The Dolores star., 1921-11-25
COLORADO NEWS NOTES,

| Reports OIL tne scNcfua e''''
sors to the State Tax Commission
show nm Increase of more than l.4oo.-
600 acres In patented land In Colorado
this year as compared with 1870. rms
increase Is due chiefly to the patent
ing Of government homestead land ana
of state land on which payments nave
been completed. The reports for 1871.
as complied by the State immigration
| Department. show 30.sIT, ,235 acres or
patented land. including town and city
lots and railroad rights Of way com
pared with 29,462, ,459 acres last year.
Patented land now represents 4o-o4
per cent of the total area of the state,
compared with 4i.41 last year. AT the
| present rate OF increase OF patented
land, one half OF the states area
should be on the tax rolls by the end
OF 1923. Non-patented land In Colo
RADIO is made up principally OF nation
al forests, homestead land and state
land. There is about 100000 acres
Of land that is not classified as TO
ownership, consisting chiefly OF home
stead land that has been filed upon
but not yet proved up and xtnte land
that has been sold but not yet fully
paid for. Such land is not included in
either state or homestead land and
neither is it included in patented land.
II is such land that is being patented
each year, accounting for the very
large annual increases in the nrea OF
| land on the tax rolls.
/ II. Dnf ~
had wrecking crew raise the engine
which was submerged in the Platte
river on the night OF June s, In which
wreck Elmer c. Snedeker, fireman,
was drowned. A large sand pump was
used to displace the sand In which the
engine Is embedded some twenty feet.
A deep sea diver was on the Job help
ing with the work beneath the surface.
While working about the tender OF the
engine, the diver found suitcase be-
longing TO Engineer George A. Fouts
of Denver, who was engineer OF this
| Inflated train that night. Among tn"
articles In the grip fas $40 in currency
which was in good condition and has
been returned to him.
Conrad Greenameir. - years old, n
rancher, shot his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Greenameir. 50 years old, and then
killed himself on their farm twelve
miles east Of Brighton. Undersheriff
Virgil C. Clemmons and Deputy Sher-
| III Harry z. Mckinney OF Adams coun-
ty, who investigated the tragedy and
brought Greenameir's body to the
Brighton morgue, attributed the shoot
ing to an incessnnt Querrel which is
said to have ragged between the couple
for several months. They have four
grown children.
A platinum and gold medal set with
4 ruby measuring half an inch In dia-
meter and carrying an insurance value
Of $4,000, has just been sent by the
Japanese emperor to Capt. Jacob Ber-
ry, resident of Denver. for meritor-
iouS service with the Twenty-seventh
infantry in Siberia. This honor, which
signifies the Order OF the Rising Sun,
10 believed to be held by only three
other Americans, General Wood. who
received his emblem last week Cen
eral Morrow, and Major Miller.
Denver must raise S113,996 during
the canvass to be made Nov. % to Dec.
3, II 1t contributes Its share OF the
100000 now being asked Of the peo-
pie Of Colorado by the university for
the establishment of the new state
general hospital. This quota has been
assigned to Denver by the university
MS its fair appOrtionment to be raised
In contributions Of 81 or more. 1t il
hnsed upon the population figures as
shown In the 1921 Colorado year book.
John Phillips, 70 years old, shot him
self to death in his store at Canon
City following an alleged fit Of insan-
ity during which he beat his wife Sc
verely. Mrs. Phillips returned from
church, a quarrel arose and Phillips
started beating her. She appealed to
neighbors for help. They succeeded In
quieting Phillips, but later In the night
he left the house and went to his store
where he shot himself In the right tenn
pie with .3S-caliber revolver
Walter Osterick, Jr., the 2-year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Osterick,
living twenty-eight miles north Of Keo-
Ia, while playing with his G-year-old
sister, found loaded shotgun in n
closet. The lad held the muzzle of the
weapon with both hands and pressed
the trigger with his foot. His head
was nearly blown off and he died in.
stantly. Mrs. Osterlck was seriously
I'LL In bed at the time and il Ia feared
the shock of her sons death might
prove fatal.
/ lmemdiate enlargement of Fitzslm
ons General Hospital to capacity of
900 beds, at an additional cost Of
S1,JOO,OOO, is being considered by gov
crnment authorities. Lieut.. Col. II. e
Hutton of the surgeon generals of
flee ut Washington, and Capt. Frank
Z. Starr OF the quartermaster yener-
ais department recently made n sur
vey FOR the proposed improvements.