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The Glenwood post., 1924-05-15
LAND OFFICE HERE
LEADS IN U. S.
Local Office Force Handles
Enormous Amount Of
Business Past Month
.412 PERMITS IN APRIL
(By Walter Spencer, Registerl

| (By Walter Spencer, Register)
1t will be gratifying to the people
of Northwestern Colorado to know that
their land office at Glenwood Springs
has taken the lead among the land
offices of the United States in point
of new business received during the
month of April. The filings for the
month exceeded any like period in the
history of the office.
This is principally due to the large
amount of government land in the
district, approximately three million
acres, and the intense interest in the
oil situation resulting from the oil
strike in the Moffat field near Craig.
Tho natural result of the two condi-
tions was the filing Of hundreds Of
applications for oil and gas prospect
ing permits on government land.
During the month, 412 such applica.
tions were filed, entailing a great
amount of additional work in the local
land office. Each application must
be plated and entered on the records
Of the office, receipt issued and all
conflicts with land entries or other
oil and gas applications noted. Many
Of these APPLICATIONS cover the full
amount allowed, 2560 acres, or four sec.
tions, and frequently represent ten to
twenty conflicts on which descriptions
and particulars as to oil and gas
status must be obtained from the rec.
ords and set forth on a sheet attached
to the application for transmission to
the general land office at Washington.
In many instances the noting Of con-
flicts and plating of a single applica.
tion have been known to occupy the
attention of clerk from one to three
hours.
In addition to the oil and gas ap-
plications, the office received during
April 6s homestead applications, 80
final proofs, 25 supplemental applica-
tions, and other forms of applications
totaling 57s. Also the office delivered
6s patents, issued 52s Receivers re.
ceipts, 43 final certificates, wrote up
ward of $50 miscellaneous letters, set
So proofs, made 90 allowances, and re.
ceived and acted upon 212 general land
office letters. This all necessitatted
additional work on reports and IN sh.
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-15
routine of the office.

general routine of the office.
The contest work was not heavy dur
ing the past month, but this was more
than balanced by the increase in ssun-
ter work. The counter was crowded
most of the time, and frequently there
was not room for all who desired to
work at it and obtain information
from the persons In charge.
In spite of this congestion, it is my
pleasure to announce that our five
clerks cleared up the work for the
month and on the evening Of April
3Oth, every application had been
placed on the records every letter an.
swered and the work in general was
up to date, the office presenting .
practically clean slate for the coming
month.
The accomplishment of all this by
only five clerks is a remarkable rec
ord of public service of which the peo-
pie of the district may well be proud,
and was only attained by the greatest
degree of cooperation, as well as the
donation of many hours Of overtime
which was freely given by the clerks
withou request from the officers in
charge
The clerical personelle Of the office
now consists of Misses NJ. N. Flynn,
Katherine Simmons, Frances Reilly
and Lena Alexander, and Mr.. Perry
Williams. The service they have rem
dered in this emergency is deserving
of the highest commendation and it is
a pleasure to be able to work with
people in government service who, when
emergencies arise, do not "drop the
hammer" because the clock says that
the usual closing hour has arrived, but
give first consideration to the inter.
ests of the public.
From the viewpoint of the Register
and Receiver the disagreeable part is
yet to be told. Registers and Receiv.
ers are paid by system of fees and
commissions on moneys received, but
not to exceed $3.50 per month each
In the first two days Of April the fees
and commissions Of the office receipt,
amounted to more than enough to pay
the two officers their salaries for the
month, and during the balance of the
month they turned back to the govern.
ment $4,000 on their fees and com.
missions.
1t is believed that the peak Of new
business has been passed, but many
months Of labor will be required, both
in the general land office and in the
local office, 10 adjust the conflicting
claims already filed.
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-15

motives, millions of tons of coal have
been consumed, depositing cinders on
the roadbed of the old grade until they
mixed with decomposed granite, have
furnished roadbed which, after re-
moving the ties and plowing below
them and grading out, has made road
bed second to none of it's kind. 1t has
none of 1.-The disadvantages Of new
road for it is settled and. hard. The
mountain slopes have sloughed off un.
til there is no danger of rock falling
or rock or mud slides, and the drainage
is perfect as only an old railroad grade
will make it. Pure mountain water is
found every where on each side of the
Continental Divide. Both the Arkansas
river and the Frying Pan river are
stocked yearly with mountain trout
from state and government hatcheries,
until now these streams furnish some
of the finest fishing in the state, con-
tanning principally Lochlaven, Brook,
Native and Rainbow trouts. Camping
places are in evidence every foot Of the
way, with plenty of wood and water.
Game hunters will find deer, bear,
mountain lion, coyotes, lynx, bob cats,
elk and mountain sheep close by in the
mountains. 1t is road you cannot
Continued on last page) .
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-15

Smith favored the men with beauti-
full vocal duet, accompanied on the
piano by Mrs. Robert Macintosh, for
mcrly Miss Theo Donell.
Senator B. @. Callen gave splendid
booster Is address and invited the local
Lions to a meeting at Divide creek
some time in June.
County Judge ]. w. Bell in an ad-
dress on "The Pipe Line to Rifle,"
stated that Glenwood was veey much in
favor of this and would do all she could
to help get the line through.
The Glenwood male quartet, COM
posed of Messrs. Mayes, Belden, Blaine
and Spencer, gave two selections and
later led in ensemble singing.
II. Is. Thurber, Of Grand Junction,
.representing. a vanadiun scorporation,
gave an interesting address on the
"anadium plant they hope to have at
Rifle in the very near future. He
stated that he believed the largest
vanadium deposits in the world were
on Rifle creek near Rifle. The present
plans are to start work on the plant
about June l as it will take approx
imately three months to complete the
work at cost of $15O,0Oo. Mr..
Thurber stated that there is sufficient
ore there to warrant the plant to run
for at least seven years and with about
fifty men employed at the plant, twen-
ty-five at the quarry and number to
handle the tonnage it would mean a
payroll of about $4,000 a month.
Editor E. E. Wheatley of Grand
Valley, in short address, stated that
his town was in favor Of anything
that would benefit Rifle or Glenwood,
and they would boost and cooperate
with the other towns Of tho county.
At this time the Rifle ladies' quar-
tet, including Mesdames Oldland,
Smith, James Mclean and Ed Stauf-
fer, gave beautiful selection.
The main address of the evening
was given by A. W. Luce Of "Greater
Colorado Inc." Mr.. Luce gave q won
derful talk and among other things
stated that Denver and the Eastern
Slope scarcely knew what the Wsstss1
Slope had in the way of mineral and
oil deposits and they believed he was
exaggerating when he told of our won.
derful resources. He told Of the op-
portunity Colorado has along material
and scenic lines and stated that Cole.
RADIO could have tourist trade to com
pare with that of California when the
state as a whole co-operates and all
pull together. Mr.. Luce will talk b
the Glenwood Lions at q special meet
ing Friday night.
Mrs. Macintosh Of Rifle rendered 4
piano solo and Rifle orchestra gave
two selections.
The following song, composed BY
Lion Belden, was sung to the Rifleites:
That Oily Pipe Line
| (Tune-''Zip, Zip, Z.'D
Good evening, Mr.. Rifle Man,
With your hair cut short just as short
as mine.
Good evening, Mr.. Rifle Man,
You re surely looking fine.
Aches to ashes, and dust to dust;
The C,aig-Rifle Pipe Line must not
rust.
Good evening, Mr.. Rifle Man,
We we got to have TINT pipe line,
That black, greasy pipe line.
We'll get that "OILY" pipe line
or bust.
The Lions have been invited to
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-15
CITY TO HAVE TITLE
TO HANGING LAKE

The City Of Glenwood Springs, which
recently completed proof for the Hang
recently completed proof for the
Hanging Lake land, this week re-
factory and patent would soon bs
issued.
This property, which was a part Of
the White River forest, will be used
as city park. It lies II miles from
Glenwood and contains 1892 acres
and is one of the most beautiful scenic
attractions in existence.
Glenwood Is fortunate in securing
title to this land as It required q
special act Of congress to do 50.
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-15
MEN RESCUED IN
GILMAN MINE
Five Miners I'm prisoned
Since Saturday Brought
Out Monday Unhurt
NO EXPENSE SPARED

Gilman, May 13.-The five miners
entombed in the Black Iron mine Of
the Empire Zinc company since Sat-
urday afternoon were released from
their prison at 9:1O O'Clock tonight.
AS the men, black with CRIME and gun
powder smoke, emerged from the
Wilkes-Barre shaft through which they
were hoisted to the surface they were
greeted with wild cheer from the
hundreds of miners and their families
who had journeyed for two miles from
Gilman to be present when they
reached the surface.
The first man out, John Anderson,
and the first man he met at the foot
of the upraise after leaving the emer-
gency drift was his father, who has
never left the mine since the accident.
AS soon as it had been determined to
drive drift through solid lime from
one stope to the other rescue crews
worked tirelessly with machine drills,
80 feet being driven through hard
lime in seventeen hours. When it was
realized that only ten feet separated
the rescuers from the imprisoned men
pilot drift was driven, and they were
asked if they could find place Of
safety when the last shot was fired.
Necbit said that they could get back
in the stope for five or six sets, and
the blast that was to release them was
exploded, blowing out an opening
through which they could easily crawl,
and saving several hours work if the
drift had to be completed by hand.
They all crawled through the emer-
gency drift and down the ladderway to
the bottom of the upraise, and none
of the men were any the worse for
wear, but it was deemed advisable not
to hoist them to the surface immediate
ly, as the change of air would be too
sudden.
The place where they had been con.
fined for TIN hours was extremely
hot, and that made too rapid removal
to the surface inadvisable.
About 1890 the men were brought
to the surface through the Wilkes
Barre shaft, and here an excellent meal
had been prepared, as they had had
nothing to eat since their rations had
been poked through the iron tube about
~ o1n
the men were given baths, and none
of them, apparently, were suffering
any ill effects from their experience.
All the men stated that the coffee
and cigarettes which they received after
the diamond drill had been pushed
through contributed as much as any
thing to keeping up their spirits and
providing the needed stimulus. This
hole was driven through solid ore, and
in order to get the diamonds the Dis
mant brothers made a special trip to
Leadville, bringing back John Carlson,
a driller of that city, who had the only
diamonds available.
The Empire Zinc company spared no
expense and drew on every resource Of
its great organization and magnificent
equipment to save the lives Of the five
miners, and undoubtedly the rescue will
stand out in tie history of mining in
this section as notable and outstand-
ing feat.
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The Glenwood post., 1924-05-15
Through the Efforts Of C. N. Keck
California Paper Gives Mid
Land Highway Publicity
ROAD WILL Be OPENED SOON

Keck Genwood Springs who the past
ter in California of his time gazing at
pretty girls beach, had mind the great benefit that
California Colorado through cooperation
understanding attractions Of each state
the fact that Mr. Keck convinced the Los Angeles Auto
club the the that
they agreed roads through this and Colo
the future Mr. secured
appointment with Mr. Chandler millionaire editor of the Los Ange
after explaining him the novelty of the Midland
highway almost ready for travel he asked
article the subject with the result that the following
literally illustrated appeared Sunday edition Of
the Times:
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-15

All roads lead to California, and
"every day and in every way they are
gettin gbetter and better.' Only .
few years ago a transatlantic auto
:. trip was considered as hazardous as q
"Covered Wagon trip in the '49s.
Highways to the south have long been
Tin favor, for thickly populated territory
is in position to provide by tax the
4 ainews of road building. Little by lit
tie, however, the roads to the north
have been improved to such an extent
THAT travel to and from the Pacific
coast is crowding through Colorado,
especially during the heated term.
Colorado, as a road builder, is proud
of its highways, notwithstanding obsta-
cles encountered which prairie states
do not have to contend with. Getting
be first lessons in building jack trails
to mountain peaks and mines above
timber line, this practical experience
mas done much in building hafe and
scenic highways. In past yers good
highways building through the noun
tains has been spasmodic, owing prin.
cipally to insufficient surfacing, drain
age conditions, and other handicaps.
But these defects are being .remedied
and the traveller can negotiate the
highest passes with absolute sefety and
comfort.
OF all the highways passing east and
west through Colorado, the crowning
feat of engineering will find its goal
in the completion of what will be
known as the Colorado Midland high
way.
August 8, 1918, the Colorado Midland
railroad, 221 miles in length from Col
orado Springs to Glenwood Springs,
was discontinued; and later sold and
junked. This roadbed with it, steel
bridges, 18-degree curves and a grade
not to exceed per cent, and only .
total of about fifteen miles Of that,
will, for the most part, be made into
In automobile highway. The Pixies
Peak Ocean to- Ocean highway will be
art of this route. Starting At Colo
ado Springs, where all highways east,
aorth and south connect with it, the
, raveler is taken from the shadows Of
Pixies Peak through Manitou, up Ute
Pass ON a thirty mile decomposed gran
te-apd gravel road twenty-five feet
Fide, not exceeding . per cent grade,
longside and through scenery Of ,un-
aualed grandeur. Then on through
leven.mile canon and the grass and
little country of South Park; over .
Hleadidly surfaced dirt.and-gravel
Iad. Thence to Buena Vista where
{ Io,intains, Yale, Harvard, and Prince
N stand at attention" with their
(ostcovered peaks. Leadville with
inexhautible mines, greets the
s1nrist as he climbs up to over 10000
et over no grade to exceed per cent.
-fsfyone is your friend there. While
old-time haunts are gone, the real
F6looded, two-fisted men are still
evidence.
\ for over forty years climbing these
DIES with two and often three loco.
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-15

Meeker next Wednesday when Meeker
will receive her charter. District Gov
ernor DR.. Schermerhorn og Montrose
will be present.
About two hundred people were pres
ent at the Rifle meeting, and a splen-
did spirit of cooperation was shown
by all towns represented.
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-15

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Popst are happy
over the arrival Of baby girl at their
home on Bennett avenue Wedne sday.
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ZEMkEL v DIVADLE.

,Ponekud neQbvykle rozlou-
Gil Sc Sc svetem 65lety F. L.
Gaskill, 1888 vych. IS. ul. u
sadil Sc ma sedadle v Star di-
vadle ma Euclid ave. a prihli-
Eel vesele burleskni frasce.
Pojednou napadne ztichl, zda-
10 Sc, ze usnul. Kdyz jej SOU
sed budil, bylo shledano, ze
jest mrtey. v kapse ieho ma
lezena navstivenka DIR. Jen-
kinse, 7O15 Euclid ave. a ten
to byl policii pfivolan a take
v nahle skonalem muzi poznal
sveho pacienta, Die soucasne-
no dobrozdani koronera Ham
monda zemfel Gaskill nahlym
zachvatem srdecni mrtvice.
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tax uplne jist nevinou swou,''
,ljal Sc uradnk op6tne sloya, "a
kdyz nemel jste v pravdG echo
taj'ti, proc pax jste odpiral tax
houzevnate veskerou odpoved
polcejnimu inpektoru, kteryz
prvni vas chopil u hrbitova ma
Mont JParnase "a limec? -
Nepochybne prcto, jelikoz jse
byl zatcen asi zcela proti sve-
ma madam, abyste Sc mohl le-
Pc pripraviti ma odpovedi sye."
"Odpiral jsem odpov6di po-
hcejnimu agentu, ponevadz
jssm mu nepfiznaval prava,
dotazovati se.''
"Doufam ale, re apon mne
prava toho nebudete odpira
ti?" tazal Sc vysetrujici soud-
ce:
".Vam ovSem nikoli!"
"Nuze, kdyz tedy tvrdite, ze
nebyl jste clenem zidn6ho tai
neho spolku prevratneho a ze
nepfinesl jste do Parize heslo
clenum jeho, vysvetlete mi te-
dy aspon, proc jste.. obchazel
dunn cd domu?" u 4e.4
"Bylo to k will jakesi rodin-
ne zalezitostiw
TX vuli rcdinnym zalezito-
stcm?'' namitl soudce posmes-
ne. "Vzdyt nemate ami rodi-
ny, AMI pfibuznych, iak aspon
vysvita z dfiveisich' vasch w.
Dovedi."
"Ano, jest pravda nelha1
jsem tehdy I. re nemam sve
vlast1i rodiny, avsak existuje
rodina jedna, k niz nalezim,
jsem k nj poutan nell svazky
pokrevenskymi, toz aspon city
svymi, srdcem svym Hlava
rodiny te podporovala a chra-
Mia nlne "a detstvi meho, kdyz
jsem zuatal sam a osirely na
svGte. Hledal jse1m protcz n.y.
nj rodinu tp, abych il splatil
duh svdj vdecnosti.
"Nalezl jte ii?'
.r- RE druhe Rene Moulin neod
spQyedfl lined, nybrz zamlcel
Sc napadne.
Zdalo Sc mu, re bylo by ne
bezepcno zaplesti take jeste
pani Leroyerovou do teto afe-
ry.
Uboha zena tato, jejiz zivot
vysychal jiz v samych pra-
menech svych, uboha matka,
jez skryvala jmcno svoje pod
jinym, smyslenym, prave jme-
no ono, jez soudnim omylem H.
vedeno bylo v nevaznot, byla
by snad byvala zatzena ranou
smrtelnou, kdyby mela byt po-
znovu ted polnii znepokojova
ma, aneb kdyby jen byla pre-
dvolana k soudci "a sv6dkyni.
Nebylo-liz by ostatne lepe,
zanechati taky Bertu v nevedo
mosti o tom, coz dosud neby-
la zvedela?
Nebylo-liz by slovem neopa.
trnosti, nejvysi neopatrncsti ne
napravitelnou, odhaliti .oudci
jakemukoliv straslive tajem.
stvi, kter6 Rene Moulin a PAM
Monestierova v mysli sve no
sill?
Soudy prohlasuji Sc rady "a
neomylne.
Nebylo-liz MONA, ze by jim
odhaleni toto bylo pohnutkou
ably zmarily ~veskery pokus
Z
kteryz by mel dokazati, re sc
sveho casu tax strasliye, TAX
lehkomyalnG a tax 'krute zmy.
lily?
v dobe nekolika jenom vte-
Fin Rene uvazl yeskere tyto
duovdy a protiduvody.
l odvetil konecn6 ,netrpeliyc.
mu iiz soudci vysetrujcfmu:
pane, zaprisaham vas de-
mu hlasem pohnutym, ano sko
rem zalostivym, ''netazte SC
mne posl6to yecis opakniu, pro.
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IA CEST 0TCoVU.
. r O N 4 N /. !
Napsal Xavier de Mant6pin.

bTF 7ts4t
-. ~
/, ohrozuje hezpecnost statu a
! zivot paEoynikdv ="
! "Musi to byti vsa,k prepodiv-
nc tajemstvi, kdyz ami soudy
ncsmi o.nem zvedeti."
"Jde 0 cest jedne rodiny !!
Rcete tedy sam ted mam,i pro
,nesti j jen alovo jcdine, jez by
Sc cti teto dotklo! - Ne a ne.
stokrate nikoli! Co pax Sc IT,
&c obzaloby, proti niz jsem nu-
cen Sc braniti, jest tax absurd
nj, tax nesmyslna, ze nemohu
il ami pojimati vazne Piste
jen do Portsmouth, pane, kde
+, i,ztravil jsem cely0h osnnact let
vazen jsa zamAstnavatelem
SWIM, miloyan soudruhy .syymi,
j temi, ktefi pod mym dozorem
}pracovai, odpovedi VAN od-
tamtud, ze Rene Moulin jest
fadny muz, pracovnik vytrvaly
od!vazny a nikoliv recnik a a.
gitator, tim meme ale spike
meg; odpovedi yam, ze jsem
mel az prilisnou zalibu We
SVEN povolan a We sve praci,
ncz abych je byl zanedbaval.
jich Sc zrkal a snad i politice
telem dust Sc veiloval Ia
dam, ably nejprve prozkouma-
na byla ininulost mole, i jsem
jist, re nenajde Sc v nj ami nej-
mensi, pravim, ami nejmensi
skvrny!
Mluve tax rOzhorlenim a
Sc zanicenim opravdovym, kite
rez takfka kazdym okamzi-
kem stupnovalo Rene skri-
I'll ruce ma svych praou j cekaI,
co Sc bude diti.
Ufadnici soudu mali vsak "a
povinnost svou, aby Sc media
vail unesti pohnutim a krom
toho lie Jim vycisti spise vse,
nezli snadnou ddveriVost opoti
slovdm sebe rozhodnejsim.
Vse to jest ovsem zcela pri-
rozene.
| Cele to zapfisahani a duSo-
vani Sc zlosyniiv, kteriz Sc do
tydne v kancelarich vysetruji-
cich soudcu vystfidaji, nemaji
wskutku mic jineho ma mysli,
nezli ably oklamali soudce vse-
MI prostrcdky moznymi a po-
tom smelym, klidnym vystupo.
ivanim svym, trebas dust sa-
mou Jim strach zmital.
Vysetrujici soudcove byvajf
as pfilis casio uvykh riznym
scepam vynucenych slz, pokry
teckemu rozhorleni, nauGene-
mu zouani atd. a komedie tako
We byvaji sehrany pred soudem
z pravidla herci prvniho fadu.
!! ,Osudny nasledek techto O.
kolnosti byya ten, re vysetiuji-
cf soudce pochybuje potion a
10 kazdem a re strachu pa'k, by
zlosyny nebyl pokladan "a hlu-
paka, neyeri pax radeji NICE
mu jiz,
! Avsak HAS Rene-uy mel ta-
ky prizvuk upfimnosti, ze popr
We Cd DOLBY predlouhe Camus
ressolles necitil Sc byti jiz tax
lplne jist,, re ma skutecneho
vinnika pred sebou.
/ Avsak jsa -iirednlkem prede-
vsim ostatnim, vzeprel Sc to.
muto pocitu jasnejsimu, ktery
v mem byl .ja,kynisi pudem vzbu
zen ! .hlede 81 utvofiti Timed
,;pevnf minsni pokracoyal chla-
dne a neduveiiye We vyslechu
!, vysetfovance.
! Proc" tazal Sc, "vzpiral
jste Sc tvrdosijn9 kazde od-
poyedi, .kdyz policejni agent.
icnz vas zatykal, tazal Sc vas
20 adrese bytu, lkterW ,iste 81
po pfichodu. do PafiHe w.
hlcdai?"
! "Byla to tataz pfiGina, pro
ktarOu isnm nil OdpnTal ndno-