Cheyenne record., 1920-03-04
COLORADO
] STATE NEWS

What u estimated to be the largest
Sdal vein in the intermountsin ceun-
Try has been located two miles north
Of Duchesne. Its depth ID sixty fest.
a school survey made by a citisens'
ccmmlttee at Rifle resulted in the re-
quest that the school board call spe-
cial eloctien for the. purpose Of voting
on $4,000 bond issue for new
scheol building.
A. W. Frederick hae been arrested
ct Hayden on q charge Of selling a
brand sf stomach bitters which has
bsen condemned, 1t u said, BY the
ssAte. TIE cass may reach the high
er courts.
Ths famous Libby-Belle property Of
the Park Tunnel Company at Aspen
y planning on shipping rich silver ore
this year. Some good ore has been
discovered. This mine had not been
run since the EOS.
Two big motor trucks nave been re-
ceived at Kremmling to be used By
che county road department during
the coming season. They were from
the army truck fleet allotted to Colo
rado for highway work.
| Because the county road signs have
become targets for private rifle and
revolver practice, Rio Blanco county
II offering a $50 reward for evidence
leading to the conviction Of any per-
son defacing the placards.
| Denver il second in buildings opera
tions for January in the tenth federal
reserve district with 204 permits and
ninety-three for new buildings and .
value Of $1,50a 100. This IL an In
crease over January, 1919, Of 1,a20
l per cent.
The new hotel ut Grand Lake. to be
built this summer, will cost $4,000.
| The surveying II being done now BY
FL. Huntingtoa and N. A. House. and
q local contractor has the contract to
erect the building. The building Will
be erected on the National park. join
ing the townsite.
The campaign to raise budget Of
| $4,000 for the support Of the Canon
City Young Mems Christian Assecia-
| tion came to Q successful finish with
| the full amount subscribed. A build
ing debt Of &2.oOO will be paid out of
| the funds raised, leaving the associa-
tion completely out Of debt.
| improvements to cost 100000. in
| cluding memorial assembly hall, .
nurses home and a vocational therapy
department are to be started shortly
by the Modern Women Of America at
their sanatorium in Colorado Springs,
according to DIR. J. g. Page. new d.
rector. Dr.. Page succeeds the late
DIR. J. A. Rutledge.
Fifteen hundred people were on
hand at 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 ID 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 deep well e
drilled. A 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 thar
section jubilant, as 1t brings closer the
proposed standard gauge road oyer Nc
Clure pass as proposed by A. E. Carl
ton and associates. The deposit Of an
thracite coal Is q splendid one. Il ~
understood that Salt Likestompauy
has organized to develop theef tnthra-
cite mines and make the Mcclure pass
| coal famous throughout tie state. The
vein Of coal is thick ana Of highest
| duality. -,
| A state land atlas, showing the loea-
| tion and area Of state school lands
in every county, Of the state, will short
u be issued by the State Board Of
| Land Commissioners for the benefit of
| iandseekers. The atlas will contain
| nine plats, 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 xp-
pear in folder form.
Schedules for the annual agricultur-
| al survey will be sent out to county as-
| SCISSORS from the office Of the State
Board Of immigration about March
this year, giving assessors month to
Drepare for this work, Instead Of the
few days that were allowed last year.
because Of the fact that the law pro-
viding for this survey was signed only
| a few days before the actual assess
ment began. The blanks are In book
form this year and will be much easier
for assessors to handle than those used
In 1919. They viii also call for fuller
Information on crops that are not ex-
tenslvely grown, thus giving better rep
resentation to counties that grow gar
| don and seed crnrna and vegetables for