The state herald., 1920-05-07
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Martin, n Denver undertaken who lives
in Golden. have been elected vice pres
idents; G. +. Quaintance, secretary,
and Grover Taylor of the Rubey Ma
tiOnal bank, treasurer.
One hundred and twenty-seven boys
and girls in the centralized school at
I New Raymcr have Joined the agricul-
/ turnl clubs organized by the farm bu-
reau. The club projects Include: sum.
mer tillnge of non-irrlgated land, corn
raising, poultry raising, pig raising,
sewing, gardening and cooking
Reports are current of the probable
opening of the Colorado Midland rail
road June /. The first work train
] which has been clearing away rock
slides, etc, and opening the road for
other work trains, has passed Lead
Vile and is now on It's way up Hagcr.
man pass through the snow.
One hundred thousand dollars is be
ing spent in improving the Y. NJ. c. \.
camp in preparation FOR the 1920 sea.
! son In Estes Park. The first confer
ence viii be for students Of the Rocky
Mountain states and will be held June
1 II TO 20, The twenty Institutions
composing the conference are expected
10 be represented by $50 students.
| Sentiment on the western slope has
greatly increased In favor OF the adOp-
tion of the amendment to the state
constitution this fall which would au-
thorize the construction of the three
I tunnels to connect the eastern and
western parts of this state. The recent
snow blockade on Marshall pass, which
worked great hardship TO this region,
/ is believed to have increased the sen.
! timent.
G. II. Wolfe, Greeley bee expert de
clares that bee dealers are opposed to
The daylight saving plan. Bees, ac-
curdng to Mr.. Wolfe, refuse TO come
out until the sun reaches certain
height and warns the hives. If the
I owners work around the hives before
that time it puts the bees In a bad
a humor. Since the bees refuse to oh
serve the new time the extra hour In
I the morning would be of no value tc
the owners, he said.
Every reservoir in the Poudre valley
viii be completely filled this year MS
the result OF the recent biiEzard.. BE
cause OF the drouth last year the res
crvolrs We're drained to the limit and
unusual precipitation was needed to
refill this season. At the present time
both the Platte and Poudre rivers are
running big heads of water In spite of
the fact that most OF the ditch com.
pnnies are divertlng water from the
river for reservoir filling.
Details OF the S1,lO0,Ooo paving pro-
gram adopted by the city council,
which have been In preparation FOR
months, were finally made public when
the city commissioners at special
meeting, held In the council chamber,
went on record in favor Of paving four
muIn thoroughfares Of Colorado
Springs IN the near future; authoriz-
Ing the city attorney To- draw resOlu-
tion pertinent 20 puygE which win
embody the plans aud specification
OF the city engineer.
A convention Of the Rocky Noun
tnln districts OF the three cnenccru-
fmtcUitIcs American Institute uI
Elcctr.ct Engineers American Society
OF Civil EngInrcr mud tbr American
Institute OF Mechanical Engineer
viii ho hn'I No Boulder next month
IN" di'r VIII not bp sut utl the ne.
oepluucos OF tbp mHH who have bcrn
invited to spga' received II Will Dee
about May 15 however HHI will bru-
10 Boulder .on or t'n lu'us engineer
N tho Rocky Mountain 1srlrf
There 'g now more uuH on Lizards
Hcad. Cmahus md Marshall passes
than ever before iu lhg rowledg. NJ
thc white maU n0.Wl.U. 0 Capt I
. ID. Mcleod uI E.n ,.. Suites uul
ofnw Denver hHua
Capt Gerald r -# uid 60 BOO
wanted n Iu nH .gHl o.Hw
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Several. .ruuut. U.H have n."
partial ur.HH u rHr rr lmau
tlon puar.mmt Huun uml slH'H
ties Tor 1870, Iud N Huuti0u OBJ.
these reports n lhr u..H uf ihy fy
purtmout VIII be- begun uHout Muy J.
Such reports received in date Indicate
that the total acrohgo lN cultivation
this year win be somewhat greater
than that reported last Your. though It
Is yet too early to make amy forecasts
regarding the various crops. All nd
vance reports indicate slight decrease
In The acreage OF winter whent, but n
possible increase In spring wheat, corn
and sorghums, md u possible slight In.
crease Ia both on,s and barley.
Twelve new dwelling houses viii be
erected In Ceater this summer. In
addition the old school building IL be.
IuE reIuouelpd iutn n fivn ran,u annri.