The Dolores star., 1918-02-08
coLokADo Mxws NOTES.

Tnere are at present In Weld coun-
~ 2S6.552 acres of irrigated land and
745.9l3 acres which are being cult
waited BY dry-farmins methods.
The Plateau Creamery, located a&
Collbran. during the year 1917 paid
for butterfat t44.44s.es. ~ against
sss.esS.so during the preceding twelve
months.
Mining men Of Nederland have peti-
toned The State Public Utilities Board
to extend the d. B. 4 w. Railroad
Company's tracks two miles into that
town.
Saul Dent, q negro coal miner, was
shot and painfully injured by his step
son. Henry Leonard. following q quar-.
rel with his wife in their home in
Denver.
Pastors and congregations Of Ger.
man churches in Loveland are con-
serving coal BY combining their eve
ming services and holding prayer meet.
ings In homes.
The will of Samuel 8. Landon, pio-
neer printer and real estate man Of
Denver. who died Jan. %, was filed
in the County Court showing an es-
tate Of over $4,000.
Lew Ross of Montrose county
achieved the record of producing &c.
900 pounds of stock carrots and fif.
teen tons Of squash to the acre during
the past farming season.
It is reported that the petroleum
prospecting well now being drilled at
Seibert struck q strong flow OF water
and that drilling has been stopped un.
til piping arrangements can be made.
The State Board of immigration has
completed the compilation Of data for
q booklet on the states mineral out.
put and a prospectus Of mineral re-
sources, which will be published in
the near future.
Total dividends for the Cresson
Company will amount to s5.929. .162 so
Feb. 10, when the regular monthly div
idend Of 10 cents q share will be paid.
The company's payments will pass the
$6.000,00O mark in March.
After being married thirty.five years
and becoming the mother of his nine
children, Mrs. Anna Phillips was
granted a divorce from her husband,
DR.. Grover Phillips. by District Judge
Charles G. Butler in Denver on the
grounds Of cruelty. .. --y- a.
Antonio Armez, . Mexican, 35 years
old, residing on West Second street
near Greenwood In Pueblo, was shot
and instantly killed as he was coming
out of an alley in the 800 block on
west Fourth street. The slayer of Ar.
meg. Carlos Pallejo. made his escape.
Cresson Consolidated Gold Mining
Company and the Golden Cycle Min
ing and Reduction Company declared
the usual dividends. These are ten
cents share for Cresson. amounting
to $122.000. and three cents a share
for Golden Cycle, totaling $4,000.
both payable Feb. 10.
In the Red Rock district. thirty-five
miles south Of La Junta, the Mustang
Oil Company's well is reported down
2,00s feet and in shale formation. OIL
10 expected within the next 100 or 200
feet. Gas was encountered in the well
at depth Of 1900 feet. after passing
through water at 1,750 feet.
Al a result Of the shooting of
George Penoles, deputy sheriff, at
starkville. Sheriff Marty proposes to
arrest approximately 100 Greeks. who.
he says, claim to be miners, but who
have not used a, pick during the past
few years. He says they live off their
fellow countrymen by enticing them
into gambling games.
In q suit filed in the United States
District Court in Denver by the Con-
tinental Trust Company against the
Juniper Coal Company Of Routt coun.
ty an application was made for the
foreclosure Of . mortgage held by the
trust company against the coal con.
cern and the sale of its properties in
Routt county.
More than twenty oil companies are
now organised to drill for oil in Col
orado. %.
Denver children in public and pri-
vate schools will do their bit for tho
Red Cross in February. when the cam
paign for junior memberships will per-
feet the Organization of boys and
girls for active service during the war.
The campaign will be conducted from
Lincoln's birthday. Feb. IL. to Wash
ington's birthday, Feb. %.
The issuance of subpoena for Pat
rick H. (Reddy) Gallagher of Denver,
Jacob Finebergs defiance of the grand
jury and his subsequent citation for
contempt Of court and minute delin-
cation Of the mysterious return of the
$4,000 Nolan gems by Leo Loewenheim
OF Denver, were three features of the
Nolan grand jury probe at Brighton.
The project managers, engineers.
attorneys and chief clerks of the Unit
ed States Reclamation Service in Dem
yer passed unanimously a resolution
offering their services to the secre-
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