The Dolores star., 1923-02-23
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

sion posts were consolidated here.
Fcrt Collins.-George II. Shaw,
state Republican chairman, was re-
appointed county attorney by the
board OF commissioners OF Larimer
county.
Leadville.-Presiden Harding re-
Gently sent to the Senate the n..nina-
ton of Mrs. Eva A. Britain OF Colo
rado 10 be registrar OF the land office
at Leadyille, Colo.
Denver.-The compiled statutes OF
1921. now being printed and which will
replace the revised statutes of 1905
will be sold for Sl5 copy, accordins
To an announcement by Secretary oil
State Carl Mllliken.
Durango.-Wcstern Colorado has
been in the grip of another heavy
snow storm. This latest storm assures
an abundance of water for all irriga-
ton purposes in this section this sum
mer. The fall of snow was very heavy
in the mountains.
Breckenridge-Citiz OF Brecken
ridge have passed u resolution con
demning State Senator William Ken
shaw of Idaho Springs FOR his presen'
tation OF bill giving the right of eml'
nent domain To dredging and hydraulic
mining companies.
Saguache-E. 7. Hyatt, prominent
business man of Alamosa, was killed
when the automobile in which he was
riding overturned during Il driving
snow storm near Conchu pass, ten
miles east of Saguache. W. +. Eeles,
also OF Alamosu, who was riding with
Hyatt, escaped with slight injuries.
Denver.-A 4-year-oId child was in
jured fatally, ten other persons were
injured and five were lodged in the
city Jail as result of series of au-
tumOOile and tram ear accidents in one
night here. The dead child is Hazel
Pease, daughter of Carl J. Pease, in
structor of mechanical drawing ut II
Denver high school.
NederIaBd.-The Cold Spring, one
of the most famous of the tungsten
mines Of this district, is to be opened
in March, according 10 information
given out by the Colorado Power Com
pany, which has been instructed to
provide power. Manager William
Loach OF the Wolfe Tongue Company,
which owns the mine. is now in the
East.
Canon City.-The annual meeting
and banquet of the Canon City Cham
ber OF Commerce, held ut the Canon
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present, established record in the his
tory of the association in the matter
OF attendance, enthusiasm and inter
est. The report Of Secretary David l..
tioDinsOn showed that much had been
accomplished by the organization dur
ing the last year.
Colorado Springs.-A decision laid
down by the State Public Utilities
Commission recently, 1t is believed. will
prevent the junklng of part of the
Cripple Creek Short Fine railroad that
is necessary for the operation of many
mines in the vicinity Of Cripple Creek
A controversy of years standing was
settled by the decision. Under the rul-
ing, no railroad lying wholly within
the state can abandon service and
take up its track without first obtain,
ing the permission of the commission.
Estes Park.-Legislation that has
passed Congress carries an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for administration,
maintenance and protection of the
Rocky Mountain national park for the
fiscal year of 1924, dispatches from
Washington say. rIpermanent i'm
provements Sll,O 900 has been provided
and $3.50 for the purchase of lands
for public camp grounds. An admins
tration building costing $4,000 will he
constructed, it is planned, on site
presented to the government by the
Women's Club of Estes Park.
RlfIe-That bad booze was respon-
sible for the gun duel near Rifle in
which Edward Brunes was killed and
Bert Taylor wounded, was the verdict
Of u cOroner's jury. First dispatches
of the affray stated that Taylor and
Brunes engaged in pistol duel after
the former had been fired upon. The
shooting occurred in the cabin of Ed
Bois on Corral creek.
Canon City.-Four mountain lions
bagged in one week is the record of
Dave l.. Couch, hunter of predatory
animals for the United States biolog-
ical survey. The animals were all
killed in the San Isabel national forest
in the western part of Fremont county,
and are said to be the largest kill of
lions by one man in this part of the
state in recent years.
Denyer.-Thriving under favorable
conditions not found outside the state,
Colorados bee industry now produces
between 100000 and G.OOO,OO0 pounds
Uf honey yearly from about 125,OOO
colonies of bees. An unusually dry
climate help the bee in keeping down
The moisture content In his honey
md the specific gravity is therefore
considerably higher than in foreign
iioneys.
Fort Morgan.-Sugar beet growers