The Colorado statesman., 1922-04-08
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

EluOThuo SpTlURs.-f1Ope Oh saving
the Moffat tunnel No. 10, just west of
Eldorado Springs, was given up and
engineers from Denver were sent to
the place to see what could be done
to rebuild the tunnel or to build around
II. The source of the fire has not been
determined, although 1t generally is
believed that 1t was caused by sparks
from an engine. The tunnel is 800 feet
long, and according to the officers Of
the Moffat road, is virtually destroyed.
This is because of the fact that the hill
through which the tunnel is built Is Of
dislntegrated-g granite formation.
Denver.-Martial law will be pro-
claimed by Governor Shoup without
delay in any part of Colorado where
an emergency arises during the nation
wide coal strike, Adjt. Gen. p. ]. Ham,
rock Of the Colorado National Guard
and head of the state rangers warned.
'In the event a disturbance of any
kind develops as n result Of the min
ers' suspension of work, l will imme-
diately request Governor Shoup to is
sue a proclamation declaring martial
law in the district concerned" he de-
| clared
Boulder.-Two thousand invitations
have been issued to high schools west
of the Mississippi river to compete in
the third annual all-western track
meet to be staged here May Is. Elab-
crate plans are being made for hold
| ing the big tournament here, and it Is
expected that there will be representa-
tives from hundreds or schools in the
competition. In conjunction with the
| big meet a state high school tourney
will be held to determine the all-Colo-
RADIO championships.
Loveland.-Reports from the Rocky
Mountain Parks Transportation Com
pany and all the eastern railroads are
to the effect that the tourist season
this year will be heavier than ever be-
| fore known in the history of Estes
| Park. The transportation company
says it has more advance bookings
| for reservations than ever before, and
| that the season will start sooner than
usual this year, while railroads say in
! quiries are more numerous than since
| before the war
Las Animas.-The Santa Fe Rail-
| for putting in 100000 yards of fill on
! their branch line road, known as the
| Satanta extension, which starts at
| Dodge City, Kan, and extends toward
| Springfield, Baca county, Colorado.
! Optimism prevails that the company
will extend this line across Baca coun-
! ty, Colo, and there is much activity in
| that section, the people feeling as
| sured of a railroad before the end of
| the present year.
Loveand.-Mrs. Abe Dorsman was
removed to a hospital here in a crit
| ical condition alleged to have been re-
| ceived when she was beaten by her
| husband at her home. Physicians stat
| ed that Mrs Dorsman has only slight
chance to recover, due to her physical
condition at the time the attack is al
legged to have occurred. Some months
ago, Dorsman was arrested on sim
liar charge, but the case against him
was dismissed.
Denver.-Coffers of the state are en-
riched S23, ,103.S9 during the last fif-
teen days in March, according to a re-
port made public by the state inher-
ltance tax department, showing indi-
vidual and total collections during the
period. The largest individual collec-
ton was made of the estate of Harry
Shaw of Weld county.
Grand Junctlon-After Colorado has
used all the water it can possibly use,
there still would go down the Colorado
river to the lower states, more than
two-thirds of the total supply produced
by Colorado mountains west of the
Continental divide, Victor e. Keyes, at.
torney general of Colorado, told the
Colorado river commission here.
Fort Supporting the mega
tive of the closed shop question, Colo
RADIO State Agricultural College debat.
ers defeated Oklahoma Agricultural
College at the closing session of the
PiIlappa Delta national forensic con-
vention at Indianola, Iowa.
Denyer.-All members of the state
ranger force have been detailed to du-
ty by Colonel Hammock in the leading
mining fields of the state in anticipa-
ton of the impending nationwide coal
strike April l, it has been announced
at the state house. The men are con-
centrated principally in Fremont, Mof'
fat Routt Boulder, Weld, Las Ami
mas and Huerfano counties and are
under orders to meet any emergency,
These state police are fully equipped,
1t was said.
Colorado Springs-The holders OF
Cresson stock in Denver and Colorado
will be interested to learn that a salts
factory settlement has been reached in
the test case of the Cresson Gold Min.
ing Company of Cripple Creek versus
the government, as Il result of which
it is believed a saving of approximate