutely neces-
sary to assure the production needed
| TO care for the world wants, it was de-
| Clared by julius Barnes, United States
| wheat director. presiding at confer
cnce of 80 representatives Of all the
| grain industries of this country in New
| York.
The bids for the making of 10000
| front tags and 10000 rear tags for au-
tOmobles have been let by Secretary
| of State james r. holland. Another
company of Denver, has been given
| the work of making 1900 badges
which the law requires must be worn
| by chauffeurs. Colorado concerns are
| being given preference in the bidding,
said Secretary of State holland.
Il would rather die than go to
| Canon City" was the remark of Frank
! De West, who broke Jail ut La Junta
! ''i l'I ttillS N'lll'll''b w NIt ptililtA-
| riary TO from eighteen months to two
| years. De West was recaptured in
| Pueblo, after making the trip by con
! cealiug himself underneath the coal on
| the engine tender. The first sentence
was revoked. and he was resentenced
! to serve from five to eight years for
| his brief liberty.
Among the arrivals from France re-
Gently was Vernon II. Alspaugh and
| his wife. a charming little French girl
whom he married in Nantes, France,
last December while Il member of the
Sixteenth infantry of the A. f. F. The
| young couple went to Craig, Colo,
where they will live on Private Ais
paugh's ranch. Alspaugh was a mem
Der Of the first American unit under
fire and was gassed during an engage
ment in the Toul sector in January,
| 1918.
Reports received by the cooperative
crop reporting service indicate a sub
| stantial increase in the number OF
| chickens on farms in Colorado since
! the report of the census bureau in
/ 1910. The total number of chickens
on farms in 1910, as reported by the
| Census Bureau was 1,644, Al. The in-
| quiry this year applies only to number
of hens on farms, and though reports
| will not be nearly so complete as
were obtained by the ccnsus bureau,
| they will apparently show an Increase
of at least 30 per cent in the number
| of chickens over 1910
A building permit has been issued
for the first hangar to be built by the
| Curtiss-HWnphreys AerOpIane Com
| pany Of Denver, which starts its Estes
| Park aerial bus line In few weeks.
| The hangar, "A frame structure 7OxSC
feet in dimension, will be built at 1901
East Twenty-siXth avenue, on the
Oneida street flying field.
According to a current report Of the
| State Highway Commission o total Of
$4,000 will be spent on federal aid
road projects in District 2 Of COlo-
RADIO. All Of the money will b.. spent
for grading and draining The roads
| 10 be improved are Cherry Creek rga1
| to Colorado Springs Junction. q dls-
lance Of for'y-eight miles, the EBriluz.
ton road in Kit Carson county for ten
miles north, east and Hest, the I.lmDn
east road for ten miles, the CDlDrsflD
| Springs Canon CITY road, the CoI0ratIO
| Springs Cripple Greek ROAD, the Castle
Rock river road, ihe Cheyenne Wells.
either north or west Woodland PARK
| 10 Cripple Greek IN Teller county:
Buena Vista Sallda road in Cbaffee
county; Euena Vista 10 Divide Ia Chat
fee county Peyt1a Hamah road III n
Paso and Park counties and the Farm.
err highway In Lincoln county.
G. ~ Baldwin died ut his home 10
Florence from meningitis and what u
thought 70 be tick fever. I'hyslcIans
who are familiar with the symptom
Of mood tick feyer say that Mr.. Bald,
wins rare had all the chsrscterIstlS-s