The Dolores star., 1920-09-10

VIII be held at Hugo, Sept. $3.50.
Oct. l-2.
A falling tree crushed out the life
II Wilbert A Gardner, an employe of
he Rocky Mountain Lumber Company,
at Diamond Park.
Census returns made public include
Pueblo, Colo, whose population is
given as 1900, decrease of 1,4S7, or
53 per cent.
The condition Of alfalfa in Colorado
on July LIST was the same as on June
timated output. The condition of all
hay in the state is also the same as on
June 1st, and the estimate of total pro-
duction Is unchanged.
w. +. StOltZ, alias William Brown,
who was seriously injured August 2Sth
when he was crushed between two
tram cars at the central ear barns,
where he WAS working, died as the re-
suit Of his injuries at st. Iuke's hos
pitaI in Denver.
james Tuckerman, 80 years old, a
resident of Greeley for forty-three
years and one of the wealthicst live
stock men in Weld county, died Of
heart disease while reading a newSpa-
per. He had been in apparently good
health until his death
Miss Anna Laura Force, president of
the State Teachers Association of
Colorado and principal of the Lincoln
school in Denver has been appointed
chairman of the executive committee
of the National Council of Education.
Miss Force is doing graduate work at
the State Teachers College this sum.
mer at Greeley.
AS the night jailer at the county Jail
at Leadville entered the cell house to
replenish the fire in the stove there,
three prisoners who were in the corri-
dor made n rush Cor the open door and
escaped. At II late hour tonight they
had not been cuptured The three men
were awaiting trial in the District
Court on minor charges.
Two bears We're killed within few
yards of each other by J. F.. Naylor in
North Park while on camping and
fishing expedition. He found the ami
mails early in the morning within 100
yards Of the camp and dropped one at
the first shot. The second one started
TO run away and it took four shots to
bring it down, after it had run about
$50 yards.
The condition Of barley in Colorado
on July LIST was 81 per cent of normal
compared with 96 per cent on June LIST
Partial reports OF county assessors in,
dicate that the area devoted to the
.rop is about 10000 acres Based on
this acreage and the condition of the
-rop on July lst, the estimated produc.
ton is 5.9+3,2OO bushels. compared with
3,8O0,OOO last year
Remarkable yields of both wheat and
barley are reported from fields OF
grain just threshed in Larimer county
Fred Schmer has just harvested twelve
acres of wheat and six acres of barley
on The w. A. Drake farm two and II
hSlf miles south of Fort Collins. which,
while they have broken no records. are
unusually fine crops. The wheat
threshed 74.16 bushels to the acre, and
the barley S5 bushels to the acre.
Partial reports of county assessors
indicate that about $4,000 acres of po-
iatoes We're planted In Colorado this
yenr, compared with $500 acres last
year. The condition of the crop on
July lst was 81 per cent of normal, an
, innaIlv biph ,nnIitinn fnr Ii
season of the year. The estimated pro.
duction. based upon this condition and
/ se acreage given above, is 1902 600
bushels compared with final csti-
mate Of 1l.Oi0.OO0 bushels last year.
Approximately IL per cent of the
l2,0n men employed in Colorado coal
mines will ask for IN increase of 81 90
II day 1t has been announced These
compose Il class of men known as in
side and outside day labor and do not
include men who dig coal.
Baca county. Colorado. contninins
the city of Springfield, rates second OF
all counties in the United States of
which population thus far has been an.
rounced, in its rate OF growth during
The last ten years. 1t has nearly three
md one-half times the population il
had in 1910, its percentage of increase
having been 2466 Dadc county.
Florida, which contains the city OF
Miami. leads with percentage of
ISL.
Forrest Wood, l. years old. vas
thrown off his bicycle at Boulder and
run over by Il touring car. receiving in
inries which may prove fatal. In dodg-
ing TWO automobiles N n busy street
corner he turned his bicycle roo far.
striking" the hub of one of the cars
md being hurled directly in the path
,t the other. His right arm was broken
lh he suffered II severe wound ON
I've head.
The big firemen's convention held at
Englew"od and Littleton was well-at-