The Dolores star., 1924-04-11
COLORADO NEWS NOTES


| ing east of Boulder at the Lakeside
power plant a few days ago. Plans of
| the company for leasing approximately
1000 acres of land five miles east OF
Boulder for oil and gas, were dis
cussed. NJ. J. c. Ferguson. general
manager of the Lakeside Construction
Company, was the speaker nj the meet
ing. The object of the conpany's ac-
tivity is to secure Il gas field near Den
yer. from which the Public Service
Company could pipe gas 10 the capital
city. The Lakeside plan Is now being
built by the Public Service Company
to supply additional power for this
district The territory sought by the
as gas field, according TO geoloSists
who have surveyed 1t. The company Is
offering the farmers n 1212 per cent
royalty for leHJes. II Is reported. one
of the main difficulties just now seems
to be that certain sections of the de-
sired acreage have already been leased
to small oil companies and private in
diyiduals
Fort Collins-The Union Oil Com
pany OF Colorado spudded in its No. l
well near the Wellington dome few
days ago On account of the almost
impossible condition of the roads
there was only n small crowd on hand
md no demonstration marked the oc-
casion. Among those present for the
event was Siewers Fincher, president
of the company, and former state SEN
ator from Breckenridge. This is the
first development by an independent
company In this field. A standard rig
is being used and it is expected the
well Will be drilled TO depth of 1000
to 1000 feet or more. The new well
is four miles northwest OF Wellington,
thirteen miles north of Fort Collins,
two miles southeast of the gas well
of the Union Oil Company of Califor-
mia and a mile southeast of No. . and
wells now being drilled The con
tract for drilling the new well Is held
by II. c. Farley. Tom Jones is the
head driller.
Canon City.-With the arrival in
Canon City OF six prisoners from Den
yer the population of the Colorado
state penitentiary reached the highest
total in its history. When the six new
convicts were enrolled it brought the
total up to 9O7 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 a number OF
additional prisoners from Denver, in
Guiding several members of the bandit
gangs that operated in that city.
Denver.-ColoradO's stock of grain
March l was 100000 bushels more
than year ago, according to the
crop report of the Department of Agri-
culture and the Colorado State Board
of immigration. "The reserves of the
four principal cereals grown in the
state totaled 22,GO3,OOO bushels, as
with 11.9S3,OOO last year
and 15,19i,OO0 bushels in 1922" the
report says. Corn reserves are larg-
er than for any other grain, and more
''hAA N'h'i' tidb VI l'lSl year.
PuebIo.-A new 100000 building
will be erected in Pueblo by the Mesa
Development Company .at the corner
Of Abriendo avenue and Broadway, ac-
cording to the announcement made by
officials of the company. The new
structure will contain n theater with
Il seating capacity of 800 persons.
store rooms and large
of offices.
Boulder.-Mrs. F. ]. Buchhit, 1927
Pine street, Boulder, was irAtantly
killed when the automobile in which
she was riding was struck by the
California Limited, westbound, fast
Santa Fe train, at North Guam, near
Gallup, N. NJ, according to word re-
ceived here. Her husband was riding
in another machine which escaped the
collision
Pueblo.-Officers were elected at
the annual convention of the Colorado
League, now in session
here. Mark B. Gill of Fort Morgan.
Colo, was elected president; ]. NJ.
Jackson, Pueblo, vice president; A. NJ.
Wilson. Colorado Springs, vice presi-
dent; w. S. Wigglesworth, Durango,
vice president; A. e. Penley, Delta,
vice president, and H. L. Laque,
Monte Vista, vice president Don G.
Sewers of Boulder was reelected sec
rotary and treasurer.
Pueblo.-Plans for the annual state
Lions Club convention which Is to be
held in Pueblo on June 8, 10 and II
are to make it Il Colorado convention
with Lions from all sections of the
state learning something mt least of
the homes of their brother Lions and
getting an insight into what their own
Colorado is and has to offer.
Hugo.-Weldon II. 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 n frac-