The Dolores star., 1919-02-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

son for that period passed on seconu
reading. The open season was re-
stored by the last Legislature. The
section affecting deer is part of bill
making several notifications in the
fish and game laws. and is spon-
sored by Representatives NJ. L. Bash
or and Robert +. Rockwell. The
representatives of mountain districts
who favored retention of the open
season of four days each year. from
October list to October 4th, mustered
twenty-four votes. while thirty-sev-
en- were cast by their opponents. 1f
the law is amended, 1t will conform
to the future open seasons on male
mountain sheep with horns, male an
telope having horns and elk having
horns, all OF which are protected un-
der the law until 1924. 1t is pro-
posed to change the dates of the
open season on sage chickens from
August 18th to September 1st.
kilograms urging Colorados dele
CATION in Congress to work against
the threatened cutting down of the
appropriation for emergency work in
the Department of Agriculture were
sent by. the agricultural and livestock
bureau OF the Denver Civic and Com
mercial Association. ''Twenty-eight
county agricultural agents and many
household science demonstration
agents are employed in Colorado
through the aid of this federal emer-
Eency~ fund says Secretary d. w.
Thomas OF the bureau. THE re-
mainder OF this expense is paid by the
counties themselves and by the Colo
rado state Agricultural College.
James Van Pelt and Elmer Mckay
returned from Minturn to Leadville.
crossing Tennessee pass with six
horse team They reported the pass
to be swept clear of snow in several
places. but the general condition was
one of deep snow, not impossible.
however. to lighter teams. This is
| the earliest that the pass has been
| crossed in many years. and shows
| the light snowfall and open winter
of this season.
| ade and Cameo to Grand Junction
are the subjects OF an appeal to the
| Public Utilities Commission by two
| Grand Junction consumers and three
| Palisade and Cameo producers of
| coal. They charge that the rates are
| discriminatory and force Grand
| Junction consumers to buy from coal
producers in somerNt and Bowie.
LoYland Masons plan the erection
OF $4,000 Masonic temple this year,
equipped to house the postoffice The
\ project was launched more than a
| year ago. but because of war condi.
| tions was held up. 1t has taken on
new life with the asking of bids by
the postal department for quarters for
the Loveland postoffice for five or ten
| years from Nov | next
! Unanimous action favoring the in,
| stallation of an ornamental street
| light system for the business district
| vas taken at a mass meeting of bust
ness men called by the light commit
tee of the City Council. TO ascertain
| public sentiment on the matter. AS a
result of this meeting the City Coun,
Gil plans to install such system AT
an early date
The county hospital records show
that the number of patients each
day has reached normal, the first
time since the outbreak OF Spanish
There were 225 patients in the insti-
tuition. which is the normal daily
number. This makes a total of l..
Az deaths and 13,172 cases to date.
Directors of the National Film
Company at a meeting at Englewood
raised $4,000 toward the production
OF 4 new film. Wolves of Wall
Street" which the company hopes to
film at its plant. The estimated cost
of the production is s12 900.
1 The number of cattle and sheep
that may be grazed on national for
ests in Colorado and other points in
the district under the five-year graz
ing permits will be slightly less than
the number authorized for total
grazing. The number of sheep and
cattle authorized for grazing on the
forests in the local district for 1919
Is 612.2S0 and $4,000 respectively.
The total of sheep and cattle that
may be grazed under five-year per-
mits is 1,29S.100 for sheep and $780,
700 for cattle. These figures for the
five-year permits are less than those
authorized for total. grazing in order
to allow holders of one-year permits
20 operate in the forests
A twenty-ton process shale reduc.
ton plant is to be erected in Grand
Junction by shale company boosters,
according to announcements. The
plant now being erected in Denver
will be ready for shipment about Feb.
S. But few days will be necessary
to get the plant over to Grand juno
tion and about March / 1t will be pro.
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