The Dolores star., 1922-05-12
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

..,.,rprtion of me Moffat tunnei,
wb,cb Governor shoup in his fArs~eH
nsssace to members descr'oea
..rn,1ins a new era in the prosre~
and development Of Colorado. .he
,ose,sl session Of the Twenty tnliu
General Assembly adjourned. Ii"
,s,o flood prevention bill became =
law when It was signed by doTsrnot
saoup Immediately aftsr ad)ournnsl.
N both houses. The tunnel bill, WHOM
also carries the emergency dasss'
which makes II q law a. soon - "s
governors Signature has been ahnxeo'
Will no, bs signed until inteUogstoriss
regarding Its constitutionaiity hA's
bssn submitted to the State supreme
Court.
Denyey,-statsments showing all rs-
esIpts and disbursements OF the stare
soal mine inspection department, TO-
sether with reports on coal mine disas-
ters. accidents and the like, are con-
tanned In the ninth annual report OF
the state Inspector Of coal mines
which has lust been issued by James
Dnlrympls, chief Inspector. Coal pro
duction In Colorado last year was u
l4l947 tons, a decrease OF S,572,f+o
tons, as compared with the lV0 out
put. the report shows. This loss In ton
n.ge was attributed largely to the gen
sral depression in various industries
wage disputes and strikes.
Denyer.-A deadlock OF thirty hours
over the Moffat tunnel bill in the state
House OF Representatives was broken
when the House, by vote OF o. TO g.
adopted compromise to the Godsman
amendment. The Godsman amend
ment, which brought about . bitter de-
bate In the House, called for appoint
ment Of the tunnel commissioners by
the boards of county commissioners OF
Denver, Moffat, Routt and Grand coun-
ties. Under the amendment adopted
the tunnel commissioners are to be mp
pointed temporarily by the governor.
Denver.-Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace has announced in Washington
that he has allotted the following
amounts OF federal money toward the
building OF Colorado highways: Santa
Fe TRAIL 22T8 miles Of concrete be-
tween Pueblo and La Junta, S42, ,OSS.SS
between Husty and Lamar, l1.S2 miles
Of gravel road, SIS, ,S24. 80; state road
No. 2, between Fort Collins and Love
land, 3.S miles concrete, $780, 1925
state road No. 8, between Sterling and
| Merino, s miles of concrete, sos, 900 90
Trinidad. - Although no specific
blame is made for the recent Sopri'
No. 2 mine disaster near Trinidad, II
which seventeen workmen lost theiI
lives, the catastrophe was caused by
an explosion of gases and coal dust
according to report made public b.
State Coal Mine Inspector Jame
| Dalrymple at Denver. The exploslv'
gases were accumulated through al
lopen door in the underground work
ings, and the blast resulted when tn
gas was ignited by an electric arc.
Yuma.-The biggest vote ever cas-
i ut q local school election was cast a
the recent election. Three candidate
contested for the office of school boar
secretary, DR.. George l.. BIllsborroy
winning by large majority. Elmer L
Prnther was second and FEEDER
crease the tax levy to create fund 70
| the retirement of old warrants was dt
feated by eleven votes.
Denver.-The mysterious shooting G
youth, In the home of his grandfathe
/, Charles L. Kirchhoff here, is bafflin
| police, Coroner Thomas NJ. Hunter an
Philip S. Van else, district attorney.
Grand Misunderstanding sever,
western slope high school record
Montrose and Grand Junction fougl
out a track meet here recently. Mon
rose won, 6S to 65.
The second annual observance
National Hospital day." the annive
sary of the birth of Florence Nightil
gale, will be held throughout tt
United States May -.
| polueu- -atlilelit DiItClOT T. ~. n
Ter, and the members of the athleti
council of the Colorado School of Mine
have entered actively upon a campaig
to build new athletic field In Colder
1t is estimated that $4,000 Will be r.
quired for this purpose. The trustee
of the School of Mines have contribu
ed $4,000, Ralph e. Brooks, membt
of that body has pledged a slmils
amount, and an appeal has been mad
to the citizens o: Golden to contribu,
the third part Of the quota.
Yuma.-The inter-district state d
bate between Montrose and Yuma We
held in the Yuma high school aud
torium. The subject was: Resolve
That Court Of Industrial Relation
Similar to That of Kansas Should +
Adopted by the Several States" Mon
rose having the affirmative, Yuma Il
negative. The decision was unanimo,
for the affirmative.