The Dolores star., 1920-02-06
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

ior the state have suggested that a
Dill he introduced in the next Leg sla-
'dre providing for the licensing of al
'hreshcrlnen and requiring them to
make reports each week during the
| 'hreshing Season showing the acreage
ana production of all grain threshed
| ID! Them The form of measure gen
orally favored is one similar TO the
Jaw now in effect in Michigan, which
hhs proved very successful. Under
ihis no fee is charged for the licensing
ol threshermcn. but they are required
10 FURNISH information regarding acre
age ana production of grain threshed
III lieu of paying Il fee. The State
Immigration Department now collects
through county assessOrS information
showing the acreage devoted to each
crop, hut accurate information regard
ing production is not available.
Tie inquiry made in January by the
cooperative Crop Reporting Service
regarding the number and value of live
STOCK on farms on January 1st, indi-
| Gates decrease in the number Of beef
ana range cattle, sheep and swine and
possibly slight increases in the number
OF dairy cattle, horses and mules, as
compared with the number of the vari-
Gus Glasses Of livestock on farms Jan.
|, 1919. \ decrease in the average
value per head Of every class Of live
stock is indicated and apparently there
will be rather Il sharp decrease in the
| fatal N11Itn ,f nj li,-pg,n,.ly f,,
as compared with year ago.
During the year 1919 COIoradoans
enjoyed more days of perfect sunshine
than the residents Of any other state in
the country. There were 135 days on
| which the sun ShOne brightly without
| Il cloud in the sky, according to the Of
| fiCal annual report issued by the Den
yer branch of the United States wealth
cr bureau. Only on cighty-four days
was the sun hidden from view for the
entire day. and on 1lG days it was oh
Scurcd only part Of the time, accord
ing to the report.
August Spcck, perhaps the first set
| tier in what is now North Park. who
went to that section forty-five years
ago, died at his home near Owl. Colo,
and his body was taken to Mnnchcs-
ter. Ia. for intormcnt. Mr.. Spcck. was
horn in Germany a little more than
eighty-cight years ago. and went TO
North Park forty-five years ago, he
| ing engaged in sluicc mining. He
shipped large quantities Of gold from
| time to time.
After drawing up Il will providing
how his estate, amounting to several
thousand dollars, should be divided
and leaving instructions as to his bur
| ial, Alfred II. Norman, 10 years old. II
veterinary inspector attached to the
United States bureau of animal indus
try. committed suicide by shooting him
self through the mouth in his room at a
Denver hotel with n .32-calibcr rcvol-
YER Death was instantaneous
Hilary King, 2I, was instantly killed
while hauling timber to his ranch, some
| twenty-ninc miles west of Colorado
Springs. near Divide. He lost his bal
ance from the humping of the wagon
on the frozen roads and fell beneath
one of the rear wheels which crushed
out his life.
That there has been six times the
snowfall this season on the Poudre wa
1crshcd than at this time last season is
| the statement of Glen Duvall, carctak-
cr at the Laramic-P tunnel which
penetrateS the continental divide near
! its crest and carries water from the
Laramie to the POudre rivers.
Mining activities are reflected in the
planned erection in the San Juan min.
! ing field at Little Dcadwood gulch of
fifty-ton mill early this spring. The
Incas Mining Company is financing III"
building Of the plant.
A few men are working steadily On
| the new entry to the big coal mine 1T
| Sunlight. Everyone is hoping that the
| Colorado Midland again will be opcr-
| ated and the output from the mines
will be much larger than ever.
Transfer to the permanent state
school fund of $GUO,9O0 worth of bonds
which have been held in the public
school income fund of Colorado for It
number of years will make arail"ble.
under an agreement reached by a,
ricials of the state land, school and
treasury departments, the sum Of Sluu
YEARLY for distribution to the school
districts Of the state until the entire
S6OO.9OO has hecu converted into in
come and apportioned TO the counties
The body of Steve B0rad. cage ten
der. WAS found nj the bottom OF tn"
shaft of the SunnySide mine, near SiI-
ycrton, crushed almost beyond rec"G-
milton. No one knew of the accident
which is believed to have caused Ror'
ads death until the discovery of the
body. 1t is supposed he lost his foot
in- at the top Of the shaft and fell in
to the opening.
David Lloyd, age 10. II student in
the local high school ut Grand June
tion, ended his life by shooting him
self through the head while nj the