The Colorado statesman., 1924-04-12
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COLORADO

Loveland and Greeley, for the formal
installation and initiation of the new
knights of Columbus council.
Denver-Beet growers of Colorado
and other states who have contracts
with the Great Western Sugar Com
pany are receiving checks totaling APP
proximately $2,500,O0O, payment OIL
which was announced by local officials
of the company.
Breckenridge.-The local Democratic
ticket was victorious over the Citizens
party in n hotly contested election
here. The Democrats were headed by
Trevor B. Thomas, who. was elected
mayor. The election was in charge Oh
an all-woman election board.
| Denver-J. Is. Ferril of Colorado
| Springs was reelected president of the
| Colorado Bakers Association for the
coming year at the last formal session
of the annual convention of the organ
ization at the Albany hotel. james
Holmes of Denver was again named
secretary.
Denver.-Active preparations for
campaign in an effort to oust Mayor
Stapletcn from office were started by
officials of the recall organization az
ter attorneys for the organization won
their first legal victory in the fight
to force the city clerk to file recall
petitions, placed with him week ago.
with the election commission.
Loyeland.-Russell L. Whorton of
Loyeland, who enlisted short time
ago in the army, was drowned at Cule-
bra, West Indies, during the recreation
hour of the U. S. S. Pennsylvania. lie
was the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. b.
Whorton of Loveland, and his brother
Leland b. Whorton, was the first sol
dfer from Loveland to die in the World
war.
Boulder-High school teachers who
bob their hair are perhaps as nice as
those who don't, but the city superin-
tendents of Colorado schools, in con
vention here do not approve of them,
IL was brought out in the roll call at
the opening session of the twelfth an
nual high school and college confer
: ence They approve of dancing, both
by teachers and pupils, however, but
do not favor the agitation for uniform
ity of dress.
VICTORIA fabulously rich strike has
been made at the Zoo foot level in No.
1 vein of the Portland mine, according
to Fred Jones, superintendent of the
mine. One thousand pounds of ore
have been taken from a pocket in the
last two days, with an average gross
valuation Of $4,000 Some of the ore
has a valuation of more than $40 a
pound. The general average of the
ore is about $S n pound.
Lake City. - Encouraging reports
come in from the Golden Fleece group
Of mines at Lake City, Hinsdale o0bn-
ty, now in the hands of leasing COM
pany made up of Denver and Lake
City miners, well acquainted with the
possibilities of this former bonanza of
the 1894 period. Recent assays show
S221.76 per ton for the core OF the
fOur-fOot ore vein, of which $2OS.7T is
gold and $12.69 in silver-the ore be-
ing of the petite class.
Denver.-Pledges that two of the
five wells to be drilled by the Texas
Company and the Trahscontinental
Oil Company in the MOffat field this
summer Will be located on state school
land were given by Levi Smith, di-
rector, and Raymond D. Meyer of the
Transcontinental Company, Mt a con-
ference with the members of the state
Land Board. In addition, the oil men
agreed to drill on other school sections
under lease to the TranscOntinental
Company on the lies and Pagoda, or
Beaver Greek structures ten miles east
of the Moffat field.
Rocky FOrd.-Most of the larger
| cantaloupe shippers have or have had
representatives in the the Arkansas
valley signing for the 1924 crop. and
almost to IA man they all talk "A
smaller acreage than in the last few
years. The acreage in 1923 amounted
| to 1904 acres, and as the season was
not the best for growing the fruit few
in the game made any money.
Denyer-Wayne c. Williams, attor-
ney general of Colorado, issued n state
| ment here a few days ago that he was
| preparing for Il rigid investigation of
| freight rates in Colorado with Il view
| of suits brought in the name of the
| state to relieve what he terms "hor-
rible" condition as the rates affect
farmers, merchants and shippers.
Denver-Members of the Colorado
Wheat Growers Association will elect
ten new directors May Il, and II pre-
liminary nomination primary will be
held April 81 in ten districts in the !
state Each of the ten districts con-
tains approximately 800 members and |
each will elect two directors. The |
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