The Dolores star., 1920-07-02
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
....n Nan.nun.I unlon News scrylce.

| million dollar Scottish Rite cathedral
| In Denver.
Arthur c. McClung, rnncher living
| fifteen miles south of Iumn. died oi
| injuries received when he was kicked
| by a horse recently.
Joseph BELL of Sterling. Colo, Bur'
| ,Ington bridge worker, was killed 10y
bolt of lightning near Lykite, Wyo'
during II thunderstorm.
George Fitch of Denver, who was Tor
severnl years teacher OF science nj the
Golden high school, has been appoint
ed supcrintcndcnt OF schools of Golden
To succeed w. Ii. Simons.
John Trelu, an employe of the Woif
| Park mine, was fined 500 and costs
| In Justice of the Peace Court ut canon
City for having given away liquor h'
lbe marriage celebration OF his dnugh'
| ter.
| Ecrthoud pass is open TO automobile
travel Rabbit Ear pass is stili showed
In and is not expected to be opened for
month. The Midland trail west OF
Krcmmlins is passahle, but In very
| poor condition.
| WiIlinm Grimes. ~, well known In
| frntcrna circles at Pueblo, was IN
| stautly killed when he fell from the
| top of "A pole to which he had climbed
| in rcpairing cable. His neck was
broken He was foreman for the
| American Smelling and Refining Com
| pnny.
| Struck in the face with flying
| piece of jagged steel, the broken part
Of an automobile fan, George Schaefer,
mechanic employed in n gnrnge at
| Trinidad. sustained II fracture of the
| skull. the loss of his left eye and Il
deep lac.ration extending from his left
temple down To his upper lip.
Members OF the Colorado State Fire
mems. Association have filed with See
| rotary OF Stnte James Z. Nolnnd n pc.
| tiilon, signed by 1900 persons, for an
initiative measure providing for the
| installation OF the double platoon
| system in all of the paid municipal
| fire departments in Colorado.
The damage done TO the railroad he
tween Telluride and Dolores on the
| Rio Grande Southern line has been
enormous and thirty days is given as
| The earliest time by which the road
can he rcopened. There are miles of
roadhcd washed out and miles of
tracks damaged. Many bridges are out
| or moved out of alignment.
The production OF coal In Colorado
during May amounted to SS0.315 tons,
according TO the report OF the state
In hs
number of men employed in the mines
was 12,35O The total production from
Jan. to June !, 1920, has been Abs
SO7 tons, an increase of S69.15O tons
over the same period last year.
G. &. Sutton, who has been making
arrangements for II wild west show at
Fort Collins July 5 and g, announced
that he has signed up fifteen wild
horses from the Buckeye ranch and fif-
teen bucking horses of the orig
inal variety from various places.
Four strings of relay mounts
hnve been entered, and Mr.. Sutton says
that lie will have a full program of
| first-class events booked before the end
of this month
Complete reports on the acreage of
| crops In cultivation this year had been
received by the State migration De
| pnrtment from eight counties on June
| 20, and parlinl reports from all coun
ties in the state where agriculture is
followed, but ten. Word has been re-
ceIved from all counties but two that
the collection OF agricultural Stntis-
ties is well under way and will be
completed in all except a few noun
tain counties by July l.
| Colorado'S financial balance June !
wns S1l ,12OG27.77, according TO the
quarterly report of State Treasurer
Harry +. MulniX. OF this amount So
6SS215.45 is on deposit in go banks
throughout the state The balance is
invested in the various state funds. OF
these the school fund has S6.lS7,1 ,1S+.T2
and the compensation insurance fund
has S769, 15OSl
The total valuation of Colorado's
public utilities is S229, 185, 40, n de.
crease Of S2,5S2,0l0 from the 1919 as
| sessed valuation, according to report
by the Colorado State Tax Commission.
The decrease is due largely to the fact
that the assessments OF several rail
roads have been greatly reduced dur
ing the last year and through ruilroads
having II combined valuation of Sl7O,-
970 having been disinantled within the
last year The value OF the Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany was fixed at $l2,545,S7O, an In.
crease OF $225,9O0 over the 1919 yalua.
tion, while the entire assessed valua.
tlOn Of all of the telephone compunies
operating In the stnte was fixed at
$l2,9S2,O5o. or an Increase of 1868, $50 |
over last year.
TO meet the increased price OF row
materials and labor the Canon t;u.