The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1919-12-12
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

The State Bureau OF Child ana AM
NAL Protection. state capitol. Denver
wants good citizens all over the state
to act % volunteer officers for the
protection Of neglected children and
dumb animals. Many have aided In
the past with marked success In COM
batting this abuse aud have secured
much satisfaction In protecting the
helpless. This In accomplished with
very little time and trouble and the
friendship gained many times repays
for enmity incurred. Their authority
Is ample and backed by the bureau ut
the state capitol. The bureau belongs
to the people Of the state. and II II
duty Of all good citizens TO see that
It's provisions are carried out In every
community.
The menace Of tuberculosis 10 shown
vividly In q little health movie which
IL now running In Denver and which
will be shown In every section Of Colo
RADIO. The picture aud movie slides are
being used to boost the campaign Of
the Colorado Public Health Association
which Is raising $4,000 10 he used In
this state to fight tuberculosis and TO
promote public health. The entire
state has organized to back this cam
palEn to build up Colorado BY better
ing public health conditions In the
state. Enthusiastic reports from every
section show that the people are arous-
Ing to the need which exists for work
Of the kind which has been undertaken
BY the State Health Association.
E D. Smith, agricultural agent for
La Plata county. has announced that
In the near future he will conduct
throughout the country . series Of one.
day institutes. 1t which he will In.
struct the ranchery in farm manage
nent and the keeping Of their &C
counts, many Of them desiring infor.
nation on . simple system Of book.
keeping In particular. ~ they have had
much difficulty In the past OF making
out their income Tux returns.
In one Of the first convictions re-
turned under the Colorado trus: law.
James II. Campbell. Frank Th..oi,sl1.
E. W. Patterson. T. 8. Barnes and
Thomas McCarsy. members Of the N,s-
ter Plumbers Association. were toun1
guilty in the District Court at Colo.
RADIO Springs Of the charge Of unlSw.
full combination In restraint Of tra.la.
It - the first decision In the plumb.
Ing trust cases which have been 10 the
courts since November. 1917.
The value Of all livestock on the
farms In Colorado In 1919. A. estimst.
ed by the Bureau Of Crop Estimates
Of the United States Department OF
Agriculture, was &l72.75l. 600. Asses.
sors' reports show Increases this year
In practically all classes Of livestock.
20 that Indications are that the State
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
will find the value Of livestock on
farms January !, 1920, to be close to
900 000. 600.
Struck By q mammoth rock while at
work in the sopris mine Of the Colo.
rado Fuel and Iron Company. Ant sa,o
Salla, coal miner. 80 years old, Was
instantly killed. The rock, weighing
several tons, struck Salla on the head.
crushing 1t to Q pulp and scattering
brains about the working place. The
lower portion Of the body was also
badly crushed. The dead man leaves .
widow and two children Mt Sopr;s
0irard Douglas, colorcd you,h,
charged with statutory offense fol.
lowing his alleged attack upon Mis-,
Lutte Marshall. Sophomore student
In Cn1oroin Co1,au~ ~, sA> .,.A. -.