The Dolores star., 1920-07-09
COLORADO NEWS NoTEs

'''o'' VI 'h' rohu lying between
Toponas and the county line, n dis.
lance Of ten miles Three miles of
this part is almost completed, II I,
nearly forty feet wide and comnuru.
lively straight, and when completed
VIII he almost level. Th. romaiude,
OF the road from the county lin. Of
ltoutt and Grand over the ton of tho
range Is 10 he repaired with money
supplied by the State Highway Com.
mission, II is said. The commission
{" furnish $4,000 in money and the
same In equipment.
The State Public Utilities Commis.
sion has petition signed by "A mum.
ber Of residents of Manitou, Colo. so
ilciting assistance In locating any one
who would acknowledge the reSponsl
bility for the operation of a water
company which serves or is alleged
Ia serve Il number of residents In the
and Pixies Peak Railroad (the Cog
rcaO, confesscs to having owned and
operated the utility several years ago
out now contends that 1t was later
leased To the city of Mauirou. The
city fathers of Manitou disclaim any
connection with the water plant, bring.
ing into evidence the fact that the
tease was never approved by an ave
and may" vote, an absoiute require
mcnt of all official city council busl.
ness
The gospel of Goods Made in Den.
YER wns preached To visitors from
twrnty.fO different states through
the medium OF Dcnvcr's first indus.
trial exposition, which closed with %
total attendance of 62,SSS for the week
Orders booked by local manufacturer
who's. goods were on display at the
exhibit show that business men frou
Massachusetts. Florldn, Washington
California, Texas, PENNSYLVANIA anC
adjacent states not only visited the
exposition. but placed orders for sub
stantinl shipments OF Denver-made
products.
The Mesa County Jersey Cattle Clui
organized at Grand Junction elcctet
James ID. Reed AK its president. a
committee was appointed to confer
with the Intermountain Fair Associa
lion, with view to getting larger
and better premiums on the premium
list this year for high-grade dairy
stock. T.. 4. Butcher heads the com
mittce. \ picnic and dairy inspection
tour Of the valley is planned for Aug
1. George La Grange Is the Chairman
of the committee arranging for the
tour. The organization decided to meet
quarterly.
Echo lake. in the Pike National for
est district, may be obtained us II par
of the Denver Mountain Park system
according to Walter B. Lowry. mnnag
er Of parks and improvements, wht
stated that city attorneys will begir
condemnation proceedings on the prop
crty within the next week. The lnke
when obtained, will be connected will
the chain of pnrkS by the Mount Evan
highway, which is soon to be com
plctcd.
As the elimination of movement
that has been in progress at Canon
City for many years and which has
failed from time to time owing to legal
and other difficulties. the voters o.
the two school districts including
Canon City, South Canon and their
environS, in mass meeting at The
First Methodist Episcopal church
voted TO consolidate by vote Of 34C
to -.
]. Il, Cavannugh, present head o.
the Missouri State Bureau of Markets
has been elected secretary of the
Greeley Chamber of Commerce and
will he there on August to take oven
the duties of his new office.
George Bosko, under death sentence
AT the Colorado penitentiary for his
share in the murder of W. |. Hunter. a
Pueblo automobile salesman, has beer
declared sane by board of alienists
uppointed 10 examine his mental con
dition and will be hanged during the
week beginning July 10, unless Cover
nor Shoup grants him respite or com
mutcs his sentence to life imprison
ment.
Oren Hurts OF Snowshoe shot ms
fifticth bear last week in the Gunni
son national forest. His brother, OTIS
had wounded the bear, who sough
refuge In its den. Otis made reflec'
tor out of n tobacco can and threw the
light so that Oren could crawl into the
hole. where he discovered the beai
huddled in a corner, growing. Oren
had to shoot lying on his stomach
Every winter some part of the state
Is hit by severe weather and high
prjces of feed. To overcome this con
dit,on farmers should be providing II
certain acreage of silage crops. These
crops put into the silo will reduce OF
oblitcrate heavy expenses and increase
the profits Of the stockmen next win
Ter. saws II. w. Clark, livestock spe-
cialist.
Prizes for events and exhibits at the
,,, -. ,,t, c,,tn,nbar 1Q-DI this wear,