The Dolores star., 1923-03-23
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

able outlook for the spring grass crop
being reported as So per cent of nor
NAL, compared with 50 per cent
month ago and 81 per cent on January
l, according TO the report OF the oht-
ed States division of crop and livestock
estimates. There is little pasture NJ
the present time, as ranges are geher
ally covered with snow and In the sec
tions where bare the grass has beeh
largely used up. Range ana ieeu are
both short In some sections OF the
southeast and n shortage OF water Is
reported. The mild winter has tended
to conserve the hay supply and the
present supply is reported as VI per
cent OF normal, compared with VI per
cent on February l and 81 per cent on
January l. Cattle are in excellent
condition due TO the mild winter. frhc
tically no disease and very Few losses
ure reported. The condition on Mnrch
is normal, compared with the same
per cent IA month ago and % per cent
on January /. Sheep in feed lots are
doing very well and marketing is max
Ing good.
Montrose.-Forty thousand dollars
Will be paid to the beet growers of the
western slope within the next few days
by the Holly Sugar Company, as an
additional payment of 81 per ton. ac
cording to announcement. Seven doi-
lars ton has already been paid ny
the western slope company and in au-
dition to the 81 more to be paid soon
II further payment of 81 may be made
later The local company has already
paid 81 ton more than any other su-
gar company in Colorado. officers say.
Boulder.-Windsor High school won
the state basketball tournament mere
ut the tournament of the Colorado
State High School Association by beat
ing Llttleton in the final game ~ to
IL This places Littleton In second
place and Pueblo in third, after three
days of fast play. Playing before
crowd that packed the state armory.
Llttleton made gallant stand to stem
the tide of defeat, but the superior
teamwork OF the northern Colorado
ploN'i Wv
Pueblo.-Bettermen of trunsporta.
ton facilities in central, southern ana
southwestern Colorado was the aim oi
u meeting of more than thirty repre-
sentative citizens from those sections
of the state who met in all-day ses-
sion ut the Pueblo Commerce club.
Airing of transportation grievances
and Il plan for the consolidation OF the
Denver x Rio Grlnde Western rail
road with the Santa Fe lines west from
Pueblo was the theme discussed at the
meeting.
Fort Morgan.-Oscar W. Heller was
Instantly killed, and his daughter
Bessie, u years old, died twenty minutes
later, when the automobile in which
they were riding was struck by the
engine of burlington passenger
train ut the track crossing one mile
southwest of this city. The touring
car was tossed in the air and the third
occupant, 4-year-old son of Heller,
was thrown eighty feet, ulighting in
the weeds by the side of the track.
btIN tT.- ne COllDlutu hutiohui
forest, state land and homestead land
areas of the state ut the beginning of
1923 amounted to 4,l95,6 ,656 acres, or
3G.4 40 per cent of the total area of the
state. according to compilations made
by the state immigration department
for use in the 1923 edition of the Colo
RADIO Year Book. At the same time
the patented land area of the state
amounted to 81. l92, or acres, or 1872
per cent of the total area.
Denver--The state returned to u
cash basis when Harry Il. Mulnix,
state treasurer, called in approximate
ly 100000 worth of state warrants.
When these have been redeemed there
will still be outstanding 100000 worth
of 1922 warrants, which will be retired
next month. All 1923 warrants are be-
Ing cashed at the treasurers office,
Mulnix said. This call was the largest
ever issued for Colorado warrants.
Denver-Senator Samuel d. Nlchol
son Of Colorado, who has been i'll for
the past two weeks, Is now resting at
Rochester, Mimi, where he has en-.
tered the Mayo hospital for examina,
ton. Puzzled as to the exact cause
of the senator's illness. Mr.. Nicholson
Washington physician suggested he
visit the Mayo brothers, who are ex
perts on diagnosis
Colorado Springs.-The city of Colo
rudo Springs has filed suit in the Dis
trict Court asking that the Colorado
Springs Light, Heat and Power Com
pany be enjoined to construct three
mile pipe line on the slopes of Pixies
Peak. building of the pipe line was
provided for in the franchise issued tc
George w. Jackson, Sept. 8, 1898, un
der which the present company is op
Grating.
Cripple Creek.-Very high grade or,
now sacked for shipment to the Colder
Cycle mills was recently developed il