The Dolores star., 1921-04-22
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Ne~,p.p.r Union New. s.r,o.. ,

Charlotte Epping, years old, was
burned to death when a small chicken
coop In the rear yard In Denver in
which she was playing caught fire
from lighted matches in the hands of
her 6-year-old brother, Anthony Ep-
ping, Jr.
The city Of Denver formally with
drew its suit against the highway com
mission, which aroused storm of pro-
test from throughout the state, when
City Attorney James A. Marsh ap-
peared in person before Judge C. J.
Morley of the District Court in Den
yer.
The Fort Collins American Legion
has started movement to have set
aside tract Of forest land near Estes
Park for playground for ex-service
men of the state and elsewhere. A site
also is asked for an institution for ex-
service men who are suffering from tu-
berculOsis.
Gamblers and bootleggers are re-
sponsible, 1t is believed, for the murder
Of Marshal Jack Lindamood at Foun-
lhli, Splo., "Itll II was LII st
thought the sensational crime had been
committed by a gang of bank robbers
in an attempt to rob the First National
Bank at that place.
Only one beet sugar factory OF the
Holly Sugar Corporation system on the
western slope will operate during 1921,
according to present beet acreage,
Supt. w. II. Draper of the Delta fac
tory has stated. He reported that q
900 acres had been signed up in Delta
county and less than 1900 in Montrose
county.
president and principal owner of the
First National Bank of Ordway and
reputed millionaire, was found guilty
of bootlegging by jury in the County
Court in Ordway. Pending the filing
of motion for new trial., Judge
Woodbridge has deferred passing SEN
tence upon Enyart.
A marked revival of mining in the
Cripple Creek district has been noted.
What mining men consider an event of
the month, was the reopening of a
mine that long had been idle. Other
mines have been installing new ma
chinery and a revival Of the mining in
dustry is considered by mining inter-
ests in the state.
John Fl. Thatcher of Pueblo, recent
ly appointed to the Colorado State
Fair Commission by Governor Shoup,
has been elected president. Sites were
chosen for the new $4,000 cattle and
horse building and the $4,000 poultry
building to be erected. Both will be
constructed of brick and hollow tile
and located west of the state building
on land recently acquired.
Three prisoners who escaped from
the Larimer county road camp in Pou-
DIRE canon We're captured within four
miles of the camp from which they es-
capped, after wandering through the
hills for three days. The men were
found by two cowboys and said they
believed they were at least 100 miles
from the camp. All were exhausted
by hunger and fatigue
Probably the greatest silver strike
recorded in the Aspen district since
the boom days was discovered in the
Hope mine, according to l.. A. w.
Brown, Espen banker The strike dis
closed three-inch vein assaying 2,1OO
ounces of silver and twelve-inch
streak assaying LOO ounces. AS re-
suit Of the discovery old trunks and
bureau drawers are being searched for
stock in the Hope mine which had been
laid away as probably valueless. Ex-
citement is running high and the once
famous camp is taking on new life and
business Is reviving as the result of
the discovery.
With four business buildings now
under way in the heart of the business
section of Grand junction about ten
new buildings in course of erection and
many more planned for early starting,
the building boom is taking form rap
idly.
With assurance Of approximately u
$4,000 allotment by the federal bio
logical survey for the Colorado district
the coming fiscal year, coupled with
the $12,5OO annual appropriation by
the State Legislature, l.. b. Crawford,
chief predatory animal inspector, has
announced he will start an immediate
campaign for the determination of the
mountain lions and the gray wolves
In Colorado.
Serious loss to fruit growers is like
ly to result from fire which de-
stroyed n Denver & Rio Grande ice
house in Grand Junction The build
ing contained 5000 tons of ice which
had been stored for icing cars during
the fruit shipping season. The direct
loss caused by the fire is estimated at
S65,OO0, of which $25,O00 represents the
cost of the burned building. The value
of the ice, which it is feared has been
ruined by the heat, Is placed at S4O,-
600.