The Colorado statesman., 1920-09-25

Oscar Lagrow, "a, overseas war hero
of Morrison. was crushed to death
when he fell into huge stone crush
er at Troutdale resort, where he was
employed.
Denying motion for new trial
Judge George ii. Bradfleld, i'm District
| Court at Greeley. sentenced Alex MIL
Ter, deaf mute, convicted OF killing
| Adam Shank, his wife and four chill
dren at Gilcrest. Dec. 81. 1919, to life
| Imprisonment.
Duncan Harrison, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. B. Harrison OF Golden, was
seriously injured mt the annual School
of Mines freshman and sophomore
rush at Golden. Harrison received o
blow on the head, which knocked him
unconscious.
In preparation for the buffalo bar
becue, which is to he the feature of the
closing day of the Douglas county fair.
September Doth. the animal wai
slaughtered at the Radcliff Dillon
ranch six miles south of Sedalia op
the Perry park road.
For the first time In the history OF
the Pixies Peak Cog Road, motor
car made the ascent OF the famous
peak over this cog route, when Ralph
Milford, driving a Paige automobile,
and with five passengers, climbed the
entire distance without a setback.
l.. A. Gent, a pioneer ranchman Of
the Maybell neighborhood, killed him
self by putting II soft-nOsed bullet from
25-35 high-power rifle through his
brain. Mr.. Gent, who was one of the
| best-known ranchers in that country,
had been Respondent for some time.
The Otero Gas Company, supplying
| gas to La Junta, Rocky Ford and
Swink, has applied to the state public
| utilities commission for the privilege
of disseminating service. 1t is contend
ed that for the last three years the
company has been operating at a loss
Ralph X. Mulford made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to lower his own record
for the Pixies Peak climb, which he es
tablished in 1916 when he used Hud.
son car and made the climb in Is min
utes "a seconds. Using Paige ma
chine, he made the trip in 20 minutes,
81 % seconds.
OF the $36,O0O,000 worth of tires ex-
ported from the United States in the
eleven months ending with May, 1920.
81, 1913, 1913 worth went TO France, 81
100000 worth went to Great Britain.
81, 100000 worth went to Cuba, and
about S4,000,O00 worth went to South
America
Principal Rutledge of the local
schools has announced that four-year
course in agriculture has been estab-
lished in the Olathe high school, with
federal aid under the Smith Hughes
act. This course will be under the di-
rection of Prof. Ralph Wilson, who has
had several years of actual farming
experience.
II. NJ. Benson, a Denver real estate
dealer, was severely cut and bruised
when the automobile he was driving
went through bridge rail and into the
creek below, two miles north of Colo
RADIO Springs. The accident was wit
messed by Merton Robbins, who pulled
Benson from underneath his over
turned car.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
passenger and freight depot at Wal
senburg burned to the ground from
fire of unknown origin which broke
out in the freight room. The loss IL
estimated to be $1,000, exclusive OF
freight stored in the building Three
men were in the building ut the time
but escaped and saved the railroad :
records
Hugh T. Dempsey of Colorado
Springs, was accidentally shot and
badly wounded by John d. Ryan while
duck hunting near Limon. Dempsey
was taken to hospital at Colorado
Springs and twenty-one bucksnot were
removed from his left thigh and leg.
Eighty-six lodges OF the Brotherhood
of Railroad Tralnmen have been ex-
PEELED for participating in the unau-
thoriZed strike OF switchmen last
spring, w. G. Lee, president, an
nounced at Cleveland, to members Of
the brotherhood's board of directors.
Mr.. Lee said that the brotherhood and
the Switchmen's Union of North Amer
lea were not considering any merger.
Affidavits denying that public SEN
timent is against Rienzi Dickens in
Boulder county and that it would be
impossible for him to get a fair trial
In the District Court, were filed by
Twelve Boulder residents and five citi-
zens of Longmont. The affidavits
mark the first step of the district
attorney, Russell w. Fleming of Fort
Collins to retry Rienzi Dickens on a
charge of numbering his father, w. FL.
Dickens, at Longmont on Thanksgiving
eve, 1915.
After holding a long distance tele-
phone conversation with his wife, in
which he is said to have pleaded with