The Dolores star., 1920-06-11
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


county. There are 37,53a ucres of for.
'S' area ana n large acreage Withheld
from homestead entry under the Carey
act. IN July I, 1919, there were L.
i2S,SG3 acres of government land omen
Ia homestead entry. Through ,hp pat.
enting of 2oS claims, 54.13T acres Of
government domain were added ia the
taxable area of Moffat county i'm tbc
last year. Local land officials sny
that III" present year will break MI
records In the number of final proofs
which Will he filed. and look for more
than 100000 acres to he patented.
Restoration to homestead entry of
ii'oo' acres of land formerly listed
under the " act project in San Mi.
suel ana y irose counties, has been
announced by Clay TnlIman. commits.
s.1her of the general land office,
Washington. ID. G. From June 10 to
ana including Aug. II, Officers, sol
diers and sailors and marines who
served In the war with Germany will
have preference right to enter this
innd, all Of which has been designated
as subject to entry under the 32O-acre
enlarged homestead act.
The bodies of Arthur Dean. 81 yeors
old, and William Lavery, 36, employees
"f the United States fish hatchery In
iark county, were found flmiing in
the huge Antero reservoir beside an
overturned rowboat by two small boys
who visited the hatchery to deliver
mail The two men, who had both
been connected with the federal hatch
cry for several years. had been at the
reservoir during the past month gath
cring spawn for Matching.
The National Guard Club. an organ.
iZntion of local business men to COOP
crate with the National Guard unit
which Is to he formed, has been organ
lied In Monirose. This club Will spon-
s0r the formation OF the local guard
unit, and after it Is organized will ns-
s'st the guards In the way of better
club rooms and ns an advisory board,
to which the members Of the g,nrd will
always be free to appeal for assist.
ance.
That Ivan De Wald, public school
teacher at Euds, Colo, who died In n
hospital at Greeley, was not assaulted
by unknown persons, as at first be-
iI"Ned, but was victim of hemor-
rhage cnused by rupture OF blood YES
sells while lie was working on his nuto-
mobile is the theory advanced by W.
II. Jones, head of the public schools at
Eads and secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A.
NJ Canon City, after an autopsy had
been held.
Harold Jensen, II. of Denver was
stabbed just below the heart during
an encounter with young opponent.
and lies painfully injured from the eff
fects. The story rs told by the youth
Indicated that he had been fighting
with a lad about his own age, when
the latter drew a knife and plunged 1t
into his ribs near the heart. Police
Surgeon Campbell attended Harold.
Henry Crasant ten years old. was
shot and seriously wounded by Mex
lear near the CrIsnnt home at Johns
town, according To n s.ory told to the
Greeley authorities by two younger
brothers who We're playing with the in
jur"d lad when the shooting occurred.
Two MeXicans are in inl at Greeley.
The Denver livestock market is now
Leading all the big livestock markets
of the country, paying the highest
prices for cattle, hogs and sheep The
high prices on the local market have
sent thousands of cattle and hogs
here that otherwise would have been
sent to an eastern market.
John KOwnik, II former soldier, con
vicied week ago of second degree
murder in connection with the killing
OF Helen Smith in Denver hOtei
March IA, was sentenced to II term OF
ten to twelve years in the penitentiary
at Canon City.
Citizens of Fort Morgan have con-
tributed more than $1,000 for the up
keep of II municipal and county band
for 1920. The band will give an open
air concert Friday evening of each
week for fifteen successive weeks. In
addition to this they have agreed TO
render their musical charms for any
special occasion asked for by either the
city or county.
Representative farmers of virtually
every community in Morgan county
met at Fort Morgan and effected the
organization OF the Morgan County
Live Stock Cooperative Shipping As
sociation. The purpose of the move
ment Is to give the local farmer IL di-
rect market where lie can make the
last dollar possible for every head Of
livestock he sells.
Two persons are injured almost er-
cry day in auto accidents in Denver,
according to figures compiled by the
police surgeons in city hall. This years
report, which covers the period from
Jan. to May thus lar, shows that
sixty persons have been seriously in
iured, ninety-"ne slightly injured and
seyen killed in auto accidents during