The Keota news., 1921-04-01
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State Immigration Department from
the records Of the state superintendent
Of schools for publication In the Colo
rado Year Book show very substan.
tlal Increases In the value Of public
school property and In the expendi.
lures for public schools In the state In
the past biennial period. Reports from
all counties show that the total amount
spent for public school purposes In
Colorado during the school year end.
Ing June 50. 1870. was 9lS.278. .407.44
compared with 9D.802. .0oo.l3 for the
school year ending June 50. 1918. The
amount invested In public school prop
erty ut the close Of the last fiscal year
was ~. .482. 48S.l7. with one county not
reported. On June 50. 1918 the amount
Invested In school property. with four
counties not reported. was &l0.5
Ol5.ll. The average monthly cost Of
public school education during the past
school year based upon total enroll.
ment In the public schools was $3.50
per pupil. compared with &a72 for the
school year ending with June 80. 1913.
There has been \ large increase In the
total amount Of taxes levled for the
support Of the public schools Of the
state In the I,s,st two years. the In.
creased revenue being spent chiefly
for teachers' salaries and for new
buildings and equipment. Total OK.
penditures for public schools In the
state at present. exclusive Of exJentlI.
lures Of public funds for higher esiu-
cation, now amount to about onc.thirti
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 to
report to the Adams county officials.
The poisoned fish constituted nearly
two-thlrds 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 sire from mere 'wixylers" IN
Inch long to spawning trout weighing
sex to seven pounds, He'll told the au'
thoritles. Hell did large commercial
and game restaurants Denver and
Adams county officials are investigai.
Ing the mysterious death Of the fish.
All former service men belonging To
Sterling Post No. 20. American Legion.
are ready to again enter the ranks Of
the United States army and war on
Germany for the release Of Carl Neuf
and Franz thinner. now In = German
jail through their loyalty to the United
Stntes In attempting to capture Grover
Bergdoll, arch Stacker. In resolutions
adopted the legion declares that the
act Of Neuf and thinner shovld be re-
warticsl and that their Incarceration II
~ disgrace to the country which was
represented By our cOmrates." Copies
Of the resolutions were sent TO Secre-
tary Hughes and to Senators NichOl.
son and phipps.
DR.. Ammi Bradford Hyde. the
''grand old man" Of Denver University,
10 dead. He passed away at his resi-.
tlence, 210l South Josephine street, In
Denver following an illness induced
when he fell on March H. his ninety
sixth birthday. and fractured his hip.
Because Of his advanced years. phy.
xicians In attendance found It imros-
sible to ret the broken bones, and as
q result of the shock from the full his
life gradually ebbed away.
A timely visit to the jail BY Night
Marshal McDonald at Monte Vista pre-
vented the suicide Of Walter Taylor.
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