Andrew F. Harris, pioneer merchant and banker and one of the founders of the town of Dolores, died at his home here last evening. Mr. Harris had been in ill health for more than a year for the past month his condition has been very critical. His illness and death were due to a bladder ailment. Mr. Harris was eighty years old and came to Dolores about the time of the building of the railroad and helped in establishing the townsite of Dolores. For many years he was one of the firm of Harris brothers Mercantile Co. being associated with his brother J. J. Harris in that enterprise. He was the head of the J. J. Harris & Company, Bankers, until about four years ago and took an active part in its management. He is survived by his wife and a son and daughter. Funeral services will be held from the home Sunday at one o'clock and interment made at a local cemetery.
A false report was circulated here recently to the effect that Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Belmear had been seriously injured in an auto accident. Mr. and Mrs. Belmear were on their way to visit relatives at Pagosa Springs when going down Hesperus hill the other side of the town of Hesperus their car skidded on some ice and turned over on its side. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Belmear, nor the little girl who was with them received more than a few scratches and minor bruises, which we are glad to report.
Sheriff W. W. Dunlap was over from Cortez yesterday and reports business in his division rather quiet.
A report received here yesterday is to the effect that Charles Campbell, well known citizen of the Montezuma Valley, died at Durango during the morning. Mr. Campbell had been in poor health for several years and recently made a trip to Arizona where he spent considerable time in the hope of obtaining relief. He has been slowly weakening for the past several weeks and was taken to Durango for treatment. Mr. Campbell was 56 years old and was a well known stockman.
Several of Montezuma County's stockmen attended a meeting of their kind at Montrose last Friday and Saturday, when a grazing district for western Colorado was formed.
The firemen's dance, given last Saturday night to raise funds to buy equipment for the local fire fighting organization was a moderate success in point of attendance.
Bozman-Owens Motor Co. have one of the new 1935 model Ford cars on display here this week. The new car is a fine looking machine and is attracting a great deal of attention.
An agreement under which western Colored counties would assist northern Colorado water users in obtaining $150,000 from the U.S. reclamation bureau for a survey of the proposed Grand Lake transmountain diversion tunnel project was drafted here by directors of the Western Colorado Protective association, last weekend.
Maps showing the different types of land ownership in 40 Colorado counties are being made this winter under the supervision of James C. Foster, land plannning consultant for the state, to be used as part of his report to the national resources board and to the state, planning board. Whether the first settlers on the land are still there or whether they have been forced to leave will also be studied. How much of the land is being held by speculators is also listed for considerable thought.
Sixteen men enlisted for service in the Mesa Verde CCC camp here yesterday. Officers were down from the Mesa Verde camps and conducted the examinations which were held at the local ERA offices. There were considerably more applications than there were places to fill, but it is expected that there will be another call for men within a short time.
An auto dealer in a neighboring town loaned a man his license tag and the man went to Durango where he struck an old man, causing a fracture of the old man's leg. Dick Patton borrowed the license tag from Geo. Lyens of Mancos, and in the opinion of many folks, the dealer can be held accountable for his generosity.
