The Dolores star., 1920-08-27
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

r.ruccd by Delta due 10 the large pay
rolls nj the three factories now heint
.hrH, or recently opened for "rerat'"h'
there.
". T.. Enfield has sold his 4o-acr'
ranch near Montrose for S2o,ooo
Frank Chase of Paxton, Nch. Inn
is probably one of the fnncicst prices
ever paid for land in that region.
A specinl grand jury to probe th'
strike riots which resulted in sever
deaths. fifty-two injuries aud property
loss running near the Sl0nrn mark
will be 'mpunelled In Denver by DIS
trict Judge Clarence j. Morley.
Charles McCarty, neId on bur
gIary chnrge nj Topeka, Kan, con
fcsS.d thu, he is an escaped conNic
from the Colorado state penitenttar!
at Canon City. He expressed desire
To hc returned To Canon City rathc
than stand trial.
All southern Colorado is looking for
ward to the great Labor day program
TO be given AT Walsenhurg, Sept.
Live wires from the various camp
and the WaIsenburg Commercial Clu'
nave arranged day full of recreation
and sports
Remarkable progress in the a=ricnl
turaI development of Moffut count! l.
shown for the last year 10y the ropor
# the state hOnrd Of Immigration. Tn
upnrt shows there are I6l land own
rrs and homesteaders and fifty-fiv'
renters. with total of iS,3IS acr"
| nuder cultivation. GIFTS ncrcs of farm
| land not yet broken, and with an in
crease of 1916 acres of land rnisini
| crops.
The tweuty-third annual meeting @
The colorado Bar Association was h"l'
| IA the court house at COLORADO
| Springs. At the same time and plac'
| the annual meeting OF the Stat
| Judges Association was held. Speak
ers at the meeting were W. L. Dayton
| president; Gov. llcnr! J. Allen g
| Kansas, Judge Jesse G.. NorCult -
| Trinidad. and Senator Charles ;
Thomas.
\ Il >iigrpcmcnt between officials o
| Ia" Denver and Salt Lake railroad au'
Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
rany resulted in the telegraph com
| uany issuing III order abandoning
| service on the MOffat road The stat,
| public utilities commission iumcdi
atcly notified the telegraph cumpan,
that its order was in conflict will
| Colorado laws and that such discrimi
nation would not be permitted. Th'
order was Immediately rcscinded b.
The telegraph company.
| William Xicnsuuhcnnc, CrippI
| Creeks near "Euuch Arden" has re
| turned 10 his wife and two children
now grown 10 manhood, whom he lcf
| eighteen years ago. He stepped on
Of the automobile that had brough
| uin over the mountains from colorad
| Springs and entered a home that ha
| had another husband and father afIe
| the wife he married twenty.thrce year
ago had remained faithful! to him fn
ten years while, supposedly dead, h
was "hoboing" around the country.
The Denver & Salt Lake RaIroa
| Company has filed with the State put
| lie Utilities Commission a petition re
| qucsting that 1t be permitted to II,
vance freight rates on its line 80 pc
cent over existing rates, instead Of :.
per cent as requested by the otho
Colorado railroads located in the tcrr
tory west of line drawn north an
south through the Colorado commu
| points. which include Cheyenne, DcI
yer, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and TrII
| dad.
Automobile handi;s entered the Al
H"rSon general merchandise store Il
| IIaxtun and carried away about s.. .OO
worth of mems clothing. The me
pulled the job when the night maj
~hnl was in another part Of the tow
and escaped without Il person sccin
| them.
Nearly complete reports received b
the State Immigration DcparimcI
from county assessors show that tn
area in cultivation in Colorado hi
year Is slightly in excess of 5000. .0O
acres, exclusive Of orchards, compare
with n total of 4,195,792 acres repor,c
III cultivation by county assessors las
year. These figures include the are
devoted to wild hay, amounting I
about 2G0,OO0 acres each year. IN
largest increases in cultivated acrear
this year are in the areas devoted I
winter wheat and corn, with consIdp,
able Increases In acreage of SORGHUM
crops and moderate increases In aIfn
ia acreage. The reports OF county ms
SCISSORS show that something more ,ha
"3o,oOo acres of raw land was broke
for the first time this year, comparc
with about 35,OO0 acres broken Ios
| year.
National conferences to revive III
metal mining Industry of the Unite,
states Will be held IN Denver the wpol
OF Nov. u. Two thousand producnrs
flhanciers, government officials am,
experts will participate" OH and Goa