The Dolores star., 1922-05-05
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union Se-, Service

| gin. Morrison Shafroth, Denver attor-
ney, gave the decision.
Golden.-A woman giving her name
as Mrs. Catherine Fox, 81 years old,
was found by Sheriff G. C. Kerr of
jefferson county recently wandering
aimlessly along the cement road five
miles east of Golden.
Denver-The Colorado Poultry Pro-
ducers' Association held an educational
meeting in the Chamber of Commerce
building here. Professor Jamison of
the Colorado Agricultural College dis
cussed General Poultry Conditions of
! Colorado"
Denver-The Peterson flood preven-
ton bill, passed by the State Senate,
was passed In the House on second
reading without dissenting vote aft
| er previous tests of strength had
shown an overwhelming sentiment for
| the measure.
Walsenburg-Stater rangers are max
| ing investigations In an attempt to as
certain the names of the persons re-
| sponsible for the attempted wrecking
of coal cars drawn over the cut back
of the Caddell mine half way between
| Walsenburg and Turner.
| Pueblo.-A 225-foot bridge on the
| Iona branch of the Denver & Rio
Grande Western railroad, seventeen
miles southwest of Walsenburg, was
blown up recently by "A heavy charge of
explosive, it was announced at head
quarters of the railroad here.
Durango.-Willism L. Wood, 80
years old, city editor of the Durango
| Herald, was shot to death by Rod S.
| Day, editor and manager of the Duran
go Democrat, as the climax of bitter
newspaper feud between the rival ed
itors that recently had resolved itself
into alleged personal slander.
Delta.-While engaged in what is
said was a friendly scuifle, Felix Mar
tineZ 16 years old, shot and fatally
wounded Freddie Lucero, 10 years old.
The bullet entered the boys abdomen
and he died shortly afterward at the
Delta hospital. The parents OF both
boys are tending beets on n ranch
eight miles from Delta.
| Pueblo.-S. Simms, superintendent
Of highway construction in the San Is
abel national forest, has put gangs of
men at work building the last stretch
Of the scenic Squirrel Creek Canon
highway above Beulah, in the Green
horn mountains. The highway, which
is being blasted out of the side of the
mountains in many places, will open a
hitherto inaccessible region.
Denver.-The April sale of state
school lands, held in the office of the
State Board Of Land Commissioners,
state capitol, was the largest in over
eighteen months. Three thousand sew
en- hundred and six acres were sold for
n total purchase price of sos, ,S29. .65,
and an average price per acre of S26.66.
| These lands were located in twelve
counties of the state, and varied in
price from $50 per acre for raw
mountain land to $13G.75 per acre for
irrigated land in the Arkansas volley.
Canon City.-State officials have de-
clded to detail prison labor to the min
Ing Of coal If the fuel supply at the
penitentiary, state asylum and other
state institutions runs low on account
Of the nationwide coal strike. This
information was given by Adj Gen.
p. J. Hamrock and prison authorities
recently. The plan to be followed in
the event of an emergency would be
similar to that employed during the
strike here in 1913, when the prison la
Dor was assigned to work No. 5 and
other mines near Canon City.
Colorado Springs-Burglars broke
open the safe of Swift & Co., 1O9 Colo
RADIO avenue, and escaped with $50 in
cash and several thousand dollars
worth of bonds. Sledgehammers evi-
IDENTIFY were used to demOlish the lock.
After the robbery the safecrackers
stole a Ford car, drove to the outskirts
of the city and abandoned the machine
there.
Canon City.-Mrs. Nelson Coffman,
wife of rancher living at Hillsdale,
near here, was found dead in bed by
her husband. A rifle lay beside her.
Authorities expressed the theory that
the woman placed the muzzle of the
iilic against il'i anu Dulltu tnp
trigger with her feet. No motive for
suicide is known.
Victorian unusually rich strike,
virtually at grass roots, has been made
on the American Eagles mine on Bull
hill by Leasers Klopfenstein and Phil.
lips. Ore is being taken out which runs
from seven to ten ounces to the ton.
The leasers are making preparations
to develop the vein extensively and
will sink the shaft to depth of 100
feet, in all probabilities. The Amer.
ican Eagles mine is owned by the
Stratton estate.
Denver-Joseph II. Young, president
of the Denver K Rio Grande Western
railroad, declared the Denver 4 Rio
Grande Western not only indorses the
proposed construction of the Moffat
tunnel through James peak, but would