The Colorado statesman., 1924-04-12
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS


I 900 acres of land five miles east oi
Boulder for oil and gas, were dls-
cussed. NJ. ]. c. Ferguson, general
of the Lakeside Construction
was the speaker ut the meet
Ing. The object of the company's ac-
tivlty Is to secure gas field near Den
yer, from which the Public Service
Company could pipe gas to the capital
city. The Lakeside plan is now being
built by the Public Service Company
to supply additional power for TINS
district. The territory sought by the
Empire company is likely to prove out
as gas field, according to geologists
who have surveyed II. The company Is
offering the farmers I'm per cent
royalty for leases, II Is reported. ohe
of the main difficulties just now seems
to be that certain sections of the de-
sired acreage have already been leasec
to small oil companies and private In
dividuals.
Grand Junction.-A serious shortage
of irrigation water for this section, in
dicated by little snow on surrounding
mountains the latter part of February,
has been averted by the heavy SHOWS OF
March, which have brought snow
depths to nearly normal, reports OF
foresters now on Grand Mesa taking
annual snow measurements show
While on Grand Mesa with ski party,
Ray Peck, supervisor of Grand Mesa
national forest, found but thirty-four
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lake ranger station scale on Feb. 20.
This was the lowest snow depth ever
reported from that station for the last
of February, normal depth being nine
ty inches.
Denver.-HaIe Smith, secretary to
Governor Sweet, has announced four
new appointments made by the gov
ernor. p. X. Barthee,l Of CarbOndale,
Colo, was appointed to the State
Board of Water CQmpissioners for
district So, to succeed J. ", ZimmeE-
man, who resigned recently. T. j.
O'Donnell of Denver >and Fred W.
Stow of Fort Collins were reappointed
to the State Commission for the Pro
motion of Uniform State Laws. Miss
Elfreda Stebbins of Fort Collins was
reappointed to the State Board of
Library Commissioners, term to expire
April Is, 1929, ~
Steamboat Springs.-While the Re
publican candidate for mayor, DR.. f..
+. Willett, was successful in the cleo
tions here, the Democrats carried the
majority of the board Of trustees. DR..
Willett defeated Edgar Cook, Demo
cratic candidate, by thirty-one votes.
Three Democrats took the two-year
terms on as trustees, II. A. Armstrong,
Charles Harwfg and J. NJ. Kellogg. For
one-year terms as trustees, Ii. E.
Combs and Louis C. Flick, Republicans,
and Roy Houston, Democrat. were
elected. ...
Oak Creek.-Dr. james Cole, :; dele
gnfe to the national Republican con-
venti0h, was defeated in the race for
mayor on the Taxpayers ticket by
Frank Watt, running on the Citizens
ticket. DIR. Cole was defeated by
twelve votes Frank Lindell, Citizens,
and Samuel Glanville and Charles Muir
ray, indorsed on both tickets, were
elected as city trustees.
Hugo.-Weldon H. Elliott, 70 years
old, Parks, Ark, opened the vestIbule
door of Union Pacific chair car near
Arroyo, Colo. stepped from a speeding
passenger train, and incurred frac-
ture of the skull which caused his
death near here, as II second train was
rushing him to Denver for medical
attention.
Denver-The Colorado State Sun
day school convention will be held in
Denver May 6 to 0, inclusive, and
plans are under way to make the 1924
session the most successful ever at
tempted.
Canon City.-With the arrival in
Canon City of six prisoners from Den
yer the population of the Colorado
state penitentHry reached the highest
total in it's history. When the six new
convicts were enrolled it brought the
total up to 907 prisoners, according to
an announcement by Warden Thomas
lyman. The number will be increased
further sine time during the present |
week with the arrival of u number OF |
additional prisoners from Denver. In
several members of the bandit |
gangs that operated in that city.
Fort COllins.-Attacked by an irate
husband, with whose wife he is alleged |
to have been automobile riding. w. X.
Reed, carpenter and contractor, was
slashed in the left arm and thigh by
Henry II. Sparks, barber. when
Sparks found Reed sitting in a ma
chine near the Colorado & Southern
depot here.
Colorado Springs.-Colorado Springs
will become the headquarters for re-