The Dolores star., 1920-07-23
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

GS y,urs old Accompanied by a
rancher friend. Mr.. Gregg mot"r"d
down 10 Denver from Longmont to
attend to business at"thr sto'kHhrds
and they were motoring along 'hl-
fornia street between Twentieth ana
Twauty-frst streets when he was
stricken The veteran ranchnhn uieu
few hours later.
one hundred thousand people Will
pass through the turnstil"s OF the
Colorado State Fair this year Ihis
is n very conservative estimate based
on the attendance in 1919 and the as
surunces already given for ihis year
| big show AT IA low estimate there
/ will be LOO exhibits. Think OF me
educntiouai results 10 come from lVu,-
900 people studying 1900 interesting
and instructce object lessons. tHr
| datcs are September 10 to - and all
railroads are making rates from all
over the state to Pueblo.
Killed and buried by a snow slid"
many years ago, uunissed, uhldehtl-
| fled. is the story 10 he told by the
!
| skeleton of "A man which was found
in the debris of last years slide from
| the Telescope mine near Chattanooga.
| The bones were found by prospector
and the accident which hefcll the un-
known several years ago was only
revealed by another slide. Every eff
fort is being made TO connect the dis
| covery with some one missing Tor
years from the district, but so far none
has shed light on the mystery.
Two Western slope swimming pools
were recently caught in the net which
| local internal revenue collectors put
| out for those who failed to pay proper
taxes to the government. The tax ON
swimming pool sales became effective
| in September, 1917, and up To the mid
| die of this year the swimming pools
AT both Ouruy and Kidgway had not
made any payments of taxes. The pool
at Ouray was forced to pay more than
$500 in taxes. Appeal has been taken.
The pool at RidgeWay had to pay more
than 500.
Apportionment of the $3.50, ,l9l.64
| public school income fund which was
assigned for distribution July |, 1920,
| is now ready, according to Il state
ment made from the offices of the
state auditor. Mary G. G. Bradford.
superintendent of public instruction,
will make the app"rti"nmcnt, hnsing
the various sums on the district school
populations The money will be turned
over to the counties for actual eX-
pcndture.
Work has started on a 2U,OOo-hushel
grain elevator at Agate for the Scott
George Grain Company of Denver,
Colo. This will place the total value
of buildings under construction there
at more than $4,000. This building
BON is the result of the bumper crop
of wheat and corn crops raised there
last year. The prospects are for Il
much larger yield of wheat this year.
md the corn acreage will exceed 10
DOO acres.
Wheat and corn crops will he
greater in the state this year than ever
before, according to a forecast by the
Colorado crop reporting service made
public. The report is based upon crop
conditions on July |. 1t is estimated
that 4,49S,O00 bushels of wheat will be
harvested. The yield of corn is placed
at l5,OOO,OOO bushels. The average in
crease over any previous year is about
- per cent, according to the report.
More than 800 trophies of war viii,
be received by the state of Colorado
as its share of the articles which are
being distributed to various states
and territories, on the basis of the
number of men who were in service
during the conflict, according to n
bulletin received by Morton NJ. David.
state adju,ant of the American Legion.
from Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant
Of the organization.
Five firemen were injured and thou
sands Of dollars worth of property
destroyed when fire OF unknown
origin broke out in the storcroom of
the Pioneer garage in Pueblo. in the
Bessemer district. The garage was
completely destroyed and sparks flying
from the building set fire to the homes
Of George &. Lutz, proprietor of the
establishment, and Il. c. Thompson,
who lives next door.
Delta people are not satisfied with
the government census of the city
The 1920 report gives Delta 2,823
while 1t is believed the city has 1000
Efforts will be made to have munici.
| pal census taken soon. This is All Iess
than the count made by the Chamber
of Commerce two years ago and Delta
has grown grently since then. The
Chamber Of Commerce count gave z.
$50 in 1918
The Fort Collins city council has
adopted n report Of committee an.
pointed to ascertain whether the rates
OF the Poudre Valley Gas Company
should be raised. No action will he
taken, however until decision in the
case of the city against the Mountain