The Colorado statesman., 1920-02-14

Silver Cliff school district No. IL
has just paid the last of its indebted
ness which had been running for thir-
ty years.
The Rio Grnnde railrond is storing
/ 900 tons of ice in the big ice houses
at Delta. They have bought 800 tons
from Frank X. Bosler's private ice
ponds at Montrose.
The foundations of a big building
and loan association for Olathc have
been laid. A committee has been ap-
pointed TO solicit for probable stock
buyers.
Delta is to have new motion pic
turc theater. Denver parties are ne
gotiating for its erection and 1t is to
cost between $4,000 and $4,000, it is
stated.
While playing tag with her sister
at Rockvale, Rose BacerelIa, > years
old, fell down the cellar steps at her
home and was almost instantly killed,
her skull being fractured.
a big mountain hunt is being
planned for Gunnison county with de-
signs on the three mountain lions
which have been getting so much
stock this winter on Beaver creek.
l.. II. Easterly of Gunnison has talk
en- good portion of the census
enumeration on SnOwshoes. Upper
| Ohio creek was so deeply buried all
other modes of lucomotion are out of
! the question.
The Farmers Union has purchased
| the warehouse, platform and all build
| ings of the Grand Junction Fruit
Growers Association in Fruita. The
farmers are planning TO take care of
their own business this year.
The miners of Aspen are beginning
to prepare for the early spring work
and many prospectors are getting
| lined up for earlier trips to the hills
than ever before in hopes of finding
silver leads while silver is high.
The Liberty Bell mine at Telluride
is dumping its ore in the bins now in
| stead of sending ii to the mill, as the
mill has been closed down temporarily.
The unreliability of electric power is
given as the reason for the shutting
down of the big mill.
John Palmer, though 20 years old.
was husky enough to carry trunk
from the depot to his home alone ut
Somerset. While standing by the
stove warming himself after the Wig
orous exercise, he toppled over and
fell to the floor When those near
rushed 10 his. side he WAS dea-,J
Capt. Thomas Head, centenaI ian, is
dead following IL brief illness, at the
home of his daughter in Crawford.
He was one of the first citizens of
the western slope and for many years
had been IA prominent merchant in
various towns He was Il mining king
in the early days and had owned II
large amount of valuable property.
rich strike is reported made in
the Golden Cycle mine, located on the
south slope of Bull hill ut a point
about 800 feet from the shaft on the
!. 1.7OO-foot level. Details are not yet
given out as to the dimensions of the
ore-shoot in width, as it is claimed
that not enough work has been done
to determine its full width.
The number of other cattle on
hand in the state this year is esti-
mated at 1,355,000, compared with l.
425, 900 last year, and the average val
ne per head is $4S.10, compared with
S54.4O last year. The number of
other cattle in the country ut large
this year is estimated at 44,3S5,000
compared with 45,0S5,000 on January
/, 1919.
Greeley's municipal water works
earned ST., ,2S7.7O in 1919, according tc
the annual report of Milton Seaman
superintendent of the water works
system. In 1908, the first year the
mountain water system was used, II
earned only $43, 1924. AS rates have
remained stationary, the increase rep
resents the growth of the city's popu
lation. One hundred and forty-eight
new houses were connected with the
system this last year. The entire Sys
TEN represents an investment of $5O3,
57143.
The Daughters of the Revolution
have requested permission to tax,
over and care for the spring on tn,
old Chief Ouray place near Montrose
This is under the supervision of the
| county commissioners, WHO nave SIS
nified their willingness to let th'
women preserve the spring, whicl
stands as the greatest monument t.
old Chief Ouray, for whom OuraI
county and city were named. They
will probably cover the spring with {
suitable house and make it an appro
pirate memorial of the famous Indian
leader
With one-fourth of the army re
cruiting campaign time limit gone ant
only one-tenth of the quota enlisted