The Dolores star., 1920-03-05
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

| no uVpiii 10 SlSlN letl.
A school survey made by citizens
committee at Rifle resulted in the re-
quest that the school board call "A spe-
cal election for the purpose Of voting
on $4,000 bond issue for new
school building.
A. W. Frederick has been arrested
at Hayden on a charge OF selling a
brand of stomach bitters which has
been condemned, it is said, by the
state. The case may reach the high
er courts.
The famous Libby-Belle property of
the Park Tunnel Company at Aspen
IL planning on shipping rich silver ore
this year. Some good ore has been
discovered. This mine had not been
run since the '9Os
| Two big motor trucks have been re-
ceired at krcmmlng to be used by
the coming season. They were from
the army truck fleet allotted to Colo
RADIO for highway work.
Because the county road signs have
become targets for private rifle and
| revolver practice, Rio Blanco county
is offering $50 reward for evidence
lending to the conviction of any per-
son defacing the placards.
Denver is second in buildings opera
tons for January in the tenth federal
reserve district with 204 permits and
| nincty-three for new buildings and Il
value of S1,5O6,1O 100. This is an in
crease over January, 1919, of 1926
per cent
The new hotel at Grand Lake, to be
built this summer. will cost 100000.
| Tie surveying is being done now by
| +. |. Huntington and \. A. House, and
| Il local contractor has the contract to
erect the building The building will
be erected on the National park, join
| ing the lownSite.
The campaign to raise a budget of
| $4,000 for the support of the Canon
| City Young Mems Christian Associa-
| ton came to Il successful finish with
| the full amount subscribed. A build
ing debt of $1,000 will be paid out of
| the funds raised, leaving the aSsocia
| ton completely out OF debt.
| Improvements to cost 100000, in
| Guiding Il memorial assembly hall, a
nurses home and II vocational therapy
| department are to be started shortly
| by the Modern Women of America at
their Sanatorum in Colorado Springs,
according to DR.. J. G. Page, new di-
rector. DR.. Page succeeds the late
Dr. J. A. Rutledge.
Fifteen hundred people were on
hand ut Hooper to witness the "Spud-
ding in of the test well which is to
be drilled by the Travellers Oil and
Refining Company for the purpose of
deciding whether oil is present in this
vicinity. While no oil has been found,
numerous gas wells have been brought
in, which lead the firm to believe that
oil will be located if Il deep well is
drilled. \ standard rig has been
erected and the company is prepared
to drill to any reasonable depth.
Investigation Of the newly discov-
cred anthracite coal deposits on Nc
clure's pass, makes the people of thai
section jubilnnt, as it brings closer the
proposed standard gauge road over Nc
clure pass as proposed by a. Il. Carl
ton and associates. The deposit of an
thrc cite coal is splendid one. 1t is
understood that Salt Lake company
has organized to develop these anthra-
cite mines and make the Mcclure pass
coal famous throughout the state. The
vein of coal is thick and of highest
quality.
A state land atlas, showing the locn-
ton and area of state school lands
in every county of the state, will short
" he issued by the State Board Of
Land Commissioners for the benefit II
landscekers. The atlas will contain
nine pIats, showing in detail the lands
open to application for purchase. A
digest of the state land laws also will
he given in the atlas, which will APP
pear in folder form
Schedules for the annual agriculture
al survey will be sent out to county as
SCISSORS from the office Of the State
Board of Immigration about March l
this year, giving assessors IL month 10
prepare for this work, instead of the
few days that were allowed last year,
because of the fact that the law pro
vlding for this survey was signed only
Il few days before the actual assess
ment began. The blanks are in book
form this year and will he much easier
for assessors to handle than those uSe'l
in 1919 They will also call for fuller
information on crops that are not cx-
tensively grown, thus giving better rep
rcsentation. to counties that grow gar
den and seed crops and vegetables for
canning to a considerable extent.
Several railroad lines centering IN
Denver are in the market for new
equipment The Burlington is planning
for five new mikado type locomotives
the Union Pacific contcmplates pnr-