The Dolores star., 1921-12-30
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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| That good chickens are in demand
was evidenced by the public sale rec
ord at the A. o. Smith sale Mt Love
land, where White Leghorns sold for
s155 each
The Brush city council has accepted
the plans drawn by City Engineer
Glen A. IIett for paving the main
streets of the town, the estimated cost
being Sl50.OOO. Bids for the work win
be received up To February l. A move
ment is now on foot to curb and gut
ter NIL of the streets of Brush.
movement is on foot among wom-
en- members of the Civic Association
to make Lovsiand the most beautiful
city in Colorado. In addition to see
ing that the streets are kept clean and
free from weeds, that the houses have
pretty lawn and the back alleys are
cleaned. 1t Is proposed to start COM
munlty flower growing contest
An accidentally discharged rifle
caused the instant death of Arlo
Stoops, 4-year-old sou of V. V. Stoops,
a farmer living fifteen miles from
Brush. The little boy was struggling
for possession of the gun with his elder
brother. . years old. The rifle struck
n chair and was discharged. The bull
let passed through the boys head.
Word was received in Boulder of
the death of Donald McGinnis. 1g
years old, sophomore in the Univer-
sity of Colorado. McGinnis, according
to the dispatch, was run over in the
railroad yards ut Seigmnn, AriZ. He
left Boulder last week for san Diego,
Calf. McGinnis was the son OF Harry
McGinnis, prominent attorney of Bue.
na Vista, Colo.
William Riley Hill, found guilty last
month of the murder of his 9-year-old
stepdaughter, Maxine Short, was sen.
fenced to life imprisonment in the
state penitentiary by Judge Samuel
| Johnson at the opening session of the
District Court at Brighton. Hill was
granted a sixty-day stay of execution
and sixty days in which to file bill
Of exceptions.
]. +. BrRiden of La lara, Colo, for
many years an exhibitor of choice
feeding cattle in the National Western
| Stock Show, and winner of a number
of prizes in former years, among them
reserve championship in 1917 has en-
tered three carloads Of his white face
feeding steers for the coming Stock
Show, Jan. IA to 21. Mr. Braiden will
have one car of yearlings and two cars
| of 2-year-olds on exhibition.
Approximately S5,7O3.OOO has beer
set aside by the state and government
for the construction of federal aid pro
jects carried over to next year, accord.
ing to the semi-annual report of State
Highway Engineer l.. d. Blauvelt to
the highway advisory board which has
been made public. On projects com.
pleted prior to Dec. l. 1920, an amount
exceeding S1,399,O0O was expended
while $2,08l 1903 represents the total
cost of federal aid projects completed
from Dec. l, 1920, to Nov. 30, 1921.
The balance is to be expanded on un.
finished 1920 and 1921 federal aid pro.
jects.
The trial of DR.. Z. L. Willis,
charged with completely in the alleged
murder of Miss Mary Park, Greeley
school teacher, <was, continued until
tle lhsl udS VI the pIeSell court teTUl
Jan. 8, in the West Side Court in Den.
yer. The continuance was granted by
Judge Warren A. Haggott because OF
the inability of witnesses in the case
to appear for the trial at present. DR.
Willis Is alleged to have assisted DR.
Nicholas J. Phelan, who stood trial for
the crime several days ago, In per.
forming criminal operation which
resulted in the girls death DIR. Phe.
Ian is being held now pending for.
NAL hearing on his mental condition
Live stock consisting of more than
9,5OO.O0O cattle, sheep. horses, swine
and goats grazed on the ranges of the
national forests during the past fiscal
year, and of the great store of timber
in those reservations more than 1,170,.
100000 board feet We're sold. Receipts
paid in or still due from these two
items combined to swell the income.
producing business of the national for
ests during the year to S4,46s, $40, says
the Forest Service, United States De.
partment of Agriculture in its annual
report made public today
Two hundred thousand persons from
all parts of the world visited Look.
out mountain between June and No.
yember. This is indicated by stats.
tics compiled from registration books
at Pahaska tepee, the william F.
Cody memorial museum on Lookout
mountain. The books shows that TO-.
$50 persons registered between June
II and Nov. IL. Every state is rep.
resented among the registrants, as
well as Alaska. Hawaii, the Philip.
pines. and almost every foreign coun.
try. 1t is estimated that but one per.
son in three visiting Lookout noun.
tain registers at the museum, which
would indicate that the total number
Of visitors was approximately 100000
Coyotes or dogs got into the sheen