The Dolores star., 1923-02-16
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

the Denver hiuulul hHu tiuiihuc "o'"N'
ations OF the University of Colorado
were present at banquet In honor OF
the triumvIrate OF Colorado CniNer'
sity presidents-Dr. Jnmes ii. Baker,
president emeritus Of tho state insti-
tuition: Dr. Livingston Furrnnd, for
mer president of the university ana
now heud OF Cornell University, nnd
Dr. George Norlin. present head of the
university, In the tea room OF Daniels
X Fishers tower.
Fort ColIins.-Fltty beet growers,
representing l,40O acres in the Wei
linston district, distributing territory
to the Fort Collins factory of the Great
Western Sugar Company, unanimously
signed an agreement pledging they
would not grow beets for the coming
season under the present Great West
ern contract. The growers agreed 10
delegate sole authority to close CON
tracts to grow beets with the Noun
tain Stntes Beet Growers Association.
Meeker.-A coroners jury has held
Bert Taylor. cattlemun, wounded in
the Bar b ranch gun battle in which
II cowboy named Brunt was shot dead,
on the charge of murder. According to
the story told the jury Taylor rode up
To Ed Bois cabin, accompanied by
Brunt, and challenged all to battle.
BOies asked Brunt to try TO get Tuy-
lor's gun, which lay on table, and
when Brunt made the effort, Taylor
beat him to 1t" and shot him dead.
Aguilar.-Fracesita Lucero, II years
old, asked Alfredo Montoya, Is, II he
still loved her when they met on Il
street In Delagua, coal mining town.
According to Witnesses. Montoya an
swered, No" The girl then slipped "A
revolver from her handbag. according
to the same witnesses. and shot Mon
tOya through the right lung. inflicting
Il wound which may prove futul. The
Lucero girl was taken into custody
here.
Colorado Springs. - Arrangements
for the second annual 30U-mile ColOra-
do endurance ride have been partly
completed. with Indications of u great
er event than the initial ride held last
year The rides will be over sixty
mile course each day, starting from
the Broadmoor hotel. the sponsors
having fixed the days as July 80, 81,
and Aug. l, 2 and 3. Prizes totaling
5000 will be awarded.
Olathe.-The sixth annual corn show
for Montrose county will be held ut
Olathe in the new high school build
ing which was just recently completed,
Feb. 10 and IL. Competition in this
show Is open to the entire state OF
Colorado. Each year this show at.
tracts hundreds of exhibits from all
parts OF the state, besides the numer.
Gus exhibits of corn grown in the west.
ern slope counties.
Glenwood Springs.-Raymond Myers,
representative of the Bluyney-Murphy
Packing Company here, and command
er Of the American Legion in Eagle
county. was killed when his automobile
struck rut in the road near GlenwOod
Springs, plunged forty feet down II
chasm and rolled into river. Myers
skull was crushed
Denver.-The large amount of snow
in the mountains of Colorado this win
ter indicates that irrigated crops will
be abundant next summer, according
to officials of the United States for
est service here. Three million acres
Of Colorado land Is irrigated by waters
from the melting snow of the noun
tain forests.
Greeley.-All bills before the LegIs.
lature which would Increase financial
support now given to state educational
Institutions are sweepingly condemned
In resolutions forwarded to the House
and Senate by officers of the Greeley
Farmers Union local. More than 100
farmers unanimously ratified the reso.
lutlons.
Denver-Bootleggin was dealt a
body blow by the Colorado Supreme
Court when Il decision was handed
down upholding the constitutionality
Of the law prohibiting transportation
Of liquor.
Denver.-One of the most impressive
evidences of the agricultural develop.
ment that has taken place in Colorado
In the past ten years Is the Increase In
the number of hogs and dairy cattle in
the state in that period. 1t has been
demonstrated by experience that the
most successful farmers in this state,
and especially in the non-irrigated
areas, are those who raise plenty of
feed crops and keep dairy cattle and
hogs.
Pueblo.-All records for open hearth
steel production In the western part of
the United States was broken in Janu
ary this year by the Minnequa plant
Of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany here. The previous high record
Of the plant was in March, 1917, when
this department turned out 5O172 tons
of steel. Last month the plant turned
out 50.G92 tons.
Colorado Sprlngs.-George Howard