The Colorado statesman., 1920-06-05
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado


Russa) has been conquered by the
BolsheyiSts, according 10 IA llelsingtorS
dispatch to the National Tidendc. The
Karrlian population has fled To the
forests
What is declared by mining men to
be one of the most important strikes In
the san Juan district i'm recent years
has been made by the Paymaste'
Mines Company, operating the Paymas
ter group of claims in the Red Noun.
tain mining section.
The Rangely bridge, which fell into
the water three weeks ago, has been
raised and practically all the structure
saved. at a saving to Moffat county ot
$4,000. The bridge will be safeguardcd
against future mishaps by concrete
abutments.
When &. f. Thayer of Fort Morgan
attempted to crank his automobile the
machine bucked forward, knocking him
unconscious, and then continued its
course across the sidewalk and through
the plate glass window of grocery
store
Anspering the spirit calling, she said
a few minutes before, of former hus
band, James Waddcll, who is dead,
Mrs. Josephine Stiles of Denver, the
wife of Frank Stiles, committed sui.
eide by poisoning in her bedroom at u
hotel in that city.
The first candle fire to occur in Den
yer in fifteen years resulted in Il SJc
loss nt the home of Vic Walker, depu
ty constable, 2S29 Lafayette street
The candle had been placed on Il table
earlier in the evening and when mem
hers of the family retired for the night
it is believed they forgot To eNtin'
guish il.
Denver is overwhelmingly Ameri'
can, according to figures compiled
from the official census received by
the civ" and Commercial Association
giving the city population in 1920 OF
256. 1863. In 1910 the number of native
horn citizens was 173,632 as against
2OS. .7OT in 1920, gain of 20.2 per CEN
ms compared to gain of 20,1 per GEM
in the entire population.
Resolutions authorizing the director
ate of the Industrial Sugar Company
to issue negotiable bonds to the valus
of $3.50. 600 at any time it may see fi
to do so, TO remove the company head
quarters from Fort Morgan to Denver
and TO increase the directorate from
five to seven members We're adopted n
a special meeting of the stockholders
of the company ut Fort Morgan.
Harold Jensen, II, of Denver, wa.
stabbed Just below the heart during
an encounter with II young opponent.
and lies painfully injured from the ei
fects. The story as told by the youtl
Indicated that he had been fighting
with Il lad about his own age, whei
the latter drew Il knife and plunged Is
into his ribs near the heart. Police
Surgeon Campbell attended Harold.
The man who was killed at James
vile, Wis, was not Earl Ballard, tho
son of Mr.. and Mrs X. Il. Ballard Of
Longmont. This was proven when the
casket supposedly containing his body
arrived from JaneSville. Mrs. Ballard.
mother of the supposed dead man, and
several of his sisters and brothers and
other relatives positively discaimed
any resemblance between the dead
man and Earl Ballard.
Benjamin f. Smith, alias Hal I'll.
Hubbard, Jr, 20 years old, was sem
fenced to q term of six to ten years
in the state penitentiary on charge
Of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, by District Judge Charles Corn
forth at Cripple Creek. Smith is al
legged to have passed II number of bad
checks in Colorado Springs and Salida,
out was successful in obtaining money
on but one check here.
Railroad men have acquired a new
mining property ut Monarch lake,
about fifteen miles north of Cranky.
on the south fork of the Grand riveL
which is expected TO develop INTO one
of the big mineral discoveries of Colo
RADIO. A small corporation has been
formed and work is being pushed. The
lead is said to be siXty-five feet wide
and at depth of twenty-five feet gives
returns of over 500 per ton in gold. 1t
is thought by expert geologists to be
the biggest proposition that has been
found in the state.
The forest resources of America are
today being destroyed three times as
rapidly as nature, assisted by the or
ganized forestry movement, can re-
place them with new growth. Unless
prompt and effective measures are in
troduced to arrest this process of dis
sipation the country will, probably
longer able to meet the market demand
for forest products. Such condition
can only result in industrial stagna-
ton, exorbitant prices for wood pro.
ducts which enter into the daily life of
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