The Keota news., 1920-05-14
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
w....ra M.~.p.p.r u.,o. M.ws Service.

Capt. Gerald II. SOmmers, said TO %
wanted In Denver and several other
Western cities for passing worthless
checks, was arrested In Los Angeles
nfter attempting to pass forged
check upon a hotel proprietor there.
according to q dispatch received from
Los Angeles.
Bryant Nubey. who was supposed TO
have been killed In Mexico. was remar'
rled to his wife. Mrs. Grace Lane at
I.0veland following her divorce from
her second husband. Nubey recently
escaped from Mexico after two years
Imprisonment. and succeeded In get
ting into California.
Golden has organized q commercial
club with Herman +. Coors as Its pres
ident. Z. A. Phinncy and Harry d.
Martin, Denver undertaken who lives
In Golden, have been elected vice pres
i,ients: G. +. Quaintance. secretary.
aud Grover Taylor Of the Rubcy Ma.
tIonal bank. treasurer.
The annual field day Of the women
Of the University Of COLORADO will bc
held on May 10Th. and In connection
with It there will be 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 Silverton dis
trict-is In line for large gain In
mine output during 1920. compared
with last year, when several Of the
larger properties. such ~ the Gold
King and the Sunnyside. were practi.
cnlly out Of commission BY reason Of
destruction BY fire. the influenza cpl.
dclnic and shortness Of labor.
G. II. Wolfe, Greeley bee expert. d.
clares that bee dealers are opposed to
the daylight saving plan. Bees. &C.
cortilng to Mr.. Wolfe. refuse to come
out until the sun reaches . certain
height and warns the hives. II the
owners work around the hives before
that time II puts the bees In . bad
humor. Since the bees refuse to OBJ
serve the new time the extra hour In
the morning would be Of no value to
the owners, he said.
Every reservoir In the Poudre valley
will be completely filled this year ~
the result Of the recent bllzxard. Be-
cnuse Of the drouth last year. the res
crvoirs were drained to the limit and
unusual precipitation was needed to
refill this season. At the present time
both the Platte and Poudre rivers are
running big heads Of water In spite Of
the fact that most Of the ditch com.
panics are dlverting water from the
river for reservoir filling.
Details Of the Sl.100O00 paving pro-
gram adopted by the city council.
which have been In preparation for
months, were finally made public when
the city commissioners ut q special
meeting, held. IN the council chamber,
went on record In favor Of paving four
main thoroughfarcs Of Colorado
Springs in the near future; authorix-
ing the city attorney to draw o rcsolu.
ton pertinent to paving, which will
embody the plans and specifications
Of the city engineer.
partial reports to the State 1mmigra
ton Department on agricultural statis-
tics for 1920. and the tabulation Of
.hcse reports In the office Of the de-
partment will be begun about May 1.
Such reports received to date indicate
hat the total acreage In cultivation
this year will be somewhat greater
than that reported last year, though It
Is yet too early to make any forecasts
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