The Colorado statesman., 1918-02-09
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

dead men are in custody, as is the
man suspected of assaulting another.
One of the murderers is at large. Dur
ing a quarrel over a woman, Carlos
Pallejo shot and killed Antonio Ar
meg, and succeeded in making his es-
cape, and is still at liberty. Alexander
Biastete, who shot and dangerously
wounded Mike Lopez. and who was
later arrested, claims he shot in self
defense. Another Mexican, Amelia
Ortez, was killed, and Anton Rodri-
quez and Herman Licona were ar
rested.
Gordon William Spradlin, bad
Man" of Paradox valley, whose bat
ties with federal authorities in his eff
forts to resist the draft covered
period of several months last year,
was sentenced to twenty years in the
military prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan, following a trial held by court
martial at Camp Funston, Kansas. Oh
liver High, Stacker from Montrose,
who escaped from Camp Logan with
Spradlin last November, sentenced
with Spradlin, was given ten years in
prison.
With the arrest in Sapulpa, Okla,
of Monte Abbott, known to the Den
yer police as Frank l.. Smith, nation
wide search extending over the last
five years was brought to close.
Smith is wanted in Brighton for the
murder of Jesse H. Stingley, a detec-
tive, whose body was found near Utah
Junction on Oct. %, 1912. William P.
Code, arrested with Smith a few days
after the murder, is now serving a life
sentence in the penitentiary for his
part in the crime.
Mrs. Job Adams Cooper, widow of
former Governor Cooper of Colorado,
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
E. S. Kassler in Denver. Mrs. Cooper
fell while fixing a Christmas tree for
Craig Colony, dislocating her shoulder
and breaking her arm. She was "A
years old, and had been ill from the
shock since the accident. The philan-
thropic work and devotion of Mrs.
Cooper to the Craig Colony of Denver
has made her known throughout Col
orado and the country.
F. NJ Kattenstrath, Chicago owner
of one of the leading stables of show
horses in the United States, proposes
to make Denver the home of his $780,
900 stable. He has already made a
fancy offer for the palatial country
home near Littleton of the late Col.
George S. Newman. and plans, in the
event of purchase, to make the estate
the center of his great string of
twenty-four horses.
Japanese farmers will grow fully 6
per cent. of the cantaloupe crop of
the Rocky Ford district in the coming
season. An organization of the Jap
anese Agricultural Association of
southern Colorado has been effected,
with S. Shishido, president; NJ. Tan
abe, vice president; o. Nakayama,
treasurer; X. Mizuma, secretary.
Col. John B. Cotton, one of the two
survivors of the famous Jayhawkers
of 1S49 who discovered Death valley
on Christmas Day, 1850, spent day
in Denver while on his way from
Galesburg, ILL.,, to meet the only other
surviving member of that daring par
ty, Lorenzo Dow Stephens, so years
old, of San Jose, Cal.
The Colorado Board of Health, in
line with the request from the Wash
ington committee on training camp &C.
tivities, created bureau of social dis
eases, the object of which is to pro-
tect soldiers as well as civilians from
undue exposure to communicable dis
eases.
Richard w. Mosley, we'll known to
many Colorado pioneers and promin-
ent in Masonic circles years ago,
passed away in his Saith year in Den
YER In the early days of Colorado he
had resided at Central City and Black
Hawk, where he engaged in gold min
ing.
Judgment of the Ell Paso District
Court finding ]. Lotion Davidson,
South Denver undertaken, guilty of
having conspired to defraud Eastern
insurance companies out of $4,000,
and sentenced him to from two to
three years in the penitentiary, was
reversed by the Supreme Court. At
the same time the court instructed
the District Court to dismiss the case
against Davidson.
The Colorado State Fair for the
year 1918 will be conducted by a COM
mission appointed by Gov. Julius c.
Gunter, and will in the future be main
tanned by state tax levy. The fol-
lowing comprise the newly appointed
officers: Martin Walter, Jr., of Pueb-
TO- president; ]. ]. Tobin of Montrose.
secretary; Wyatt Roger of Burlington.
treasurer and + I, Reaman Of Pueblo
manager.
In 1918 food production plans Of the
Colorado State Council of Defense are
well under way and will be in full
progress by Feb Is. Dr. Charles A. |