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Steamboat Springs — From the Friday, Aug. 3, 1934, edition of The Steamboat Pilot:

Cement pouring started Tuesday morning

The laying of the cement on the paving project started 9 a.m. Tuesday, with a crew of 55 men on the job. When the work is all going at full speed, there will be 120 men at work. The cement is 6.5 inches in depth. First, a 2-inch mixture of sand is placed on the surface, then the mixture is brought in trucks from the central mixing plant and dumped over the sand. It is finished with floats, trowels and edgers, then covered in burlap and sprinkled with water. The burlap stays on until the cement is hard enough to put on a coat of dirt, and this is kept wet for 10 days. When removed, the paving is complete.

It will take about two weeks from the time the mixture is laid until traffic can go over the pavement.

Keep the beaver alive and give him 1st right

The present serious drought condition brings forcibly to mind the value of the beaver which has been ruthlessly destroyed in years past. The beaver is the greatest asset a country can possess, says Sam Stevens, game warden, and it should be preserved by all means. The farmer has been taking the wrong attitude toward this useful animal, and in its destruction, the farmer has done damage to his own property.

Whenever a beaver started to build a dam in an irrigation ditch, the farmer immediately secured a permit to kill the animal and soon had no beaver on his place. But had he left them in the ditches and permitted the building of dams, that farmer would not be short of water today, Sam says. There would be plenty of water for the stock, instead of dry holes.

The government is striving to protect the beaver because of its great value in the storage of water. The foresters have orders to change the course of a trail or the location of a bridge if there is a beaver colony in the vicinity. Let the beaver have first right, and go around with the trail or the bridge, the orders state.

Ernest Bowen severely injured in accident

Ernest Bowen, of Sidney, was severely injured last Friday when he was caught in a mowing machine to which a colt had been hitched. The colt became frightened and plunged, breaking the doubletree and throwing Bowen against the cycle. His brother, Algia Bowen, came to his assistance immediately and prevented more serious injury.

Ernest was brought to the Steamboat hospital where examination disclosed two breaks in the right ankle and cuts on the arm and hand. His clothing was torn to bits. Bowen was taken back to Sidney and is being cared for at the home of his brother.