The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts of
Colorado
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heart disease at Boulder.
Guv Newton. wealthy farmer and
cattle feeder Of Mead, was held up ana
[ 7osbei by two masked bandits on the
/ Ii,,erty Hail roads after seven-miie
I chase. The men Obtained sl2.
& Rodents. mainly prairie dogs. Wyo-
ring ground squirrels, and pocket
4 conhe-s are exterminated by poison
T Ing and this work, also, is done by Bio
logical Survey experts in cooperation
with forest rangers
zone Of our first aims in predatory
animal work is To externinate the gray
U,l1- Says Assistant Biologist 5. E.
ptDar. Persistence in cleaning up
each wolf pack IS 10 be the keynote,
hui any % these hunters can be shifted
On short notice in case such 4 move
is warranted by depredations in
gwen locality"
Walter : Hotchkiss. renowned west
en- slope hunter, came in 10 Delta with
he psIr Of an animal eight feet long
from lin 10 tip and weighing more than
2pl pounds. Mr.. HotchkisS states that
lie has killed more than 100 lions. He
has rau across the tracks Of five more
Hons of lste and will keep up his hunt
for more Of the animals which have
been destroying cattle
Peter Mettunef, s. years old. n shoe
maker Of Telluride, committed suicide
hy cutting his throat with q shoemak-
a-'S knife at the top Of G thirJy-foot
telephone POLE he climbed, and then
pIu-ELuc bead foremost 10 the ground.
Ne--glefs skull was fractured and he
dad SIX hours later \ score OF per
So1s watched MerrunuTs attempt 10
XII himself but were powerleSs TO re-
strain him
The sewing club girls Of Penrose,
Who sre starting with their first years
so-k. are each taking a budget for the
purchase Of their hair ribbons, stock
I1-S and handkerchiefs. In addition TO
rheir sewing work, the girls will have
specific instructions in the care of
these three articles and will be held
responsible by their mothers for the
purchase of the articles for the year
and for the care OF them.
Two hundred and thirty forest of
ficers are scattered over the fifteen
national forests of Colorado and they
know the thirteen million acres of for
est land intimately. One ranger will
know that there are three wolf dens
on his district, another has seen lion
tracks in two widely separated places.
and this knowledge will be invaluable
in mapping the locations of these killers
OF livestock.
Sugar beets are now being used by
bootlesgers in the manufacture of
liquor Sheriff Wilson of Delta coun-
II, captured q large still at Hotchkiss
recently in which sugar beets were
being used instead of corn or the 9TH
er Ingredients commonly used by dis
tlllers- An auto radiator was also be-
ing used for the condensation OF the
1 booze. The still was of thirty-gallon
capacity. Two men were captured in
the raid
Pueblo's airplane landing field ad-
joining the state fair grounds, and
] Ideal for the purpose, is offered the
I United States War Department for the
accommodation Of three planes from
/ The government field al Sacramento.
Z Calf, TO be sent across the country to
map war airplane routes. The planes
ara 10 make the cross-ceuntry trip the
latter pare Of May or early in June
according 10 q communication from
Mai B. NJ Atkinson, commandant al
Sacramento.
The Boulder Territorial-Pioneer So
c1sty is 10 be formed as a result of q
meeting Of pioneers at Boulder in ron.
necaon with Community week. ! f
Hubbard Prof. F. L. Chase and Mrs
X Z Arnett were appointed com
nittee 10 draft bylaws. 4 meeting
wiA be held annually. An attempt will
be made 10 preserve historical picture.
and buildings Of that region.
Charles Mahl of Monte Vista ha.
had Two and one-half acres of yellow
sweet clover pasture for the past tw,
years growing on land that il whir,
with alkali- Last year it pasture,
lhree head Of cows all summer an,
lour horses al night during the sum
ner season. Mr. Mahl stated thai h.
had 10 turn forty head Of stock in ar
ms pasture twice to keep it down.
Inc country population OF Colorad,
aiAs oeen increasing for the last twenr,
years, although the per cent of the non
u-af1on that is from the country ba.
noi increased all the time. The rura
poI'aiai1on of Colorado in 1900 wa,
3d2- -sss; in 1910, 2gT. .4e7: in le9o 90
SOS In 1900. 80 per cent of the peonl,
o. Colorado lived in the country. !,
lsio- 81 per cent; and in 1890. 20 ne