The Ordway new era., 1920-04-16
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

by Forest Ranger Robinson discioseu
The ranger cabin was about buried out
~ siuiir. The deepest SNOW ever re-
ported In rhr srafs before, Ii is said.
was on Ctimhres Pass, where I2ii
inches was reportet in 1910 following
one of the worst storms in the sflfes
history The rangers found che fol-
lowing depths near Ward Lake: hiser
Creek. a8 inches :; Upper Surface Creek,
81 inches: Lower surface Greek, rs
Inches West Muddy, iS inches Huh
hard Creek, ~ inches; Cpper Big
Creek, 30 inches Lower Big Creek.
s.f Inches Mesa Lake, 81 inches Cam
creeie, 80 Inches; Upper Divide Creek,
40 inches.
The biological report OF the United
sstares district forest service for 1919
haa jnsr been cnmplered, and viii be
submisted to the biological survey IN
Washington by Allen 3. Peck, district
forester. The estimates OF the NUM-
her of game animals in the stare in
1913 and 1919 are a. follows. 4al1
elk in 1913, 5,.3sf In 1910 no moose in
either 1918 or 1913: T,123 mountain
sheep in 1913, e,7T2 in 1919;' ~ ante
lope In 1918, 80 in 1919 no caribou in
either year. 22,7f7 mute deer IN 1919
2s.79T In 1912 n white rallied deer i'm
1873, go In 1919 y ,9s., beavers in 1918,
%, III In 1919: . lgO black or brown
hears in 1918, 2.85g in 1919; II silver
rlp bears in 1913 81 in 1919.
a change Of venue ro Greeley in
Weld county viii be asked In the ease
Of Rienzf Dickens, accused OF mur-
derfng his father, William Fl, Dickens,
Longniont pioneer and banker, on Vow.
10. 1915. T.ienzi Dickens attorneys al
Iege popular prejudice Rienzf Dick
ems has been ordered to ap-
pear In the District Court
on Wednesday. April -, when District
Attorney r. W. Fleming VIII ask for
Judgment on rhe remittiEur in the SUI
prenae court, and a date for a new
rrfaI Of the case.
The establishment Of an airpIane
field, probably IN Colorado. for the
purpose OF parrBffng the United
states naflonal forests n Colorado
and other states IN this district is
very likely. according to Allen 8
Peek. district forester. The air serv-
ice fire patrol of the United States
forest service ia meeting with great
success on rhe Pacific coast, accord
Ing to Fred Morreu, assistant district
forester. who has lust returned from
the Law Enforcement conference at
San Francisco.
The state Of Colorado has not the
right to collect state inheritance tax
lspon that portion Of an estate which
IL taken by the United States govern
nnent as federal inheritance tax Only
after the federal government has taken
it's share Of an estate does the state
inheritance tax apply. This Is the ef-
feet Of decision rendered by the Col
orado supreme court.
4 snowplow, with which crews were
attempting to break the sfx-day snow
blockade on the Moffat road, jumped
The track at Loop, Colo, four miles
west Of Corona, and plunged 200 feet
iown an efnbankment, but no mem
oers Of the crew were Injured. Two
locomotives were propeiiins the piow
AZ six miles an hour when the derail-
ment occurred.
Found guilty Of stealing s3,910 from
q cache buried In a pigpen at Durango.
Henry Lance was sentenced to an In
definite term In the reformatory. Will
liam Lance, the boys step-father, was
found guilty Of receiving stolen prop
erty. The money was taken from n
hoard Of $1,000 buried by ReinhoId
Thompson, a dairyrnan, for whom
Henry WIS working.
One thousand dollars an acre IL the
record return In Montrose County
among the potato growers reported for
1919. Frank r. Heath, one Of the
farmers Of the Bostwick Park district,
has completed his marketing and said
that on twelve acres the return will
average approximately $1,000 an acre.
CoIorndos school fund has passed
the sG.OOO.O0O mark. On April ] the
books of the state treasurer show the
fund has reached SG,017 7,516.9L On
April /. 1915, the fund stood nt 49,
13G, ,TTO.35 In other words, the fund
has nearly doubled within five years.
The fund IL Invested In bonds and
other securities which net n little bet
ter than per cent, giving an income
Of about quarter Of n million dol
lars annually. This Income Is divided
among the counties for school pur-
poses.
A letter to Postmaster Charles Nc
Cormnc of Crestone. Colo, bonsting Of
his escape from federal authorities
following the theft Of S63S.40 and
other securities from the postoffice
safe. led to the arrest Of Ernest Boyd,
20 years old. at Spokane. Wash, ac-
cordlng to u telegram received In Den
yer.
The beet acrenge for the Longmont