C. I. and C. A. Brown, who have been making a great success of growing certified seed potatoes in the upper reaches of the Dolores valley for the past couple of years, have attracted much favorable attention to this section as a potential potato growing section, particularly from the certified seed angle.
S. M. Burke, one of Montezuma County's most beloved citizens, died last Friday at Cortez as the result of a paralytic stroke. Mr. Burke had been working at the office of the Montezuma Valley Irrigation Co. and suffered the stroke about noon. Death came to him about seven o'clock that evening.
R. H. James, of Rocky Ford, was in Dolores section early in the week contracting with growers for the crop of seed pumpkins. Several farmers have been growing squashes and pumpkins for Mr. James' seed house in Rocky Ford which has amounted to as much as four truck loads of the seed. Rocky Ford is seed center and Montezuma County grows fine vegetable seeds.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gildersleeve, of Denver, have been visiting T. E. Amick at McPhee for the past several days. Mr. Gildersleeve, a former employee of the New Mexico Lumber Co., was a caller at the Star office Wednesday and expressed his pleasure at being back at this old haunts again. He says he finds a good many familiar faces around the camp, even after these five years absence.
The Montezuma and Dolores Counties Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular monthly meeting at Mancos next Monday night, and all who can are requested to attend. Dinner will be served at seven, following which there will ba an important business session.
Austin A. Heitt Post NO. 12, American Legion, Telluride, is one post of this organization that is making good in tis community. It has acquired ownership of a hospital building and has equipped it and is running the establishment in Telluride.
Some sixty men, all employees of the forest service, are working out of Dolores on pine beetle eradication. The crews are operating along the river and hillsides on each side of the valley and have been finding a good many infested trees. It is the intention of the forest service to clean up all the "bug" trees down as far as the mouth of Lost Canon before they quit work. Rangers Avon Denham and Ward Emerson are directing the operations.
A most interesting meeting was held by the Dolores Civic Club Tuesday evening at Memorial Hall. Quilts, both old and new were displayed by a number of the ladies. The quilts were a colorful and beautiful display and all present were given a vote on their choice of an old quilt and a new one. Mrs. Lockett was given a prize on the new quilt she entered and Mrs. Gaines, for an old quilt.
J. L. Morrison returned home this week from a few days visit at the sheep camp down on Montezuma Creek. He reports feed plentiful and stock doing well in that section.
Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Black have been visitors in Dolores this week, Mr. Black attending to the water supply for the Rio Grande Southern. Mr. Black is an enthusiastic Legionnaire and past commander of the Telluride post.
Mr. and Mrs. Morey Plumlee were Durango visitors Tuesday. Morey attended a Continental Oil district meeting.
The Ronald Crawfords are moving to Durango this weekend, where Mr. Crawford as been for the past month.
Edwin Walker was in Dolores on business Wednesday.
The Calf Creek Cattle Growers' association held their annual meeting at H. V. Pyle's office in the Masonic building Monday. During the transaction fo business the following officers were elected: Joe McCluer, president; Robert Dunham, vice-president; Chas. Blackmer and Fred Henchman as advisory board and H. V. Pyle re-elected as secretary. Walter Schippul, acting forest supervisor, and AvonDenham attended the meeting.
