The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-31
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COLORADO

SHecp were Sllllpcu lusl WIEN w lhS
hills near here for summer pasturing.
Some of these came from eastern Utah
having been wintered on the desert
there, and many of them were driven
up from nearby places in the Uncom-
pahgre valley.
Boulder.-Maxy Alice Pope, instruc-
tor In biology at the University of
Colorado, has been awarded prize of
500 by the Boston Society of Natural
History. Her paper was on STUDY of
the Pollens of Colorado Plants" Miss
Pope has spent two years studying the
pollen of Colorado plants for their re-
lation to hay fever and asthma.
Estes Park.-Thls village, admins
Estes Park.-This village, administra-
tain National park, is to have a Jail,
fire house. and city hall all in one
building. For lack of a Jail it has been
the custom of Estes Park police of
ficers in the past to hold their prison
ers by locking them in a room of ho-
tel and confiscating their clothing.
Boulder.-Forty-one vocational stu
dents at the University of Colorado are
to be graduated June o, leaving but
seventy-five government students at
the university. In 1922 there were 40
vocational students in the university.
A maximum of 100, made possible by
transfers from other institutions, is es-
timated by J. w. Kirk, co-ordlnator of
the bureau.
Colorado Springs.-The Utah Agri-
cultural College athletes from Logan,
Utah, carried off first place nonors in
the annual Rocky Mountain conference
field and track meet here with a score
of 511h points. The Colorado Univer-
sity team, winners of last years meet,
took second place with 321s points and
Montana State College finished third
with 81 points.
Leadvllle-AIining in the Leadville
district Is notably encouraged by an
important strike of smelter-grade ore
in the New Monarch group, for years
rated as one of the largest producers
of gold-copper ore in the camp, so
large, in fact, that the $3,000,000 plant
of the Ohio Colorado Smelling and Re
filming Company-which "blew In" at
Salida in 1S91-was originally based
upon New Monarch ores.
Colorado Springs.-Caldwell, Love
land High school track athlete, is the
grand pentathlon champion in Colorado
scholastic ranks for 1924, with grand
total of 4,915 poins, Coach Teller l.,
Mead of Colorado College, under whose
hn
conducted, announced. For the sec
md consecutive year Fort Collins High
school, with a total of 1870 points
ranks as grand pentathlon champion,
with Loveland second with 1903.
Fort Collins.-Announcem comes
from Colorado Agricultural College of
the fifth annual Cattle Feeders Day,
at Fort Collins Friday, June 13. Six
lots of yearling steers have been fat
tened for six months on different ra-
tions. Results of the feeding test will
be given out and there will be talks
by authorities on cattle feeding in
cluding John G. Imboden of Illinois.
Feeders are urged to attend and ask
questions regarding their problems.
Craig.-The Union Oil Company of
California, discoverer of the yelling
ton oil well in Larimer county, is soon
to be n heavier operator on the west
ern slope of Colorado than it is in the
Wellington section, according to C. II.
Sherman, superintendent of operations
in the Rocky Mountain section. The
Union company definitely cast Its lot
with northwestern Colorado last week
when 1t entered into contract to drill
a well on section 31-5-9S in Moffat
county.
Denver-Plans for 100000 auto
mobile racing stadium containing
2Jh-mile track to be built within a
year were announced here by w. w.
Whiting, chairman of a special com
mittee of the Denver Motor Club who
will have charge of a series OF races
to be staged in Overland Park until
the club can construct its own bowl.
Club officials hope to stage an inter
national automobile race meet in Den
yer during the semi-centennial cele-
bration in 1925.
Idaho Springs.-R. S. Wild, repre-
senting the Wild Electric Furnace and
Engineering Company of New York, in
conference with local mining men, Of
fered on behalf of his company to
erect and operate an electric smelter
in Idaho Springs provided tonnage
guarantee of at least fifty tons of ore
daily would be made. The smelter, he
said, would recover 81 per cent of the
value of the ore If this tonnage could
be secured. The offer was received
with enthusiasm by local mining men
who assured Mr.. Wild that double his
tonnage could be guaranteed If the
smelter were placed in operation.
Wellington.-Floyd Moran was badly