The Dolores star., 1923-11-09
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

ropole hotel here, Oct. -, at which the
Colorado Republican delegation in Con
ereSs was host, formed the Republican
| Newspaper Association of Colorado
and pledged thorough support and co
| operation for party success In the pres
ldential campaign next year. Ihe lilr'
ty editors present elected Charles T.
Adams of Grand Junction. president
George w. Johnson of LongmOnt, vice
president: z. r. Mcdowell Of Jules
burg, Secretarv-trcasurer. and six di'
rectors to serve with them on the eN-
ecutivc committee These directors
are Patrick L. Burns of Bcssemer, II.
/. Gifrln Of Ordwny. Il. l.. Price of
Alnmosa, L. L. Godfrey Of Nampa ana
VIII c. Ferril of Denver. VIII Il. Muir
ply. formerly Il newspaper editor OF
Las AnImas. president of the Lincoln
Club, was chairman OF the program.
HaNtun.-At a meeting of the farm
ers Of the Haxtun community held In
the First National Bank it was agreed
that in good smcking corn they would
pay 6 cents per bushcl to huskcrS and
provide room and board, where the
farmer Just furnishes dinner they
would pay cents, and where the men
boarded themselves they would pay S
cents. Henry Hansen has 100 acres
of corn and he has picked 300 bushels
from five acres; Fred Finingsmeier
has 100 acres Of crop making sixty
five bushels per acre, and other SINH
lar yields are reported. While few
are now husking, 1t will not start In
earnest until about Nov. Il, by which
time 1t is estimated 800 men can be
used
Denvcr.-Colorado's Pure-bred SIres
special train which has been touring
the state in the interest of pure-6red
live stock, exchanging evenly thorough
bred bulls and bOars for scrubs in
thirty cities and towns, has met with
tremendous success wherever II
stopped Incalcuable benefit to the
farmers and live stock growers Of the
state is anticipated as Il result of this
special tour. The enthusiasm and in
terest manifested in all sections in
pure-brcd stock has more than repaid
the efforts of the Burlington railroad
lines, the Colorado Agricultural Col
lege, the Denver Civic and Commercial
Association and other bodies, sponsor
ing the affair.
Denyer.-Thc application of two
companies for permits to enable them
to establish omnibus lines were denied
by the State Public Utilities COmmis-
sion. The Rhoads Truck Line Com
pany, through W. II. Rhouds, asked to
haul freight between Montrosc and
Grand Junction, Including Olathc
Henry c. Davis and Harry c. Davis
doing business as the Davis Brothers
Company, filed application to operate
a freight line between Grand Junction
and Bowie. The service offered by
ed by that of the railroads, the com
missions opinion stated.
Denver.-George Il. Berger, president
Of the Colorado National Bank, was
elected president Of the Denver Dry
Goods Company to succeed the late
Dennis Sheedy. one of the founders of
the organization, who died Oct. IG last,
and Harold Kountze. chairman Of the
board of directors of the same bank,
was chosen as a director of the dry
goods company TO succeed Mr.. Sheedy
in that position, at a recent meeting Of
the directors of the company.
GrecIey.-Farmers of Weld county
have applied for S4GS,OOO of federal
farm land bank loans in the past two
months, according to statement by
d. C. Royer. director of the Wichita
Land Bank and secretary and manager
Of the Greeley Farm Loan Association.
Many of the recent applications have
been from farmers who are retiring
the bonded Indebtedness on lands in
the Henrylyn irrigation district, ac-
cordng to Rover
Bouldcr-Social workers from all
parts of Colorado met here last
week for IN annual conference.
President Charles a. Lory of the AgrI.
cultural College was president of the
conference.
Fort Morgan.-"Ninety nine per cent
Of the liquor sold in Colorado is rank
poison" X. A. Kohloss of Denver. gen
eral prohibition agent, declared in an
address ut the w. G. Z. U. convention
here, in plea for the cooperation of
the public in the enforcement of the
prohibition laws. Mr. kOhloss branded
he attitude Of good" citizens wnc
condone liquor law violations as Grim
inal. "The main problem now is pub
lie sentiment" he said.
Denvcr-Patrick Walker, - wears
old, Denver opticlnn, with offices at
2Oo Sixteenth street, was abducted and
beaten by a gang of five men and left
for dead in Il lonely shack mile and
half north of Riverside cemetery on
the Welby road. Walker, knocked un.
conscious by blows on the head with
revolvers, revived a few hours after.
ward and caught a ride into Denver
and to the East Denver police station
to report the attack.
Denver.-"The result of the govern.
Ors' conference in West Baden and the