The Dolores star., 1924-02-01
COLORADO NEWS NOTES


Lions Club here, A. b. Patterson, field
superintendent for the Texas Produc-
ton Company. made the first ofricihi
statement to be given out in regard
to the oil strike on the Hamilton
dome by his company, near here
"The Texas well on the Hamilton
dome" he said, "is one foot down In
the Dakota sand. The hole is three
inch hole. approximately $500 feet
deep. When flow started oil came TO
the top and started spilllng over the
top of the casing. Pipes were con-
nected and tanks on the ground OF
1000 barrels total capacity were
filled The well then was capped un-
til further work can be done on the
well and further storage facilities
provided.
Denver.-Colorado' oil possibilities
took on greater proportions when 1t
was learned that the State Land
Board has issued prospeCtors' permits,
or oil leases, on 1920 acres of pub
lie school lands in Yuma, Kit Carson,
Cheyenne. Kiowa and Bent counties to
James NJ. Gagan of Denver Ihis
acreage, which Gagan admits Is OBJ
tained for himself and wealthy Ne
braska bankers, some of whom are
connected with big oil companies of
the east, represents almost half of the
total acreage of school lands leased
for oil purposes by the land board TO
date.
Denver.-Complete reports from
the mines in the twenty-three coal pro
ducing counties of Colorado to James
Dalrymple, state coal mine inspector,
give Colorados 1923 coal production
as 1892 .25S tons. Compared with
1922, this is an Increase of 31S,6iS
tons. The average number of miners
employed during 1923 was 1922.
Each miner worked on an average,
1909 days Twelve counties showed
an increase in production and eleven
u decrease.
Estes Park.-preparation are baing
made to entertain the national conven-
ton of Delta Gamma, college sorority,
next June. Between 400 and 500 mem
bers of the organization from all parts
Of the United States are expected tc
attend. Mrs. Nan Brown Woollett of
Evanston, ILL.,, graduate of the Uni
versity of Colorado, is national presi-
dent of the organization. The Colorado
chapter of the sorority, including the
alumnae of Denver, are To he host
eSSeS.
Denyer-At the close of the states
fiscal year. which ended Nov. 30,
1923, the cash balance in the treasury
amounted to Sj,4G2 coo. GO, according
20 statement submitted to the COVER
nor last week by Arthur VI. Stong,
state auditor. At the close OF the fls-
cal year there was S15,Ol4,2 80 in the
state treasury. This sum was made
up of investments, in addition to the
cash balance.
Fort Morgan.-Of the original post
Of more than twenty members of the
G. \. II. here, there are not enough
survivors to fill the offices of the
post. This was disclosed here at the
joint installation Of officers of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
Woman's Relief corps Mrs. Alpha
Allen of Fort Morgan was elected
president of the local chapter of the
w. Il. c..
Pueblo.-The new conservancy dis
trict proposed for flood protection of
the Arkansas valley from Pueblo to
Iipn
ly S150,000, according to figures of the
Dayton-MOrgan engineers, presented
to the county commissioners A mil
lion dollars worth of agricultural land
lying along the river will be reclaimed
by control of the river through the use
of steel rail and wire flood fences.
Denver.-Forty thousand shares of
the common stock of the Great West
ern Sugar Company have been sold by
the American Sugar Refining Com
pany to syndicate of eastern houses,
including the Bankers Trust Company
and the New York stock exchange
firm of Dominick & Dominick
Denver-Directors of the Colorado
Metal Mining Association met at "A
luncheon here and elected ex-Gov.
Jesse +. Mcdonald president of that
organization. Other officers elected
We're: First vice president, r. NJ. Hen
derson of Breckenridge; second vice
president, Judge T.. A. CoIburn of Den
YER; third vice president, Horace Il.
Lunt of Denver; treasurer, A. NJ. Col
Inns of Denver; secretary, NJ. b. Tom
bin of Denver.
Denver.-AmOng the winners an
nounced by the National Americanism
Commission in the essay contest held
recently and sponsored by the Ameri-
can Legion, Edna Jean Hershey ana
James Gilbert Potter Jr, of Denver.
and Dorothy Mueller of Delta were
winners in Colorado. Nearly 300. 900
school children of the United States
participated in the contest and three
winners in each state were chosen.
Greeley.-Sheriff ii. l.. Corder and
Dpputy w l. Rpera NVoJn.el,,. -