The Dolores star., 1924-08-29
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

Southern Colorado Press Associnuoh'
whereby a section of the grandsthnd h'
the State Fair grounds will he SET
apart for newspaper men and women
on Friday, Sept 26. The Southern
Colorado Press will hold meeting NJ
the Commerce Club rooms on Sntur-
day, Sept. 81, and it Is arranged I"
have the members attend the stare
Fair the day before. II Will be Il very
fine event and the members OF the
press will be guests Of the State Fair
Association, The Stnte Fair conmis-
sioners and Manager Dick Jay gladly
entered into the plan and put their
q. X. on IL by saying Nothing Is too
good for the newspaper men ana wonh-
en-. Bring th6m in and we VIII give
them the best we have" And so the
scrlbes will all he grouped opposite
the judges stand and see the finish OF
the "hoss" races and miscellaneous
events. II will be an enjoyable occn-
sion and IL big crowd Of pencil pushers
is expected 10 be there and see just
what the State Fair is like.
Dcnver.-A total of more than SlU,-
900 fees on leases Of state school lands
for oil exploitation has been received
by the state during the last year, ac-
cordIng to AN announcement by Ray
mond Miller, member of the State
Land Board. II Is expected that this
sum will be considerably augmented
before the end OF the present year by
the revenue from additional leases and
royalties on oil discovered on school
land. The well brought in recently by
the Midwest OIL Company near Ber-
thoud. is located on land leased from
the state. and royalties will accrue to
the state school fund, provided the
well develops Into producer. The
state will receive one.eighth roy
atty. This money will he used by the
state for educational purposes, being
apportioned among the various coun-
ties according to the school population.
La Junta.-The Ia Junta post Of
the American Legion has completed
plans for entertaining the Legion state
convention the first week in Septcm-
Der. The committees have the entire
program mapped out and they are pre-
pairing to show the 400 or 800 visitors
II royal good time. The visitors will
be taken to Fort Lyon one day where
an entertainment win be provided by
the soldiers on the government reser.
walton. They VIII visit the Arkansas
Valley fair at Rocky Ford on Water.
melon day. Thomas MIshou, Jr.. Ray.
mond Moore W. c. Weagar and W. b.
Ellis We're elected as delegates to rep
resent the local post at the state CON
vention.
Berthoud.-Colnrado's oil develop
ment, which will make of the state
one of the greatest oil and gas pro-
duccrs in the world came one step
nearer realization a few DAYS ago
when the well Of the Midwest refining
Company. three miles west of Ber-
thoud, came in with an estimated flow
of 100000 cubic feet day. At the
same time activity in other oil sections
of the state was continued at ton
speed. Four different wells are with
in matter of feet from the oil and
gas-bearing sands, it IL estimated bv
eeologists, with indications thut in an
other week these will be driven down
to the necessary depth for production
Fort Collins-Plans are being com.
pleted for the official opening of the
eighteen-mile extension of the Union
iaclfic railroad line north from Fort
Collins, and the date for the celebra-
tion has been set for Thursday, Aug.
y. Railroad officials and the Fort
Collins Chamber of Commerce are CO.
operating. special train will bring
president Carl Gray of the road and
his party from Denver and another
special train will take the Fort Collins
contingent To the end of the line
where short addresses will be made and
refreshments will be served,
La Junta.-Two business houses Mt
Swink were burglarized when NOR
chhndise totaling nearly $1,000 wos
stolen. The grocery and dry goods
thieves pried open the front door A
large array of women's ready 10 weor
and many small articles were t,uan
ana the barber shop of Frank Cast.a,
was burglarized when razors. clInnars
ana other barber tools together with
large quantity OF tobacco and cigars
were taken.
N"iofhdo Springs-Dr. Josenb u
'herry of Omaha. Neb., chamnion o,d
man climber of Pixies peak. made his
seVehty-sec"nd trip recently by way
VI lhe Barr trail, making the trin in
SIX hours and twenty minutes, ana tho
return journey in two hours and thir,,
minutes over the Cog road
Puebo.-A special excursion tr,,,
lor the Colorado State Fair will ,oor.
.ao','rose .a,,M re about . a. m, Monday, Sen.
,eihper y and call at Grand .J,nctInn
Dei'a' and other towns along the route
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