The Dolores star., 1923-04-27
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Iarra number OF Interested poultry
rnIsers at the city hall. The direc'o,s
| NJ the new organization are u
Black, W. +. Bales, Mrs. L. n ~
kIns, Fred Specht and Mrs. ho, u.o
Frazier, Three thousand hens WIZ ~
rIebred TO the organization here anu
:, l.. rho eighth organization OF lts
| kind in the state.
Danver-Telegrams to the Cover
nors of Wyoming, Utah ana Ne" he
leo. urging them to have repFtse"'"
| tlyes ut the hearing of the ieue'" :"
mower commission in the office oil lie
secretary of war, April is, on the up
nliratinn of James B. Grand tpr
| mower license on the Colorado river NJ
Diamond Creek, Ariz., were Sent W
| Gov. William L. Sweet Inc soNe'ho'
is opposing Girand's application us
well as others, in view of the fact tha'
the Colorado river pact has not peen
ratified by Arizona.
Dcnver-Four young children were
burned to death here in fire. Inc
children had been playing In a Darh
when the fire was set, 1t Is said, by
nm unidentified boy. They crawled
under pile of hay in the place ana
rerished there. The four little chill
dren who were burned to death were
playing hide and seek. The complete
ness Of their hiding place was the
very element that caused their death.
They were trapped without chance
to get out.
Grand functional gun was placed
nrnInst the forehead of Frank TruJlllo
and discharged, the bullet bouncing or
and inflicting a slight scalp wound
Then the assailant fired and missed,
and advancing close to MS Nlctlih'
placed the gun against his ribs and 1t
missed fire. A fight followed, in
which the assuilant was dlsarmed. The
fight occurred ut Dragon, Utah, ana
Truiillo came here to have his wounds
dressed.
Fort COlllHs.-The stock judging
team of the Fort Collins high school
Will represent the scholastic institu-
lions of Colorado at the international
meet in Chicago in November and the
Interstate meet in Denver next Janu-
AIRY, us Il result of the state contest
held here. Fort Collins won the state
championship with total of 2,19i out
of Il possible $3.50 points. Rocky Ford,
1922 champion, was second with 2,oo9
points.
Canon City.-A band Of daylight
robbers was broken up here when the
police arrested Albert Ortez, Frank
Dcporta and Alberto Montoya and
found in their possession several hun
dred dollars worth of stolen goods,
most Of it the property of local mer-
chants. The plan followed by the men
was for all three of them to enter
store and while two of them engaged
the attention of employees the third
man would lift the goods.
Denver.-The storm which for sew
eraI weeks has been brooding over the
federal prohibition office here, the
near approach of which was signaled
by the resignation of Director McClen-
ahan, has burst. AS u result, Ben Eng
lander, suspended some weeks ago, was
removed. Four agents, Daniel J. CAT
fy, Charles J. Mattel. Fred E. Klein
and Dale Hunt, have been suspended
while charges are investigated.
Pueblo. P. Vey, a farmer, living
at Undercliffe, Colo, twenty-one miles
southeast of Pueblo, narrowly escaped
death, and the new touring car he was
driving was destroyed while he was on
his way home. The car slipped from
the highway, skiddlng in soft dirt,
side and caught fire. Vey succeeded
in crawling from under the machine
and escaped injury.
Pueblo.-The city of Pueblo, the
county and the commerce club have
Joined in raising the sum of $500
which is to be used in Kidding the city
of rats. determination will be di-
rected by the health department.
Denver. - The Colorado winter
wheat condition Is reported by CORE
spondents us G5 per cent of normal.
This is the lowest condition in recent
years, and Is % points below the ten
year average, according to the April
report of the division Of crop and live
stock estimates in cooperation with
the Colorado State Board of Immigra-
ton. Rye Is rated at Gi per cent, %
points below the tcn-yeur average.
The number of brood sows is reported
as 10 per cent above the number ut
this time last year.
Canon Clty.-The parole Of Harold
f. HenHood, convicted slayer of Tony
Won Phul and George Copeland, was
officially revoked by Gov. William L.
Sweet at the request of Warden Tom
lyman of the state penitentiary. Hen
wood, who was paroled by Governor
Oliver Shoup on May 27, 1922, was re-.
turned to the state penitentiary about
three weeks ago for violation Of pa
role.
Denver.-The condition of ranges in
Colorado on April is reported as So