The Ordway new era., 1920-04-09
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

pO3its IN tne Ithkseu HouhthihS ia
western Gunnison county Is announced
as one of many development projects
to be undertaken in that county this
summer.
f. w. Powers, who is In the employ
of the Biological Survey of the govern
ment In it's efforts to extermihate
predatory animals in the Rocky Noun
tain region, killed n big mountain lion
near Echo, about fifteen miles up the
river from Canon City.
A. A. Bennett of the Trinidad Fin
and Feather Club has announced that
10000 Eastern brook trout have been
placed in the small streams in various
parts of Las Animas county. These In
addition to the carload of trout fry
put In late last summer hive made the
streams In the Stonewall country fair
ly alive with fish.
Farmers in the Maynard Flats dis
trlct, east of Ault, will have plenty OF
water for irrigation this season, as
they are putting down irrigation wells
and installing pumping plants Tor that
purpose. Last season the irrigation
water ran short, but this year at least
fifty good wells will be completed In
time for the growing senson.
A. Fl. MohIer, former president of
the Union Pacific, will go to Greeley
April 25th to attend n meeting of the
Greeley-P0utire Land Owners Associ-
alton. Mr.. Mohler, J. X. Mullen of
Denver and c. I. Ahlstrand of Gree
ley comprise the Landowners Execu-
tive Committee which is working out
the problem Of rehnbilithtinR the
Greeley-Poudre Irrigation district.
Herbert Whorten, 13 years old, will
probably lose his left foot as the re-
suit of being thrown under heavy
disk harrow on ranch twenty-siN
miles east OF Hudson. The three
horses attached to the disk ran away,
and the youngster was thrown from
his seat and the heavy machine passed
over him. The hoy was taken TO
Denver for surgical treatment.
Rienzi Dickens is to be retired some
time during the April term of the Dis
trict court at Boulder, according to an
announcement made by Deputy Dis
trict Attorney George Pomeroy. Dick
ems is now in California. lie is charged
with killing his father, w. A. Dickens
n wealthy Longmont banker. The first
trial four years ago resulted in YER
,lict of guilty, but the Supreme court
recently remanded the Inse back for
IL new trial.
Caroline Jones, 17-year-old school
girl, was found guilty of voluntary
manslaughter at Durango. This ver-
dict was returned by the jury, which
nj tor hau
ing her trial on n charge of shooting
and killing Carl Bay, young returned
soldier, in an alley at the rear of his
home In Bayfield, last January. Under
the Colorado statutes the penalty for
voluntary manslaughter Is fmprison-
ment ut the state penitentiary for
from one to eight years. Miss Jones
displayed no signs of emotion when
the jury's finding was returned. The
defense announced 1t would appeal.
Chief Quartermaster Edeart L. Ost-
rander, who resides at Golden, Colo,
re-enlisted mt the navy yard, ut Ports
mouth, n. H., and has been trans
ferred tn the u S. Navy Recruiting
Station, Denver. Colo. Chief Ostran-
der IL considered first-class athlete,
motorcycling being his long suit, and \
is ready for a race at any time. While
mt the Portsmouth station he organized
the All Navy Basketball team that won
~ of the n games they played, there
by carrying away the big cup. While
In the Asintic fleet he was coxswain of
the fast u. S. S. Denver race boat that
cleaned up the station.
y.x-
ty pieces of war material captured by
American troops from the German
army will he distributed In Colorado,
according to n confidential memoran-
,lum sent by the War Department to
Chairman Julius Kahn of the House
military committee The various
states will share, according to the per-
centage of troops furnished in the nl-
lotment of 2,l97 pieces of artillery, A.
900 war vehicles and Sil,ll7 small mr.
ticles OF various kinds.
Figures based on the last official
college census returns, given out In
1913, show the per capita cost of state
education in Colorado us the lowest
among sixteen Western states, accord
ing to n comparative statement just
Issued by George Norlin, president of
The University of Colorado, in BOul-
der. The per capita cost on that ba-
sis was: Colorado, &C cents; Kansas,
0S cents; Nebraska. ~ cents: Iowa,
70 cents; Oregon, SO cents; California,
73 cents; Washington, ~ cents; North
Dakota, So cents: South Dakota, %
cents. Michigan n cents. Minnesota
81 .13; Wisconsin, S1.6T Arizona, $1.O6;
Montana, Sl04; Idaho, S1.S1; Utah,
Twenty-Five citizens of Olathe have