The Dolores star., 1922-10-20
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

GAS now 10 available for distrlbu'
tion TO the roud and school funds OF
states which have national forests
within their boundaries. Twenty-Five
per cent Of the money collected from
timber sales and grazing permits Is re-
turned TO the state treasury. An addi-
tional 10 per cent goes for the con
struction of roads and trails within the
forest boundaries. Colorado ranks
fifth among the states OF the Union In
the distribution Of these government
funds, according TO the forest service
and will receive ST5,S60 for schools and
roads, and S3O,344 for forest reserve
roads and trails.
Denver.-Lou ID. Sweet, noted agri-
cultural expert of Colorado. has intro
duced wheat into the San Luis valley
that runs as high as sixty-five bushels
to the acre. II Is grown ON the Sweet
seed farm near Carbondale Mr.. Sweet
provided d car OF this special wheat to
] the farmers OF the San Luis valley for
planting last spring, and from ioO 10
500 acres were planted with II. The
average production an acre Is from
fifty-four bushels 10 siSty-flve bushels
to the acre, whereas the average bush
els In the United States is fourteen TO
| the acre. This wheat is known as
Kitchener. and originated on the farm
Of Dr. Sager Wheeler OF Saskatche-
wan, the Burbank OF Canada" sa'
Mr.. Sweet.
Castle Rock.-Rudolph Abbott, bron-
,ho buster. famous as "Slim," was scri-
ously injured nj almost the close OF
the Douglas county fair program here,
when Sundown, noted outlaw, fell
while trying TO dislodge the rider. Alb
oott is suffering from concussion OF
the brain and had not regained CON
sciousness late tonight Attending doc
tors are uncertain regarding the out
| come. The horse rolled over on Alb
bott after the fall, and lie may be in
iured fatally. The attendance at the
closing of the fair was the largest that
ever gathered in the grounds. At the
barbecue more than $500 were fed
roasted beef, rolls, coffee and other
trimmings.
| Pueblo.-Postmaster General Hubert
| Work, the ColOradoan in President
iarding's cabinet, has accepted the in
yitatiOn of George S. Walker, presi.
dent of the Western Radio Corpora
tion, to broadcast special message
TO the radio fans of America through
| kFAF, the Western Radio Corpora.
tiOn-Denver Post station, the night OF
November s. DIR. Work, resident of
Pueblo, Colo, for many years, will be
in Denver early in November to ad.
dress the meeting of third and fourth
class postmusters November S and the
| first general postal employees state
meeting ever held in the west
Notwithstanding to figures issued
by the national parks department AT
Washington, 2lo,l6I persons visited the
Rocky Mountain National parks oi
Colorado during the summer season
this year. That number is more than
one-fifth of all the tourists who visited
all the parks of the nation this year
The national total of parks visitors fol
1922 WAS l,0i4,53S, nearly 10000 more
| totai ioi lc-l.
| Denver.-Greater respect for the
American constitution is aimed at in q
proclamation issued by Governor
Shoup designating Oct. 10, the anniver
sary of the battle of Yorktown, as Con
stitution day. The governor urges thai
all citizens re-read the constitution or
that day and that schools and collei es
observe the day with special programs
which will tend to make the constitu
ton more familiar.
Colorado Springs. = The Nationa
druggists Association closed its ses
sion here with banquet at which r
address on legal matters was made bS
| G. 5. Thomas, former United Sta, ,e.
senator from Colorado. No business
was transacted during the last day, tht
delegates devoting the time to trips
through the mountains and to town.
close to the Springs.
Colorado Springs. The Colorad,
Springs Gazette has published an an
nouncement of the sale of the papei
June l, 1922, by Clarence Phelps
| bouSe 10 VI. ~. ESe. Mr. Eye mas beer
managing editor of the Gazette for tho
last six years, and for twelve years
previous was business manager. Mr.
Dodge has been publisher of the papel
since 1904. 1t was founded March %
1872, by the late Gen. w. ]. Palmer.
Trinidad.-GuiIty of mans.aughteI
was the verdict returned by jury il
the District Court at the conclusion o.,
the trial of John Costroft, whose auto
mobile crashed into motorcycle ant
sidecar on the highway near SuffIelf
I'M May 2S, last, resulting in the death.
Of two little girls, Mary and Angelin;
| Cibello, and 7 years old, of Stark
lille, and John Bellinaso of Sopris
Denver.-Richard A. Barton. o;
years old, university graduate. aviator
world war hero, motion picture direc
| tor, scenario writer and electrician. IL
held in the city Jail following his nj
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