The Dolores star., 1920-07-02
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

and unable TO step back, threw h's
arms over the floor of the elevator. A.
the ear Travelled mp the boys shoulders
and head were caught between the
floor of the elevator and the easement
of the shaft. His life was crushed on.
before the eyes OF the passengers, hhu
his body terribly mnnclcd.
Wheat rust has again appeared upon
the barbcrry bushes In Colorado. inc
| first rust infected barberry bushes
were found near Lovelnnd, Colo.
| These bushes We're mostly small seed
| lngs which had come up after the lare-
| er bushes had been erndicnied. New
sprouts were found arising from roots
left in the ground when the other BUSH
cs were dug up. These small bnrbcrry
| plants. which were scattered over II
considerable area In the midst OF rich
farming district, were heavily infected
with the rust and will in all prohnbii-
| ity be the starting point of a local OF
| perhaps wide spread epidemic of
wheat rust this summer.
Inheritance tax collections from
June ! To 10 total Sl2,332 from twenty
three estates, according TO sihte'
ment made by the inheritance INK de
partment. This brings the aggregate
| for the biennial period to S1,0I GIBBS.
| The three largest payments were col
| lected from the estates of Samuel w.
Eckman, S.2g3.19; Harootune Enfin-
| jian, an Armenian importer of Persian
and Oriental rugs. S2,T94.17, and Jos
| ephinc Buernard, Sl,J0GG5, All were
residents of Denver
Copy for the 1920 edition OF the
| Colorado Year Book is nearly all In
the hands of the printer and the lnmi.
grafton Department, which issues the
book, expects 10 receive II from the
press about the middle of July. II will
he somewhat lnrgcr than the 1919 edi.
tion and will be the most complete
general book Of statistical and other
official information on the state OF
Colorado ever published
Good heavy horses for farm woyb
are at premium in some sections
Buyers state that when reasonahiy
good heavy horse is for sale he must
he taken for there Is II large numbe,
Of buyers on the Whiting list for such
horses. City users OF horses are get
ting ut wits ends TO know what to dc
for good horses The farm is not pro
ducing them nS formerly and they can
not be secured at any price
Upwards of $1,000 acres of land in
southeastern Colorado in the Lamar
land district has been thrown open foi
h0meSteaders by the secretary of tho
interior, under the GI0-acre stock rails
ing homestead law. These lands are
already covered by applications OF 2W
residents of this district. Pursuant I,
applications received 4,520 acres in
the Sterling district has been similarly
opened for settlement.
Motorists who visit Colorado this
summer will find in the San Isabel
National Forest, lying thirty-five miles
Of Pueblo and Trinidad, an attractive
vacation land in which there are un
surpassed opportunities for outdoor
life and enjoyment. Nowhere will tn,
"motor gypsy" encounter such a iii
vcrsity of scenic splendor as is fount
in the new Fairgrounds which are be.
ing developed on this forest
Colorado is to lose the United States
bureau of mines experimental station
now located at the School of Mines in
Golden, according to ID. A. Lyons. fed
cral superintendent of mine expert.
mental stations The reason for the
removal was given by DR. S. C. Lind
superintendent of the station, as re.
fusal to renew the lease on the build
ing the experiment station now occu
pies.
Colorado College honOred Coy. Oil.
yer II. Shoup by bes,owing upon hin
the honorary degree of doctor of laws
The presentation of the degree fol.
lowed the announcement of Governor
Shoups gift of $1,000 to the soldier
memorial fund, and the governor re.
ceived applause which lasted several
minutes rs he arose to don the gown
and vestment Of n doctor of law.
A gift of 100000 from the general
board of education (the Rockefeller
fund.- to Colorado College toward ar
endowment of S1,OOO,OOO for the per
manent increase of salaries of the col
legc faculty has been announced by
President G, A. Duniway.
The Larimer County Purebred Live.
stock Association has reelected OF.
ficers for the coming year. They are
j. ID. Pancake of Loveland, president,
). ii. Clammer of Fort Collins, vice
president. and Elmer Johnson of Fort
Collins, vice president.
John w. Galbreath, so, lessee of IN,
FRANKLIN mine, near Idaho Springs
was killed by premature explosion ot
dynamite while at work. GaIbreoth
was working alone and the body wa,
not found until next morning.
Six hundred thousand is the mem.
bership goal of the National Christian
Endeuvor Union, according ia r. y