Gunnison news-champion., 1921-02-25
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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-ifTr run hhiI~ ~puuI alleged Ia
baEe bs-n inflicted by an unidentified
negro bandit.
lhs Arkansas Valley Railway, Light
and Power Company Is considering
plans 10 'eTp-nd approximately $4,000
r'""nsrrucJing and improving the elee-
TIRE power lines between Pueblo an,
Rocky Farl.
Sutice Of - per cent reduction In
wages Of an crafts employed IN tn.
building Industry In Denver. Ia li,-cotn.
effective on March Il. was flied by tn.
b@uy-T Master Builders Association
with the State Industrial Comni'ss
Robert G. Thompson. a3 years old.
tie oldest resident at the Union Print
err hame and In membership. is dead
NJ Colorado Springs Mr. Thompson
Entered the home "a years ago. from,
pguver lie was born In New Bruins
vl"k. y. J. Oct Z. ISIS.
m. sale Of several tracts OF land
near Hsybro, Moffnt county. Colorado.
III property Of the Juniper Coal Com
paHy, ordered by the United States
B.-Irict Court to satisfy a siT0.3j2
u."rIgag., has been reported TO the
- IU by Albert q. Craig. special mas
Ter.
Jack Pnrr. overseas war veteran and
w''l known In Durango. Is believed 10
h, the victim of q pack Of wolves ola
'lse Dawson trail Ia Alaska, aecordIn:
Geo word received. A watch and chain
found near the bones OF . man and six
hr-~ have been Identified 80 the prop
"r', ~ Jack rarr.
Appropriations for the maintenance
~ forest s"rNic. experimental stations
Ir 10. stat. have been increased frnrr
5000 TO <IiJ.onO under the provi.
sons Of the agricultural hill. largely
through the efforts of Senator Law
renee &. Phipps, according to Wash.
Ington dispatch.
Since the big rush for auto license
plates has subsidized II was announced
by Secretary of State Milllken that
hereafter the motor vehicle depart
ment will be open from a. m. to 5 80
p m, as formerly. 1t was also said
by the department has been enlarged
10 six who viii assist In apprehendlng
tax dodgers and auto thieves.
The body OF man whom the police
have identified as Carlo Balance. an
Italian laborer, IS years old, WAS found
In the bottoms" OF the southern part
of Pueblo. The man had evidently
been murdered and his body hauled 10
the bottoms" In an automobile by his
slayer or slayers. His throat had been
cut, his left arm broken in two place.
and the body riddled with bullets.
An expenditure of approximately
S225. 900 within the next few months
for rebuilding the Arso mill providing
additional equipment and carrying on
development work at the properties OF
the Gem Mining Company, near Idaho
Springs, which recently purchased the
mill and the famous Newhouse tunnel
the greatest mine transportation
tunnel In the world-was announced
by the company.
The State Highway Commission sub
mitted plans and specifications TO the
United States bureau OF public roads
for federal aid In the proposed con-
struction OF one and one-tenths miles
OF concrete road In Boulder county be-
tween Longmont and Denver. The to-
tai cost of the project has been esti-
mated at S50,0106s. The federal gov
ernment Is requested to cooperate TO
the extent of s22,34o. The stretch
which begins one and one-half miles
south OF Longmont. is to be covered
with concrete eighteen feet In width.
A petition TO raise the fnres In Den
yer to 10 cents was filed In the United
Stntes District Court By Ernest Stem
ger. receiver OF the Denver street rail-
way. The present fare 10 8 cents. Un-
less the company Is permitted to In
crease Its fares to 10 cents, II will be
unable TO maintain service, Mr.. STEM
ger predicted.
After statewide search lasting four
months, Russell A. Gordon, former
Walsenburg railroad man, was ar.
rested by Sheriff Harry J. -Capps Of
Huerfano county on charges of riflIng
mall pouches, stealing registered let
ter which contained 5000 In currency,
and burning the railroad station.
valued at &60.500, in Walsenburg.
Sept II, 1890
"A statement Of the operations Of the
pestal savings system for 1910 Just re-
csfvsd By Postmaster B. y. Stapleton
q Dsnver. shows . total Of 102 postal
Swings offices In Colorado, represent
~ H.195 depositors. The total de-
pesits amounted to $1.6l7,Sz2 Mr..
Stapleton said that postal savings ac
ceunts In Colorado now equal the
record held by the state before the
wr.id war.
ne value Of farm land and build
fnes in Colorado on January 1, 1920,
~ $s77.713. 200. compared with $l0e.-
5lA06l in 1910. according to. preiimi-