The Dolores star., 1923-03-02
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


along the entire Arkansas river basin,
has been filed by the Finney County
Wuter Users Association Of Kansas
against the Colorado users Of the river
In United States District Court here.
The association. rs plaintiff, states In
the complaint that II Is representing
all "the Kansas users of the Arkansas
river waters" and names as defendaV
fifty-five Colorado towns, corporations
and individuals located along the river
course In this state. La Veta, TRIM
dad. Walsenburg. the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company, with other towns
and corporations, are listed. The
complaint charges the Colorado
ans with wilfully diverting the
waters OF the Arkansas river
through their building OF dlkes. ditch
es. dams and reservoirs and prevent
ing the natural flow and normal vol
ume of the river from going through
Kansas territory.
Denver.-Reports received by the
state irrigation department from vari-
GUS sections of Colorado Indicate that,
COhuitiohs. hhS aNhNeS~
of corn and forage crops grown In l923
will be the largest in the history of the
state. The acreage of such crops nc
tually planted will depend, of course,
upon weather conditions for the next
four months, but weather conditions In
Colorado generally are favorable for
the planting of spring crops. and much
of the land to be planted already has
been broken. The acreage OF winter
wheat grown In Colorado has in
creased very rapidly in the past four
years, while the acreage of corn has
remained almost stationary, and there
has been but little change in sorghum
acreage. There has been very notice
able Increase in numbers of hogs and
dairy cattle In eastern Colorado coun-
ties, where corn and sorghums are
grown most extensively.
Montrose-Postmaste General HUI
bert Work, If appointed secretary OF
the interior ut Washington will visit
the local irrigation project immediate
ly after appointment, 50 as to procure
first hand information us to relief
needed by the reclamations, according
to telegram received from Congress
man Edward Taylor of this district
Congressman Taylor, with President
Dale of the uncompahgre project, con
ferred with Mr.. Work relative to the
local project situation. President Dale
reports that Indications are the relief
will be granted the Colorado projects
in the form of deferred payments.
Montrose.-Bond to the amount of
$1,000 was furnished by sixteen of the
persons arrested at Telluride when fed
eral prohibition officers raided the en-
tire city. The prisoners were ar
ruiGned before J. l.. Atkinson, United
States commissioner, and were taken
back to Telluride. The town of Tel
luride is dry, according to reports
reaching here. and but little activity
is evident. except for discussion over
the raids.
Greeley.-Student government ut the
Colorado State Teachers College was
attacked by the circulation of an an
onymOus paper headed the New Era,
which appeared on the campus and at
all the sorority and frat houses recent
ly. The circular, the latest and most
vicious of u series of attacks on the
present council, brands Its members as
"sissified she men and "goggle-eyed
politicians"
Colorado Springs.-Harold G. Fay,
auto mechanic Of Colorado Springs, is
In the custody of the police here fol-
lowing the alleged discovery that the
man had sent his wife and 5-year-ofd
child to Cambridge, Neb., on Feb. II
and had married another woman few
hours after her departure.
Greeley.-The Weld county board of
commissioners took the initiative In
the controversy between the Great
Western Sugar Company and the
Mountain States Beet Growers Asso-
ciation over the price Of the 1923 beet
crop and issued call for u confer
ence to be held in Greeley.
Greeley.-Mr. and Mrs. w. d. Brown.
wealthy residents of Greeley, are the
defendants in $4,000 alienation suit
filed by their son-in-law, Clyde La
grone, who is now living in Clayton,
N. NJ. Lagrone. a New Mexico ranch
| er, alleges that his parents-in-law by
malicious contrivlng" have deprived
him of the society, comfort, aid and
advice of his wife, Lolita Brown La
| grone.
Pueblo.-Police have secured no
clew to the person who planted a
bomb at the home of Joe TullI. $50
Abriendo avenue. Two months ago
someone fired a shot at Tulli, striking
him in the back. A month ago bomb
explosion wrecked the front of the
home of Dominic Rotola, 1909 East
Abriendo, two blocks from the Tulli
place. No one was injured either time.
Saguache.-An apparently bottom
less pit, with black marble sides, has
been discovered in volcanic crater in