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Steamboat Springs — Work started this week on extensive improvements to be made on the outdoor pool at the bath house and various other parts of the property of the Rocky Mountain Milaquelle Spa. When the work is completed, it will greatly add to the attractiveness and beauty of Steamboat Springs.

The work at the outside pool will consist of tearing the present cement wall down to the water line and then the building of a higher wall of artistic cobblestone construction. There also will be additional improvements to the grounds of the bath house, including an entranceway.

Other work contemplated is an artistic archway to the rodeo grounds and also at the mineral springs.

Material for this work was laid on the ground last fall and winter and now the work of the construction will go forward rapidly, so Steamboat Springs may be all spick and span for the coming season.

New primitive

area designated

The Maroon-Snowmass area within the Holy Cross National Forest, southwest of Aspen, has been formally designated as primitive area. This area will be left as it was when the prospectors first found it when they first ventured into the Aspen region 60 years ago. The area lies along the Elk Mountain range, which is one of the most beautiful and rugged in the state. Capitol, Taylor, Snowmass, Maroon, Pyramid and Pearl are a few of the best known peaks in the region, all of which have an elevation of about 14,000 feet.

The total area designated contains 62,000 acres, half of which is above the timber line. There are about 18,000 acres of virgin timber out of which only a few trees have been cut for the cabins of prospectors. These forests are most important for protecting the watersheds and retarding the melting snows and flood waters following heavy summer storms.