The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

Canon City.-The monthly report ot
Superintendent Roger :. penman for
he International Egg Laying Contest
which has been in progress ut Canon
'ity for six months. shows the pro-
1uction for April to be T.413 eggs, or
lT.T eggs per bird. Twenty-seven
birds have reached the 100 mark dur.
ng the first six months.
Denver.-The first of n series of
monthly horse shows will be held ut
Fort Logan Saturday, May "a, under
the auspices of the 103d division, II
was announced here by Lieut.. Col
James Shelley, Maj. II. Il. X. Tomp-
kins and Maj. Christopher Cusack, who
are in charge of the arrangements.
two-day show ut the Country Club In
August will conclude the summer pro-
gram.
Colorado SpriugS.-A special com
mittee was appointed by Joseph NeD-
er. president of the American Fedora
ton of Musicians, to investigate the
possibility OF locating Il national home
for the tuberculosis sick of the organ
izatiun. either in Colorado Springs, the
pixies Peak region, Denver and else
where in Colorado and the nation. The
committee will make extensive inves-
tigution. reporting back at the 1879
convention.
Fowler.-Winiam Nelson, prominent
farmer and director in the First Ma
tional bank here, committed suicide III
the pump house Mt the rear OF MS
home one mile south of here by shoot
ing himself in the head with pistol
ms his wife was in the home prepar-
ing the evening meal. Dependency
over financial worries is said to have
caused his act. He is said to have
threatened to take his life on previous
occasions.
Pueblo.-Sarra Russo. 14year-old
Greek girl who has been in America
lust six months, was awarded first
prize in an essay contest conducted
by the Fremont county public schools
Her prize-winninE essay was on For
est Preservation" The girl is Il stu
dent mt the Portland public school.
before fbllllllS W llllH ''hAA''S $40
months ago she was unable TO read
or write English but was proficient in
her native Greek.
Fort Announcement comes
from Colorado Agricultural College of
the fifth annual Cattle Feeders Day,
at Fort Collins Friday, June 13. Six
lots of yearling steers have been fat
tened for six months on different rn-
tons. Results of the feeding test will
be given out and there will be talks
by authorities on cattle feeding in
Guiding John c. Imboden of Illinois.
Feeders are urged to attend and ask
questions regarding their problems.
Denver-Plans for Il 100000 auto
mobile racing stadium containing a
21a- mile track to he built within Il
year We're announced here by w. w.
Whiting. chairman of special com
mittee of the Denver Motor Club, who
will have charge of Il series of races
to be staged in Overland Park until
the club can construct its own bowl.
Club officials hope to stage an inter
national automobile race meet in Den
yer during the semi-centennial cele-
brutiOn in 1926.
Boulder,-Englewood High school
| won the state championship for high
| school debaters ut Boulder by defeat
ing the Manitou High school in de-
bate on the question. Resolved, That
hn Init -l, H..
parliamentary form of government"
| The Englewood team taking the mega
| tive side of the question, was given
| the decision by n 3 to . vote This
was the elimination of the series Of
| interhigh school debates fostered by
the state university.
Colorado Sprngs.-J. d. Maloney of
| Denver was elected state councillor of
| the Junior Order of United American
| Mechanics at the annual convention
II. Bartell, Colorado Springs, vice
councillor; II. E. Watkins, Pueblo,
treasurer, and o. f. Watkins, Pueblo,
secretary. Colorado Springs was Sc
lected as the 1925 convention city.
Denver.-The offer to remove all of
its signs throughout the state that in
terfere with the scenic value or nat
ural beauty of the highway was made
by officials OF the Continental Oil
| Company Mt meeting with the com
mittee on billboards of the Colorado
Mountain Club, at which they went
over Il complete list of the company's
signboards in the state.
| Dcnver.-Word has been received at
the attorney generals office that E
l.. Manaush had been appointed sher.
iff of Rio Blanco county by the board
of county commissioners Henry A vii.
son, the elected sheriff, has resigned
Recently charges of maIfeasance in of.
flee, based on Wilson's alleged failure
to enforce the laws against gambling
weref lied against Wilson at the insti
CATION of the attorney generals office
| Walsenburg.-R. Hilton. lamp in
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