The Dolores star., 1920-12-03
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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yer X Rio Grande freight house, Den
yer, and sold for S5,Oo0o0O. The sale
was TO satisfy Judgment of S36.5l5,'
O3S IS in favor of the Equitable Trust
Company OF New York City, represent
ing the bondholders of the Western
Pacific There was but one group oi
bidders: j. F. Bowie, John T. Marsh
and Ralph NJ. Arjush. all of New York
| City. They represented the bondhold'
ers of the Western Pacific. who have
organized the new Denver X Rio
| Grande Western Railroad Company, u
S3JO0OOOO corporation, which Is 10
| operate both the Denver & Rio Grande
| and the Western Pacific. Special Mas
ter William A. Jackson, appointed by
| Federal Judge Robert Il. Lewis, con
| Quoted the auction.
| The classification of 3S.I3O acres OF
| land in the Lamar, Colo, and the Den.
yer land districts rs being chiefly
valuable for grazing and raising OF
| forage crops has been approved by
Secretary of the Interior John Barton
Payne, according to word reaching the
| bllltt VI VI. II. 'hl'l va wv
field division, United States general
land office These lands have been
! designated as coming under the pro.
visions of the stock raising homestead
| law. Entries of those citizens who
have heretofore made application un-
der the proper stipulation will be
granted after Nov. 30. Only persons
| who have already made application
| for these lands will be granted entries.
Contracts calling for the cXpendi.
J ture of $4,000 in the construction OF
n steel cable mule bridge across the
Grand canon of the Colorado, 5000
! feet below the rim of the canon, have
! been awarded by the national park
service. The bridge will be con
| structed west of Bright Angel trail,
! according to Arno b. Cammerer, rep.
| resenting the service. Plans and gen
| eral specifications We're furnished by
/ NJ. d. McEniry, chief of the field
1 division of the United States general
/ land office.
A plan for the construction in Den
| yer of one of the most complete and
/ up-to-date medical schools in the coun-
try at n cost of nearly 100000 has
| been outlined by President George
Norin of the University of Colorado.
| Announcement Of the plan follows the
| offer of the general education board
to give 100000 toward the construc-
| ton of a University of Colorado Med
| ical School and State Hospital, pro
tided the state will furnish $500 900
rs its share
Discovery Of suitcase. filled with
/ dies, metal, moulds and other counter
| feiting paraphcrnalia, by police in n
small shack in Pueblo is believed to
furnish evidence against Roy BOhan-
/ non and Elmer Cameron on the charge
of counterfciting. Bohannon and Cam
eron were arrested on charge Of
holding up II. $. Writ, taxi driver.
! When searched. spurious coins were
! found in their possession. Charges
were filed against the pair for high
way robbery by the city authorities
The GunniSOn Normal school has
again been awarded the unassigned
balance from the appropriation made
by the Legislature three years ago TO
be used in new school buildings. A
committee composed of Governor
Shoup and his executive officers mndc
the award. This is the second year the
award has been made to the Gunuison
school. Two years previously the bal
ance was assigned to the Fort Lewis
Indian school.
Following the passenger train dcrail-
mcnt near Grand Valley, freight de-
railment near Shoshone, above Glen
wood, and another at Miners. near
Palisade, have caused the Rio Grandc
Railroad much trouble and extensive
delay in traffic.
Prof. Lloyd Shaw, principal of the
Cheyenne high school at Colorado
Springs called "A bluff on the students
when he ate a dish of friend ANGLIA
worms. He said the feed was very
| good.
Application of the Moffat line to dis.
continue its station at RolIinsyilIo
Colo, was denied by the Colorado Util.
tiles Commission The railroad b,d
asked permission to close the station
on the ground that the business did NOT
justify the expense. Residents of tho
town opposed the petition in a hearipp
before the commission held several
days ago.
Embezzlement of SGO27.1O from the
American Bank and Trust Comnnrv
has been charged against Joseph /
Josephson of Denver, who was arrest
ed on an information filed in the West
Side Court. A. Kunsmiller, cashier of
the bank, Is named as complaining wit
ness in the information.
Roy S. Hawkins and his wife Char
lotte Hawkins, We're found guilty az
Dlgamy In the District Court at Iit,le-
ton. Judge Bouck of LeadyilIe SON
fenced the man to Il year in the state
penltentiary and the woman ,ro, -