The Holly chieftain., 1921-12-29
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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ord at the A. o. Smith sale at Love
land. whore White Leghorns sold fol
S1.55 each.
The Brush city council has accepted
the plans drawn by City Engineer
Glen A. Izett for paving the main
streets of the town, the estimated cost
being $l50,OOO. Bids for the work will
be received up to February /. A move
inent is now on foot to curb and gut.
ter all of the streets Of Brush.
A movement is on foot among WON
en- members of the Civic Association
to make LOveland the most beautiful
city in Colorado In addition to see
ing that the streets are kept csan and
free from weeds. that the houses have
pretty lawn and the back alleys are
cleaned, 1t is proposed to start com
munity flower growing contest.
An accidentally discharged rifle
caused the instant death of Arlo
Stoops, 4-year-old son OF v. v. Stoops
farmer living fifteen miles from
Brush. The little boy was struggling
for possession Of the gun with his elder
brother, 8 years old. The rifle struck
chair and was discharged The bul.
let passed through the boys head.
Word was received in Boulder OF
the death of Donald McGinnis, II:
: years old, sophomore in the Univer
sity of Colorado. McGinnis, according
TO the dispatch, was run over In the
railroad yards at Seligman, Ariz. He
left Boulder last week for San Diego,
, Calf. McGinnis was the son 1f Harry
McGinnis, prominent attorney Of Bue-
ma Vista, Colo.
- William Riley Hill. found guilty last
month of the murder Of his o-year-oid
stepdaughter, Maxine Short, was sen.
{ fenced to life imprisonment in the
, state penitentiary by Judge Samuel
Johnson at the opening session of the
District Court at Brighton. Hill was
+.-tsinted sixty-day stay Of execution
(; nd sixty days In which to file u BIZ
e exceptions.
J. E. Braiden Of La Jara, Colo. for
many years an exhibitor Of choice
feeding cattle in the National Western
Stock Show, and winner Of number
of prizes In former years, among them
reserve championship In 1917 has en-
tered three carloads Of his white face
feeding steers for he coming Stock
Show, Jan. IA to 21. Mr.. Braiden will
have one car of yearlings and two cars
.. OF 2-year-olds on exhibition.
Approximately $5,70sOOO has been
? set aside by the state and government
for the construction of federal aid pro
jects carried over to next year, accord
f1g to the semi-annual report Of State
Highway Engineer L. d. Blauvslt to
the highway advisory board which has
been made public. On projects com
pleted prior to Dec. 1, 1920, an amount
exceeding $1.s00.O00 was expended,
eyhile $2.O81 .9OS represents the total
Cost of federal aid projects completed
from Dec. l. 1920, to Nov. 30. 1921.
The balance is to be expanded on IN.
finished 1920 and 1921 federal aid pro.
iects.
,The trial of DR.. E. L. Willis,
charged with completely In the alleged
mu, der of Miss Mary Park, Greeley
selOol teacher. was continued until
HE last day Of the present court term.
8. in the West Side Court in Den.
We. The, continuance was granted by
Judge Warren A. Haggott because Of
the inability of witnesses In the case
to appear for the trial at present. DR..
Willis is alleged to have assisted DR..
Nicholas J. Phelan. who stood trial for
the crime several days ago. In per
forming criminal operation which
resulted in the girls death. DR.. Phe
lanlis being held now pending for.
nal hearing on his mental condition.
Life stock consisting of more than
9,5Od.O00 cattle, sheep, horses, swine
and goats grazed on the ranges Of the
natienaf forests during the past fiscal
\ year and of the great store Of timber
Mn those reservations more than 1.170.-
JOO.GO board feet were sold. Receipts
paid in or still due from these two
tens combined to swell the income
orodscing business Of the national for
nsts during the year to 81, ,406 $40, says
he Forest Service, United States De-
,aruaent of Agriculture, In its annual
Report made public today.
Two hundred thousand persons from
,n lSrts Of the world visited Look
lut mountain between June and No
lember This is indicated by statis-
Ics compiled from registration books
II Pahaska tepee, the william r.
lody., memorial museum on Lookout
,ouG1ain. The books shows that TO-
jse persons registered between June
upA Nov. II. Every state is rep
Isented among the registrants. as
IeII as Alaska. Hawaii, the Philip
Ines, and almost every foreign coun-
IL Il is estimated that but one per
In in three visiting Lookout noun
lin ,egIsters at the museum. which
build Indicate that the total number
visitors was approximately 200.0O0.
N.4cox.teS or dogs got into the sheep
ms Of Charles McNanes, farmer,
BAR Brush, and l58 sheep were dead
!, isrty.seven others crippled. The