The Dolores star., 1921-07-22
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Star Highway AssoClatoH VI '''"'"'
was adopted at n convention heiu Ut
Yuma, Colo, and attended by more
thnn 100 delegates from the towns
along the route The present highway
runs from Cheyenne Wells, Colo, to
Beaverton, Stratton, Joes, Kirk, YUMA
Rrynnt. Haxtun, Sedgwick, and then
10 Chapel, Neb. From the enthusi-
asm shown and the prominent men OF
eastern Colorado present, the highWhE
Is assured of wonderful success. IL
will pass through the richest ana best
of eastern Colorado agricultural couh-
try. and form n real link TO the pro
posed Gulf Canadian highway.
Clifford Rust, tourist from Mel
bourne, Texas, was rescued from t"P
feet of snow near the top of Pixies
peak. Rust, in company with otls
Gillispie, local youth, started 10
climb to the top of the mountain, but
they were caught in a severe blizzard
and lost their way. After battling the
element for hours the Southerncr gave
out only about 500 feet from the top.
Gillispie wrapped his helpless com
panion In his own coat and struggled
to the summit house, reaching there
mt midnight. A rescue party was sent
out and succeeded in finding the
freezing boy.
A total of S375,34O72 will be distrib-
,,,..l np,,py tho y,pilir STltplS pf the
state of Colorado during the next three
or four weeks. This sum represents
the earnings of the state permanent
school fund. and the revenue of the
state land board during the last six
months from leases on public lands.
Distribution of the money will be made
through Katherine NJ. Craig, state SUI
perintendent of public instruction, on
basis of school population. On jan
uary S357 ,47S.9I was divided among
the sixty-three counties in the state.
Colorado Springs.-A ]. Castor, a
mule buyer from Beaumont Texas,
was arrested here charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon. He Is
charged with having shot Jesse VIII
kins, local negro, following an all
day booze party. 1t is alleged, ac-
cording to information in the hands
of the police, that Castor fired at the
negro when wilkins is alleged to have
reached for his hip pocket, where the
police found n bottle of whisky. VIII
kins will recover.
The Federal Farm Loan Bank will
extend loan of at least Sl.5OO,OOO to
Pueblo county and other Arkansas val
ley ranchers The loan will come in
directly as loan to the irrigation
companies for repairs to bitches, reser-
voirs and intakes, but will be in re-
ality aid given to farmers whose land
must be assessed TO meet the cost of
repairs TO the irrigation systems. This
cost has been estimated at least ST.
100000.
Work has been begun on the tempo
rary bridge over the Arkansas river
east Of Rocky Ford, one of the steel
spans of which was carried away in
the flood is progressing satisfactorily.
and it is expected that travel over the
structure will be possible within a
week, when that city will again be In
touch with Holbrook and Cheraw.
Gus Hampton, 26 years old, en-
ployed ms coal miner at the Black
hawk mine of the Triangle Coal Com
pany, four miles below Durango, was
almost instantly killed when, upon
stepping from the room in which he
was working, falling rock, weighing
about 100 pounds, struck him on the
head. crushing his skull.
Automobile tax collections in Den
yer for the first six months of the cur
rent year, aggregating sag, l52 6G, ex-
ceeded the collections in the same dis
trict for the entire year of 1920, ac-
cording to the seni-annual report of
the state motor vehicle department.
issued by Secretary of State Milliken.
The Western Light and Power Com
pany have voluntarily put an order
into effect reducing street car rates
in Boulder from 10 cents to ~ cents
ride. Less than four months ago
they were granted permission to raise
the fare from 5 cents to 10 cents. The
company found that the higher rate
reduced the travel to such an extent
that instead Of profiting by the raise
the company lost.
Crawling into the shallow water of
an irrigation ditch lateral which runs
near his home, Allan Harrison, IA
months old son of Mr.. aud Mrs.
charles Harrison, was drowned at
Evans The infants body was found
by John WOolan, II ditch boss. DR.. II.
w. Averlll, who attended the child and
attempted resuscitation said he eyi.
IDENTIFY had been dead for more thnn an
hour when the body was found.
The Seibert Knnred Wheat Growers
Association has been organized at Sell
bert to tnke charge of the sule OF the
immense crOu of Kanred u.h.,, ,.,,