The Dolores star., 1921-12-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
tw-,.r. Newspaper rulOu y..s series. ,

A man whose name is believed 10 be
Ira Batin, was found wandering in
tlemented condition near Wray by
Sheriff Hitchcock Batin had 5000
ON his person. He was unable to tell
officials what he was doing or where
he lived.
Drake University will play its first
| inter-sectionul football game in Des
Moines, Iowa, Nov. IL, 1922, when 1t
will meet the Colorado Aggies from
Fort Collins, Colo, according TO an an
nouncement made by h. l.. Wilson,
athletic director.
Denyer's postoffice receipts were
S214 4,6i5.+9 in November, compared
with sl96, 1886 in November last
year, Postmaster General VIII Hays
announced in Washington. Receipts
for the month just ended represent
gain Of SIS, ,4iO.O3, or 9.41 per cent over
November. 1920.
Judge Lindsey of Denver, in an ad-
dress at Chicago, warned against bru-
tality in the handling of criminals that
inspires hate and revenge, hut assert
ed he was no sentimentalist who
"hHltu W l'lfU'l lH' we
are entering n new era" he said, "and
We should do all in our power to ad
| vance it,"
School District No. 1 of jefferson
county, which is the city of Golden, has
called special bond election Dec. 20,
for the purpose of submitting the
question as to whether or not the peo-
pIa shall y,to SInO 100 In honda for tho
erection of new high school. The
bonds will run for twenty years with
interest at 9 per cent.
Wen see you in Denver" Is re-
ported to have been the parting ad-
monition of hosts Of breeders and
stockmen of the West and middle West
who attended the recent International
Live Stock Exposition ut Chicago. The
one big show of the season after the
International is that held at Denver.
This season it will be held during the
weekof Jan. IA to 81.
Although escaping from the Fitzsim-
ons General Hospital at Aurora, Colo,
thirteen months ago while a patient at
that institution, Robert Wright, 26
years old, has been arrested finally
and is again In the custody of the Of
ficials. He was taken into custody by
State Ranger Julius Weinberger at
Walsenburg, Colo. and was turned
over to army officers.
Expenditures of approximately S15,-
600 as the balance of the approprla-
tion authorized for building construc-
tion and repairs at the State Fair
grounds has been approved by the au-
diting board. The money was made
available for the construction of a
poultry house and other buildings. It
Is expected the state will save between
$1,000 and $1,000 of the appropriation
through economy.
During the past week the War FL
nance Corporation has approved 258
advances, aggregating $l3,2S0,OO0 for
agricultural and live stock purposes.
OF this amount, SoOO,OOO went to Colo
RADIO banks, which in turn will lend it
to live stock raisers of the state. BY
these advances farmers are able to
borrow money to meet old obligations
at their banks without having to sacri-
flee their live stock by selling at dis
astrous prices.
The statewide poultry culling cam
paign to be staged in Colorado next
July, August and September will add
half million dollars in profits to the
poultry industry of the state. The
campaign which is being planned by
the Colorado Agricultural College Ex-
| tension Division will be carried out
with the farmers over the entire state
In cooperation with the county agrl-
| cultural agents. county club leaders
and home demonstration agents.
Tourist travel to national parks
broke all records in 1921, and the Ma
| tional Park-to-Park Highway Associa-
| ton, cooperating with the Department
| Of the Interior, seeks TO continue it's
work in 1922 through a proposed bud
| get of expenditures totaling 100000.
| This amount is to be raised through
membership campaigns in Colorado
and ten other Western states
| The thirtieth annual National Horse
Show, which was this year held at the
| Squadron A Armory, New York City,
was wonderful success and the own
ers of these horses are expecting to
bring them to Denver in January for
| the National Western Horse Show.
| This circumstance alone causes the
show to promise to outdistance any of
its predecessors in numbers as we'll as
in the quality of the horses.
! Rumors to the effect that the annual
sale of Holstein cattle at the National
Western Stock Show would be aban-
doned during the sixteenth annual
show in January were set at rest by
the stock show management when the
latter announced that Thursday morn
ing, Jan. 10. has been set as the sale
date. The offering of purebred milk
ers will be made in the main pavilion
beginning at 10 o'clock.
Although the state is without suffI-