The state herald., 1920-10-22
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

western NeWspeper Union NeWs ssrNics.
Glenwood Is to have new 500, 1000
grade school building. for which the
ground has already been broken.
Thare are 14,123,520 acres of good
grazing land in Colorado today and
one sheep or range COW for every seven
acres Of It
William Norel, of wsiNen accom-
| panied shipment of cattle to Omaha,
and while the train stopped near
LaSnlle, Colo, couple of tramps held
up one OF the men who were with
Norell md secured between SIS and
$50
In n recent bull calf contest held by
the Dairy Farmer, Miss Marie Kalberer
| OF Broomfield, Colo, won the prize
| Holstein bull calf, n son of Carnation
King Sylvia, the 100000 Holstein bull
| Of the Carnation Stock Farms Com
| pany.
Mrs. Carl White, wife of farmer
who lives thirty miles east of Hugo,
was instantly killed and their 2-year.
old son seriously injured when Il shot.
gun was accidentally discharged while
going to town with truck load OF
wheat.
Automobile bandits cracked safes In
the Deertrail State Bank and the First
| National Bank, riflcd 300 safety de
posit boxes, which contained many
| thousands of dollars worth Of securi
ties, and escaped with $4,000 in cur
rency.
The first annual San Luis Valley po
tato sho; will be held at Center, Colo.
on Nov. IL, II and 10. The fourth an
nual meeting of the Saguache county
farm bureau will be held on the open
ing day. At the potato show premiums
will be offered duplicating those given
at the Western potato show in Denver
last January.
]. Thompson, 10, bell boy. pleaded
guilty In the District Court mt Fort
Collins, to the charge of having stolen
an automobile. 500 In cash and -four
railroad tickets from Enos A. Mills, the
eminent writer. and proprietor of
Longs Peak inn in Estes Park, recent.
ly He was given an indcterminate
sentence TO the state reformatory AT
Buena Vista.
Revenue amounting to So, ,I27 ,9JI.2t
was collected in Colorado by the
United States Internal Revenue De
partment for the fiscal year of 1920, II
has been announced. The collection
for the state OF Colorado represents in.
come and excess profits tax, together
with numerous miscellaneous taxes
The revenue from income and excess
profits tax amounted TO 80 per cent
more than the fiscal year of 1919. Of.
fcinls said.
The first Indian divorce suit In the
history OF III Paso county has been
filed by Mrs. odeli Denoya against
Wesley DcNoya. both full-bloodej
Osage Indians. the wife charging
cruelty and naming Colorado Springs
white woman as the correspondent
She asks $3.50 month alimony from
valuable Oklahoma oil land. She
claims her husbands income from the
government for his oil lands is $1,000
4 month.
The State Board Of Land Commits.
sioncrs sold 1920 acres OF land for 4
consideration OF S99,320. The average
sale price per acre was s20.1S. Tse
land was sold from Baca. Eagle, FL
bert, Hucrfano. Larimer. Lincoln.
Logan, otero. Prowers, Rio Grande
and Saguachc counties. Ten per cent
Of the purchase price Of the land Is
paid when the sale Is made. according
to rules OF the commission. Az usual.
the stnte reserves the right to control
oil and ore holdings on any Of the
land. Tho next sale will be held about
Nov. 15.
jefferson county's nsssssed valuation
has increased nearly $500. 900 In the
last year. The new assessment roll
Just completed by assessor J. W. Klein
show that the assessed valuation OF
the county Is s23,457, 80. ms agninst
s2l ,0i8.a55 for lust year. The increase
has been made largely In the nsri.
cultural sections.
! With n quotation OF II cents n pound
on refined sugar at Wholesale IN New
York hopes Of sugar beet growers for
n large bonus on their bects this year
seem to have gone gllmmcring. Unless
the sugar market rallies. which there
ls-po .sIlgn OIL doing s.an. beet grow.