The Dolores star., 1920-06-11
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
w--'er" Newspaper Union News Service.

building permits for the first five
months Of 1920 represent S2,2ll $50
more than for the same period of time
year ago. according to the monthly
report issued by Frank NJ. I.add, city
building Inspector of Denver.
| Al, of northern kareli northwest
husSin) has been conquered by the
holsheriSts, according to u Helsingfors
dispatch to the National Tidende. The
| harelian population has fled to the
| forests.
John Lawrence, cattle foreman of
the Maxwell Cattle Company,
| breeders of thoroughbred Shorthorns
at Steamboat Springs, will leave soon
| Tor Scotland. where he will purchase
| zine stock for that company.
An important local realty deal was
| made at Victor when A. T.. REYNOLDS
sold the postoffice block to j. B. By
ers for $1,000. The building is occu-
pied by the pOstoffice. the Bank of Vic
Tor and several business firms, and 10
probably the best income property in
the Cripple Creek district.
Glen SiversOn. a student of Lowell
school. who was accidentally hit in the
head with "A bat at Colorado Springs
| while playing baseball at the school,
IS dead The boy, who was IL years
old, WIS catching and stepped too close
| 10 the home plate. when he was hit as
the baismun drew back to strike at II
| ball.
Victor Johnson. 10, a miner living at
Georgetown, was instantly killed when
II motorcycle in which h. was riding
| skiddcd in a muddy stretch of the high.
way on Floyd hill and upset. George
Gnliagher who was driving the motor.
cycle. was unnjured. The body was
taken to Georgetown. johnson leaves
his mother and one sister.
Mrs. e. W. Lowther. the wife of q
| prominent church worker in Cripple
| Creek and Il resident of Victor, Colo
| was given a sentence of two to five
| years in the penitentiary for grand
| larceny Mrs. Lowther was convicted
| of stealing several rugs and Other
household goods from the home of Ern
est s. Kidd.
ne people DI ATNaui nave NOteu
| l73 to Is, for So. 900 in bonds to he
used in completing new high school
| Arrangements have been made for the
| disposition of the entire issue of this
| disposition of the entire issue. This is
sue supplemented IA similar issue of SO,
900 voted some time ago, but which
was found inadequate for the purpose
Denver is overwhelmingly Amcri
can, according to figures compiled
from the official census received by
the civic and Commercial Association
giving the city II population in 1920 OF
256,369. In 1910 the number of native
born citizens was 1862 as against
20s,7O7 in 1920. Il gain of 202 per cent
us compared to a gain of POI per cent
in the entire population.
The man who was killed ut James
vile, Wis, was not Earl Ballard, the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. Il. Ballard OF
I.ongln0nt. This was proven when the
caSkct supposedly containing his body
arrived from .Ianesville. Mrs. Ballard
mother Of the supposed dead man, anC
several of his sisters and brothers and
other relatives positively discaimed
any resemblance between the dead
man and Earl Ballard.
Benjumin f. Smith, alias Hal Fl.
Hubbard, .Ir.. 26 years old, was sen
fenced to term of six to ten years
in the state penitentiary on II charge
of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. by District Judge Charles Corn
forth ut Cripple Creek Smith is al
legged to have passed Il number of baC
checks in Colorado Springs and Snlida
but was successful in obtaining money
on but one check here.
Lieut.. Cob w s. F'urman, marsha
of the day in Grand functions McmOr
ia day demonstration. WAS seriously
injured in the parade when his hOrs,
fell on the pavement, crushing Fur
mans left leg and foot.
Elnore Peterson, secretary of the
Greeley Chamber Of Commerce, is To
become IL member of the faculty of the
University of Colorado. He will be di.
rector of the extension department
with which he was formerly associated
during the years leave of absence thai
has been granted DIR. l.. ID. Osborn. He
will teach economics and will be secre.
tury Of the bureau of business and
commercial development in the cXten.
sion division.
As Il result of the exceptionally fn
orable weather for plOwins and plant
ing in all sections of the state farmers
have made slight revisiOnS in theiI
plans in most districts, according to re-
ports received by the Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service, and the result
will be slightly larger acreaseS of such
late crops rs corn, beans. SOrghims,
etc. than We're originally planned. Win.
ter wlient is generally in fine condition
and spriug wheat is making good pro
gre5S.
Lester Kruse and Robert Beard. both
of I.Oveand, are recovering from in.