The Dolores star., 1924-10-24
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

Dcnver.-According to the Septem
Der report OF the U. S. Employment
Service of the U. S. Department o'
Labor Industrial conditions in COLORADO
continue TO show gradual progress ahe
employment has considerably IN
creased during past month. Principal
/ ~ is increased employment noted lt
I the harvesting of the sugar beet crop
I Approximately 1900 workers are en-
| caced In the fields harvesting TINS
1 crop and about 5000 workers are EN-
ployed in operating the sixteen sugar
| factories: the factories will not likely
end their seasons runs until on OF
| about Jan. /, 1925 While there are
| several thousand more workers EN-
| ployed in handling the sugar beet crop
| this wear than during 1923. there Is
| an adequate supply of labor. Resident
agricultural labor Is well employed In
| soil cultivation for winter wheat, In
cattle feeding and in diversified fall
| harvesting. Metal mining is lmprov-
| ing in many mining districts. more
| principally evidenced in silver deyel-
| upments. Gold mining in the Cripple
| Creek district is increasing gradually.
with experienced miners and timber
men in demand at this camp. metal
mine In Lake county, near Leadville.
which has been closed down since the
World war, reopened recently with six
| ty men employed at commencement OF
| operations Coal mines. which con
tIr,p tn time hnSig
are increasing output and hours of
operations. Coal mine labor more than
sufficient. approximately eighty oil
wells are now In process of drilling,
principally located in the Fort Collins
and Craig districts, with indications
| for the spuddng in of many more
wells in the near future. Labor in CON
nection with oil activities equal to the
demand. A large volume OF building Is
under way, affording employment to
these tradesmen. Construction work
on the six-mile Moffat railway tunnel.
sixty-flve miles northwest of Denver,
is steadily progressing, kitchen help
and a few drillers are in demand at
| this camp. Large programs of munic-
| ipal Improvement work in many of the
cities and towns continue to afford
| hundreds of laborers with employment.
| Favorable weather is permitting the
large program of highway construction
| to continue. The movement of coal,
opening of the sugar beet compaign in
the sugar factory districts and the
movement of seasonal commodities,
such as fruit and grain, has increased
railway shop employment and train
operating forces.
Denver.-Governor Sweet has issued
a proclamation supplementing and
amending the proclamation issued on
Oct. 2, which promulgated an embargo
| against the state of Texas as to ship
ments of any animals or merchandise
which might carry germs of the foot
and mouth disease to Colorado. In
the executive order, signed by the gov
ernor, the embargo against Texas Is
amended so that it now includes only
southern and eastern Texas. DR..
Charles Lamb, state veterinarian for
Colorado, and the board of stock In
|
that the amendment to the original
proclamation be issued.
Denyer-Application for authority
to issue S3,OOO,OOO Of 6 per cent fund
ing and improvement mortgage gold
bonds to help finance the roads re-
organization, has been made in Wash
ington with the Interstate Commerce
Commission by the Denver & Rio
Grande Western railroad, according 10
dispatches received here. According
to local officials, this step is part of
the reorganization plan, the Missouri
Pacific Il Western Pacific railroads
having agreed to purchase this
amount in bonds. The money, 1t Is
said, will be used for general pur-
poses.
Boulder.-COntractor on United
States forestry roads in Boulder coun-
ty are hard at work endeavoring to
complete their work before another
| storm.
Leadville.-The Denver & Rio
Grande Western railroad was denied
permission by the State Public Utili-
ties Commission in Denver to remove
its tracks between Leadvllle and Lead.
vile Junction, n distance of 81 miles
In August the commission granted the
road permission to remove the tracks
but protest from Leadville resulted
in public hearing Sept. IS.
Craig.-Davis E. Houston, county
clerk and recorder of Moffat county
and candidate for county commission.
er, was found dead mile from this
city with shotgun wound in his
body. Houston had gone hunting. and
evidence tended to Indicate that his
shotgun had been discharged acci-
nentally as he was climbing over n
fence, the charge entering his body.
Grand Junction.-A gasser with an
estimated flow of 9O,OOO,O 900 cubic feet