Gunnison news-champion., 1921-05-13
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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robbed iy tFo masked bandits on the
Liberty HAL road atteT a s.ven-Inlle
chase. The men obtained sI2.
Rodents. mainly prairie dogs wyo-
ming ErUIGt squirrels, and pocket
gophsrs are extern mated Ly poison
Ing and ihI- work. arso. Is don. by Bio
IoEies! Surrey eIp#rIs 10 cooperation
with forest rangers.
"Ons Of our rrst aims In predatory
animal work Is 'U rNrermluate the gray
wolf" says Assistant Biologist 6. Z.
Piper Per s'aary 90 cleaning Up
each wolg Iara is '0 be the keynote.
but any u {. .-a. D.. rrrr- cen be shifted
on short uu..n. DO ease such a move
"a varrunrrl Dos Gspn-las."ns II a
given ioeu-tg
warrr $ H..rfEHs.. renowned west
eru s0pr .gnr,r. sarae DO tu Delta with
the 70 ~ rl ar.-aI ,E git feet long
s-gH r.p 10 rip l,. Weighing more than
20 pounds Sir IE..NE.-- states that
.. .. f...l r..rn rfa. 10 Lions. He
.as rur urrrss 'r, tracks - five more
900. nf late .rd v.I keep up his hunt
,gr more o., the animals which have
accu destroying cattle.
Ps,or SIoulne, - years old. a shoe
maker %, Telluride. c5umi',aI suicide
by cutting u.s throat a.tb d -Ioamak.
crs knife at lhe top - a thirty foot
telephone pole he climbed. and then
pIuugnE head foremost ip the ground.
M-tiunefs skull was fractured and he
died six hours Inter. \ score cf per
sons .rhcd Msruuufs attempt to
XIII him>yf but were powerless to re-
strain him.
TIL sewing club girls OF Peurnse.
Hh starting with their first years
work, are each taking budget Tor The
purchasn Of ;h.l- haIr ribbons. stock
lDEs and haulLurnh'rfs In addition TO
their sowing au.k. tie girls viii have
specific Instructions In the care OF
these three articles and VIII be held
responsible by their mothers for the
purchase or the articles Tor the year
and Tor the care a. them.
Two hundred and thirty forest Of.
ticers are scattered over the fifteen
national forests og Colorado and they
know the thirteen million acres Of for
est land Intimately One ranger VIII
hnow that there are three wolf dens
on his district. another has seen lion
tracks !u two widely separated places,
and this knowledge win be Invaluable
In mapping the locations OF these killers
OF livestock
Sugar bects are now being used By
bOotlcgsgrs in the manufacture OF
liquor sheriff Wilson OF Delta cOun.
ty, captured 4 large stIIl at Hotchiiss
recently In which sugar bects were
being used Instead oS corn or the 9TH
gr Ingredients commonly used by dis.
JillerS. An auto radiator Was also be-
Ing used for the condensation OF tine
booze. The stlIl was Of thirty-gailOn
capacity. Two men were captured In
the raid.
Puobln's alrplanc landing field ad-
Joining the state fair grounds, and
Ideal fpr the purpose, Is offered the
United Suites War Department for the
accommodation Of three planes from
the government field at Sacramento,
Calf, to be sent across the country 10
map war airpiane routes. The planes
are to make the cross-country trip the
latter pare OF Mny or early In June.
according TO communication from
Maj. B. VI. Atkinson, commandant at
Sacramento.
The Boulder Territorial Pioneer So
ciety Is to be formed us n result OF a
meeting of pioneers at Boulder in con-
nection with Community week. ]. T..
Hubbard, Prof. +. L. Chase andSMrs.
r. L. Arnett were appointed com.
mittee TO draft bylaws. A meeting
will be held annually. An attempt viii
be made to preserve historical pictures
and buildings Of that region.
Charles Mahl of Monte Vista has
had two and one-half acres OF yellow
sweet clover pasture for the past two
years, growing ON land that Il white
with alkali Last year II pastured
three head OF cows all summer and
four horses at night during the sum-
mer season. Mr. Mahl stated that he
had TO turn forty head of stock In on
this pasture twice to keep II down.
The country population of Colorado
has been increasing for the last twenty
years, although the per cent of the pop.
ulntion that is from the country has
not Increased all the time The rural
population of Colorado in 1900 was
2o2,S3o; In 1910, 293, ,427; in 1920. S73.-
s6s. In 1900, 80 per cent of the people
OF Colorado lived in the country; in
1910, 81 per cent; and in 1920. 80 per
cent.
Tobe J. Guess of Norwood, we'll
known ditch rider. was critically In
jured when part of the bank of ditch
in which he was working cayed In.
Guess and young Berry were working
IN q private irrigation ditch. when
9th sides of the ditch suddenly cnved