The Dolores star., 1920-06-04
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

infantry company or "a cavalry troop
in the reorganized Colorado National
Guard for Grand county.
A moderate measure of protection
To enable the tungsten industry to de-
veiop has been urged in the Senate by
senator Phipps, Republican, of Colo
RADIO.
Potato planting has started in the
Greeley district and is well under way.
About 5000 acres will be planted this
yenr. as compared to 2I.OOO planted
last year
Whit is declared by mining men to
be one OF the most important strikes in
the San Juan district in recent years
has been made by the Paymaster
Mines Company. operating the Paymas-
ter group of claims in the Red Noun.
tain mining section.
The Rangely bridge, which fell into
the water three weeks ago, has been
raised aud practically all the structure
saved. AT a saving to Moffat county Of
$4,000. The bridge will he safeguardcd
against future miShHpS by concrete
ahutmen,s.
Anspering the spirit calling. she said
Il few minutes before, of II former hus-
band. .lnmes Waddeli. who is dead,
Mrs. Josephine Stiles of Denver. the
wife of Frank Stiles. committed sui
eide by poisoning in her bedroom at a
hotel in that city.
Moniros" will entertRin the western
slope July 1 with the largest celebra-
ton that has ever been planned in
made nj II recent meeting of local bus
mess men No Fourth Of July ceIcbra-
ton has been held there for two years
ID r. Evans, n Craig business man,
finished The prcliminaries which will
result in the opening of coal mine
AT the southwest limits of Craig and
bring, il is predicted. the expenditure
of quarter million dollars to that
district in the coming year. Mr.. Evans
has Obtained options on two ranches,
Il total Of 1870 acres.
Crawling through II hole in the stone
wall of the county Jail, previously dug
by Ed Williams in an attempted Jail
break" l3-year-old Willie Still. jailed
ut Grand Junction for throwing rocks
nj trains. successfully made II twelve
foot drop to freedom and ran to his
home. where he was later found by
his father and returned to Jail
1t costs the taxpayers of the state of
Colorado only 75.7 cents a day to keep
prisoner in the state penitentiary.
AT, .,f Of
of the :'56 prisoners in the custody of
Warden Tom lyman is 81 cents day,
but the l7.3 cents in addition TO the
taxpayers cost is represented by the
farm and dairy products OF the prison
farms and gardens which are wOrke,
by the prisoners.
Nine hundred persons will take part
in the pageant to commemorate the
founding of the Union colony at Gree
ley, which will he given on the cam
pus of the State Tenchers' College on
Monday. June 18th. Two thousand
dollars is being raised by popular sub
scription to pay the cost of staging the
pageant. which will picture the com
ing Of the immigrants. the development
of irrigation and the growth of Gree.
ley.
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,iebtcdnesS and with no registered war
rants outstanding. BY the calling in
Of S3S9.OOO worth of registered war
rants, of which S22S,50O worth was
paid the last of the outstanding debt
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1hirty-five British merchants, repre-
SentativrS of the Royal Trade Board
"f Grrni Britain. will arrive i'll Colo
rad" Springs this week for sta! of
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Carlos w. Hall or Jefferson county,