The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1920-02-27

| j. a. hpbblIS, one bl ln' tuilN SCI
tiers who planted one of Paonia's first
orchards. is dead ut the age of 81
years He is survived by his widow
and three daughters
The Ford assembling plant in Den
yer. closed during the war, Will be re-
| opened on March II, according to
Emory Alton. the Ford Manager The
plant will give immediate employment
| to 225 men.
The oil shale laboratory being erect
ed ut the University of Colorado will
be ready for operation by March II. ac-
| Cordng to an announcement made by
| William Garvin of Washington. ID. c.,
who is to have charge. \ temporary
| building has been completed and some
OF the equipment is to he installed.
Mrs Josia L. Woodbury., 81, resi-
| dent of Greeley for nearly fifty years,
died at her home there Of a complica-
| ton of diseases. She had been i'll for
| several months. Mrs. Woodbury. went
| to Greeley from Vermont in 1871 and
was one of the first graduates from
| the Greeley Normal school in 1850.
Work on the Lovelaud-EStcs Park
I tnad is progressing fast and one of the
| finest roads in the state will be open
| to the public by June |. according TO
/ Contractor DooliuE. Five road gangs
| are now ut work and pushing the grade
/ from higher To Il grade Of per cent
! all the distance from LOyclund into the
| park.
'The value OF all crops grown in
! Colorado has increased from about
| S1G.9OOOOO in 1899 to more than $l91,-
| 900, 600 in 1919. During this period of
| twenty years agriculture has advanced
| from fourth To first position among
| the states Industries, and il is today
| developing more rapidly than any
| other state industry.
Colorado is the seventh state in
size, with an area of 66,3il, l2O acres
! about twelve times the area of MaSSu-
| ChuSettS. Its greatest length is about
3ST miles, east and wcst, and its great
est width is about 276 miles. At the
present time ii ranks about thirtieth
| i'm population, with something more
than 100000 people.
| \ very rich vein of silver ore has
been found in the Early Bird group OF
| mines, located on the divide between
| AniInas Forks and Ouray. The owners.
! A. F.. Mccormick, George Gardner, Clay
| Ashley and James lass. purchased the
mine from Pueblo company last fall
and they began to break the trail to
their mine in December.
Theodore S Smith. 81. farmer,
committed suicide at the home OF
| his mother, Mrs Belle Harper, who
| lives on Ralston avenue, Just outside
of Arvada, by shooting himself in the
head with n revolver Harper had
been respondent for several days. lie
is survived by his widow and baby
and his mother.
Delegates of the Kiwanis Club of
the Eastern states are to make a tour
| of the Pixies Peak region on June %.
The visit is to be but part of n 5000
mile tour of the country that the dele
gates are to make in which they will
| visit st. Paul, Banif, Alberta, Cana
dian National park, Salt Lake City,
Denver and Kansas City.
Carl Howelson, well known profess
siOnal ski jumper. is directing crew
of workmen in preparing the Steam
boat ski course for the midwintcr
| Sports Carnival to be held on March
! and ,. Among those practicing on
the course are several amateurs not
over II years old and some have sue
ceeded in riding" it well over 100
| feet.
The body of Charles Lindberg, %
years old, was found, frozen and full
| ly dressed, lying on his bed in his
home, seven miles southwest Of Gree
ley. Coroner w. H. Woods declared
he had been dead for more than IL
week
''In the national forests of Colorado
alone more than 1000,OO0 persons
spent their vacations in 1919" A. II.
Carhart Of the local forestry offices
told the delegates to the conference of
fOresterS and engineers. More than
$4,000 automobiles toured the forest
highways.
Two youthful highwaymen, who fled
before they could be identified, held
up Miss Florence Clark in Denver as
she was walking east On East Sixteenth
avenue, near Sherman, and at the
points of two leveled revolvers forced
her to surrender her purse. The purse
contained only 30 cents.
Despite the success of Delta county
in putting the dampcr on the local eff
forts to obtain an Independent sugar
factory for Montrosc, local interests
are confident that factory will be
built, and have already contracted for
more than a thousand acres of beets
with growers for 1920
s. c. Long, lumber dealer, was
elected president of the Alamosa
Chamber of Commerce. Mayor A. f..
Bethman was elected vice president
md Colonel Footc treasurer. The as
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