The Dolores star., 1921-05-27
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

of agriculture III toioihu' ~ -
thirty wears and emphasize The IN
crease in agricultural prouucti"h ior
the state in the past ten years. '"'h-
pilatious from this report ana from
previous reports, now being compile"
bv tbe State Immigration Department
for publication in the Colorado Year
Rock. show that the value of farm
property in the state at the beginning
of 1920 was about nine times as great
Ms in 1890 and l1ol per cent greater
than in 1910. The value of all farih
property in the state in 1870 was 81
OT6 I9IT TI9. compared with SI9l AL ,SB
i'm 1910 and SllT, ,439,55S in 1890. The
actual Increase for the past dccade
was greater than for any preceding
decade. and the percentage OF increase
was greater than for any decade in the
period except that from 1900 to l9lo.
Cyril l.. Sterling, an electrician nj
the Akron Light and Power Company,
was killed ten miles south of Akron
when his auto turned over, pinnins
him beneath 1t. He was found by
Charles McLaggert, passing 1hrmer'
who notified a physician, but Sterling
was dead before aid arrived. Sterling,
who worked from midnight to noon,
started late at night for Hugo, Colo,
TO bring home his wife and baby who
had been living at that place. The
road was smooth but it is believed
that on account of the darkness he
missed the culvert, thereby upSetting
the car.
Sam Hand farmer living twenty
five miles south of Walsenburs, fired
the shot which caused the death, dur
ing Il dispute over u fence line, of Gar
Callhan, another farmer living on an
adjoining farm, according to the Ner-
dict returned by Il coroncr'S jury.
Three witnesses were called during
the hearing. The physician who at
tended the dying man, and Callhan's
wife and mother-in-law, testified con
cerning the shooting. The jury held
the shot was fired with felonious in
tent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph DEMO Of Long
mont have left for France, where they
will hunt for the grave of Lieut.. Eddie
Evans, who was killed in action in
France, and whose burial place is un-
known. Mr. Evans was prominent
University of Colorado athlete. The
university chapter of the American
Legion bears his name Previous eff
forts to locate the burial place of
Lieutenant Evans were unsuccessful.
Mrs. DEMO Is n sister of Lieutenant
Evans.
Henry F. Jordan, so, resident of
the San Luis Valley for forty years,
and one of the most prominent sheep
growers in Colorado, committed sui
eide at his ranch near AntonitO by
shooting himself thru the head with
heavy bore rifle. He died instantly.
Jordan last fall was repu,ed TO be
worth S1,00O,O0O, but he is said to have
lost most of his money thru recent re-
verses in the wool market
Miss Maude Sheridan, leader of
boys and birls' clubs conducted by the
State Agricultural College, is one OF
three club leaders in the United States
to be called to Washington, ID. c.,
where she will assist in work con-
cerned with reports from clubs all over
the country. Miss Sheridan will he in
the capital during the month of June.
The 2-year-old son of Charles Carl
son, who resides south of Fort Nor
gan, was bitten by rattlesnake He
died shortly after being bitten. The
child was playing in the farmyard, and
seeing the snake cOiled nearby, ap-
preached it, not knowing the danger.
He was rushed to hospital but doc
tors were unable to save his life.
Scott Jaynes, brakeman of the
Great Western railroad, who was badly
injured by being knocked from the top
of car by the caves of a warehouse
at Loveland, and who it was thought
was fatally hurt, will recover, accord
ing to statements OF his physicians.
1t was definitely determined by the
city council of Colorado Springs that
the StrattOn estate is to get the CON
tract for paving the four main thor
oughfares in Colorado Springs at a
hiaNihuih VI 'poopiooO, eACluSlNe OF tnp
street car cOmpany's right of way.
Work will start Immediately after May
q. All four streets are to be paved
with asphaltic concrete on a concrete
basis
The Woman's General Missionary
Society of the United Presbyterian
church will hold its thirty-eighth ma.
tional convention in Fort Morgan,
June Bird to 7th. Between 25O and 300
delegates from all over the United
States will gather, besides a score or
more of missionaries from Egypt, In.
dia and the Sudan, who will tell of
their work In the Far and Near East
A contract was made with the Dixon
Transportation Company for hauling
the mail and parcel post from VAN.
sutter, Wyo., on the Union Pacific, ia
Craig. Colo. When the crew began
taking the stuff away from Wamsut.
for 81 ia,