The Dolores star., 1919-10-17
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals
| in December
| Gov. Oliver II. Shoup has not yet
definitely set the date calling the eN-
ira session of the Legislature, it was
declared at his office. but it will be
mot later than Nov TO-"
Gov. Oliver H. Shoup designated Fri
! day, Oct. "a, as Roosevelt American
ization day" and asked that it be OBJ
served in Colorado as recommended by
the Roosevelt Memorial Association.
The seasons excarating work on the
| cliff ruins in Mesa Verde park have
detailed construction of two more
ruins has been revealed for the inter
est of students and curious sightseers.
| San Luis valley farmers are deter
mined that the Mosca-Hopper drainage
project, affecting nearly u half II mil
| lion acres of wheat, will become the
| most productive portion of the valley
and calling for the expenditure of n
million and half dollars, Will go
! through
Wages in nineteen Denver manufac-
| turing plants have increased approx-
mately $4,000 for this year over 1918,
according to figures secured by the
| City Industrial Bureau. Last year
| these same industries paid in wages
| S433,596. This year their total, they
say, will be SJ97, ,4G5.
| Newspaper and magazine editors
| representing circulation of more than
20,OOO,o0O readers have pledged their
| support TO the campaign and 10 aiding
in the popularizatioh of the knowledge
that tuberculosis kills 10000 persons
IA year and costs Sj0O,0O0,00O yearly in
| life and labor
| RienZi c. Dickens LongmOnt ranch
man, who was convicted in May, 1916,
| in the Boulder District Court of second
degree murder, following the fatal
| shooting of his aged father. William
| II. Dickens, banker and farmer. on
| Nov. 30, 1918, was granted new trial
by the State Supreme Court.
Insects do not confine their depre-
| dation TO plants by simply sucking the
| juices from them or devourng the
| foliage. but are instrumental in the
| transmission of plant diseases which If
not properly treated will spread to
other plants and cause no little dam
age.
The sheepmen are facing heavy less
| eS unless the scabies can be eXtermin-
ated Immediately, according to DR..
Mitchell, government sheep inspector.
| who addressed the last meeting of the
| Western Slope Wool Growers Associ-
| alton nj MontrOse after he had quaran-
tined several of the largest herds of
| sheep in the county because of the
| presence of scabes.
Joe Geiger, for several years travel
| ing engineer for the Western Light
| and Power Company in northern Colo
RADIO territory. has accepted a commits
sion from the Guggenheim interests to
build n big electric power plant in Chi
huahua, Mex. Geiger graduated from
the University of Colorado engineer
ing college in 1914. He recently re-
turned from service with the A. L. f.
in France.
municipal landing field will he
purchased and equipped at once by the
| Chamber of Commerce of Colorado
| Springs, and the city will be listed as
station of the North American Air
| Line Association, which is expected to
he the standard route for future coast
to-coast flights. A concrete getaway
for use in wet weather is to be in
stalled, a big cement arrow will indi-
cate to incoming flyers the best posi-
ton for landing and modern hangar
will protect planes against the
| weather.
The body of Michael Heintz, father
Of Congressman Victor Heintz of Ohio.
who died at Montrose, was shipped to
Cincinnati for burial, as his son was
unable to come west. Mr.. IIelntz had
been Il resident of the MOntrOse sec
! zion for seven years and was prOmi-
nent farmer of that county He was
veteran of the Civil war and partici-
pated in many of the most important
battles of the war He was 76 years
| old
Jefferson county formally welcomed
| home its thirtythree returned sol
tliers and paid tribute to the three who
made the supreme sacrifice, at exer-
| cises and Il jollification held at AIorri-
son with nearly 1000 people attending.
| Speeches, athletic events, military and
jazz music by the Fort Logan post
band, dance and slre-enough
western barbecue made up the pro
gram, and the large crowd supplied
abundance of enthusiasm. A large pro-
portion of the thrty-fhree returned
soldiers fell into line for the review,
under the direction of !. A. Van Cor
den, Jr., a prominent citizen of MOrri-
son. The whole thirty-three were on
hand for the dance, which concluded
the festivities.
The Holly Sugar Corporation factory
started operations at Grand Junction
and expects to handle the largest beet