The Dolores star., 1920-04-02
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

has not been so great as the increase
for the country as n whole and not
nearly so great MS it has been in some
states. These reports indicate that
the prices of land In Colorado mt this
time are much lower than in states i'm
inediately to the east, where most of
the buyers Of Colorado land come
from. The indicated average value of
all pillow lands In Colorado at present Is
$66 an acre, compared with so in 1916,
showing an increase of 81 per cent.
The average value OF all farm lands
in Colorado at this time, with improvc-
ments. In estimated at S75 an acre,
compared with $50 In 1916.
Credit balances in all state funds at
the close of the first quarter Of the
state fiscal year on Feb. %, totaled S9,-
567 .511.41, according to quarterly re-
port issued by Harry f. Mulnix. state
treasurer OF this amount, S2,4S5,
1880 was cash on hand an, on de-
posit in 24O banks throughout the
state. The rest, s7,OS1, ,773.12, consist
Of investments in state and other Sc
curities. Since the close of the quar-
ter approximately S1.OOOOOO more has
been received into the treasury, the
heavy fifteen days receipts being az
counted for by tax remittnnces from
the counties. This brings the states
present treasury resources to more
than S1O,5OO,OOO
Mrs. I. A. Prisbey. proprietor of II
steam laundry at Golden. suffered the
loss Of $50 Liberty Bond and so
worth of War Savings Certificates
| when the securities were accidentally
burned. The bonds and stamps had
been taken from her house to the
| laundry and were left on counter
| The counter was cleared off and the
papers were swept into waste paper
basket, the contents Of which We're
| thrown into the furnace fire.
President w. H. HUFF of the Victor
| American Fuel Company, largest oper-
ator of Colorado coal mines under
union contract, has announced that the
company has declined to renew the
agreement with the United Mine Work
ers of America expiring on April |.
Other operators are expected to take
the alternative of refusing to work or
continuing to dig coal without union
| contracts.
| Plans for a rOuSing demonstration of
Americanism to offset the threatened
May day outbursts of the reds We're
| launched by Governor Shoup when he
issued IA proclamation designating May
] as american day" All municipal
tiles throughout Colorado are urged by
| the governor to observe the day in q
manner calculated to show their pn-
triotism and loyalty to their country.
Better salaries for the teachers of
Colorado will be the principal topic of
| discussion at the state convention of
| the Mothers Congress and Parent
| Teacher Association, to be held in Pu-
| cblo April IA, Is and 16. following
| which the state organization is eX-
| pected to step definitely into the fight
for the proposed increase in teachers
| wages.
Plans are being formed 10 take the
Boy Scout band of Denver to the in
| tcrnatiOnal meeting of the organza-
| tion in London next July. The POO or
more scouts that will represent the
| United States in London will be Sc
lected on some basis of troop competi-
| tion. Each local council, however, is
| entitled to send one scout at its own
expense.
The condition of Under Sheriff Will
| liam S. Stretcher, who was seriously
| injured in an accident at Boulder,
which resulted in the deaths of Chief
| OF Police Lawrence Bass and Joe -.
Salter, son of City Manager Salter,
WAS reported as still dangerous at the
University hospital. The under sheriff
is suffering from fracture at the
base of the skull.
Approximately 1000 acres of state
school land will be offered for sale at
public auction in the House of Repre-
sentatives chamber in the state house
on April Z. Included in the land for
sale are sections in Alamosa. Bent,
Clear Creek, Conejos, Elbert, FL Paso,
Larimer, Lincoln, jefferson, Logan,
Moffat, MOntezuma, Pueblo, Rio
Grande, Routt, Washington and Yuma
counties.
There are thirty-three acres of land
for every head of mature livestock
(animal uniD in the dry land district
of eastern Colorado, The average
farmer has from eight to ten acres of
crops per animal unit. BY using silos
and proper crops and cropping meth
DDS. few farmers have reduced this
to from two and three acres per animal
unit
Five hundred sheep and lambs were
burned to death in Il fire which de-
stroyed the corralS, feeding sheds and
troughs on the A. ]. Morrison ranch,
adjoining Lafayette. Morrison esti-
mated his loss at 100000. Sparks from