Cheyenne record., 1921-03-31
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

GOlO1AN~ Ss- |
r,,,-es now being compiled by inc
s,a,e Immigration department
tho records of the state superih'e'lue
nf schools for publication In the 'o'o'
,.,a, Year Book show very sups,""
,io, increases in the value ol puoi
school property and in the e1peiur
lures for public schools In 'he s'".s , ~
the past biennial period hepoi's i,o
an counties show that the-tot amount
snent for public school purposes III
Colorado during the school year CIV
ing June 30 1920, was sla..'o'4o''1l
comnored with S0,S92, 2,699.13 for the
school year ending June 3o' lole' Inc
amount invested in public school prop
artv at the close of the last fiscal year
was s23, ,492, ,493.47, with one count! ho'
reported On June>30, 1918, the amount
invested in school property, win iour
counties not reported, was Sio'4"''
O1511. The average month";! cost vi
public school education during the past
school year based upon total enron,
ment in the public schools was s".5'
ner pupil. compared with SS.72 for the
school year ending with June 10, 1918
There has been large increase III Inc
total amount of taxes levied Tor the
support of the public schools or the
state in the past two years, the III
creased revenue being spent chieil!
for teachers salaries and for new
buildings and equipment. Total eX-
penditures for public schools in me
state at present, exclusive of eXpend'-
lures of public funds for higher edu-
cation, now amount to about one-third
the taxes collected.
More than 10000 mountain trout at
the commercial hatchery OF Andrew j.
He'll. nine miles north Of Denver, were
mysteriously poisoned, according 10
report to the Adams county officials.
The poisoned fish constituted nearly
two-thIrds of all the fish in the hatch
ery, according to He'll, and were val
ued at between 5000 and $4,000. They
ranged in size from mere ''wigglers' an
inch long to spawning trout weighing
six to seven pounds, He'll told the au
th0rities. He'll did large commercial
trout business with several Denver fisl
and game restaurants. Denver and
Adams county officials are investignt
ing the mysterious death Of the fish.
All former service men belonging Il
Sterling Post No. 20. American Legion
are ready to again enter the ranks o
the United States army and war OF
Germany for the release of Carl Neu
and Franz thinner, now In a German
jail through their loyalty to the United
States In attempting to capture Grove
Bergdoll, arch Stacker. In resolutions
adopted the legion declares that tn
act Of Neuf and thinner should be re
warded and that their Incarceration i
"a disgrace to the country which wa
represented by our cOmrates." COpie
Of the resolutions were sent 10 Secre
tary Hughes and to Senators Nichol
son and Phipps.
DR.. AmmI Bradford Hyde, tn
"grand old man" Of Denver Universit!
Is dead. He passed away ut his res
dence, 2lGl South Josephine street, /
Denver following an illness induce
when he fell on March 13, his ninet.
sixth birthday, and fractured his hil
Because Of his advanced years, pl,.
sicians In attendance found 1t impo
sible to set the broken bones, and Il
q result Of the shock from the fall h
life gradually ebbed away.
A timely visit to the jail by Nigl
Marshal Mcdonald at Monte Vista prt
vented the suicide of Walter Taylor,
convicted bOOtlegger, who was commit
ted to Jail in default Of payment of ,
fine of 5000 and costs by Police Magis
trate W. +. Batchelder. Taylor con
Quoted II lunch stand on the principa
street, and for months had been selling
liquor, police allege.
Mrs. Anna BuwOlski, 81 years old
who lived In the same house here for
more than fifty years, is dead at Gold
en-. She was native OF Germany, but
had lived In America since she was Is
years old. She was the widow of Law
renee Bawolski, who died forty.one
years ago. Mrs. BawOlski Is survived
by two sons and n daughter.
That the price of living Is declining
In LOvelnnd was demonstrated when
eggs reached the lowest price known
since before the war. They are selling
in the stores for 20 cents per dozen
Butter also took drop to 80 cents per
pound for ranch and 80 cents for
creamery butter, and wheat is now
bringing but $l15 bushel, Il new low
record for three years, while flour took
tumble to 81, or lower Than 1t has
been for nearly year.
Sheriff L. F. Dorsey and Harry H.
johnson. alleged forger, were serious.
ly injured when an automobile in
which they were riding skiddcd on IL
muddy stretch Of the road and rolled
down n ten-foot embankment. Both
were given first aid by passing mo.
tOriStS and taken tO Grnnd Junctinp