The Colorado statesman., 1922-05-06
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
western Newspaper Union News serIce.)

Denver Sunday, May IA, was deS-
ignated by governor Shop, ns Mothers
day in Coloraao in an executive proc
lamation issued here. Residents of the
state are requested to observe the day
with fitting exercises.
Ordway.-A cloudburst broke over
Olney Springs, near here. The down
pour lasted for forty minutes, flooding
and destroying hay fields, irrigation
bitches, creeks and farm lands and
sending the flood of water down upon
Ordway.
Delta.-Deltas million and a half
dollar sugar factory will operate this
year. The Delta factory was erected
in 1920 and ran fifty days, but last
year stood idle on account of insuffi-
cient acreage being promised by
growers.
Denver.-The Peterson flood preven-
ton bill, passed by the State Senate,
was passed in the House on second
reading without a dissenting vote aft
er previous tests of strength had
shown an overwhelming sentiment for
the measure.
Fort Collins-Optimism for the fu-
ture of the cattle industry in Colorado
and the West was expressed here at
a meeting of over three hundred stock
men from northern Colorado gathered
at the Agricultural College for the an
nual feeders day.
Pueblo.-Temporary spans have re-
placed nearly dozen bridges over the
st. Charles river and several other
smaller streams in the Arkansas valley
that were washed out when cloud
bursts caused several streams to reach
flood stages.
SilvertOn.-Wage readjustments are
asked by five leading metal mining
companies in the Silverton district, III.
e. Curran, secretary of the Colorado
Industrial Commission, has announced
in Denver Notices of wage reductions
aggregating so cents daily were filed
with the state industrial board, effec-
tive in thirty days.
Denver.-Land in Colorado, includ-
ing city and town lots, pays about AZ
per cent of the general property tax
assessed in the state, though only 1854
per cent of the land in the state is
ON the tax rolls, according to compila-
tions made by the State immigration
Department for the Colorado year
book. Agricultural land pays nearly
80 per cent of this tax.
Canon City.-The residents of what
is known as Little Webster Park,
g., Ixrin 70
twenty miles north of Canon City, are
engaged in volunteer road-building
project which when completed will
bring them within easy reach of
Canon City and open up a section said
to rival in scenic grandeur the vistas
of the Royal Gorge and the Red
Ca1ons.
Colorado Springs.-Col. f. w. Wood,
grandfather of William Wood, city ed
itor of the Durango Herald, slain in
Durango by Rod S. Day, editor of the
Durango Democrat, lost his life in
Kansas as a result of his defense of
prohibition in that state, John Wood,
brother of the Durango editor, stated
here. Colonel Wood was slain while
Wood said.
Boulder.-The Caribou hill ore body,
reported last week after over sixteen
feet of drifting has widened to over
four feet of solid mineral, increasing
in size and in value every round. Mug
gets of high grade silver ore are com
ing in the breast. 1t is expected that
the body, according to the present in
dications, will continue at least an
other twenty or thirty feet, and will
make one of the biggest ore shutes
ever uncovered in this district.
Fort Collins.-John Burnside, Il
years old, must face trial here on q
charge of violating the prohibition law.
Colorado Springs-FOur colleges
have signified their intention of enter
ing the intercollegiate golf tournament
to be held at the Broadmoor, May 81
Three, Colorado College, the Univer-
sity of Colorado and the School of
Mines, entered teams in the tourney
last year, while the Aggies will be rep
resented for the first time. Efforts are
being made to draw Denver Univer-
sity into the meet, but there seem few
likely candidates from whom to choose
team.
Yuma.-Colorado' rain belt sec
tion," comprising 6Oo,o00 acres of
wheat land, is soaked. A twenty-four-
hour rainfall has drenched the section
and put thousands of dollars into the
farmers pockets. So heavy has the
rain been that roads are flooded,
bridges washed out and the Easements
of many homes filled with water. But
these difficulties are being met with
smiles. Dry winds have prevailed for
| the past few weeks and the wheat