The Dolores star., 1920-04-30
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
ves,ern Newspaper Union New. Service.

third killed In an accident, and II
fssurth is reported dying ns The result
II exposure suffered during the ui-
unnaly violent April storm which
Ewept across Colorado recently.
6teamboat Springs has donated n
plot of ground and water for new
fish hatchery and has subscribed more
than $1,000 10 supplement the amount
appropriated by the last Legislature.
Work is TO begin soon. and il is ex
pected the plant will be ready FOR a
spring hatch of rainbow trout.
ROutt county will he benefited by
the appropriation of $4,000 TO open
the Gore road. which will give "a short
route to Denver. This road will open
q Through highway across the entire
length of the county, which will be
passahle AT least two months logger
Than any other road over the range.
A total of .f5O wagon loads OF trash
represents Grand functions cleau-up
CAmpaign The rubbish has leen
hauled, making the cleanup one of the
most extensive in the city's history.
ming a new ash can ordinance and
other plans 10 make the city cleaner
and more sanitary.
Z. T. Iennigan OF LovclanI was
rtntenced TO from two to four years
In the pcnitcntiary for the theft of
Twelve sacks Of SS spuds from "A farm
er near town. Ralph Lavassor. who
was npprchcnded by writing back from
Nebraska for supplies for Il stolen mo-
torcycle, was sentenced to the reform
atory in Buena Vista.
"A new broad gauge railroad is being
built by the United States Portland
Cement Company nj Concrete, Just
east Of Florence The line will tap an
enormous deposit of limestone on Pea
yer creek. Work Is progressing rapid
" under the direction of james Sory.
: ker OF Denver. who has II contract for
the entire line. The new uuarricS 10
he tapped Will he ready for operation
by May !, when il iE hoped to have the
ruad completed
.a Every rmploye Of the ont West
Printing Company received amounts
ranging from 500 to $1,000 from the
estate Of Charles l.. Fcrrin, president
OF the company. who recently died at
Colorado Springs. In the will which
tswaS read the Salvation Army, the \.
4 NJ e. A. and the Y. w. c. A. are named
9'As reSiduary l"gaiccs. These three or
y gnniyationS will share equally between
Sr0.O00 and $50 900. the residue of an
tpstatc valued at from 100000 to Sl2J,.
\ 900.
i In n fit of insane jealousy prompted
by the estrnngcmcnt of Il woman'S af.
fections from himself to Il l!-ycar-old
s{boy, Henry Ritter, -, shot and killed
Mrs. Bessie Rails. 2S. II divorce" and
Srepuied heir to an immense fortune,
Sin Denver As the woman fell To the
floor dead. Ritter turned and fired on,
ssshot nj her alleged sweetheart. Earl
Brown. The bullet went wide, and Rit
iSter then trained the pistol on himself
md dropped To II bed with Il bullet
sthrough his heart.
.4 Extension of the public school term
40 fifty weeks IL year. immediate in
ecrease of teachers salaries and he
establishment of medical and dcltal
.xclinics in the schools, are some of the
Important features of a report on the
4 Denver school system adopted at {?
injecting of the civic and Legislative
iburc8u of the Civic and CONNER cial
ssAssOcatiOn. Coupled with the adop
tiOn of the report was Il resolution
trgiRg the presentation of the report
no entire membership body of the as
sOciation with view to vigorous
lcanpaign to secure the ends sought.
n Insect control work to wipe out the
Sbark BEETLES that have killed millions
saof feet of valuable timber in the Du
lsrango, San Juan and Montezuma ma
ftiOnal forests of southern Colorado
Twill again he started this spring. ac
rording to report by Assistant Dis
strict Forester C. NJ Granger of the
Denver Forest Service headquarters
al In view of the tremendous demand
for gold metal, 1t is interesting to note
sthnt among the recent developments
is the opening of the famous Shaftcl
mine at Idaho Springs. The mine
which has record production of nore
Than million dollars. has lain idle
Tor years, owing TO the death OF the
principal owner, Thomas Patton Of
New York.
M Peter G. Mcnamara and Charles Te-
lrevich, cagemen at the Tomboy mine,
We're instantly killed at Telluride
when they were caught between the
cage and timbers In the shaft. They
were riding up in an empty car on
the cage platform when the car tipped
As the weight shifted, throwing both
into the timbers, breaking their necks
md crushing their heads. Terevich
leaves family and Mcnamara was
Unmarried.
N Twenty-four hours in jail was the
spPntence imposed at Golden In the Dis
fIrICt Court unnu ~ Wilson u,hn