The Dolores star., 1920-11-26
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

,.7f.en holdovSFs are Democrats the
Democrats will have eleven Of the tilr-
rv-ave senators The Republicans
have treuty.four members. or exactly
the rrc-thIris needed whenever ii Is
found srpedient TO make use OF the
S.ferv clutch or emergency clause. The
program viii most hkely call for some
changes in the constitution and a two
sh.rss ma 5arify i needed 10 submit
f-4gs,fr,1- f0nal amendments To the vote
u the people. In the House the lse-
r-fTf7au ma I0rity i even greater than
La the S-rate. With two districts yet
70 D.. heard from. the Republicans have
rstr-r3r. seats and the Democrats only
eight Even should the two ugreppTt-
ed districts 20 Democratic the Eepub-
Uraas have eleven more than a two
thirds ma 50rIry. OF the siNty-thTee
members whose election Is sure. TWEEN
~ we're members of the Twenty second
General Assembly.
Two gifts. totalinc Sl.15nr0o, from
the general educational board Of New
York 10 Colorado educational insutu-
tious. have been announced The sum
Of $4,000 from the Rockefeller Foun-
datiOn FOR the advancement Of medical
science is awarded the University OF
Colorado at Boulder for n new medi.
cal school and state hospital. on con
dition that the university and state
. rai<. SsDl.np for that purpose. Colo
rado College. Colorado Springs, Is
given $4,000 for its endowment fund,
on condition that 1t raise $4,000.
The Carnegie Corporation Of New
YORK recently added $500 10 Colo
RADIO Colleges endowment, making the
total Sl.604,oo0
The trial Of Mrs. Louise Peete.
charged with the murder Of Jacob c.
Denton, was continued from Nov. -
10 Jan. 70. The continuance was
granted at a special session Of Judge
,'raig's division Of the superior court
at los Angeles. only the attorneys in
the case and conTt att. cheS being
present. This was at the request Of
. the accused woman. who wanted to
avoid the Stures Of large crowd Of
Z curious women. Mrs. PeeJe Is being
represented by Public Defender Wood.
He. was unable 10 secure all the evil
/ d.nce he desired by the time originally
set for the beginning Of the trial and
I finally overcamc the objections Of Mrs.
[ Pecte 10 seek delay.
The Board OF County Commission
rrS. after thoroughly investigating the
proposed route OF the new auto high
way up the west side OF Grand Mesa,
Z the 10.S01foOt iabIeIand east Of Grand
I Junction. have declared themselves in
favor 0f the road being built at the
/ earliest possible time, as it will mean
one Of the greatest drawing cards for
tourists in the west. The climb would
be nearly as great as the climb from
Colorado Springs to the summit of
Pixies Peak.
Just two years after the Eighty
Ninth Division, which included hun
drcds Of Colorado men, halted its ad-
vance through the Argonne forest on
the banks Of the Meuse river. the
work Of gathering material for writ.
ten record of the famous fighting
unit has been completed, and print
ing of the history Of the division has
been started in Denver.
Sixteen persons were injured, none
seriously, when three cars of west
bound Denver & Rio Grande train
I No. Is overturned near Grand VAL
ley. forty-fOur miles from Grand
Valley. The injured were taken in
charge by Miss Helen Baylis, Red
Cross nurse of Palisade, Colo, n
passenger.
In common with prices in general.
the useful metals are quoted lower
at the Atlantic seacoast, with very
! conservative demand. Zinc in Colo
rado ores has dropped to s6.s6 per
100 pounds. decline of $2.40 per
ton.
A rich discovery of gold ore has
been made in large mass at Bo.
nanza, an old mining camp in the low
lands Of the San Luis valley.
Plans and specifications for the i'm.
provemcnt Of four and Onc-tenth miles
of earth graded road in La Plata
county, at an estimated cost of SO
2iS.0l, have been approved by the
Cnited States Bureau OF Public Roads,
for 30 per cent federal aid. The com
2lete plans, together with recommen-
dations have been forwarded to Wash
ingtOn for final action. The road
stretch lies between bayfield, and
Archuleta, Colo.
The City Council of Colorado
Springs has adopted a budget for
1921 which will require a tax levy
Of 1O.7 mills, or three-tenths of
mill less than that of this year. The
levy will yield s4O7.932. The re-
mainder of the s705,75S needed to
operate the municipal government
will come from the receipts of va
rious departments.
The Bank of North Fork Mt Hotch-
l. sigu has Il