The Dolores star., 1923-09-14
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

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stracts of Boulder and Weld county,
for example, show great discrepancies
and there is a possibility that Boulder
| civic Interests Will demand that Weld
| county's valuation be Increased or that
| Boulder county make corresponding
decrease. The two counties border
each other. In Weld county nut0mo-
biles are appraised on an average or
| SlSGGT, a decrease OF nearly 500 over
last yenr In Boulder county the vnlu-
afIon on autos averages S2GG.56. lrri-
gated land in Weld county is assessed
sIOI.1 IL: In Boulder, S1l2.32 dry farm
ing, Sl132 in Weld, S34.02 in Boulder; ;
horses S4523 In Weld, $5lI5 In Boul-
der: mules, S4GGI compared to SI3.6E
In Boulder: range cattle, $23.1 In
| Weld, S25.3i In Boulder; milch cows.
S4I7s In Weld; Si3.2S in Boulder.
Denver.-The Ames FOrestcrs of
| Iowa State College arrived In Denver
few days ago on their return from
their summer course OF twelve weeks
| study In the Arapahoe national forest
on the Fraser river, near Fraser, Colo.
| The students have been taking an In
tensIve course, studying various prob
| lens connected with forestry, such us
silviculture, surveying, timber cruis-
| ing and subjects connected with graz
| ing and geology, under the instruction
| of Prof u. S. Jeffers and Prof Per
kins Z. Coville. The students weNt to
Llttleton to study plains flora, partic-
ularly grazing plants, since grazing
has become an important Item in ma
tionnl forestry.
Longm0nt.-Ncd Peterson of Den
yer, widcly-known automobile racer.
was injured probably fatally, Mt Long
mont while competing in the fIyemlle
| all-COlOradJ race on the Roosevelt
| park track. The accident occurred in
| the first lap of the race. Peterson was
| running third in the race and was driy-
| ing his Hasslcr special between sixty
and sixty-flve miles an hour when he
| tried to pass the car ahead Of him. In
so doing he took the curve at higher
| speed than his car could stand and it
skiddcd and turned over He was
thrown fifty feet through the air,
| landing head first on the track.
| Montrosc.-Dan Il. Grant, for many
| years assistant cashier or the First
| National Bank ut Muntrose, former
mayor and president Of the school
| board, was arrested On charges of for
gerry and emDczZlemcnt preferred
against him as the result Of an alleged
| disappearance of $4,000 worth Of
school warrants. Grant returned from
Kansas City CT his own accord upon
| request of The bank officials. lie was
released shortly after his arrest to II.
| Q. Gittcy, United States reclamation
engineer at MOntrOse. Il am Innocent
and gladly VIII stand trial." said
Grant
Observation-Disclosures crews of the
State Highway department Will begin
| the erection Of l,5OU new road signs in
the near future, according To an an
| uouncclnent made by officials OF The
department. The signs, giving direC-
ton and distances of the nearest
towns, have been delivered by the
Rocky Mountain Motorists, an organ
izati0n formed to encourage highway
travel in the state The signs have
been paid for by this organization and
the State Highway Department will de-
fray the cost of erection
Denver.-A new angle of lnyestIga-
ton in connection with the lootlng of
the Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
developed recently when the author
ties started checking up an alleged
statement of Maurice Mandcll, boy
broker, accused of hand in the
wrecking of the bank, to the effect
that part OF the S4Gj,UUO in loot was
removed from the bank vaults three
days before the crash, and, in his opin-
ion, was hidden by Leo p. Floyd, for
| mer secretary of the bank, and John
Harrington, former teller.
Fort COllius.-Plans drawn by VIII
liam n. Bowman, Denver architect.
for high school building in Fort Col
| Inns have been tentatively approved
by the Fort Collins board of education
Colorado Springs. - Following the
resignation Of Sheriff Sam Berkley
| from the Elsie Suttle murder investl-
| gntion, and his charge of lack of CO.
operation on the part of police and the
district attorneys office, District At
torney Willis Stracham declared that
1t was and is the duty of the sheriff to
continue to aid the district attorneys
| office in tile probe of the murder
| which occurred recently and that he
knew of no lack of cooperation
| Denver.-James Allen Matlack of
Longmont, and Hugh Vance Posey of
| Hugo, were commissioned In the of
fcers' reserve corps of the United
States army recently. Matlack was
appointed captain in the medical corps
and Posey captain in the infantry.
Durango. - Attempting to kill n
skunk which had been bothering his
family for the past few night, Lafay-
ette Current, 60, one of the best-known
lawyers of Aztec, met instantaneous
death when his shotgun was accident.
ally discharged.
Denver.-The application of the Den.
yer x Rio Grande railroad to discon.