The Dolores star., 1924-10-03
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

| crnl in Colorado nave pToSlcSs'" "a"
employment has increased during 1"s'
] month more evidenced in agrlcuitu'.'
manufacturing, metal mining, on r''i''
roads and highway and general CON
| struction. Resident male labor OF prhc'
tically all classes continues TO ne az
forded steady employment, with lnui-
| cations for continuance during Ihe
| fall months. Harvesting of the gram
| crops-princlpaIly wheat and rye; can
talOupes, fruit, and vegetables, WIN
| haying and cultivation of the sugar
beet crop during past few weeks, has
| furnished employment TO many addi-
tional workers. Continued drouth III
central and eastern sections of state
| has seriously affected some of the late
crops principally CORN on unirrigated
| lands Indications are that the sugni
/ beet crop which is approximately a.
| coo acres in excess OF last year, VIII
| produce n normal tonnage. \ consld-
cradle number of mechanics are en-
| ployed in the annual over-haullng OF
the eighteen sugar factories in the
state, preparatory to the commence
ment of the sugar beet manufacturing
to commence on or about Sept. - for
Il period of about three months; ap-
proximately 5000 workers will be pro-
vided employment in the factories,
most of whom will he local residents
| from the respective communities In
| which the factories are located. Har-
Vesting Of the large peach and pear
crops in the Grand Junction district.
| which commenced on Aug. %, is pro-
viding employment to several hundred
wOrkers-mostly transient, and in suf-
ficient numbers.
NiWot-A carload of casing for the
Ohio Oil Company's Huystack noun
tain well is being hauled to the der
rick, where 1t will be run into the
well which is now some $500 feet in
| depth. The casing will shut off the
water supply that the Ohio Company
twice attempted to control by Il spe-
rial cementing process. The officers
deny that there Is any change in the
| condition of the well. Rumors have
been persistent that gas and oil both
were being held back in the well by
n large column of water. The oil
sands are thought to he 200 or 300
feet below the present depth. The
well has been practically idle, as far
as drilling progress is concerned
since last May, due TO the attempts
10 cement off the water and the ne
cessity Of drilling through large "frac-
tures' of cement following the failure
of this effort
Exhibiting paper assets
in excess of S4,O00,OOO, although he
had but SO in his pocket, II. c. Tuttle.
62 years old, who was arrested in
Colorado Springs at the request of
Sheriff John F. Bennett of I.ittleton.
was taken to Ltttleton, where he is be-
ing held pending an investigation of his
| stock-selling activities. Among Tuttle's
| assets, according to Inspector l. B..
Bruce of the Colorado Springs police
| department, who arrested Tuttle. was
an abstract for an old abandoned
paper mill in South Denver. TuttIe's
balance sheet showed the plant valued
at S25OOOO, according TO Chief OF
Police II. d. Harper of Colorado
Springs, but Chief Harper said he had
been told by Tuttle that he planned to
purchase the mill for $4,000.
Loveland.-Oil development in the
Loveland district is progressing rap
IDLY. With the cellar dug and two
buildings erected on the C. S. Warner
farm, five miles north of Loveland
the Wellington Oil Company, operating
on the leases obtained by Hudson
/ Wilcox and George Nelson, will soon
begin the erection of derrick.
Denver:-Miss Frances LYMAN. 40.
year-old Denver woman, came TO her
death either by her own hand in n
successful suicide attempt, or died as
result of an overdose of chloroform
District Attorney Van Cise announced
after an exhaustive probe into the
matter.
Hot Sulphur Springs.-Mrs. Harry
II. Allis, 81, daughter of the Rev
Thomas W. Houston, pastor of the
community church at Hot Sulnbur
springs was instantly killed when an
automobile in which she was ridinr
went over 175-foot embankment and
turned over The Rev. Mr. Houston
VINO was driving, received fractured
I'D and severe cuts and bruises and
the three Allis children. who were in
the car, suffered minor injuries Tho
accident occurred on the ParsbnII hi,l
road between Hot Sulphur Sprinps
and Parshall when the car driven bv
the minister met another machine, In
which Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Reeyer and
wesley Smith and his son, Kent of
CRANKY, were riding.
Bonlder.-The oil shale laborotory
OF the United States Bureau of Mines
was inspected by N. a. C. Smith Of
bar'iesviile, Okla, and NJ. J. Gavin of
san Francisco, officers of the bureau
The laboratory is located at the ITn,.
'ersity of Colorado, where IT was es-
tabiished several years ago for eyper,.