The Dolores star., 1924-11-14
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

" '"Hudry ], lg2D, In accordance with
the provisions of recent Act of Con-
sress. The enumeration will begin
december /, 1924. and will he conn
pleted ny the end of January. 1928.
Inc inventory of farm property, in
nuding live stock. will relate to Jan
nary l. 1929, and the production of
crops and livestock products will he
rep"rted Tor the calendar year 1924.
f"rt Collins has been selected as
headquarters for one of the three
Colorado districts and the appoint.
ment OF +. L. Cooper, Of the Exten-
sion Service of Colorado Agricultural
college ms supervisor for this district.
was announced. The State of Colorado
VIII he divided into three superyisor's
districts for this purpose. District
No. ] Is comprised of the whole West
srn and Northern slope and the parts
" jefferson, Boulder and I.arimer
Counties within L. $. forest boundaries.
District No. is located in the North
sastern part of the state bounded by
'arlmer, Boulder and jefferson coun-
Ties on the west and by Douglas. Ell
bert, Lincoln and Kit Carson counties
III the south. District No. 3 COMPRISES
tile southeastern portion of Colorado
ana lies directly east Of district No.
and south of district No. . The For
ast Service has charge of the enurn-
eration in district No. | with head
quarters mt Denver f. l.. Cooper has
charge Of District No. . with head
quarters at Fort Collins In the new
administration building at the Agrl-
cultural College. District No. 3 will he
under the supervision of Il rcpresen-
tative OF the Census Bureau with
Headquarters at Pueblo. The counties
will be divided into enumeration dis
tricts and residents OF the counties
Will be employed as enumerators.
LOngmont.-Ali Boulder county is in
the grip of oil excitement ms the result
Of nm oil strike reported by officials
rf the ltollin Oil Company at the Role
stone well on the A. w. Johnson ranch.
four miles south of Lnngmont. When
The well had reached n depth of 4.T7o
feet, bailer let down into the bore
was drawn up filled with oil. Success
I've bailings revealed that oil was
standing in the casing to II consider
able depth. Drillers, acting under
orders, shut down the well and sum
moned j. NJ. Frecand. superintendent
nf drilling for the company. After
Superintendent Freeland and A. A.
toliestone, president of the company,
had inspected the well, drilling was
resumed. and officials stated that they
hoped to strike oil within short time
Pueblo.-The Ohio OH Company's
well No. ] on the Pueblo arch in the
northeast of the northwest quarter of
25-21-6i. eight miles southeast of pu-
rblo, drilled Into black oil sand that
showed oil In the baler through 1.4So
feet OF water. The bit now is In the
Morrison formation. II conglomeration
Of shale, green lines, tale, chalk and
silt. Each time the buler was run inro
the hole 1t brought up water with
heavy oil showing on top. It was be-
Iieved that if the hole were cleaned
out the well would be good for at ieas
ten barrels day Perie G. Mosher,
head driller, stated that no attempt
will be made to shut off the water un-
I'll he feels sure 1t will be worth the
trouble.
Fort Collins.-A suit to compel pay
mcnt Of Sl.0i4. alleged due 1t on 600
barrels of crude oil ut S1.50 barrel.
was filed in the District Court at Fort
Collins. by the Union Oil Company of
California against the Centennial State
Petroleum Company. According to al
legations in the suit, the oil was taken
from the Whitaker well. and was sold
TO be used as fuel in the boilers of the
Centennial State Petroleum Company.
Pueblo.-Joe Escabada, years old,
was drowned in the new channel OF
the Arkansas river. He and his bro.
ther, Gregarlo, were plying an impro-
vised raft In the stream when Joe fell
into eight feet of water.
Denver-Miss Garnet Isabel Pelton,
executive secretary of the Colorado
tuberculosis Society, was made presi.
dent of the Denver Federation for So.
cial Welfare at a luncheon meeting of
the federation. Miss Pelton succeeds
Mrs. Rae David. who is IeavIng the
city for Washington. D. C.
Marble.-Deputy United States Mar.
shal Lewis Worker arrested Thomas l.
Findley, alias Thomas Walsh, alleged
railroad freight thief, at Marble. After
locking Findley up In the Marble
hoosegow. made Of corrugated iron
Worker decided his prisoner might be
able to escape from, or with. the Jail
So he determined to take Findley tC
Glenwood Springs, the county seat, but
found there was no train. However
he found Il handcar used by section
gang. With Worker and his revolver
behind him, 'Findley left the Jail and
propelled the ,handcar to Glenwood
Springs. where he was housed in Il
comfortable stone Jail. In United
States District Court. Findley was or.
dered removed to Pittsburgh for trial