The Dolores star., 1923-10-19
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

ing ample employment to all classes
Of labor except female employees,
Harvest of small grains completed; I;
thrcshlng nearly done most Of the re-
leased agricultural workers afforded
employment In the numerous sugar
factories and suEar-bect fields In vart-
Gus sections of State. Harvesting oi
corn crop which is largest in the his
tory of the State, has begun; no great
number of extra general farm hands
needed. Potato harvest well under
way has created slight shortage oi
pickcrs in san Luis Valley and In
some western slope counties. Harvest
ing of apple crop now under way pro
vldes employment for large number
of local workers and requiring some
additional outside help in the counties
of Mesa, Delta, and Montrose. Slight
shortage of farm labor in Weld coun'
ty exists. Considerable activity noted
in metal mining is resulting in addi-
tional miners needed ut Ouray, Idaho
Springs. Breckenridge, Cripple Creek
Lake City, Telluride, Silverton, Man.
Gus anu III Nli' AfAA tlAlAp 'A7AAA'As > -
pecially are miners needed at Cripple
Greek and in the Durango district: a
zinc mine at Gilman near Red Cliff
| employing $50 miners, running steadi-
~. Saw mills mt Red Cliff also oper.
uting to capacity. Construction of q
large power plant twenty-five miles
north of Denver well under way; SOC
workr'en employed with demand for
| additional men; work on connecting
| transmission line will start shortly
Employment in most Of the railway
shops increased; shops all running
| full time.
Dcnyer.-There are about 5000 few
cr farms being operated in Colorado
this year than last, according TO re
ports Of county assessors to the State
Immigration Department The report
| this year shows total of jl,5S0 farms
compared with 54,G64 farms reported
| last year. The average size of farms
reported this year Is 20O.3G acres, cam
pared with an average of 295l for last
year The decrease is due to TEN
pOTary Abandonment Of farms, chiefly
in nOn-irrigated districts, caused by
| UnfavOrable financial conditions and
| by crop failure resulting from drought.
| That the abandonment Is only tempo
| rary is shown by the fact that winter
wheat has been sown this fall on some
Of the farms on which no crops We're
| raised in 1923.
Denver.-The week of Oct. 2l-27
has been designated as Afl-CoIOradO
week by officials of the Colorado-AIade
Goods Club, the organization which
| sponsors this event each year During
the week, Colorado merchants are
| asked to arrange window displays of
| CU!urado-made goods hotels and res
| taurants are asked to serve menus of
| home products and ministers are re
| Quested to touch upon the blessings
which are the heritage of those who
| live in Colorado. Teachers in the pub
lie schools throughout the state will
| lead their pupils in a study of the his
tory Of Colorado as well as its indus
trial, scientific and agricultural advan-
| tages.
Boulder.-Arthur Chapman, former
Denver newspaper man, and author of
"Out Where the West Begins" is to ad-
dress the Colorado State Teachers AS
ISOLATION at each of its three meetings
to be held the week of Oct. -. The
| first of these meetings is to be for
western slope teachers at Grand June
| ton, the second at Pueblo, and the
| third in Denver He will speak on "A
| History of Colorado for the Junior
High School"
BrightOn.-Mike McMulyle, convicted
of stealing part of the pay roll of the
| Harry Sanders road gang near Ben
nett, was sentenced to from one to two
years in the pcnitentiary by Judge
| Samuel Johnson in the District Court
McMulvie was accused of having brok-
en- into the pay car near Bennett
where the money was on hand for pay
ment next day and to have taken $500
| The money was recovered.
Palisades-Six men were killed and
one man was burned seriously in a
| gas explosion which wrecked the coal
mine of the Midwest Coal COMPANY.
two miles east of here The dead are
Il. =. Scott, superintendent of the
mine; J. b. Keys, miner, and his three
sons, Harvey Keys, Il. Il. Keys; George
Mckee, miner. Mine officials stated
| that in view of the fact that the mine
was known to be free from gases it is
| probable that the blast was caused by
coal dust.
Leadville.-John f. Campion. %
| prominent young Denver clubman. min.
ing man and sportsman, was killed in
an automobile crash at the state bridge
| ner Snowden, Colo, nine miles south
Of Leadville. Mr.. Campion had exten.
sive mining interests, left him by his
| father, John f. Camplon, Sr., famous
pioneer mining man of Denver and
| Colorado, who died in 1916.
Pueblo.-A slight reduction In the
tax levy for Pueblo is TO be made next
year, the general levy to be IS mills as
| Il n