The state herald., 1920-10-22
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

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Carl ]. Coleman, 43 years old, a
prominent business man and ranch
owner of CotopaXi, in western Fremont
county, was accidntally killed while
hunting bear in the Sangre de Christie
mountains, fifty miles west of Canon
City Coleman, in company with a
hunting party, was trailing bear in
and extremely rough and remote sec
tion Of the mountains. While he was
walking In a STOPPING position the
hammer of the shotgun he was carry.
ing struck projecting rock. The
weapon was discharged, the heavy
charge of shot entering his chest and
infllctng frightful wound from
the effects of which he died almost
Instantly.
Stepping on one Of his shoestrings
and falling head-foremOst down o
flight of stairs while making his get
away with valuable silvcrware and cut
glass. proved lucky Incident for the
masked bandit who attempted to rof
the home OF George l.. L. Gam Of Pu
eblo. Two shots fired by Mr.. Cams
chauffeur, who was aroused by noise
made-by the offender, would have
struck the latter in the upper part o
the body had 1t not been for his fall.
A project statement providing foi
the Improvement Of Il sevcn-milc ronC
stretch between Lamar and Granada
Colo, has been approved by the United
States Bureau Of Public Roads. The
proposal submitted by the state high.
way commission provides for proper
drainage and gravel surface, twenty
feet wide, at a total cost of SS2, ,0i7.Si
Federal aid to the extent OF 20 per
cent has been requested by the state.
One man was injured and five others
had narrow escape when an outbound
Berkeley tramway car ran wild in Den
yer at West Thirty eighth avenue and
Tennyson street, after the controller
box exploded, throwing the motorman
out Of the car while it was travelling at
high speed. The car was saved from
crash by the quick action Of n passen-
ger, who ran to the rear of the car and
1erkcd the trolley from the wire.
His mind unsettled by the loss OF his
winter wheat crop. Blatz Wrobel, 81.
lesian farmer, who lives three miles
east Of Fort Lupton, was found by
neighbors wading In the Platte river
He was removed TO Greeley where the
physician pronounced him insane.
Wruhel contracted pneumonia as the
--pSulf of his pNUOsIIrp
More than one,half Of the sugar beet
crop Of the Lovelund district has al.
ready been harvested, according to
statements made by the office Of the
Great Western Sugar Company. Farm.
ers have taken full advantage Of the
fine weather this last month, and are
pushing the harvest ahead as rapidly
us possible.
With much blowing of whistles and
with full crew Of men, the Grand
junction sugar factory, the oldest fac.
tory In Colorado, built In 1901 and
now belonging TO the Holly Sugar cor.
porntlon, began It's 1920,2l sugar max,
Ing campaign, with everything In ship
shape for new records.
The Bandora mine. located near
Gladstone has started operations again
and Is shipping much sllver-lead ore.
Manager Il. ID. Lycoff Is constructing
two new bunkhouses and remodeling
the boarding house so that work may
be continued all winter.
George Hendel, 81, died at ST.
Mary's hospital as the resLt of In.
juries sustained when he fell ninety
feet from wooden railing upon q con.
crete floor at the Pueblo flour mill,
where he was employed. His neck was
broken.
Chris Christensen, one Of the early
residents OF Evergreen, 10 dead, after
short illness. as q result Of Q stroke
Of paralysis. Re wa ~ years old and
had lived In Jefferson county for forty.
seven years.
Last year farmers In one section Of
southwestern Colorado shipped 10000
hogs 10 Nebraska and other states to
be finished on corn and then sent back
70 the Denver market.
The purchase OF the Cushman ditch
and stock was completed at the Octo-
ber meeting Of the uncompahgre Val.
ley Water. Users association nt Mont.
rose, The price paid by the govern.
ihent for this irrigation ditch was S.
100, One thousand one hundred and