Gunnison news-champion., 1921-04-01
COLORADO NEWS Ho1A


Figures now being complied By u
Seate Inmisratios Department frsa
the records Of the state superintendent
Of schools for publication In the Cello.
rado Year Book show very substan.
tial increases In the value Of public
school property and In the expendi-
tures for public schools In the state In
the past biennial period Reports from
an counties show that the total amount
spent for public school purposes In
Colorado during the school year end
Ing June 80. 1870. was sl3.2.a sO7 "A
compared with a.so2 6ae.l3 for the
school year ending June 30. 1918 The
amount Invested ia public school prop
erty At the close of the last fiscal year
was So. i9a, i93. Il, with one county not
reported. On June 80. 1915. the amount
invested In school property. with four
counties not reported, was si6.439,-
0i51l- The average monthly cost Of
public school education during the past
school year based upon total enroll
ment In the public schools was $3.50
per pupil. compared with $S.I2 for the
school year ending with June 80, 1918
| There has been a large Increase In the
total amount of taxes levied for the
! support OF the public schools OF the
state In the past two years, the in
creased revenue being spent chiefly
Z for teachers salaries and for new
buildings and equipment. Total ex-
{ penditures for public schools In the
state at present. exclusive of expendi.
] lures OF public funds for higher edu-
cation. now amount to about one-third
the taxes collected.
! More than 10000 mountain trout at
/ the commercial hatchery of Andrew J.
He'll. nine miles north of Denver, were
mysteriously poisoned, according TO a
I report to the Adams county officials
/ The poisoned fish constituted nearly
I two-thirds OF all the fish In the hatch
] cry. according to He'll, and were val
! ued at between 5000 and $4,000. They
l ranged In size from mere ''wigglers" an
inch long to spawning trout weighing
six to seven pounds, Hell told the au.
thorIties. He'll did large commercial
trout business with several Denver fish
and game restaurants. Denver and
Adams county officials are investigat.
ing the mysterious death of the fish.
All former service men belonging to
Sterling Post No. 20, American Legion,
are ready TO again enter the ranks Of
the United States army and war on
Germany for the release Of Carl Neuf
and Franz thinner. now In a German
jail through their loyalty to the United
States In attempting to capture Grover
Bergdoll, arch Stacker. In resolutions
adopted the legion declares that the
act Of Neuf and thinner should be re.
warded and that their incavccration II
"a disgrace to the country (which was
represented by our comrates." CopIes
Of the resolutions were sent to Secre-
tary Hughes and to Senators Nichol.
son and Phipps.
DR.. Ammi Bradford Hyde, the
.'grand old man. of Denver University,
Is dead. He passed away at his resi-.
dence, 2l6l South Josephine street, In
Denver following an illness induced
when he fell on March 13, his ninety.
sixth birthday, and fractured his hip.
Because Of his advanced years, phy.
sicians in attendance found it impos-
sible to set the broken bones. and as
result Of the shock from the fall his
life gradually ebbed away.
A timely visit to the jail by Night
vented the suicide of Walter Taylor,
convicted bootleggcr. who was commit.
ted to Jail in default OF payment of
fine OF 500 and costs by Police Magis-
trate W. +. Batchelder. Taylor con.
Quoted lunch stand on the principal
street, and for months had been selling
liquor, police allege.
Mrs. Anna Bawolski, 81 years old.
who lived In the same house here for
more than fifty years, Is dead at Gold
en-. She was a native of Germany, but
had lived in America since she was 1S
years old. She was the widow of Law
renee Bawolski, who died forty-one
years ago. Mrs. Bawolski is survived
by two sons and a daughter.
That the price of living is declining
In Lovelnnd was demonstrated when
eggs reached the lowest price known
since before the war. They are selling
In the stores for 20 cents per dozen.
Butter also took drop to 80 cents per
pound for ranch and 80 cents for
creamery butter, and wheat IL now
bringing but &l.15 4 bushel, new low
record for three years, while -four took
q fr,u,hlo IN II 0p l0xvop fhau t. hos
been for nearly year.
Sheriff L r. Dorsey and Harry b.
johnson, alleged forger. were serious
ly injured when an automobile in
which they were riding skidded ON q
muddy stretch of the road and rolled
down ten-foot embankment Both
were given first aid by passing mo-
torists and taken to Grand Junction.
The prisoner made no attempt to e.