The Dolores star., 1924-06-06
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

wife of r. c. Murchison, mayor Oh Ai
vada, died at her home here follow
Ing short Illness.
Masters.-Betwecn so and SO was
stolen from the postoffice here few
days ago. The postoffice is located In
the store Of H. r. Babb, thrce-quarters
of mile south Of here.
Dcnver.-PrOteSts against 1000 OF
the more than 10000 signatures at
tached to the petition for the recall of
Mayor Stapleton have been filed with
the election commission by the mayor.
Sterling.-An Indictment charging
John ID. Blue, Jr, an investment bank
er of Sterling. with larceny and con
fidcnce game, has been returned by
the county grand jury of Chicago, Ill.
in connection with real estate dealings.
Bouldcr-Mechtild Wilhelm, daush-
ter of Mrs. Anna Wilhelm of Pueblo,
WAS awarded the $3.50 scholarship,
given annually by the Pan-Hellenic
Association, to the most meritorius
university pupil having the highest
grade average.
Montrose-With excellent prospects
for n good season more than $4,000
sheep were shipped last week to the
hills near here for summer pasturing.
Some Of these came from eastern ttah
having been wintered on the desert
there and many of them We're driven
up from nearby places in the Uncom-
pahgre valley.
Boulder.-Maxy Alice Pope instruc-
tor in biology mt the University OF
Colorado, has been awarded Il prize of
500 by the Boston Society of Natural
History. Her paper was on STUDY of
the POllcns Of Colorado Plants" Miss
Pope has spent two years studying the
pollen of Colorado plants for their re-
lation to hay fever and asthma.
Colorado Springs 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 score
Of IL y points The Colorado tniver-
sity team. winners of last years meet,
lObh St'OllI IlaNt WIN D. n l''Ai'N 'AA''
Montana State College finished third
with 81 points.
Colorado Springs.-Caldwell, Love
land High school track athlete, is the
grand pentathlon champion in Colorado
scholastic ranks for 1924, with grand
total of 4,9l5 poins, Coach Teller L.
Mead of Colorado College, under whose
auspices the second pentnthlon was
conducted. announced. For the sec
md consecutive year Fort Collins High
school, with total of 17,SlO points,
ranks as grand pentathlOn champion
with Loveland second with 1903.
Craig-The Union Oil Company of
California. discovcrer of the yelling
ton oil well in Larimer county, Is soon
to be a 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 il entered into contract to drill
well on section 3l-5-9S in Moffat
county.
Denvcr-Douglas n. Stewart, for
the last six years road supervisor for
Douglas county, with headquarters at
Castle Rock, has been appointed divi-
sion maintenance superintendent for
the fifth Lewiston of the state highway
department. He will look after the
maintenance and repairs in central
eastern Colorado. his territory includ
ing the counties from the Continental
Divide east to the state line, and from
the north line of Arapahoe to the
south line Of Pueblo county.
Estes Park.-This village, admins
Estes Park.-This village, administra-
tain National park, is to have jail
fire house, and city hall all in one
building. For lack of 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 a no
tel and confiscating their clothing.
PueblO.-A meeting of the railroads
and public service companies which
use the Union avenue viaduct and city
officials was held to consider plans
for building new structure on the
site in cooperation with floor conserv-
ancy work now under way Plans are
to be presented to the several COM
panies and definite decision made at
future meeting.
Leadville.-Mining 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 S3,00O,O0O plant
of the Ohio-Colorado Smelling and Re
filming Company-which "blew in" at
Salida in lS91-was originally based
upon New Monarch ores.
Wellington.-Floyd Moran was badly
mangled on his fathers farm north
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