The Dolores star., 1921-09-09
COLORADO NEWS NOTES


o,aeo' ana Larimer fifth with 5OI2.
una county, which has the lowest
NUMBER OF passenger cars. leads tbe
state in trucks, with 4O6. Adnms conn.
~ has 2,26I cars and 247 trucks In.
ghn county less than 1900 cars md oiO
trucks and Lnrimer county has ooo
trucks. The total registration for the
state is 11I,20i passenger cars. 7.4Oo
trucks and s23 motorcycles.
Ihe finest state armory in the Yves;
Is nt Pueblo. 1t will house two splen.
did units Of the Colorado Notion,l
Guard, Battery A and Troop C. Troop
mas already received about forty
finely trained cavalry horses from the
war Department. and sixty more are
expected soon. Battery A is to he
equipped with the very best field mr.
tillery, also from the nations War De.
partment. Both OF these army units
hid splendid service during the great
Pueblo flood, and their usefulness To-
cally and for the state is sure to be I'M
to the highest military standard. The
armory Is to be fashioned after the
hrmory at Philadelphia, and will cost
100000 or more.
new cnve Of vast proportions has
been discovered nbout five miles
southwest of Victor, in Fremont coun.
ty. 1t is believed by persons who nave
explored it partially that the cave
probably extends mile or more. The
cavern is in the cnrboniferous lime for
nation and not far from the iuncture
of Wilson and High creeks. Spacious
halls, with beautiful stalactitc and sta
lagmite formations pillaring their walls
run far off into the cchoing and unex-
plored distance. Abrupt cliffs in the
floors make exploring extremely diff
cult A rock thrown over one of these
dark abysses did not reach bottom
for eight seconds.
The Loveland Rotary Club has taken
the boy question in hand. Deciding
thnt the Boy Scout movement Is one
OF the best builders of manly charac-
ter, the Rotarians are preparing to
establish n scout camp in the canon
nlong the Thompson river. A com
mittee OF four members OF the club
and Scoutmnster Armstrong went to
the hills TO look over sites and de-
cided on the location. Construction of
the camp will be started Mt once, and
will be completed for occupancy next
summer.
The Loveland Chamber of Commerce
has started an advertising campaign
for the city. Five thousand folders of
the free camping ground are being is
sued, and 10000 small booklets with
scenes of Loveland and Estes Park
will be issued this winter More signs
will be posted along the roads leading
to Loveland, and special news feature
articles will be sent to various trade
publications of the country.
Work of rebuilding dikes on the
South side reservoir, near BerthOud
that went out during the flood of June
2, will he started at once. The con
tract calls for the rebuilding of 1900
cubic ynr,.s Of earth embankment with
cement filling. 1t is planned 10 finish
the fall rains this year.
Denver employees of the Colorado 4
Southern railrond will hold their elev-
enth annual picnic on Sunday. Sept. 4,
at Idaho Springs. More than ] 200 en-
plOy&e and members of their families
are expected to attend.
Many new and novel exhibits from
| far eastern and southern states are an
| nOunced as coming to this years Colo
RADIO State Fair at Pueblo, while there
| will be entertaining features never be
| fore seen in the West.
The Greeley factory of the Empson
Packing Company broke all records
| when 1t received 140 tons of gre"
beans for canning from Greeley grow
erS.
Revenue collections from Colorado
| for the 1921 fiscal year were $33,06O,.
S3l.21 in comparison with S35.I2I,
957 .26 for 1920. This is a decrease OF
3 per cent compared with the 10 pei
| cent decrease for the entire country
The Colorado collections were divided
between $25,OS4,57i.17 from income
| and profits taxes, and SS,SI6,2Si.o
from miscellaneous taxes. Only thir
teen states showed increased coliec
tions, "a per cent in West Nir
ginia being the largest.
| One of the largest real estate dea's
in eastern Colorado was closed wheb
| George Waters of Kit Carson traded
his 2,577-acre ranch, 2,30O head of cat
tie and all personal property 10 'he
Siemens brothers of Colorado Springs
for income property in that city. Ihe
city property was put in at N'o,ooo'
while the land was valued at S3o an
| acre.
Reports from number of loc'''
farmers and gardeners state thnt IN.
tomato crop this season around for'
Morgan is unusually good. There are
n number of people who have consid.
erable tracts Of land in tomatoes aho
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