The Dolores star., 1924-10-31
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

Craig.-Reports have reached here
that the Ohio OIL Company had
brought in n new well on the Slater
structure. siXty-fivc miles northeast OF
here
Colorado Springs-Pi Kappa Alpha
Is the fraternity to receive the DE-
c. \. Duniwuy scholarship trophy, II
cup which Will remain in the perrna-
nent possession of the society winning
il six times.
Dcnver.-Adam Kohankic, superin-
tendent of Washington park, has been
elected vice president of the American
Institute of Park Executives at the
annual convention of the institute just
concluded in Washington, u. e.
Grand Junction.-Struck by light.
ming during severe electrical stnriii'
the Utah Oil and Refining Company's :
lO,OO0,OoO cubic-foot gas well near Cis-
20, Utah. just over the Colorado state
line. spouted flames 200 feet into the
mir. No one was injured by the light
ming bolt or the explosion that started
the fire.
Denyer.-The state public utilities
commission, in an order issued last
week. granted rehcaring on the ap-
pllcatinn of the Colorado Gas and OH
Pipe Line Company for certificate Of
necessity and convenience for II pipe
line from the northern Colorado oil
field to Denver. Pueblo and other Colo
RADIO cities.
Denver Geology Of Cripple Crock,
with reference to ore-bcaring strata.
will he resurveyed and brought up to
late by G. +. I.aughlin, chief metal
urgicuI gcolugist of the United States
Geological Survey, it was announced
II the office of the survey here.
Laughlins survey OF Cripple Creek
fields will he the first since 1906.
Denver.-An appeal from the Rock
island railroad, asking permission to
abandon its station at Peyton, Colo,
has been received by the state public
Utilities commission. 1t was declared
hat the scattered population in the
'cgion and the small amount of busl-
less done make it necessary to run
he station ut 81 loss. and that 1t Is
lot needed.
Fort Collins.-S. u. Mcintyre has
been selected as chairman for the Larl-
mer county Red Cross roll call which
is to begin here on election day and
continue until the quota is completed.
Committees are tn see citizens near the
polls on election day and complete the
roll call as nearly as possible on that
day, following up with II canvass of
those homes and business places that
do not display the Red Cross member
ship emblem.
Cripple Creek--LOuis s. Noble. the
distinguished Denver and South Afri-
can mining engineer, Is now conduct
ing. with the aid of corps of assist
ants, a thorough examination of the
ore levels and equipment Of the Tono-
pah-AjuX Mining and Leasing Company
In the heart Of the Cripple Creek dis
trict, where the Cresson-Portland and
United Gold Mines Companies are the
principal shippers of Ifch gold ore,
with occasional values in silver.
Glenwood Springs.-Several hundred
lcrsons throughout Colorado have been
vlcrimiZed by new confidence game,
according to Walter Spencer, register
Of the general land office here. Spcn-
rcr declared that he has received "A
letter saying that the writer had "won"
Il Moffat county homestead in rattle
nnd that he wanted II deed from the
government Immediately. Investlga-
tion disclosed, it was said, that for
mer resident of Craig had ratified off
disappOint the winner by writing that
government homestends nrc not dis
posed Of in that manner.
Denver.--Thc city of Loveand won
Il long court fight for the right to CON
struct a municipal light and power
plant for providing electricity to its
citizens when the state Supreme Court
handed down Il decision uph0lding the
decision of District Judge Neil +. Gra-
nam Of l-arimcr county. who had held
that the city had right to build the
plant.
Grand Junctlon.-United States Sen.
ntors Lawrence c. Phipps of Colorado
and TaSker l.. Oddie of Nevada, with
Webster $. Whinncry of Lake City.
Republican candidate FOR Congress
from the second congressional district,
had narrow escapes from death or ser-
Gus injury when their automobile was
hurled from the highway near Fruita
IN Il collision with another car.
Grand Junction-The blazing gasser
of the Utah oil and Refining Company
Just over the Colorado line in Utah
was blown out by high explosives.
Ford Alexander of Los Angeles, exper,
in extinguishing blazing gasscrs, blew
The fire out ten minutes after he had
reached the well, with possibly 900
persons in 800 automobiles watching
the act. He used $50 pounds of nitro
gelatin.