The Dolores star., 1924-10-10
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

prospects of the longest campaign ID
the history Of the plant. Thomas carr
son. plant manager. stated that u
would perhaps be some time early III
J,nuury before the mill Will close
down The American Beet Sugar
Company plant at Rocky Ford starteu
up the middle of last week. The beet
crop In the Arkansas valley Is the
| largest in years, and as II whole 1t Is
| ON. of the best the farmers have ever
rnised The beets. according TO the
Holly plant manager, will test per
cent higher than in former years
which will mean much tu the farmers
growing the product under the sliding
scale contract. The unusually hish
| percentage of sugar in the beets this
wear Is due 10 the dry weather and
| continuous sunshine during the sum
mcr. The bccts us whole are larger
than last year.
Dcnvcr.-John Howard, alias George
| Marquette. escaped convict from II
| PENNSYLVANIA prison, and Melvin Ma
| Tor, a companion, who are held in the
city Iuil for their alleged implication
In the shooting of Patrolman James
W. Cass when he interrupted what Is
! believed to have been Il bank robbery
plot at the American National Bank,
may be connected with Il Rawlins.
Wyo., killing, local police declared aft
er partial Identification Of the two
was made by u Rawlins sheriff. The
two men, according to Sheriff A. A.
Sanders of Rawlins, who was in Den
yer recently. answer in detail to the
description OF two of the three men
wanted there for the staying of Louis
| Jahnke, 49, who was shot when he sur
prised three men robbing desk ut
| his home on Sept. u.
Denver-No immediate action will
be taken by the state of Colorado to-
ward effecting an embargo against
Texas cattle on account of the out
break of the foot and mouth disease
reported in that state. DIR. Charles Il.
Lamb, state veterinary surgeon, de
Clured. Recent dispatches | have re
ceived from Washington Indicate that
the outbreak Of the disease is confined
to three pastures in II locality about
fifteen miles south of Houston DR.
Lamb said. ALREADY two counties and
possibly two other counties are under
strict federal quarantine. With the
experience of checking the spread Of
the disease gained in California and
other places recently 1t seems proba-
ble that the disease will be confined to
the district in which it has been dis
covered.
Berthoud.-Wlth the tapping of the
Frontier sands in the well Of the Mid
west Refining Company, three miles
west of Berthoud, oil was struck and
is now flowing at rate of ten to fif-
teen barrels daily, according to word
from Berthoud. With n very heavy
gas pressure behind it, the oil shot
half way up the derrick, and then sub
sided to fairly regular flow, while
the gas pressure showed an increase.
The coming in of the well created IL
pronounced revival of the oil excite
ment in the Berthoud district, espe-
cially because Of the fact that the oil
was struck in the Frontier sands,
which proved barren of oil in the fam
Gus Wellington well near Fort Collins.
BOulder-The 1924-25 term has
opened at the University of Colorado,
with total enrolment OF 1886, an in
nf hn
ut the start of school year ago. DR..
George A. Norlin, president of the uni
versity, addressed mass meeting of
the student body at the official open
ing of the term in Macky auditorium
Jack Sallbury, president of the asso-
ciated students, also spoke. Harry X.
Crooke was elected president of the
Colorado Boosters Club for the ensu-
Ing year. He succeeds Harland Per
sons. An Intensive campaign Is to be
! waSed by the club to sell season foot
ball tickets.
Denver.-W. B. Gaumer was re.
elected president of the Farmers Res.
erv"ir and Irrigation Company at the
annual meeting of the stockholders of
the company in the Woodmen Of the
World hall, 1430 Champa street. This
company controls 430 miles of irriga.
ton canals, four large reservoirs and
with associate and. subsidiary compan-
les waters total Of 175,O0O acres of
land north and west of Denver. The
board of directors which consists of
President Gaumer, o. ]. STANDBY.
Frank n. Bancroft, C. NJ. Ireland and
#. Il. Dametz, which has served for
the last three years, was reelected
unanimously.
Manitou.-Construct work started
Oct. l on the $1,S0O,OOO hotel to be
erected by the Pixies Peak Hotel Com
pany of Chicago. Contracts have been
awarded to Rapp and Rapp, Chicago
architects, and to Collins Brothers
contractors, of Kansas City.
Colorado Springs.-Fire DESTROYED
the beautiful summer home of Secre.
tnry of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace
I T.