The Dolores star., 1921-01-14
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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city watersheds. Summer pasturase Is
thus provided for more than 30 per
cent of the cattle and 30 per cent of
the sheep owned In the state. Approx
lmately 10000 cattle, $500 horses, l.
OiS,Ooo sheep and Il few swine used
the mountain ranges under formal
permit. during The season of 1920, be
sides 5000 cattle and 400 horses
(milk stock or work animals) used in
farming or other operations, grazed
free of charge.
Ground will be broken by the Noun
tain States Packing Company early
next fall for new packing plant in
Denver which will represent an invest
ment of approximately S2.500,o0O, ac-
cording to an announcement by
Charles f. kamrath, president of the
company. 1t Is planned to erect the
plant on n fifty-acre tract bounded by
York and Race streets, FOrty-ninth
avenue and the Burlington railroad
right of way. Negotiations are now
under way for the purchase of two
packing plants in the city, which, 1t is
new plant.
Statistics for the year 1920 OF crime
and accidents. taken from records
compiled by DIR. William II. Sharpley,
manager of health and charity, and
from the police records of Denver,
show that the increases of both have
made the year 1920 a record-breaker.
According to a report made public by
the police department, S,2TO persons
were arrested and confined in the city
prison during the year OF this num-
Der of prisoners handled by the police
200 were persons who had come vol
unfairly to the city Jail for shelter.
With the collection of S16,6O0 during
the month of December, the state in
heritance tax department got away to
Il flying start in the biennial period.
which began on Nov. 80 last according
to announcement made by Attorney
General Victor +. Keyes. Collections
were made from twenty estates during
the last fifteen days, amounting to So
61S. The largest amount collected was
from the estate of f. f. Frost of Lo-
gan county, totaling S13G,9i3.
Five years from now the public lands
of Colorado viii be practically thing
of the past, and their history may then
well be written. According to the report
of the commissioner Of the general land
office published in December, 1920,
there are S,941 1S5 acres of vacant pub
lie lands in Colorado; five years ago
there We're 17,23G,114 acres of public
lands in this state-Showing that dur
ing the interim S,294 500 acres have
been filed upon.
State lands valued at several thous-
ands Of dollars will be sold at public
auction by the Board of Land Com
mssoners at the Capitol building on
Jan. l. at p. IN. The lands total
nearly 1000 acres and are located in
Alamosa, Clear Creek, Ebert. Grand,
Logan, Routt, Washington, Weld and
Yuma counties. Nearly all of the land
is improved, some of it being appraised
as high as $50 per acre.
new corn king among the youth of
Northeastern Colorado was developed
with the holding of the second annual
Logan county corn show. Stanley Nit
chell of Tiff won the silver loving
cup, wrestling the laurels from G. r.
Mock, who held the cup the past year.
Mitchell carried off the honors for the
best ten ears Of corn of any variety.
He also won first on display of single
ears.
Two buildings were burned to the
ground and several others were badly
damaged in a fire estimated between
$4,000 and $4,000 which broke out in
II barn in the rear of the Swami build
ing, two-story structure at Brighton.
Only lull in the windstorm which
swept the town saved the entire bust.
ness district from destruction.
Factory employees of the Great West
ern Sugar Company will receive an
proximately 100000 in prizes for ef
ficiency, according to an announce
ment made by officials of that COM
pany. The prizes are given to en-
r>oyes at factories which exceed
fixed standard slicing and sugar ex-
'ihNlioH NopaNlts.
The storing away of 64,OOO,OOO
pounds of ice in the tremendous ice
houses at Grand Junction for the Rio
Grande railway and 100000 pounds
ut Delta, total of S0,O00,0OO pounds,
has given many men employment.
Mrs. Ada Loupe has been appointed
DrOba tioD Offippr tn yorl- up1or ,I,, 4;
rection of Judge f. G. AIirick of the
Juvenile Court at Pueblo. Mrs Loupe
will serve as an Investigator
The Farmers Union bank of Pali-
sade is the name of new banking Or
ganiZation recently formed. The stock
has already been oversubscribed. The
capital stock Is $4,000.
Pears and apples grown on the west
ern slope this past Senson brourb+