The Dolores star., 1921-05-06
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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| crn Colorado Commercial CLUB.
A. c. Parks, 2S years old owner of
ranch Il half mile north of the Denver
| city limits near Sacred Heart College,
was beaten into insensibiiity by two
men as he was leaving his ranch for
| Denver recently.
| Two automobile bandits secured $3.50
from the cafe of the Niles drug store
| in the suburbs of Pueblo after they
had bound and gagged J. F. Conant.
| clerk. The car in which they escaped
was piloted by woman.
| Potato pickerS will be paid cents
| n sack with board, or 6 cents sack
without board in the section around
MontroSe next fall, according to de-
cision reached by members Of the farm
bureau of the Coal Creek section at
| recent meeting.
The public schools of Colorado
| Springs will hold big May festival at
| Monument Valley park, May 20. 1t will
/ be an all-day affair, including music
and dances in the morning, n basket
picnic at noon and an athletic field day
| in the afternoon 1t will be the largest
affair of the kind ever attempted in
the city.
Farmers of eastern Weld county
plan to market their own livestock and
| have organized the BriggSdale Farm
! ers Union Shipping Association. Of
| ficerS elected for the association are:
| Il. W Bidwcll. president; II, p. Kettle
/ VII. A w WnnlnnSurls
| secretary and treasurer, and j. +. Pit
ney, manager.
The Denver Livestock Exchange has
voted To aid livestock growers by re-
| ducing commission rates ut the stock
| yards. This was decided at IL long SeS-
sion at which members urged that the
exchange should take the lead in help
| ing the farlner in his drive for lower
railroad rates and that Il reduction on
commission charges would show good
faith.
James T. Kceney, Al years old,
wealthy land owner of Antonlro, shot
and killed his 2O-year-old wife Pearl,
then committed suicide in the home of
his wife'S mother in Denver. Failure
to effect reconciliation between him
self ana his wife was given as the
cause by Mrs NJ. r. Wells, mother of
| the young woman. who witnessed the
| tragedy.
More than 200 wheat growers. repre-
| scnting all sections of Colorado unani-
| mousIy adopted the Sapiro marketing
| plan. providing for 100 per cent pool
| Of grain. at II meeting held in Akron
Resolutions We're adopted pIedging the
| support of the Colorado Wheat Grow
erS' Association in continuing the pro
gram adopted by the national body,
and the work of signing contracts for
the pool.
Julius JoScphSon, Denver youth con-
victed of embezzIng $4,000 from the
American Bank and Trust Company
has been paroled from the state re-
formatOry on order of Governor ShOup.
| JOsephSOn was sentenced 10 an indie
terminate term. He served exactly
fifty days. Following his arrest,
Josephson declared that he lost the
money gambling in "Dago Mike" Mon
| cones club.
Critically i'll and almost pennileSs,
with four minor children and a room
ing house on her hands, Mrs. Charles
II. Sanchez. recently of Walsenburg,
Colo, IS in Denver seeking for Il trace
| of her husbands whereabouts since he
disappeared on April with the ey-
planation that he was going to Trini-
dad for few days on business. He
has not been heard from since he
dropped from sight
Attorney General Keyes has rem
dered an opinion that the new motor
vehicle law enacted by the Twenty
third General Assembly is consiitu-
tonaI. As result of this ruling Sec
retary of State Mlliken announced
that lie will appoint eight Republican
Supervisors" to replace like num-
Der of Democratic inspectors" who
were employed under the provisions of
the old law.
Joseph Burghardt Of Denver, appren-
tice seaman, L. s. n. has been named
in the honor roll of the United States
Gaval training station, San Francisco,
as b'iliS oIie VI llp tltVpn men who
have made the most progress in in
struction, personal appearance and at.
tention to duties. The honor roll states
that Burghardt is considered one of
the most efficient men now at the
training station
Announcement has been made by r
A. Wadleigh, passenger traffic man
ager of the Denver & Rio Grande, that
the open top car service would be es-
tablished for the summer season Nav
!, through the Royal Gorge. The cars
VIII run between Canon City to Tex
as creek, on the two through daylight
passenger trains.
After being lost In the high noun
tain passes between Denver and Do.
lores' Colo, when a blizzard swept the
entire West, relatives of l.. w. Stark
or Denver were located at Stone CITY.
| Pueblo county (nIn and -.