The Dolores star., 1923-11-23
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

Estes Pnrk-Estes Park village is TO
be the center OF winter recreation
al season from Jan. - TO April 10.
Tentative plans for using Rocky Noun
tain National park for winter sports
and carnival events were outlined by
stephen 4. Mather of Washington, d.
rector Of the national park service, In
conference ut the Stanley Manor.
called by the Estes Park Chamber OF
Commerce and the Estes Park division
OF the Colorado Mountain Club. In
creased travel to Colorado In winter
months, MS a result OF the efforts or Il
dozen communities throughout the
state, including also Denver, Colorado
Springs, Pueblo. Trinidad. Hot Sui
phUr Springs, Leadville and Steamboat
Springs TO hold ski meets, was pre-
dicted by Mr.. Mather. Cooperation
was expressed by Jesse l.. Nusbaum.
superintendent Of Mesa Verde National
park. and Horace NJ. Albright. super
intendent of Yellowstone National
park, who also attended.
Fort Morgan.-Sugnr beet growers
OF the Fort Morgan district have re-
ceIved checks totaling S5s5,OO0 rs the
initial guaranteed payment OF $3.50
per ton on the 1923 beet crop. The
$4,000 acres OF beets In Morgan county
this year will average fourteen tons
per acre, according TO the latest data
announced by officials OF the Great
Western Sugar Company. This estab
fishes not only the state record yield
for such an extensive acreage. but
also the worlds record for this amount
Of acreage, company officers said
La Junta.-The La Junta High
School football team has remarkable
record In the Arkansas Valley High
School League. The team will meet
one Of north state teams in an elimin-
alton contest, leading to the state
championship on Nov. ~. This game
will be played in La Junta. should
La Junta be victorious. she will meet
the Colorado Springs Terrors at Wash
burn field Dec. !. II this game is
played the fans will see one OF the
best high school games ever staged.
Glenwood Springs.-With bullet
through her brain, the body of Mrs
Myrtle Philips 80 was found In
Glenwood Springs In her room at the
Midland hotel. Mrs. Philips Is the
wife Of William Philips, a prominent
Basalt ranchman, and had just re
turned from n visit TO Los Angeles
No note or other Information was left
by the dead woman. but 1t Is believed
despondency over the absence of her
husband. who has been visiting his
former home in England, was respon-
sible
penver.-Col0rado growers shipped
lob cars of lettuce during the 1923
season, according to statistics com
piled by the Denver & Rio Grande
Western railroad, in cooperation with
other roads in the state. Tables an
nounced here show that 7SO cars were
shipped in September, 391 in August,
and 33S in October. The Yampa dis
trict shipped a total Of 1913 cars, the
Avon district 173, and the Cranky dis
trlct 142, being the three districts with
the greatest production in the state.
Denver.-ENercises of import TO all
Colorado was carried out in Topekn.
Kan, when the first bronze memorial
marker-a huge eagle with wings out
spread-was unveiled for the Victory
Memorial highway. They are of i'm
port here because the Victory trans
continental highway, running from
Columbus circle, New York City. to
Golden Gate park, San Francisco, is
the one transcontinental highway
which passes directly through Denver
and bsects the state of Colorado.
Fort Morgan.-lIenry Strauss, 81
years old, who went to his wife's home
in Fort Morgan, oct. 2l, and was pre-
vented from shooting her to death and
killing himself by the courageous nt.
tack of his 12-year-0ld son. pleaded
guilty TO charge of assault with in
tent to kill before Judge l.. C. Ste
phensOn of the Morgan County Dis
trict Court, and was sentenced to from
three to five years in the state peni-
tentiary at Canon City.
Denver.-Denver & Rio Gronde
Western passenger train No. 3, form
erly departing at 2:4O o'clock, now
leaves the union station at 4 O'Clock
each afternoon under u new schedule
announced in union station time table
No. %. Train No. 16 on this road.
which arrives in Denver from the
west daily at Z 80 o'clock in the
morning, Will not handle hereafter a
connection from Kansas and st. Louis
the new time table announced. Train
NO. =, arriving here at 8 80 each eve.
ming, will handle such connection,
however
Colorado the report states. "The
average yield is twenty-four bushels
per acre, compared with sixteen bush
els last year On the basis of present
p