The Dolores star., 1921-04-08
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union New, sericeh

Utilities Commission, has submitted
his resignation, to become effective
April 6.
School expenses in Colorado have In
creased about S3.500,OOO in the last
two years, according to figures made
public by the State Immigration De
partment. The statistics are compiled
from records of the state superintend-
ent of schools.
Although the monthly production Of
oil remained unchanged in the Colo
RADIO fields during February, there was
an increase of thirty-one barrels in the
daily average output compared with
January, the variance being due TO the
| difference In the length of the months.
The Denver stockholders protective
committee of the Denver x Rio Grande
railroad will 90 into court in Denver,
Colo, prepared TO deposit bonds of
100000 as good faith of their inten-
ton to purchase the road for SlO,OOO,-
600 This was announced in New York
after a meeting of the committee.
1t cost the state of Colorado 5000
month for each pupil attending public
schools during the school year ending
June 80, 1920, according TO statistics
compiled by the State Immigration De
| partment from the records of the SUI
perintendcnt Of public instruction. This
figure compares with SS.12 the pre-
vious year.
After dcliberating less than two
hours jury in the District Court at
Colorado Springs acquitted william
| Shumard of the charge of attemptin:
to destroy his shome ut Al East San
Rafael street by fire on the night of
| January 2G. The case went TO the
jury at 1880 o'clock The verdict was
returned at noon.
The League of the Southwest will
hold meeting in Denver April 10 and
16 to consider plans for urging passage
| of reclamation legislation before Con-
| gresS at Washington, according TO an
nouncement made by Governor Mabey
| of Utah, following receipt of letter
| from Governor Campbell of Arizona,
| president of the league, who issued the
call.
The federal census bureau has
| placed an average of S31.22 on farm
lands in Colorado. This is nearly
twice the figure fixed by the county
assessors, which was S16.45 in 1920. An
increase of 100000 acres of farm
land in the state is shown by the re-
| port. The average increase in value
has been S5.2l an acre. Nearly 2S0OO,-
600 acres of farm land is reported by
the county assessors tax rolls.
One-ninth of all the deaths in the
| United States are due to tuberculosis,
and contaminated milk of tuberculosis
COWS is responsible for good share
of this terrible disease, according to
| w. ii. Feldman of the Colorado Agri-
cultural College. Especially is this
true as regards children, statistics
| showing that 6 to 10 per cent of the
deaths of children from tuberculosis
| is of the bovine type.
Theodore Myers, "a, of Durango, was
| killed in No. I level of the Smuggler-
Union mine at Telluride when a box
of powder exploded. Fortunately a
| few Minutes before nearly a score of
worlSnen had left the mine, following
| their shift. Myers, it is said, was pre-
| pairing TO leave when he was killed.
The mine was badly wrecked for a dis
vance of 100 feet from the scene of the
explosion. According to Carl Hoppe,
| shift boss, he had seen Myers who
was nipper, a short time before and
he said he believed Myers was smOk-
ing a cigarette and this is alleged to
have caused the explosion.
Gaining an entrance through the
back door, burglars robbed the East
Lake Mercantile Company of about ST..
500 worth of silk goods. The thieves
used an automobile to get the stolen
goods away.
Compilations made by the State In
migration Department from the rec
ords of the State Tax Commission and
from the advance reports of the fed
.ral census bureau show that the av-
erage value of farm land in the Stale
is reported by county assessors in
1920 was $l6.45 per acre, compared
with $31,22 reported by the census bu-
reau. Assessors report nearly 2S.OOO,-
600 acres of farm land on the tax rolls
while the census bureau found the av-
erage value of farm land and buildings
in the state on January /, 1920, to be
S3o.4O per acre. Reports of county as
SCISSORS show the value of all farm
property, including land, buildings.
livestock and farm implements, to
have averaged S23.16 on the 1920 as
sessment. The census report shows an
increase Of more than 10000, 900 acres
In farm land in the state in the INST
decade and an increase of S5.21 per
acre in average value.
The Longmont Milling and Elevator
Company has filed n notice with the
State Industrial Commission to the eff
feet that the wages of their employes
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