The Dolores star., 1922-02-17
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| concluding session of the annual con
vcntion of the western slope livestock
and farmers congress here: To re-
quest the secretary of agriculture, in
view of the fact that prices of live
stock now We're Mt pre-war prices or
lower, to restore the fees of pre-war
period for grazing In the national for
ests; also approving the truth-in-fnbric
bill rs backed by the National Assoca-
tion of Wool Growers. Urging n =
cents tariff on imported sugar us a
protection OF the beet sugar industry.
Opposing the amendment TO Senate
bin 2.263. which limits the cost of n
new federal branch bank building al
100000. Opposing the transfer of the
forestry service from the Agricultural
Department TO any other department
Of the gov ernment. Thanking the
Colorado executive committee of the
War Finance Corporation for its eff
forts to get money in the hands OF the
farmers and live stock men for their
relief
Denver.-Joseph II. Young, presi-
dent OF the Denver & Rio Grande
the plans of the company are to put
the narrow gauge lines ON the basis OF
the standard gauge, which means the
expenditures Of approximately Sl2,OO0,-
600 in improvements OF these lines.
Standard gauging the lines Is not con
templated, according TO Mr.. Young,
for the reason that per cent grades
are not feasible for standard gauge
operation. However, IL is the plan of
the Rio Grande Western to make of
the narrow gauge lines q system thai
will be ample for taking care of all
business
Fort Collins.-R. V. Stryker of Den
Yer has been awarded the contract for
the paving of West Mountain avenue
in Fort Collins on his bid of Sl2T,
5Oi.GO, which was , Der cent lower than
the next lowest bid. The contract for
the construction of storm sewer syS-
ten in part of the city was let to
Arthur A. DObson of Lincoln, Neb., for
S2,9ST.l3. The sewer work will in
clude the laying of 2.92S feet of forty
eight-inch pipe, 4Sl feet of forty-five-
inch pipe, 4G0 feet of thirty-nine-inch
pipe. and considerable grading.
Denver.-Copies of the resolution
adopted by the Colorado StockgrowcrS'
Association ut the annual meeting
here on Jan. l6, whereby the asSocia-
tion was authorized to collect a 30
cent assessment on every carload OF
stock sold by members in open market,
are being forwarded to stockmen ia
4 81.
ID. Castle, secretary of the organiza
tiOn. Il is expected that the resOlu-
tion will bear fruit Immediately and
the straitencd financial circumstances
of the organization alIeviated mt once.
PIeblo.-It cost Charles Kasson $40
for jokes on his friends. The police
department was somewhat disturbed
by Il number of persons coming to the
station in the last few days asking
what the police wanted of them. II
developed that some one was telephon-
ing certain persons informing them
that they were wanted at the police
station. Detectives finally learned
that it was Kasson. Judge Crossman
couldn't see the joke even when kaS-
son admitted it and said it was joke.
Denver.-A memorial window to
David Fl. Moffat, Colorado's great en-
pire builder and dreamer of the Mof-
fat tunnel, will be placed in the State
Senate chamber of the Capitol in com.
pliance with II resolution of the last
| Legislature rs soon as the work of art
can be completed by the McSIurtry
| Manufacturing Company, it was an
nounccd recently by the State Board
Of Capitol Managers.
Delta.-The 5-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. y. w. Wagner of this city,
while playing with a poker, the end
of which had just been taken out of
the fire. struck his 3-year-old sister in
the eye. The eyeball was badly
burned and the child may lose her
eyesight
Denyer-Application Of the Foun.
| drymen's Association for permission
to make "A cut of 10 per cent in wages
to all foundry help in nine Denver
plants has been refused by the State
Industrial Commission. The order
was entered by Commissioners Joseph
c. Bell and w. l. Reilly and declared
said request for a reduction at this
time is unreasonable and unjust -
Hiram E. Hits, the third member of
the commission, did not concur in the
| award.
| Littleton.-A one armed, unidenti.
fled man was killed by the Denver &
Rio Grange passenger train "Uncle
Sam" near Petersburg. According TO
members of the train crew the man
was picking up coal along the rail
road track when the engine bore down
upon him. Brakes We're useless and
his body was badly mangled.
Denver was chosen for the next
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