The Dolores star., 1923-10-12
COLORADO NEWS NOTES


tie Alice mine, in Iowa gulch, vein
was cut in the Ready Cash tunnel. l.
$40 feet from the portal, which meas
ures six feet In width in vertical IFS
sure. When first opened, this vein
showed two feet of high grade ore, as
saving 400 to 500 ounces of silver ana
sixteen to eighteen onuces OF gold 10
the ton. Since the discovery the VEN
has been widened on each side OF the
fissure and now the whole six feet OF
high grade ore is exposed. The value
has increased as the vein was opened.
Denver.-There is slightly less land
under cultivation In Colorado this year
than last, according TO reports of coun-
ty assessors to the State Immigration
Department. Complete reports show
total OF 5,422, 100 acres planted for
harvest this year. compared with o.
7l3,651 acres planted for the 1922 har-
vest. On account Of the favorable
weather this season and more faNora-
BILE prices for farm products, however
the acreage harvested this year actu-
ally will exceed that harvested last
year and the value of the crop Will
exceed that of last year by 10 per cent.
Denver.-Dr. Benjamin f. Davis of
Cheyenne, Wyo, has been appointed
secretary of the Colorado Stockgrow-
ers' Association, according TO an
nOuncement made ut the headquarters
Of the association. DIR. Davis will as
sumo general charge for the association
of all matters Of marketing, transpor-
tatiOn, taxation and other problems
concerning the stockgrowers of the
state DR.. Davis has been secretary
for several years Of the Wyoming As
sociation of StOckgrOwers and for
eight years was state veterinary for
Wyoming.
Denver.-The Blue river branch of
the Denver K Rio Grande Western
railroad, 35.GS miles of narrow gauge
track beginning ut LeadvIlle, running
through Fremont pass and Frisco, and
having its terminal at Dillon, Colo,
Will be abandoned If the State Public
Utilities Commission grants T. II.
Beacon, receiver of the Denver < Rio
Grande Western, a certificate of public
-
total abandonment of and salvaging of
this strip of track.
Denver.-Twenty- estates paid
SlO,2G1.lS in state Inheritance tax dur
ing the last half of September, accord
Ing to the semi-mOnthly report of At
tOrney General Russell W. Fleming. In
addition the Inheritance tax depart
Lnent collected 1852 in fees, making
the total collections for the past fif-
teen days, S10,6131S. Since Dec. l,
the beginning of the current biennia!
period, the state has received S60l,-
l27 54 in Inheritance tax.
Denver.-The per capita cost of con-
victs in the state penitentiary for the
fiscal year ending Nov. 80, 1922, was
S272.52, with SOL inmates in the pris-
on during that time, according to a re
port completed by Joseph Wood, state
public accountant. The report, which
Is now in the hands of State Auditor
Arthur NJ. Stong, shows the total value
Of the penitentiary at S1,532, 707.26, in
Guiding lands, buildings, equipment
und miscellaneous material.
Denver.-Presence of mind and the
fact that he was an experienced swim
mer are the two reasons assigned by
! II. ID. Bellrose for his escape with his
| life from the Burlington wreck in
| Wyoming. I'm sore all over" declared
| Bellrose, but am thankful that | am
| alive. My face Is cut by glass and l
| have n wrenched wrist and score of
| bruises, but no bones are broken, and
after l get real rest l will be the
same old man"
| HugO.-After n race against death
Of more than $50 miles, Peter Soren-
| son, 81 years old, a rancher living near
Hugo, Colo, died at Mercy Hospital
In Denver as the result of Il pltchfOrli
wound through his abdomen. The
| cause Of his death was said to be
| peritonitis, which set in during the
long drive to Denver.
Denver.-With recommendation
| that all the waste lands from Platte
canon along the South Platte river and
from the Royal Gorge along the Arkan,
sas river to the Colorado state line be
fOrested, Herbert n. Wheeler, chief OF
public relations in district two of the
United States forest service, has re,
turned from an inspection tour of q
similar proposed project in Wisconsin
and Minnesota.
Colorado Springs.-A motor trip to
California turned out dIsastrously fol
Miss Jo Haverstock and Wills Hayer
stock, sister and brother Of Mrs. W. II
Heminway of Broadmoor and DlcB
Philbin Of Pueblo, when they were
caught in a cloudburst near Navajo
Ariz., and small coupe In which they
were making the tour was swept away
Durango.-Every effort is being
made to locate Mr.. and Mrs. james
Baughman, parents of 4-months ole
baby, who Is dead here. The baby was
left at local hospital several days
ago and died last week.
Colorado Springs.-Charles W. 30
CART, race driver, drove his touring caI
tN4s. I. iii.