Surveyors will about complete the work of surveying the proposed new section of road east of Dolores this week. The road will, if constructed, extend to the forest boundary just below the Tibbets' old place. There has developed considerable opposition to the road following the railroad practically all of the way instead of continuing along the hillside as the present road is laid out. Some of the land owners along the new route say the taking of 100-foot right-of-way from their lands will practically ruin their farms. It is also pointed out that the right of way will be expensive to buy and entirely unnecessary if the road be continued along its present route; the present route serves both highway 145 and 147; the present route has better drainage.
The Montezuma and Dolores counties chamber of commerce held its regular monthly meeting at Del Rio cafe Monday night. Representatives from Rico and Cortez, as well as Dolores, were present. Lee Tripp, of Cortez, stated that he knew of a suitable piece of ground for an airplane landing field, situated east of Cortez some seven miles between the highway and Mesa Verde. The meeting approved the location and efforts will be made to interest the government in development of the field.
Word has been received that at the annual convention of the Colorado Federated Woman's clubs, which was held at Sterling last week, the southwest district was awarded first prize for the best scrapbook presented. There are fourteen clubs in the district and each one prepared leaves for the book which represented their especial locality and their club in action.
Stockmen of Montezuma and Dolores counties met with stockmen from LaPlata, Archuleta, Mineral counties in Colorado and San Juan County, New Mexico. The purpose was to form an organization and set boundaries for a grazing district to be formed under the Taylor grazing act.
Several nice bunches of trout have been released in the Dolores River within the past few days, according to information received at this office. According to a statement by W. H. Lee, secretary of the Montezuma Dolores Counties Fish and Game association, the several retaining ponds in the vicinity of Rico were emptied last week to make room for a large shipment of fry from the hatchery.
The Dolores school float again won first prize in the parade in connection with the Cortez fair last Friday. The float was built on Oscar Pritchett's new truck which was literally covered with variegated autumn leaves and in the center a large form of the American flag executed in flowers grown in Dolores. The idea was a good one and carried out in a splendid manner.