The Dolores star., 1920-01-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

There are more than 800 elk and
deer in Boulder county. according TO
estimates of Forest Rangers Clark
and Ulrich. They are all in fine con
dition, according to both rangers, and
are increasing rapidly.
Warden Thomas lyman Of the state
penitentiary at Canon City emphatic
ally denied the report that the state
had leased or purchased another farm
for use of the pcnitentiary, or had
made any arrangements whatever
looking to this end.
| Dave Alexander, charged with kill
ing John Curch. II Hungarian miner in
pool hall at Crosby, Wyo. was cap
tured near Worland by Sheriff IIol-
drcdgc of Thermopois. He was bound
over 10 the District Court for trial
following his preliminary hearing The
quarrel which ended in the killing was
over - cents.
UnSeaSoucd or green posts, ties and
| poles in contact with the soil will
last practically as long rs seasoned
! wood. This is the conclusion of cNpe-
| riments and observations made by the
| son. Wis. and was given to this paper
| by Professor Morrill,, head of forestry
| department at Colorado Agricultural
| college.
t'iv. hundred and siXty-onc next of
! kin" of Colorado lanks who made the
supreme sacrifice in the great war
will take part in the most dramatic
] l,I an Stu in
| Denver, when. on WaShington's birth
| day. Feb. ~, th" representatives of
the French high commission will con
fer on the fathers, mothers or wives
of the slain Yankees honorary French
| certificates.
King Spud' will reign supreme in
Denver from January 20 10 y, inclu-
Sive A western potato exposition of
seven states will be held in the Den
Yer Auditorium. The annual meeting
| Of the Colorado Potato Growers AS
| SoCiation, ut which the reorganization
Of the association will be perfected
I and important Legislative action on
seed certification laws and shipping
point inspection service will be dis
cussed
On shipment consisting OF thirty
two carload lots of manganese ore,
which sold at the end of the line to
| which they had been consigned for
| only $500. the director general of
railroads, in !: suit filed in the Dis
trict Court at Denver. demands rail
road charges of S22 S643S The ac-
tion is directed against George r.
Goodier, who is stated TO have shipped
the ore from Lcadvlle to the Sea-
board Steel and manganese Company
at Temple, Pa.
An order authorizing the dsburse-
and Wyoming was received by Lieu
tenant Commander Thesis of the Den
Yer navy recruiting station. Lieuten-
ant Thesis received permission to en-
roll in class two of the naval reserve
force all men who have given salts
factory service in the navy. even
though they took advantage of Secrc-
tary Daniels order permitting them
to leave the service without complet-
ing their enlistment.
The manufacturing survey to be
Department will be begun within a
few weeks, the schedules to be used
N gathering the information required
now being in process of compilation.
Some Of the information asked for by
the federal government i'll connection
with the census of manufacturers for
1919 will be asked for by the state,
but the inquiry will pertain more par.
ticularly to conditions which effect
the development of the manufa curing
industry in Colorado.
| The output of COlOrado's farms
Adjutant General SpanSler permission
to organize new National Guard
composed Of 1858 men in Colorado.
Colonel Spangler went to Washington
several days for the purpose of dis
cuSSng the formation of II new guard
with The War Department. The new
guard VIII be composed OF the follow
ing units, all of which will be equipped
by the government: One regiment of
infantry, one machine gun battalion.
one battalion of engineers and head
quarters company, one ammunition
train, one battalion of signal CORPS
one squadron of cavalry one battalion
of light horse artillery, and two ambu-
lance companies.
That the output Of Colorado's farms
in 1919 was worth more than the com
bined output of all its manufa curing
establishments and its metal mines, yet
the agricultural department OF the
state is only fairly begun. Colorado
at the present time ranks about
twenty-eighth among the states in the
value of all crops grown, though it
ranks seventh in area. or course there
Is large area of mountainous land in
the state that can never be made to
produce crops.
Outbreak of six cases of hog cholera
in ConejOs county, near La lara, has