The Dolores star., 1921-11-11
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
tw.,.ru Ss.,p,psr Union New. serie..)

Three business houses of Brighton
were entered by burglars and ran.
sacked, but only IA few dollars stolen.
The places were the L. z. Jones cloth
ing store, the Harry Dodge photo
graph gallery and the Gem pharmacy.
In each case the men entered the
| buildings through the skyllghts and
opened the cash registers.
DIR. Thomas f. Howell was fined Sl5
in Police Court at Alamosa following
the shooting of valuable German po'
lice dog. DIR. Howell Is said to have
fired twice at the dog when 1t ran into
his yard. The fine was assessed un-
der the ordinance prohibiting the dis
charge Of firearms inside the city
| limits
A lighted lantern taken into the
garage of the Weldon school by Prof.
John Grewell. the principal, caused an
explosion that destroyed the $1,000
school truck. gutted the building, and
burned part of Mrs. Grewell's house
hold goods. The loss is estimated at
$500, with $1,000 Insurance on the
truck and nothing on the building or
goods.
Frank Barber, former city alder
man of Greeley, secured the passage
of atr affic ordinance during his term
OF office which made il unlawful TO
| drive an automobile past a standing
street car discharging passengers. Bar
ber was recently arrested for violation
of the ordinance and fined 50 by Police
Judge George C. Briggs. It's good
ordinance and should be enforced"
| he said as lie handed over the 50
The congregation of the United
Presbyterian church of Loveland voted
at congregational meeting at Love
land, 115 to is. to ask the Colorado
| Presbytery for permission to adopt the
rotary plan of electing ruling elders.
| In place of the present plan of life
| membership. The Rev. Rex Lawhead
| of Greeley presided at the meeting.
| and it was agreed that the new terms
should be not less than four years for
the elders.
Major Williamson is suffering with
| two fractured ribs and badly
| sprained wrist. the result of an auto
| mobile accident on the paved highway
south Of Loveland when his car col
| lided with that OF an unidentified Den
| yer driver, while both were going at a
rapid rate. The Denver car was prac-
| tically undamaged and continued on
| its way under its own power, while
the Williamson car was put out of
commission. Williamson was thrown
| tbrnu1b tho vripdSbia1d
The value of the annual output of
| ten Industries in Denver has been
estimated, among them the follow
ing: Packing, s14,0OOOO; auto tires,
S7,OOO,OOO; machinery, S3,OOO,0OO; ;
chemicals, $3,OOO,OOo; dairy products,
100000: food products, S2,5OO,0OO;
flour, $1,5OO,00O; candy, s1,2OO,Oo0; ;
garments, 100000, and tents, awnings,
etc, S75O,OOO. These figures are not
to be considered authentic, but merely
as the estimate OF a conservative sto-
tistician.
| Adoption of United States potato
grades in Colorado has increased the
amount Of the crop marketed on this
basis by more than 100000 bushels,
|
Bureau of Markets and Crop Esti.
mates, United States Department OF
| Agriculture, and raises to eleven the
number of states that have made the
United States grades official, says the
Department of Agriculture bulletin.
Although the use of the federal stand
ards has been optional since the days
| Of the United States food admniStra-
ton, they are now used officially for
grading 30 per cent of the total crop
and unofficially for 80 to As per cent
more.
Louis Pardue drove to Littleton in
his automobile. called for County
Judge George w. Dunn, and took him
to Denver. From the bench of the
Denver County Court, Judge Dunn
sentenced Pardue to the county jail
for three months. This is believed to
be the first instance of the man await
ing sentence calling for the judge in
his auto and bringing him to the court
| room.
The State Highway Commission Is
working on budget which calls for
the expenditure of approximately Sc,
100000 next year. The budget, which
will be submitted in December, will
be patterned after plans to be per-
fected by the advisory board. The
chief item Of revenue covered by the
budget are: One-half of bond issue
of S3.OOO.0OO, S1.5OOOOO; 1 mill tax
levy, $1,5O0.OOO; federal aid from
United States government, $780, 900; {;
automobile license fees, 100000; in.
ternal improvement income fund, $780,
400; gasoline tax, 100000. The re-
naming half of the S3.OOO,OOO in high.
way bonds will be extended by vadious
counties, under the direction of the
Highway Department, on u basis of
mileage.
$25O,OOO bond issue has been au-
'horized by the stockholders of the