The Dolores star., 1922-03-10
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

judicial district, commanding him 10
show cause why he should not be pro
hibited from trying II suit brought
against Secretary of State MillIken by
eight discharged automobile inspectors
OF the state motor vehicle department
William Kelly and seven other dis
charged Inspectors brought suit In Lit
tleton to compel Milliken TO put them
back to work, claiming the action OF
the General Assembly was Illegal.
Fort Lupton.-The appointment of a
receiver for the Industrial Sugar Com
pany, large independent sugar mnnu.
facturer. with factory at Fort Lup-
ton, has been asked In petition filed
in ;he District Court by the Hamilton
National Bank. trustee for the com
papy. The petition states that the last
two sugar campaigns of the company
resulted in heavy losses, and states
that the business OF the company due
to present conditions, is largely specu-
lative and uncertain.
Denver-The amount of direct
taxes paid per capita in Colorado is
increasing steadily and rapidly, ac-
cording to figures compiled by the
State immigration Department from
the records OF the State Tax Commis.
sion. These figures show that the to-
tai of state, county, municipal and
| school taxes assessed in the state In
| 1920 amounted to s4l95 per capita.
compared with S3544 per capita in
1919. Figures for 1921 are not yet
| available.
Colorado Springs.-Following rob
berry at Falcon, fifteen miles east OF
Colorado Springs, in which merchan-
disc valued at $1,000 was taken, Colo
RADIO Springs police have arrested two
men and recovered the full amount Os
loot. The men In jail are Dave Dotty
and Marion Bratton, both of whomc are
alleged by the Colorado Springs police
to have criminal records. 1t is believed
that several similar robberies in the
section can bet raced to them, the po
lice say.
Denver.-The Colorado Society OF
the Sons of the American Revolution
elected Judge George ii. Bradfield Of
Greeley president of their annual
meeting in the state house recently.
Other officers elected were Victor T..
Keyes, vice president; James Polk
! Willard of Denver, secretary; Walter
ID. Wynkoop, treasurer; Lathrop NJ
| Taylor. Fort Collins. historian and the
Rev. Frederick A. Hatch of Pueblo.
chaplain.
| Breckenridge.-A rotary snowplow
pushed by three locomotives left Breck
enridge recently to remove two huge
snOwslides near Curtin Spur in Ten
Mile canon on the Colorado & South.
ern route to Leadville. Denver trains
were held at Dillon One of the snow
slides was reported as being $50 feet
long with ten feet of snow on the track
and the other 200 feet long and fifteen
feet deep.
Denver.-The Republican state as.
sembly will meet In Denver on Aug.
9. This date was set by George II.
Shaw of Fort Collins. Republican
state chairman. The withdrawal of
T. T.. Phillips OF Eaton from the race
for the Republican nomination for
governor leaves only three active can
UTILITIES WHO uTe Tehuy 10 nave lnelI
names go before the assembly.
Denver-Five miles of concrete
highway. starting at Sterling. Colo
and extending toward Marino, will be
built this summer If a project state
ment submitted by the State Highway
district engineer. The estimated cost
is S175OOO, of which the government
will pay 56.12 per cent.
Canon City.-The death of "Dea'
con" George Il. Tanner, 80 years old
at his home In Canon City, removes
one of Canon City's pioneer business
men, one of Its most highly respected
citizens. former mayor, confederate
veteran and one Of the pillars and
patriarchs of the Baptist church In
Colorado.
Loveland.-At n meeting of beet
growers at Loveland, attended by 15C
farmers of that section, the contract
offered by the Great Western Sugar
Company was rejected. The meeting
. voted to place the exclusive power OF
making contracts for beet growing in
, this region with the Mountain State
Beet Growers Association.
Castle Rock.-The body of a we'll
dressed man, believed to have come
from Denver, was found hanging to Il
tree near the railroad tracks six miles
south of Castle Rock recently by two
coyote trappers. The man had com
mitted suicide by hanging himself
with his belt.
Salida.-That the granite business
would some day prove great asset to
Z Salida and Its vicinity Is about to be
t realized. Many new companies are be
ing organized for business, a new roat
, to the district is planned for the imme
| dIate future and the industry is pick
: ing up.