The state herald., 1921-03-11
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
lwe.!sIn Nsu.paper uaIon N,.. ssrle.. J

miles south of Lamar and county seat
of Buca county, was looted by robbers,
who escaped In an automobile. 1t IL
estimated that the robbers got $500 IN
cash and approximately 800 worth OF
stamps.
State Inheritance tax collections dur
Ing the first quarter of the curren.
fiscal year amounted to x56, ,S30.04, ac'
eOrding to the semi-monthly report Of
Attorney General Keyes. OF this sum
S12,09i13 was collected during the las,
half of February. Twenty.tbrce es,
tates paid Inheritance tax during thu
last two weeks.
a plan to harness the waterpowef
I.Jw going TO waste In the pipeline u
the Canon City waterworkers as II
descends the reservoir hill, and trans
form It into electrical energy to iln
inmate the hills and streets and parks
adjacent to the Colorado state penlten
I tary, Is now under consideration by
the penitentiary authorities and the
I city council of Canon City.
I Homesteaders purchased mt public
auction 5000 acres of state school
lands, according to John +. Vivian,
/ register of the land board. This was
I the first auction held by the board
since Jan. II. Total receipts from tho
sale was SSS,570, an average of S1JSt
! per acre which records Of the land of
l flee show TO be higher than the gen
eral average price Of previous sales.
John NJ. Richardson of Denver
I through his attorneys, has filed suit In
I the Fremont county District Court In
Canon City, for S5S.30T damages
! against G. V. Hodgin, j. Victor Me
/ Candless and James Belknap in theis
unofficial and individual capacities for
alleged negligence while serving as
] county commissioners of Fremont
county In 1920. The alleged neglI-
! gence, the plaintiff claims resulted In
7 the death OF his wife and serious in
] jury to himself in an automobile ncci
dent on April 30, 1920.
A unique plan for relieving the II
nanclal stringcncy In Conelos county
will be given trial by public-splrited
citizens. AN effort will be made TO
get all the farmers, as well MS other
interests In the county, TO cooperate
in the "seiln-llitlc, paya-llttle" cam
paign. A great number of the farm
crs of the county have been holding
their products for raise In price, and
In consequence the merchants OF the
county have been extending credit to
the farmers and now cannot collec,
their bills.
The precious metal production rec
ords OF the Idaho Springs district.
Clear Creek county. In gold, silver,
copper and lead is In excess Of S17O,-
100000 Much OF this was obtained
under mining methods that today are
not considered efficient. The Gem
property alone has produced more than
SJ,00O,0OO, while the production froT
the other two groups--re recently ac-
quired by the Gem compnny-is esii
mated at SlOOO.OOO. This estimates
ore based on 10 cents per ounce as the
average price for silver.
Plans. specifications aud estimates
/ ON Colorado highway projects. to be
carried out nt an approximate cost of
S2uj..si9. werr submitted to j. \.
Bright. supervisor OF the United States
bureau Of public roads In Denver by
the State Highway Commission. Fed
4 cral aid to the amount of 20 per cent
on the work, which includes "A miles
I Of concrete road on the Dcnvcr-Brigl
/ Ton highway, Is requested. Other con
structi0n work contemplated. embraces
two bridges In AioDtrose county, one
Of seventy feet over the uncompal-
gre river, and one of tweniy iy.cight feet
over Spring creek.
"a competent staff of Instructors IN
maintained at the University Of Colo
RADIO Ia see that students who grndu-
| ate are not only mentally trained, hut
also physically developed" said Dr. G..
T.. Kennedy In an address before the
Boulder Commercial Association.
physical education does not onlN
mean competitive sports for the stu
dents. II means, In addition. II correc-
tive system Of overcoming physical de.
fecis," he continued. DIR. Kennedy IL
nj the head of the physical education
department Of the university.
twenty-five undesirable aliens, all of
whom have been convicted Of various
crimes In Denver and IN The northern
part of the state. were dcporicd from
Denver by chief W. II. Mansfield OF
the United States Immigration service.
and ARE now on their way to san
Francisco. Tiles" dcportces. all OF
them Mcxlcnns. were placed In sp.-
clnl ear which was attached Ia u
through train for the Pacific coast.
They win he placed an n steamer ut
San Francisco and taken To Maznilnn.
Mexico. Chief Mansfield WIS accom-
pnnicd by four heavily armed guards
and Deputy United States Marshal
Harry Mcintyre.
Far thr third time within n uontIi n