The Dolores star., 1921-11-25
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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The body of the man taken out Of
Copeland lake by two farmers was
Identified at Brighton rs that OF John
Thill. laboring man. who had been
Btopping In Denver. Coroner Jones has
decided that the man probably commit
ted suicide. being broke" and discour-
aged
Denver will have direct highway
to the East by the opening OF the 1922
tourist season, If the plans of the Kan
sas CityDenver Airline Association
materialize. The proposed road will
cut the distance from Kansas City to
ly 575 miles.
Pueblo refused to adopt the city
manager plan Of municipal govern
ment, voting il down by a majority Of
TcS. Unofficial tabulation of the vote
put 1t at 2,IIS for the amendment and
8,SO6 against II, with the result that
Pueblo will continue under the present
form of commission government.
Alpha Biz, % years old, Il student at
the State Teachers College at Greeley
was held up on the campus by man
of apparently IS years. The young
man. who is from Seibert, handed over
50 cents, all he had. law, you're only
a KID" said the holdup. disgustedly
and he handed back the half dollar.
Senator w S Kenyon of Iowa is
coming to Colorado. He will address
the Colorado Farmers Congress at the
Agricultural College Dec. : regarding
some OF the more important legisla-
tion which he md his comrades of the
"Agrarian Bloc" are pushing in Con-
gress for the benefit of the farmers
and stockmen.
Automobile registration fees collect
ed by. the state motor vehicle depart
ment for the last ten months exceeded
those Of the entire twelve months OF
1920 by more than S92. according
to data compiled by Carl $. Milllken,
secretary OF stnte. The total amount
of money collected to date is placed
at $e92, ,755.43.
Forty thousand license number
plates for use In Denver next year OH
automobiles of the passenger type
have Just been received by Secretary
of State Milliken for distribution to
owners Dec. 20. An additional 10000
plates which were received have been
shipped to the county clerks OF Ell
Paso, Pueblo and Weld counties.
Denver probably will be officially
represented at the meeting to be held
Dec. 8, at Riverside, Calf, by the
League Of the Southwest, when mat
ters relating to the Colorado river wa
ter rights will come up for discussion.
A. the Colorado river obtains SO per
cent Of its water In Colorado, the state
and city Of Denver are vitally inter.
eated.
The American State Bank at Gran
ada, Colo, was robbed by yeggmen
who dynamited the voult and smashed
the safety deposit boxes therein. The
robbers got $500 in money belonging
to the bank and an equal amount from
the safety deposit boxes which be-
longsd to customers. One hundred and
thirtyhvs dollars of the money the
bank lost was in pennies. The rob
bsrs overlooked several thousand dol
lars in cash and bonds at the rear of
the vault.
Weld county, Colorado, unclassified
half century ago 30 far as Its agri-
cultural values were concerned, ranks
A. the twenty-sixth county of the en-
tire United States in value OF crops
and live stock, according to federal
census report made public in Denver
In a list Of the fifty leading counties
Of the nation. Weld holds this position
with a total crop and live stock value
in 1919 Of $23, ,203.475. Its crop value
alone was s2l ,l9s, 800, giving 1t rank
as the twenty-third county.
All Colorado Is to be represented in
the Colorado Industrial Exposition and
Prosperity Carnival to be held Feb. 90
rs in the Auditorium at Denver Coop
Grafton of 10000 women members of the
ColOradO-Made Goods Club Is assured,
according to +. c. Dawson OF the e1-
position committee. At least $50 e1-
hibit booths are expected. An overflow
structure may be needed.
Five soldiers from Fitzsimons Hos
pital in Denver escaped serious injury
when they were pinned beneath an
overturned automobile at Pomah cross
Ing, five miles south Of Castle Rock.
The car was driven by Sergt George
Beebe. Numerous accidents have oc-
CURED lately at this point in the road
A dangerous curve and lack of warn
Ing signs are held responsible.
A glare of automobile lights caused
the death of william Hopkins, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hopkins OF Pueb-
10, when the automobile in which he
and Marvin c. woodward We're driv-
ing to Pueblo from Colorado Springs
ran into small buggy driven by n
prospector who was on his way to
Breckenridge, at place three miles
north of Pueblo. Woodward was driv-
ing, but not injured.
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