The Dolores star., 1922-05-12
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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charge Of violating the prohipitioh law
Ordway.-A cloudbust broke over
Oiney springs, near here. The down
pour lasted for forty minutes, flooding
and destroying hay fields. irrigation
bitches, creeks and farm lands ana
sending the flood Of water down upon
Ordway.
Delta.-Delta's million and n half
dollar sugar factory will operate TINS
year. The Delta fnctory was erected
in 1920 and ran nifty days, but last
year stood idle on account Of insufn-
cient acreage being promised BY
growers.
Fort Collins.-Optlmism for the fu-
turs 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.
Colorado Springs. - Announcement
has been made that the regular sum
mer season at Eldorndo Springs, Colo,
will open May IA, and beginning Oh
that day Denver L Interurbnn railroad
cars will make regular bi-hourly runs
to the summer resort from Denver.
Flagler.-Dr. NJ. C. Traw was elected
secretary of the school board for Con
solidated District No. 50 at the recent
election. C. NJ. Smith, present incum
bent, lost by eleven votes. The ballot
was the heaviest recorded at school
election In years.
be Colorado Sprlngs.-Mhnitou is clean
ing house. Following the removal last
winter of its town marshal through
grand jury action for falling to enforce
the prohibition laws, campaign TO put
an end to drinking at the dance halls
of the town has been inaugurated.
Canon City-The residents of what
is known rs Little Webster Park, q
farming section, lying some fifteen to
twenty miles north OF Cafion City, are
engaged in volunteer road-building
project which when completed will
bring them withl.. ensy reach OF
Cahon City and open up section said
to rival in scenic grandeur the VISTA.
OF the Royal Gorge and the Red
Cahons.
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-srad silver ore are com.
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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 shuies
ever uncovered in this district g."
Colorado Springs.-Four colleges
have signified their intention of enter
ing the Intercollegiate golf tournament
to be held at tie BroadmOor, May q
Three. Colorado College, the Univer.
sity of Colorado and the SchvOl 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
IL team.
Tuma.-Colorado rain belt sec.
tion," comprising GO0,GJU acres OF
wheat land, is soaked. A twenty-four,
hour rainfall has drenched the section
and put thousands of dollars into 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 fol-
the past few weeks and the wheat
crop, it was feared, would be loss.
Denver-The O'Malley- Kelley Oh
and Auto Supply Company Is being
sued in the District Court by the state
Of Colorado for $5,047Ol, alleged to be
due as a 1-cent tax on each gallon OF
gasoline sold by the firm. The tax was
imposed by the Legislature in 1919.
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 4654
per cent of the land in the state ID
on the tax rolls, according to compila.
tions made by the State Immigration
Department for the Colorado year
book.
Pueblo.-The first petition for crea.
ton Of flood conservancy district
made possible by the flood conservancy
law just passed by the State Leglsla.
ture has been filed by the residents of
East Pueblo. Two hundred property
owners in that section Of the city have
petitloned for a flood district to be
known as the Fountain River Conserv.
ancy District, for the purpose Of pre-
vention of floods, regulation Of the riv.
er channel, regulation of the flow of
streams, deviating and controlling
them in whole or in part and elIminat.
ing Of water courses.
Steamboat Springs-Several proni-
hent business men Of Steamboat
Springs have purchased the entire cap-
ital stock of the Bank of Steamboat
Springs The Officers recaptIy aloot.a