The Dolores star., 1921-10-14
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

portment collected S15,is5.32 from
twenty-six estates in Colorado. Inc
largest individual amount coiiec'eu
was from the estate Of Alexander ''
officer of Weld county. For 'nNihs
purposes this estate was Nalheu Ut
Sl56.3ji.97 and the amount OF the thN
was S3,9O2 SIS. Heirs of owen +. Le-
Feyre of Denver paid the state s.
316.7S on n valuation of S1o2,6-o."-'
Total inheritance tax collected by the
state since Jan. is S3Sl ,ilI.S5
All classes of property in Colorado
are valued for taxing purposes nj 81
SIS, .4i9. This is the final ilgure
submitted by the Colorado lax COM
mission to the State Board of Equai-
ization in its report for 192l. Last
years the valuation was Sl,59O,2 n60''
so that this year there is decrease
of sl1.T99,21S. In view of the slump
in the values of sheep, cattle ana
farm products n decrease OF less thah
S12OOO.O0O is considered remarkab'"
good showing.
Inc nTIlTlt uDk. " NilANi '''s'
been looked upon as pest OF thc
first order. is worth money, according
to Albert n. Froom of Olathe, who re-
ports that he is the only man IN the
world who has ever cashed in on thlS
animal. He actually sells them Tor
money. In some parts of the world
they do not have prairie dogs, and
there they are looked upon rs n rarity
and are placed in their ZOOS alongside
of the elephant and other natural Gu
riosities.
J.H. Weisgerber. a Pueblo telegraph
operator. while touring the country in
an automobile recently. had an eNcit-
ing experience with Il blue racer snake.
The snake. which was five and Il half
feet long, crawled under the car after
having bitten into The tire. The car
was stopped, bur no trace Of the snake
could be found. Eventually, it was dis
covered in the battery box only TO be
lost again in the mechanism of the
machine. When finally located in the
dust pan 1t was killed.
If the plans now under cOnSidcra-
tion by the Beaver Park Land and
Water Company materializcs the Bea-
yer park district, of which Penrose is
the larger town. will next spring have
under construction n dam and reser-
voir at Brush hollow that will insure
an adequate water supply for this rich
farming district and will also enable
close to 1000 acres lying just west of
the district to he irrigated and opened
to settlement.
From Moab, Utah, comes word that
probably the richest shipment Of car
notite ore ever mined was recently
sold to buyers at Montrose, Colo, by
Andrew Nyland of Grand Junction.
The shipment consisted of forty tons
and brought $4,000. The ore was
mined in the Gateway district and was
the last of the output of Mr.. Nylund's
mine there.
A motorcycle accident on the Buck
horn road in the mountains near Love
land resulted in the serious injury of
c. W. McWhinney, prominent Loveland
real estate man. McWhinney was rid
ing with w. ]. Arb when the brakes
refused to work. on steep hill and
the machine went over a bank. Nc
Whitney suffered crushed chest in
addition to cuts and bruises.
Ralph Hendrickson, ii years old,
was instantly killed at the close of the
first day of the fair ut IIolyoke. A
plane had just alightcd from flight
over the grounds. and the propeller
was still in motion when the boy
walked into it. He was thrown into
the air, and when he struck the ground
was dead.
The construction of new water
system with Little Horse creek fifty
four miles north of Rocky Ford, as the
source of supply, was discussed at a
special meeting of the city council of
that city. The work would cost $780,
600, 1t is estimated, and 2,5OOOOO gal
Ions of water would be furnished.
The De Beque Chamber of Com
merce has asked the cooperation of
the Chamber Of Commerce of Grand
Junction in making an exhibit of oil
shaie at the World Mining Congress
to be held in Chicago Oct II, 1921.
Word has been received at Boulder
that the college of pharmacy, Univer-
sity of Colorado, has been unanimous
ly elected to membership in the Amer
lean Conference of Pharmaceutical
Faculties. The society is working for
the advancement Of pharmaceutical
education and practice.
AS result of the passage of House
Bill No. 81, Arizona has become the
guardian of every dependent, aban-
doned and neglected child in the state
under the age of 16 years, and the
newly created child welfare board a.
Its recent meeting, adopted the follow
Ing budget, allottIng $25,OOO to relief
work in the various countiss MS jndi.
Gated: Apache, 1885; CSehise Sd