The Dolores star., 1921-04-15
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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A blaze swept the Denver shale
brickyards at Swadley, a mile and a
quarter northwest of Arvada, causing
damage estimated at $4,000.
The trial of Renzi Dickens, charged
with the murder of his aged father,
William ii. Dickens, banker of Long
mont. Nov. 30, 1915, has been post
poned until September.
Henry C. Watson, the man who
made the Greeley potato famous
throughout the United States, died at
Long Beach, Calf, from heart trou-
BILE, according to word received in
Greeley.
Frank w. Howbert, jury commission
er of Denver, will be the new internal
revenue collector for Colorado. Recon-
mendation for his appointment has
been sent to Secretary Of the Treasury
Mellon by senators Phipps and Nichol-
son.
In decisions handed down, the Colo
RADIO Supreme Court denied the valid
ity of the Recall Of Decisions" amend
ment to the state constitution passed
by popular vote in the fall of 1912, and
upheld the cOnstitutionality of the thir-
ty-day clause of the state industrial
law.
james Duce. state oil inspector, act
ing for the people of Colorado, has
filed suit in the District Court against
IL. 60
T91.1S. alleged to be due the state as
tax collected under the session laws of
1919. The complaint was drawn by At
torney General Victor f. Reyes.
AS the result of an agreement be-
tween the Republicans and Democrats,
Golden will not hold an election this
spring and thereby save approximate
ly $1,000, The plan is 10 let the pres
ent City Council hold over and to re-
ceive designations to those aldermen
longer.
Two additional air mail routes out
of Salt Lake City, one to Los Angeles
and another to Denver, are contemplate
Col. John A. JOrdon, superintendent of
the western division of the United
States air mail service. He said that
the two routes may be established ear
ly this summer.
William W. Prantz, former convict
at the Colorado penitentiary, is in Jail
in Littleton. charged with the robbery
of the Strasburg bank and the depot
at Byers. Both crimes We're com
mitted last month. When arrested
several railroad tickets. said to have
been stolen from the depot at Byers,
were found on Prantz.
The Leadvillc Chamber of Com
merce has recently issued folder de-
scribing and illustrating the charms
and advantages of Lcadvillc, "City of
romance and beauty at the crest of the
continent" The Illustrations are artis-
tic and n map showing the mining and
scenic region adjacent to Leadville
adds to the value of the folder.
Denver will bloom with poppies May
80 when as n reminder of the war sac
rifices 10000 French poppy blossoms
will be distributed on the streets. More
than 100 Colorado American Legion
posts including the Denver units,
launched campaign that Will termin-
ate on Memorial day with the wearing
by every American of a French POPPY.
Ole Hansen, 81, a resident of Jcffer.
son county for nearly forty years,
whose home was two miles east of
Golden, was gored to death by bull
on neiShboring ranch while attempt.
ing to save the life of woman Han.
sen was working in his field when Mrs.
Burgland, mOther-in-law of Steve ROg.
ers, who owns the bull, shouted for
Hansen to come to her assistance.
Plans have been drawn at n meet.
ing of the Rocky Mountain Radio As.
sociation for the establishment in Den.
yer of one of the largest amateur wire
less telephone stations west of the
Mississippi.
Six business houses were burglariZed
in kersey, near Greeley. The thieves
then stole a Union Pacific hand car
and made their escape on it. The safe
of the Boise-Payette Lumber Company
was opened and $40 taken. Efforts to
break the safes of the Kersey Lumber
Company and Tom l.. Schank's seed
mill were unsuccessful Fifty dollars
was taken from the cash register in
the f. A. Collins meat market.
Richard Winnerah, l2-year.old
schoolbOy of Ouray county, is the
champion talker of Colorado. He was
awarded first prize in the annual ora
torical contest conducted by the Colo
RADIO Association of County Sup,rIn-
tendents and Institute Workers Mt
Corona school in Denver. Eighth grade
pupils from every county In the state
competed. At the same time Mildred
Akey, pretty little 13-year-old miss of
Wray, Colo, was declared the cham
pion eighth grade word speller Of the
state.
Donald Coleburn, 1U.year-old boy