The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-03
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Deeu tleCltu pTeSlueIll Oh llle DOhTu VI
trustees of the Stadium Association,
which is building $4,000 athletic
field on the campus.
afayette.-Lafayette new high
school building will probably be ready
for occupancy by the opening of the
fall term. This was announced here
after the counting of ballots which
showed that taxpayers by vote of 233
to 157 favored bond issue of S63,000.
Denver-For the first time in its
history, the State Supreme Court is
caught up" Its docket is clear. Any
case pending before the high tribunal
longer than four months ut present
may be blamed to the lawyer, whereas
formerly 1t took more than year to
obtain decision from the court.
Denver-Governor Sweet has tight
ened the embargo against California,
recently adopted to combat the foot
and mouth disease. The governor, at
the instance of DR.. Charles Lamb,
state veterinarian, issued a supple
mental proclamation prohibiting the
shipment by California to this state
of secondhand bags whether "empty
or containing any article or thing"
Estes Park.-Lakes in the Rocky
Mountain National Park, which have
small or no outlets, have been stocked
with 100000 Loeb Leyen trout, the
first ever Matched here, it was an
nounced by G. Il. Thompson, superin-
tendent of the hatchery. Almost 600,-
600 rainbow, Eastern brook and other
species of trout are being hatched at
the hatchery for use in stocking
streams.
Denver-Colorado farmers will be
blessed with an abundance of irriga-
ton water this summer, according to
figures given out here by ]. NJ. Sher-
rier, government metereologist. Sher-
rier estimates the water supply will be
as much as so per cent above normal
in the North and South Platte and the
Arkansas rivers, the principal sources
of irrigation water in the state. Only
in the Gunnison river territory is the
outlook below normal, he reported.
Denver.-Orders for approximately
$1,00O,OO0 worth of steel rails, frogs,
switches and other steel have been
placed by the Denver & Rio Grande
Western railroad with the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company and the Elliott
Frog and Switch Company, according to
announcement by Receiver T. II. Bea
com. The steel is to be used in carry
ing out the rehabilitation program an
nounced by the receiver some time ago
and approved by Federal District
Judge Symes.
Creede.-The second Colorado chap
ter of the Izaak Walton League of
America Is now being formed at
Creede. The first Colorado chapter of
the league was formed in Denver last
November and organization was COM
pleted about six weeks ago. Col. A. E.
Humphreys, who is president of the
Denver chapter, is also greatly inter-
ested in the forming of The chapter at
Creede, for it was in this town that
he built the Humphreys mill in 1897,
this being his first financial venture
in the state of Colorado.
Denver.-The growth OF Colorado is
reflected in the prosperity of its coal
mines, as well as the steady expansion
in all lines of business and endeavOr.
The annual report of James Dalrym-
pie, state coal mine inspector, leaves
no doubt that Colorado's 2T6 mines are
on II stable basis, for 10,336,735 tons
of coal were mined in 1923, an increase
of 1888, ,125 tons, as compared with the
previous year During 1923 the aver
age number of men employed in the
mines was 1927, with an average of
1899 days worked per mine.
blo.-Church suppers and drug
store lunch counters were objects of
an attack by Pueblo's restaurant pro-
prietors. Representatives of sixteen
leading restaurants signed a statement
which declared that "the church sup
per, means of raising money in the
churches, is in competition with es-
tablished eating houses"
Denver.-Colorado's oil activity is
continuing in the Arkansas valley re-
gion, in the southeastern part of the
state, as well as in the northern dis
trict, it is indicated in reports re-
ceived here from La Junta and Boul-
der, Colo. Plans are under way, the
La Junta report declares, for the sink
Ing of test well in the neIghborhood
of Ordway or Sugar City.
Boulder.-Editors of the "Other
Side," an anonymous publication
which appeared on the University of
Colorado last week and caused con-
siderable excitement among students
and faculty members, published their
names in connection with the second
and final edition of the paper. Full
responsibility for the publication was
assumed by Dexter NJ Keezer, in
structor in economics at the unlver-
sity.