The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-23
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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according to present beet acreage.
Supt w. Il. Draper OF the Delta fnc-
tory has stated. He reported that o.
900 acres had been signed up in Delta
county and less than 1900 In Montrose
county.
Strenuous objection has been made
before the Colorado Utilities Commits
sion by citizens of the Clear Creek
mining district to a proposed reduction
in passenger service on the Colorado
& Southern railroad. The railroad pc
titioned the commission for permission
to reduce passenger service to one
train a day.
A marked revival of mining In the
Cripple Creek district has been noted.
What mining men consider an event of
the month, was the reopening of n
mine that long had been idle. Other
mines have been installing new ma
chlnery and a revival of the mining in
dustry is considered by mining inter
ests in the state.
A new townste connecting Colorado
Springs and Manitou has been opened
along the southern boundary of the
Garden of the Gods. The place is to
be known as Lennon Park. Landscape
gardeners assert that its scenic bound
aries, the Garden of the Gods and Bal
anced Rock park make it an ideal site
for unique homes. Electric lights have
been installed, and sewers are now be-
ing laid.
Probably the greatest silver strike
recorded in the Aspen district since
| JienAvnrnA In hn
Hope mine, according to l.. A. w.
Brown, Espen banker. The strike dis
closed three-inch vein assaying 2, 100
ounces of silver and n twelve-inch
streak assaying LOO ounces. As re-
suit of the discovery old trunks and
bureau drawers are being searched for
stock in the Hope mine which had been
laid away as probably valueless. Ex-
citement is running high and the once
famous camp is taking on new life and
business is reviving as the result Of
the discovery.
Denver will celebrate "A1usic Week"
from May Is to 20 and the event is
attracting widespread interest. Den
yer schools, churches, business houses,
men and women's clubs, theaters and
| I'LL VI lHt City
will take part in the weeks program.
There will be scores Of band concerts,
special musical programs in churches
and theaters, musical recitals in homes
and schools, community sings in fac
| tories and stores. Racial units of the
city will present an All Nation Night
Pageant Another entertainment will
1 be presented by 1000 school children,
In addition to programs of interpreta-
] tive and folk DANCING. Every event is
to be free to the people of Denver and
those visiting the city.
Expenditure of approximately $780,
600 is planned in the construction and
Improvement of eight road and trail
projects in the national forests of the
state during the ensuing year, 1t has
been announced by Allen S. Peck, dis
trict forester of the United States
| forest service. Two hundred and
fifteen thousand dollars are provided
from the federal funds under the fed
eral aid road act, officials said. The
balance will be expended by the State
Highway Commission, cooperating
with the various counties of the state.
The road work, which will be under
| the supervision of the United States
Bureau of Public Roads, will consist
| in relocation and construction to elm
mate excessive grades. 1t is proposed
to expend S1S0000 on three projects
alone, consisting of Berthoud, Monarch
and Independence passes
Charlotte Epping, years old, was
burned to death when a small chicken
coop in the rear yard in Denver in
which she was playing caught fire
from lighted matches in the hands of
her 6-year-old brother, Anthony Ep-
ping, Jr.
John II. Thatcher of Pueblo, recent
ly appointed to the Colorado State
| Fair Commission by Governor Shoup,
has been elected president. Sites were
chosen for the new $4,000 cattle and
horse building and the $4,000 poultry
building to be erected. Both will be
constructed of brick and hollow tile
and located west of the state building
on land recently acquired.
l. n. Pepper, farmer near Mont
rose, planted surprise for sneak
thieves at one of his tenant houses
this week in the form of a shotgun in
geniously fixed to the door so that
when the door was opened the gun
would shoot rock salt at the intruders
The following morning Mr.. Pepper was
surprised when he found the door
open and that the : house had been
ransacked, without any apparent in
jury have been inflicted upon the rob-
bers. The gun had been discharged,
blowing hole through the door.
The Telluride public and high
schools are without superintendent,