Aileen Melrose, who recently opened a beauty parlor in Dolores, known as the Mel Rose beauty parlor, reports that she has enjoyed splendid patronage this week and is more than pleased with the way Dolores people have responded to her announcement. Mrs. Melrose is located at the home of Mrs. W. B. Ogletree.
A questionnaire has been sent to every sheep man in the county to secure information for the state office and to establish a county quota. If any have not secured a questionnaire he may do so at the county agent's office. The price is $2 per head on ewes which must be over a year old and $1.40 on goats.
Illness has again confined Wm. Ritter to his bed and at last report his condition was regarded as quite serious. It is said that he suffered a paralytic stroke. He recently recovered from amputation of a foot and a tussle with diabetes. It is hoped he will overcome the more recent illness, as well.
T. W. Caylor was in from Lebanon yesterday and told the Star editor how pleased he was with the way his peach crop turned out. He sold over five hundred baskets of peaches and never had to take them off his place, buyers coming right to the orchard after the fruit. He says the crop ripened almost a month earlier than usual.
A truck, driven by C. I. Brown and a Chevrolet sedan driven by Hugh Drommond, of Rico, ran together on a grade this side of West Fork Monday. The truck was slightly damaged and the sedan considerably damaged. Both cars were brought to Dolores for repairs. No one was more than slightly inured.
A car driven by Ed. Davis, a salesman who makes this territory regularly and the big tank truck of the Continental Oil company, had a head on collision last Friday on the Rico road near the Gould ranch. M. A. Plumlee, driving the truck, was going toward Rico and he says Davis came tearing along at high speed and was unable to stop in time to prevent a crash.
The Star offers the suggestion that some of the state motor police be assigned to the Dolores-Rico road for a short to put a stop to the practice of some people who think they should drive at a rate of fifty or sixty miles per hour over that section of road. A motor cop worth his salt could do a lot of good here and probably save the lives of several people.
T. H. Akin returned home Monday from Salida where he spent several days in the hospital undergoing treatment for galls tones. Mr. Akin is considerably improved, he believes.
R. C. Tucker of Dolores, Colo. was here Tuesday buying beans from producers and others and purchased a thousand sacks at five cents a pound, for the Denver Elevator company. If the price keeps around that point some of the San Juan County bean growers will be paying income taxes again, as a good crop is reported.
