The Keota news., 1920-07-16
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western N.~.p.p.. unlon New. Service.


tai resources Of more than $3,GU.oUo.
This is the largest total ever known at
this time OF the year In that valley.
A number Of new professors and In
struc,ors have just been appointed 10
positions In the Colorado Agricultural
College at Fort Collins. Among the de-
partments which have found II neccs.
sary TO Increase the size Of their
teaching staffs are the farm manage
ment, mathematics, horticulture. libra
ry. animal husbandry. agronomy and
chemistry.
J. G. Thompson was arrested by
Sheriff J. +. Whittier at Sterling
after the discovery Of n well.appointed
whisky still In Thompson's home. The
siill. which was Of fifteen. gallon Gu.
pacity. Is the most complete yet found
In that part Of the country. according
to Sheriff Whittier. Four barrels Of
mash and four gallons Of "moonshine"
were conflscafcd.
Two men We're Instantly killed and
one badly injured In mn explosion ut
the Sunnyside mine. Silvcrton. The
dead are l.. Edmunio Martinez and J.
". Virgil. J. Valdez was injured. Six
| shots had been put into drift and the
men. thinking all Of The blasts had ex.
plo,icd. went into the mine. They were
caught by the last explosion and liter.
ally blown to pieces.
| That all the lakes on Grand Mesa
are full tn ovcrflowing Is the report Of
Z. jacques. superintendent. who has
Just visited NIL of the important lakes.
He makes one exception only In re.
porting thnt Deep Ward lake only has
li.7 feet Of water. The SNOW has not
NIL melted yet In the lake section and
the supply Of water for Irrigation pur.
poses is very large.
The State Land Board held salc In
the House Of Representatives chamber
In the Capitol Mt Denver ut which 6,:sS7
acres Of state land were disposed Of
Mt nm average price Of 200 IN acre.
The highest price paid was $il2 for
land In jefferson county. and the total
proceeds Of the sale amounted To
$lii.3sO The land sold ut the sale
last month was $50 acres. The gain
this month was 5i1 acres.
Harvey c. Necsc. 50. night marshal
"f Cripple Creek, was shot through the
lung at Cripple Creek by william
Sloane, former city fireman. and died
In the Sisters hospital seven hours
later. Sloan IL In JUL charged with
the killing. The shooting took place
II, mil nf I'm lea 1,s,ut
street. Sloane, 1t Is said, was under
the influence Of intoxicants and was
causing = disturbance.
The body of an unidentified man,
murdered, was found by n party Of
tourists on the Salt Greek road, lust
off the Santa re trnil near Pueblo.
There were Indications that the man,
who Is believed to have been an Ital.
ian, had been assaulted within the city
and the body carried by automobile to
the point where 1t was found. The
head had been beaten by q heavy In.
strument.
The number of inquiries being re.
ceived by the State Immigration DE. |
pnrtment ut the present time Indicate |
that the demand for Colorado lands by |
people In other states Is not quite 80 |
heavy as 1t was last full and winter.
The general impression Is that n con.
siderable construction in the money
market has slowed down the demand
for land to some extent In oil parts of
the country. but that renewed de.
mand will be evident Immediately Mt.
er crops begin to market. Crop condi.
tlOnS in Colorado aro ox,on.,.,,