The Dolores star., 1922-12-22
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Denver. - A S2,OOO.uOO Christmas
present, distributed among over o.Voo
growers throughout northwestern Colo
rndo. western Nebraska and parts Oh
| Wyoming and Montann. was an
nounced by tho Greut Western Sugar
| Company In q letter TO these growers
| The letter states that in accordan-s
with that part Of the 1877 sliding
scale beef contract. which provides
that further payment will be ipads
from time to time us market conditions
warrant, the company on Dec. y VIII
make an additional payment OF 81 per
ton for all beets delivered under that
| contract"
Sterling. ng.-Culmlnatiny q weeks en-
tertalument in recognition Of her sue
cess In the 1921 national safety lesson
contest, Mrs. Anne Rogers. a teacher
Of Sterling. wss received at the White
House recently by President Harding,
who presented her with a diploma OF
honor. She won In contest among
oU,UOO school teachers, preparing the
best lesson for promoting safety ON the
highways. The contest was conducted
by the Highway Education Board and
National Automobile Chamber Of Com
nerce.
Fort Collins. Of the mar
ketlng problem held the attention Of
the Colorado Farmers Congress dur
Ing the 5econd days session. Lively
exchanges OF opinion between the
speakers and farmers from the floor
added spice to discussions of the Vital
topic which has to do with disposal OF
the things produced on the farms OF
| Colorado. These discussions concerned
the slump In values OF farm products
The solution recommended by the
speakers was cooperative marketing.
BurlIngton.-rwo little Colorado
farm giris-Elaine Hendricks, 10, and
Bertha Boyer. II, Of Kit Carson coun-
ty, won the highest honors in home
canning and Jelly making club work In
the United States, at the International
Live Stock Show In Chicago. A three
month trip abroad. eliminating in an
exhibition before the domestic science
experts Of France, Is the reward of the
two girls. Their expenses will be paid
oy the national committee on boys and
girls club work.
Bollder.-Alpha Beta, newest OF the
ireek letter fraternities at the Uni.
sersity OF Colorado. has leased for
three years the old Kappa Sig house.
James Il. Hoffman. senior law stu
lent, of Littleton, Is president Of the
fraternity. which Is petitioning Phi
Kappa Tau, national Greek organ
zution. james Il. Roach OF Boston is
Vice president; Ralph squire of Black.
we'll, Okla, house manager; Lester
Weber of Denver Is treasurer.
Denver.-There Is an automobile for
every six persons in Colorado. the
records in the office Of Secretary of
State Milllken show. Colorado. ac-
rording to the last census, has Il popu.
iation OF $50 500 On Dec. there were
In operation In Colorado 1G0.oS5 auto
mobiles - 1898 passenger cars and
1852 trucks. This makes. to be exact.
one automobile for every 5.S lnhabl.
tants, or ten cars for every fifty-eIght
people.
Denver. - With nearly S9.O0O,O0O
available for highway work In Colora.
do during the coming year, members
OF the state highway advisory board
have been in session here completing
the budget for 1923. The sums to be
spent on the roads and highways OF
Colorado next year include leftover
appropriations Of 1922 and onefourtt
OF the S6,OOO,OO0 bond Issue voted a,
the November election.
| Littleton.-JohnW w. Perry was fount
to be insane and ordered committed tC
the asylum at Pueblo. Perry, who has
been attending series of revivals
here, recently threw the meetings IN
to pnnics when he announced he was
going to get shotgun and go over IL
Turkey to end the troubles in Europe
Boulder-Ffty-s high schools o.
Colorado are to compete this year Ii
the annual interscholastic debates un
der the direction Of the University o
Colorado.
Fort Colllns-The following officer.
were elected at n meeting OF the Nortf
Central Colorado Athletic Association
here: William Akin, Laporte, presi
dent; John Il. Grant, Ault, vice presi
dent; NJ. A. Morrison. Timnath, secre
tary-treasurer: Gilbert L. Counts
Wellington. representative to the stat,
board of ntrol.
Greeley.-Bert J. Lowe. convicted O
the murder of his sister-in-luw, Ferr
Skinner, Is taking his fate with tn,
same stole Indifference which charac
terized his attitude during the trial
He refused to make statement, al
did his brother, who departed for hi,
home in Cass Lake, MINI.
Sterling.-About two hundred depos
itors of the closed Sterling Nationa
Bank met here ut the city hall t,
bring about negotiations for the re
opening of the institution. The banI
was closed two years ngo. and recent,