The Dolores star., 1924-11-21
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS


Denver-The membership OF the Big
Sister movement closed with 225 new
members enlisted, more than doubling
the size Of the organization here.
Denver-Mfs. June Johnston of
Denver has been elected treasurer of
the sophomore class at the University
Of Colorado. according TO word re-
ceived here Miss Johnston is mem
ber Of the Chi Omega sorority
Loveland--George w. Strickland,
"a years old, a carpenter OF Campion.
Colo, three miles south of here, is
dead and his wife La in serious con
dition as a result Of motorcycle ac-
cident which occurred near Campion.
Sentence of twenty TO thirty
years in the state penitentiary was
passed on DR. Alfred f Max, who was
convicted recently on charges of slay-
Ing Miss Margaret Watkins by a Grim
inal operation. before Judge George III.
BradfieId in the West Side Court.
tue beVuHu III
two years, Charles Williams, I2-year-
old Salida boy, has been commended
personally by the United States De
partment of Agriculture for his
prompt work in preventing fires in
Colorado forests, according TO dis
patch received here from Washington,
ID. G.
LeadvilIe.-Wfth his right eye torn
out when the ejector of an old gun
with which he was experimenting
jumped from the weapon, Robert Dem
Ing. II, accompanied by his mother,
staged frantic race with time from
Frisco to'Leadville, a distance of about
l25 miles, on Il gasoline rail car, reach
Ing here four hours after they started
from the little mining camp. Young
Deming was rushed to hospital.
Colorado Springs.-Hiram S. Rog-
ers, veteran Colorado newspaper man,
died mt the Union Printers Home
here following brief illness which
resulted from heart attack in his
roms at the Alta Vista Hotel. His
health had been failing for several
years. but he continued to work AT his
profession in spite of all obstacles.
He was stricken while preparing an
article for series headed Go Back
Thirty Years with II. S Rogers"
which appeared in the Colorado
Springs Telegraph.
Fort Collins. - Guards have been
placed ut the Whitaker well of the
Union Oil Company of California here.
The action followed the carelessness of
visitors last week when u lighted cigar
stub was carclessly tossed into the
extinguished before any damage was
done. The Whitaker well is not wide
open. Oil is being placed In tanks and
some of it into the tank farm. On an
average of twenty-five cars are being
shipped out a day to Florence. Work
of drilling the Douglas well of the
Union Gil Company of California is
still continuing, willie work also is 60
ing ahead on the Union Oil Company
of Colorado well.
Denver.-Three coal mines operated
by the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
In the Trinidad district, employing
over GOO men and producing approx
mateIy $1,000 tons of coal a month,
have been closed in movement
toward concentration of production in
received at the state house. These
mines are the Sopris No. 2. which EN-
ployed about 317 men and produced
$4,000 tons OF coal month; the Ia
bascO mine, which employed 1913 men
and produced over 1900 tons monthly,
and East Side Primero, employing
ninety-two miners. The entire Primero
mine, of which East Side is the major
operation, produced about 1900 tons
per month
Denver-Dr. Charles A Lory of
Fort Collins was elected president for
the coming year OF the Colorado Edu-
cation Association which closed its
threeday divisional conference in Den
yer, Pueblo and Grand Junction Miss
Anna Laura Force, principal of the
Lincoln school, Denver, was chosen
from the Eastern division as director
of the general association, and f. A.
Boggess of Boulder was elected diyi-
sion president.
Denver.-Forty-two Colorado coun-
ties embracing national forests will re-
ceive Il total of $S9,4S62S from the
government as the counties snare of
receipts from the forests during the
fiscal year of 1924, according 10 the
final tabulation Of forest receipts by
the United States Department OF Agri-
culture, made public here by A. s.
Peck, district forester. The sum rep.
resents - per cent of the total receipts
from the fifteen forests in the state.
The money is placed at the disposal of
the counties for expenditure on schools
and roads under the act Of Congress
of May %, 1908. The governments ma
tiOnaI forest resources ua1tad ., ,n,.i