The Dolores star., 1920-05-07
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

check upon "a hotel proprietor there,
according to IA dispatch received from
Los Angeles.
Bryant Nubey, who was supposed to
have been killed in Mexico, was remar-
ried to his wife, Mrs. Grace Lane at
Loveland following her divorce from
her second husband. Nubcy recently
escaped from Mexico after two years
imprisonment, and succeeded in get
ting into California.
Golden has organized a commercial
club with Herman +. COors as its pres
dent. Il. A. Phinney and Harry ID.
Martin, q Denver undertaken who lives
in Golden, have been elected vice pres
idents; C. F. Quaintance, secretary,
and Grover Taylor of the Rubcy Ma
tional bank, treasurer.
The annual field day of the women
of the University of Colorado will be
held on May 18th, and in connection
with it there will be a dance-drama
that promises to become the feature of
the days program. Contests that have
been scheduled include tennis. archery,
baseball and certain track events.
San Juan county-the Silvcrton dis
trict-is in line for large gain in
mine output during 1920, compared
with last year, when several of the
larger properties, such as the Gold
King and the Sunnysidc, were practi
cally out of commission by reason of
destruction by fire, the influenza cpl
nd oh nf Labor
c. II. Wolfe, Greeley bee expert, de-
clnres that bee dealers are opposed TO
the daylight saving plan. Bees, ac-
cor,ling to Mr. Wolfe, refuse to come
out until the sun reaches certain
height and warns the hives. If the
owners work around the hives before
that time il puts the bees In a bad
humor. Sincc the bees refuse 10 OBJ
serve the new time tho extra hour in
the morning would be of no value 10
the owners, he said.
Every reservoir in the Poudre valley
will be completely filled this year as
the result of the recent blizzard. Be
cause of the drouth last year, the res.
ervors were drained to the limit and
unusual precipitation was needed to
refill this season. AT the present time
both the Platte and POudrc rivers are
running big heads of water in spite OF
the fact that most of the ditch com.
panies are diverting water from the
river for reservoir filling. \
Details of the 81 100000 paving pro-
gram adopted by the city council.
which have been in preparation for
months, were finally made public when
the city commissioners ut IL special
meeting. held in the council chamber,
went on record in favor of paving four
main thoroughfares of Colorado
Springs in the near future; authOriz.
ing the city attorney to draw II resou'
ton pertinent to paving, which will
embody the plans and specifications
of the city engineer.
Several county assessorS have made
partial reports 10 the State lmmigra.
ton Department on agricultural statis.
tics for 1920. and the tabulatiOn OF
these reports in the office of the de.
partment will be begun about May l.
Such reports received to date indicate
that the total acreage in cultivation
this year will be somewhat greater
than that reported last year, though il
is yet too early TO make any forecasts
regarding the various crops. All ad.
vance reports indicate'a slight decrease
in the acreage of winter wheat, but II
possible increase in spring wheat, corn
and sOrghumS, and a possible sight in.
crease in both oats and barley
One hundred thousand dollars is be.
ing spent in improving the Y. NJ. c. A.
camp in preparation for the 1920 SCH
son in Estes Park. The first confer.
ence will be for students of the Rocky
Mountain states and will be held June
II to 90. The twenty institutions
composing the conference are expected
to be represented by $50 students.
The report on the activities of the
national forests in Colorado, made by
the district forester to the State I'm.
migration Department for use in the
1920 edition of the Colorado Yrai
Book, shows that more than l.0OO,0E
people spent their vacations in the ma
rsonal fores'S of the state in 1919.
This number included persons from
every state in the Union and from 23
foreign countries.
Reports now being compiled by the
State Immigration Department for pub
lication in the 1920 edition of the Colo.
RADIO Year Book show total of 3,0jO
public schools in Colorado, compared
with 3,124 for 1919 The decrease is
due to consolidation of many rural
schools during the past twelve months
The number of teachers employed is
approximately 1880, an increase OF
about 115 over 1919.
One of the largest sheep deals In
the history of western Colorado was
consumnated at Grand junction when
100000 worth of sheep and sheep
ranch equipments changed hands. The
deal involved 1900 acres of fine graz
ing pastures and range AMI 10000 hcnJ