The Dolores star., 1924-11-28
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

labor In Colorado Is unemployed, but
there exists the usual surplus seasonal
migratory workers. Harvesting or
large acreage of sugar beets Is afford
ing employment to practically all resi-
dent common lnborers. as well as sew
eral thousand additional transient
workers Most manufacturing plants
continue capacity operations, particu-
iarly the sixteen sugar manufacturing
plants, most OF which are running over
time. some twenty-four hours daily.
Metal mining Is increasing. many nddi-
tional mines having been recently
opened and several more are to be
opened in the near future. Pnrticu-
larly are activities Increased at the
gold mines at Cripple Creek. where
more extensive production is being
made than for the past seven years.
Common mine labor ample, but skilled
miners can readily find employment.
Increases in coal mine production and
employment have been made. however,
the mines are still on flve-day per
week basis. Several new wells have
been spudded in during the past thirty
days In the Fort Collins, BerthOud,
Longmont, Craig, Pueblo and Delta
districts. Sufficient labor available In
connection with oil development work.
Continued favorable weather permits
an exceptional building program to
continue in most OF the larger cities.
Highway construction Is also affording
employment to many workers, and five
additional federal aid highway con-
tracts have recently been let. princi
pally for gravel surfacing, and some
paving, totallng twenty-five miles
throughout the state. Increase in EN-
ployment have been made In both rail
way shop and train service forces.
BrightOn.-Because he voted for his
opponent when he cast his ballot on
Nov. 4, william Heebner, rancher. liv-
Ing north Of Adams City and candI-
date for commissioner of Adams
county, is IA defeated candidate. de
feated by one vote In the counting of
the mail ballots. Heebner admitted to
friends that he cast his vote for his
opponent, Frank Kemp. Derby rancher,
in the belief that he himself would
secure the majority of votes. But
when the vote was counted, unoffI-
cially and officially, Heebner and
Kemp were tied. When the mail vote
was counted, Kemp was declared win
ner by one vote.
Boulder.-Two hundred high school
editors and managers of stri,iert pews-
papers and ANIMALS met In Boulder last
week for the fourth annual conference
OF the Rocky Mountain Interscholastic
Press Association. A special edition of
the Silver and Gold. official student
paper, was issued by the Sigma Delta
chi, which is the honorary national
journalistic fraternity. The Printers
Devil was the name of a special paper
issued by the Woman's Press Club.
Denver.-A total Of approximately
S4,13OUO will be available for CON
struction Of new highways and mainte-
nance OF old in Colorado during 1925,
according to Thomas II. Macdonald.
chief of the federal bureau OF public
roads, who passed through Denver on
his way from Washington to San
francisco, where he will attend the
annual convention of the American As
ISOLATION of State Highway Officials.
Denver.-The @. s. I.ambie Con
struction Company has been awarded
the contract for construction of the
new Denver branch bank Of the Tenth
Federal Reserve district at Seven
teenth and Arapahoe streets, according
to word received here from Kansas
city. Work on the structure, which
Will cost 100000 will begin within the
next few weeks.
Flagler.-Five cars of Rock Island
freight train No 90, eastbound. were
derailed six miles east of Flagler a
few days ago. None of the crew was
injured and no serious damage was
done. The right of way was cleared
without much delay to traffic.
Pagosa Springs.-Trapped for tbree
days In a swirllng blizzard near the
crest Of Wolf creek pass, one of the
most dangerous in the state. almost
frozen. nearly exhausted by hunger and
exposure, and the victim of thieves
the family of N. r. Sites of Oklo-
homa, Including Mr.. Sites, his wife
ana several children, were rescued and
brought here only through the hero
ism Of the wife and mother. Desnite
the fact that Mrs. Stiles battled her
way for ten miles through almost i'm
passable drifts and In the face of n
hcwling blizzard. the aid she obtained
from the ranch house Of Oscar NlcCov
almost came too late, for her 4-year.
old daughter was suffering from &C.
vereiy frozen hands and feet when
brought here.
Pueblo.-sticking to their cab as
their locomotive Of Colorado K South
ern passenger train plunged through
ah open switch and crashed Into n
strihg OF boxcars, Engineer A. r..
or