The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-03
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS


Loveland was tried in the United
States Court in Denver and decision
rendered In favor Of the city. The
trust company sought to have the court
declare the proceedings of the city of
Loveland wherein the building of Il
hydro-electrlc plant was involved, IL
legal. There was one clause in the
ordinance that caused Judge Symes to
decide against the city, but the ordin-
ance has been changed since to suit
the demands of the court, and the case
hinged on the endeavor of the trust
company to prevent the city from GO
ing ahead with the work on the plant.
Montrose.-The establishment of
great game refuge and public summer
resort at Ouray will be the objective
of movement inaugurated by the
Elks' lodge. The region is famed for
Its scenic beauties and grandeur and
Is said by world travellers to surpass
the famous Alps in Switzerland. James
G.. Mcfarland, grand exalted ruler of
the Elks, and Fred G. Robinson, grand
secretary, will visit the district May
10 with western slope Elks toward in
vestigating the feasibility of the pro-
gram.
Aspen.-An example of speedy JUS
tice occurred in Pitkin county when
Sheriff Bruin and federal agents from
the office Of Prohibition Director John
f. Vivian raided the ranch of Nels
Eckland, twelve miles northeast of AS
ynly L.;
the Pitkin county Jail and the same
day witnessed him being sentenced to
pay fines of 5000 and $3.50 and costs
after he had pleaded guilty respective
ly to charges of illegal manufacture
and possession of Intoxicating liquors.
Denver.-Colorado is looking for
ward to the biggest motor tourist year
in the history of the state. Clarence
Werthan, executive secretary of Rocky
Mountain Motorists, Inc, announced
that requests for Colorado road maps
have been pouring into his office by
every mail. Automobile clubs all over
the East and South have made appli-
cation for maps and literature for the
Information of their members who
Rocky mountain region.
Arvada.-With the capture near Ar
vada of w. II. Williamson, convicted
bootlegger, who followed slippery
Dell" Hanlon and his buddles, Herman
Herbert and Thomas Edwards, out of
the Denver county Jail last week in the
sensational "walkout" from that inst-
tnti hn Of I 1Nri1 or
Frank Cameron, another of the group
who followed the leader through the
several iron doors of the institution,
two of the thirteen who got away are
once again behind Denver bars.
Glenwood Springs. than 1000
oil and gas filings have been made in
the United States land office in Glen
wood Springs since the first of the
year and virtually all are for pros
pecting in Moffat and Routt counties,
the majority being in Moffat county.
These represent possibly 1,500 persons
who will be actively engaged in seek
ing new oil structures or working
those already discovered in the two
counties this summer.
RADIO, Wyoming & Eastern Railway
Company, which is about 130 miles
long, running from Laramie, WyO., to
Coalmont, Colo, and which was sold
recently under foreclosure for $201 900
at Laramie, the bondholders of the old
company Incorporated the Northern
Colorado & Eastern Railroad Company
,,-fth tot Of arl
ken.
Denver.-Preparatio for the dstri-
button of 100000 trout fry in Colo
radios streams, are now being made by
r. G. Parvin, state game and fish COM
missioner The fish have been kept
in retaining ponds since they were
hatched, and have reached size which
enables them to maintain themselves
in the fast-flowing mountain streams.
Fort Morgan-Fifteen nationalities
are represented in the school census of
the Fort Morgan school district, Il was
revealed here when the annual census
was completed. There are Americans
Russians, Germans, Belgians, Bohem-
ians, Czechoslovaks, Austrians, Poles
Spaniards, Mexicans, Italians, Danes,
Swedes, Jews and French.
Pueblo.-Seventy-fi dogs were ell
tered in the show put on by the Pueb
10 Kennel Club. Norsonna of Costilla,
police dog, owned by Mrs. John T. Bar
brick, and which has won prizes in
several states, was judged best dog in
the state.
Canon City.-Delegates representing
every chapter of the Parent-Teacher
Association in Colorado were present
at the opening of the annual state con-
vention at the Strathmore hotel here.
Fort Collins.-The rotary drill of the