The Dolores star., 1923-01-05

torium March IL to Is, under the aus
pieces of the Denver Automobile Deal
erS' Association.
Fort Collins-The Republican legis.
lative program was formulated ut Il
party caucus here Jan. =. A general
caucus OF state senators AID represen-
tatives was held in the morning, and
separate caucuses of senators and rep
resentatives In the afternoon.
Pueblo.-Gov. Henry J. Allen of
Kansas made arrangements TO parole
Phil Schynard, one of the five inmates
of the Kansas state penitentiury serv-
ing under u sentence to hang under
the old Kansas state law, 10 Mrs. Cora
T. HONie OF Pueblo, who, according TO
Information at the governors office,
has agreed to marry Schynard and
take care of him.
Fort Collins-MrS. George W. Thin
mig of Wellington and her 1r-year-old
daughter, Erma, are in the Fort Col
Inns hospital suffering from injuries re
Celyed when the car in which they with
Mr. Thinning and two sons were rid
Ing was crowded over an embunkment
on the road north of Fort Collins at
night by another car which failed to
dim its bright lights.
Denver.-Automobil license plates
and application blanks have been allot-
ted 10 every county clerk and recorder
in Colorndo'S siNtythree counties, Carl
Milliken, secretary of state, announced
here The first $4,000 license plates
have been allotted TO Denver, then fol-
low FL Paso. Pueblo, Weld and Lari-
mer, and after Larimer the other coun-
ties in alphabetical order.
Pueblo.-police are seeking two en-
ployes Of the First National Bank of
this city, alleged to have absconded
with 5000 Of the banks money. The
names of the men have not been dI-
vulged by the police, or the bank Of
flcials, who admit of the robbery but
refuse to give out the names or the
men involved until the detectives have
had an opportunity TO make a capture.
Denver-A pportionmen of $G,7T7,-
5DB for construction of highways in
Colorado in 1923 was announced by
the highway advisory board in report
which has been approved by Governor
Shoup. The budget for next year calls
for an expenditure of So, 3,l6l,69 on
highway construction, the remaining
sum being left over from 1920, 1871
and 1922. Federal aid projects total
S5,2I2,1OO, and state projects Sl,i94,-
S96
Golden.-Cn the ground that the
Colorado Supreme Court held constitu-
tional u law that first should have
been submitted to the direct vote Of
people in the district involved, an ap-
peal will be taken immediately to the
United States Supreme Court in the
Moffat tunnel case, Edwin ii. Parks.
attorney, announced recently. Park
represents Mary l.. Alilheim and Fred
erick Metcaif, who brought the orig
inal action attacking the constitution
allty of the tunnel law.
citizens, living and dead. have been
placed upon u list of civic benefactors
announced recently. These names, se-
lected by a committee appointed by
Mayor Bailey two years ago, will be
Inscribed in bronze on the colonnade
of the south end of the Civic Center.
The design of the dedicatOry inscr!p-
ton in the colonnade and the design
for arrangement of names has been
placed in the hands of Robert Garrl-
son, Denver sculptor. The tablets will
he placed soon after the first Of the
year. s.
Denver. - Financial condition OF
farmers and stockmen is reflected In
the biennial report of George Stephan,
register of the State Land Board, sup
mitted to Governor Shoup, which
shows cash receipts for the office dur
ing two years of S2,053,99O, or 81, ,1O6,-
GJ2 less than for the preceding bien-
NAL term. Money received by the de
partment is derived from the sale of
and leasing of state lands, and in his
report Mr.. Stephan tells the governor
that the falling off in receipts is d.
rectly due to the inability of farmers
and stOckmen to purchase, lease or
make payments on existing certificates
of purchase or lease.
Grand Junction.-Postpone of
payments by landholders and farmers
under the High Line canal in Colorado
vas the gist of request made by Ed
ward II. Taylor, Colorado representa-
tive, to Albert b. Fall, secretary of the
interior, in Washington. The reason
of the request was that farmers in
Colorado are up against it." Secretary
Fall Intimated that, although he would
do his best to grant extension of pay
ments. he doubted If anything could be
done without appropriate congressIon-
al action.
Grand Junction.-U. G. Harris, a
ranchman near Grand Junction, was
shot, probably fatally, few days
ago. When he arose and started to
put on his trousers .3s-caliber revol-
YER drODped to the floor and its co,