The Dolores star., 1920-01-30
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

W. IL. Murphy of the Las Animas
Leader was selected by the members
OF me Colorado Editorial Association
"s CHAIRMAN of the field department
committee, which is to work ont 81
thorough organization of the associa
tioh throughout the state, and to on
courage the organization of local bod
res 10 cooperate with the state asso-
ciatlon. The committee is to consist
oi three members, one of whom is TO
pe 'he 1ieid secretary, and will be paid
Il salary by the state association for
his services.
'ohn kodel. miner who has been
persIsten'ly prospecting claims in the
hodei canon, three miles southwest of
fruita, reports that his efforts have
neeh rewarded by The finding of some
very rich gold aud silver ore, He saws
tflit the ore is in II vein six feet wide
Two thrcc-foot veins came together
about seventy-fivc feet below the sur
Iace "i the ground and a Sylvanite ore,
from Il formation much like the Cripple
'rtek formation, yielded up the values.
'iie believes the ore will run over $50
900 per ton.
Silver dollars are going to be scarce
IRON now on, due 10 Il scarcity of sill
Yer. In their place dollar bills will
he circulated. as in Eastern cities. No
more silver dollars can he obtained by
banks unless silver certificates are
gwen i'll exchange. Silver, under this
ruling cannot be bought with gold
| lhcre is II shortage of silver certifi-
Gates. The banks win he able to get
only limited number of 81 and 81
bills. The result is expected 10 he
revival of silver mining in Colorado.
Approximately S2J.0oO.OOO changed
hands in live stock transactions dur
| ing the six days of Denver'S four
teenth annual National Western Stock
Show, which closed its gates after the
most successful season in its history.
Men in close touch with the market
have computed the amount from com
parativc bank clearings and other
available data. Attendance records
were also smashed this year. Total
attendance figures for the show were
announced as 12,3Sl.
An epidemic Of smallpox has broken
out in the city of Durango. The city
commissioners, acting aS the board OF
health, have issued orders to the eff
feet that no person shall he permitted
TO attend the public or private schools
of the city unless they have been vac
cinated. The board Of directors of the
| nuhlir schools and
SONS in charge of private schools are
expressly forbidden to permit any stu
dent who has not been vaccinated to
attend school.
| Bodies of American soldiers who
died or We're killed in Europe during
the war either will be brought to the
United States without charge or left
in the honored military cemeteries as
relatives may desire, according to Il
letter received by Rex b. Yeager, sec
retary of the Colorado State Board of
Embalmng Examiners. from Repre-
sentative Charles b. Timberlake, mem.
Der Of the ways and means committee
of the House.
Rule Il. Johnson, alias Charles II.
Jewell, the alleged forger, who was
shot and dangerously wounded by
| Turnkey Ed Coats when Johnson, TO-
gethcr with several other inmates of
the county Jail. attempted to break oul
of that institution Dec. 81, pleaded
| guilty before Judge +. A. Park in Dis
trict Court at Pueblo to the charge of
passing bogus checks and received n
sentence of from seven to ten years in
the state pententary.
| Newcastle may have to close its pub
lie schools aS the result of refusal of
the school board to grant an increase
of 500 Il year in the salaries of the
| teachers.
In Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and
New Mexico there are II little less than
81 900 900 acres of land subject to
entry.
Colorado has spent on an average of
SO 600 to $4,000 per mile on concrete
roads.
Colorado is coming to he one of the
most important states in the pro'!ac-
| lion of vegetable seed. The Seed Re
| porting Service of the United States
Bureau of Markets found IL total of
81 l3l acres devoted 10 vegetable
seeds. including sugar beet seed. in
1918. There was considerable falling
off in 1919. principally in seed beans
which is the most important seed crop
grown in the state.
A tent city of 100 tents, to cost
S1fl ouu is IN he huiIt in Colorado
Springs before the summer tourist sea
son IN order TO accommodate the eX-
pected crowds The tents will he
equipped and furnishd and there Will
be IL garage and cafeteria in conncc-
tion. The Chamber of Commerce is
backing the project, owing to the com
rlains of last season of the lack of ac-
commodations.
The end of the 19l9-2O beet season