The Dolores star., 1919-07-04
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| Ing the foremost producer In tne Woriu
Of molybdeuum ore, according TO the
| fifteenth biennial report of the state
Bureau OF Mines. recently compiled.
| This report covers the years 1917 ana
1918. and was submitted by Fred Car
roll, state commissioner of mines dur
ing the above period. The total min
eral production of the state since 1898
was 81. .4O5, ,4S4, ,255. Gold production in
| 1918 alone Is estimated at Sl2,9Ii,6OO,
as compared with the 1917 output OF
S15, 5,T29224 The decrease in gold pro-
duction was due to the closing of
mines caused by the constantly in
crcasing costs, the report states. Inc
report further states that Colorado is
producing most of the vanadium of the
United States, and in the world mar
kets is vieing with the Peruvian mines.
A greater part of the worlds supply
Of uranium and radium is being mined
| from Colorado deposits.
The correct assessed valuation of all
property i'll the state for purposes OF
taxation in 1918 was 81. .i2l, 81 ,2SS,
according to data compiled by the state
immigration Department from the rec
ords of the State Tax Commission for
use in the Colorado Year Book. Den
Yer county ranks first, with S34S, lSi,-
54j; Weld county second, with $780,
449, go, and Pueblo county third, with
| SIC, ,463, ,333 The smallest valuation
reported is Sl,o21 ,236, in TIinsdale
county. Mineral county ranks next
above Hinsdale. with Sl,53l $50. and
Dolores county next, with Sl,TIi, l25.
But six counties in the state report
valuations below S5,O0O,OO0.
Congress probably will be asked to
appropriate $l,250,OOO for the reclaim
alton of 10000 acres on Orchard mesa,
| lying Immediately across the Grand
river from Grand Junction. Frank w.
| Howbert, former United States deputy
internal revenue collector and resi-
dent of Denver. is a special represent
ative of Senator Lawrence Phipps, to
investigate the Orchard mesa project.
"Unless the federal government lends
| financial assistance" said Mr.. How
bert, "scores of homes will be literally
| destroyed. The project, too, is unlike
| going into an uninhabited area. This
tract is entirely surrounded by civili-
Zation.'
Word that Colorado probably will
receive a portion of the 2l9 army au-
tOmobile trucks recently allotted TO il
by the War Department within the
next few weeks was received by the
State Highway Commission from L. Z.
| SOmmers, chairman of the commits
sion. who Is in Washington. Colorado
! Is also to receive seventeen Ford cars
and nine pleasure cars Of other makes.
The trucks and curs make up Colo
RADIOS portion of the S2O,OOO,OOO worth
of automobiles the War Department
had on hand nj the close of the war
and decided to allot to the various
states.
A thirty days stay OF execution has
been granted Cruz Romero and Cliff
ford Sproul, condemned prisoners at
the pententiary, who were sentenced
| to be hanged during the last week in
June. Their execution will now take
| place some time during the week be-
ginning July 10Th, unless further elem
ency is granted by the Supreme Court
or the governor. The stay Of execution
| was granted in order that their cases
might be reviewed by the State Board
of PardonS, which meets on June 29th.
Despite the cold, wet spring, the
crops in the Arkansas valley are max.
ing wonderful strides. Corn in par.
! ticular is the best ever, and according
TO the farmers in that section many
records will be broken in harvesting
=. X. Blinn of the State Experimental
Station, and County Agent Droge are
| having mucn success in experimental
plants, ana expect to have some start.
ling demonstrations.
| Eric Berton, - years Old, the man
who accidentally shot himself May
18th while cleaning revolver, died to-
day ut st. AIary's hospital in Pueblo
where he had been since the accident
Two miles of the Santa Fe trail,
leading south from Pueblo, will be
| phNtu, Nblh W Stull as soon us Inp
United States Bureau of Public Roads
has approved the action of the State
Highway Commission, which has rec.
commended that the contract be award.
ed to A. Hewitt, the lowest bidder
The contract price is S4S,0OO. This
will be the first section of the Santa
Fe trail to be paved
The dairy business is rapidly in
creasing in the Uncompaghre valley
according to the reports of the cream
cries, who state that during the last
year they have handled 100000 pounds
of butter as compared with 10000 dur
ing the year before. In the upper val
ley the cheese factory at Delta has
handled an enormous business during
the last year.
Taxpayers voted to bond the district
for $13,5OO for the erection of n mod
ern school building at Agate, Colo