The Colorado statesman., 1920-08-07
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts of
Colorado

| training 1T luanO springs, COLO.
. Stepping into pile of hot ashes
while playing near the banks of the
Platte river, Denver, may cost Henry
McGraw his legs.
Savings accounts in Colorado
amounting to $33,OT4, 1900 are shown
In statement issued by Grant Nc
Pherson, state bank examiner.
The Miliken mill and elevator,
which was destroyed by fire at loss
of more than $4,000 recently, is to
be rebuilt on an even larger scale.
Complete paralysis of the electric
transportation facilities of Denver, fol-
lowed II strike of more than LOO car
men, forcing thousands of persons in
the city TO walk.
| Petitions for vote on the creation
| of Flagler and Llmon counties we're
granted yesterday by James r. holland,
secretary of state, after a conference
with the attorney general.
His lungs pierced by the points of
a pitchfOrk in the hands of william
Vandiver, age 60, formerly of Denver,
Timothy Terpin, age 40, of Portland,
the hospital at HaXtun.
AS an outcome of it's fight with the
Pueblo city government, the Pueblo
Gas and Fuel Company surrendered
| its franchise to furnish gas to Pueblo
residents, asserting that it could not do
| business at the rate demanded by the
| city.
The work of graveling the Burling-
ton highway through Washington
county is being held up temporarily on
| account of harvest. However, il is eX-
pected that work will be resumed soon,
making this highway one of the best
| in the state.
Two men held up and robbed the
| State Bank of Peyton and obtained
more than $4,000 in currency and
| bonds and made their escape after
locking Albert L. Pieper, assistant
cashier, and J. c. Walters. a customer
in the bank at the time, in the vault.
| Commencement exercises, marking
the close of the summer school session
at the University Park. According to
| Chancellor Buchtel, the term which
opened six weeks ago has had the
| largest enrolment and has been the
most successful of any previous year.
| As the result OF hunting activities on
the part OF tie government biological
| survey, the state and two county and
| three wool growers associations, a to-
tai of 1871 predatory animals were
killed in Colorado during the fiscal
year of 1920, besides hundreds more
/ ! Inv, ipIi-
viduals, according to an annual report
just compiled by l.. c. Crawford, pred
atory animal inspector.
George Moss, well-known miner,
was severely injured in the mine of
the Victor American Fuel Company at
| Pyrolit, near Canon City. Moss was IA
| shot firer II position lie has held for
| twelve years without accident, and
was badly hurt by a delayed shot He
will lose an eye, besides being other
| wise disfigured by the accident He
has been taken to the company's hos
pital ut Trinidad for treatment.
The extensive road building pro-
gram which is being carried out by
the State Highway Commission will
not be halted by II temporary shortage
of funds, according to statements by
members of the commission. All work
| at present in progress, total repre-
| scented by contracts for $3,36O,OOO, will
| be continued until completed, and new
projects involving almost Sl,50OO00
will be inaugurated in the next six
| months.
Colorado has had only four lorna
does in twenty-five years and has lit
tie to fear from the gyrations of the
winds, declared Alfred II. Thiessen of
the United States weather bureau in
an address to the members of the Colo
RADIO Engineering Council.
Fire believed TO have been caused by
the exploding of gasoline tank in the
B. & O. garage at La Junta, totally de-
stroyed the establishment, badly dam
aged the Oldham garage adjoining 1t.
An estimate of the damage to both es-
Establishments was $4,000.
Jesse H. Newton of Lincoln, Nebr.,
was named superintendent of the Den l
yer public schools ut salary of $4,000
for the first year, $4,000 for the second
wear, and $4,000 for the third year, at
| a meeting of the board of education
at Denver. His contract will be signed
| for three-year term. Mr.. Newton at
present holds the position of city super
intendent of schools at Lincoln and
was chosen, according to Lucius F. Hal
lett, president of the board of educa-
ton, from among twelve of the rank
| ing educators of America as the man
most fitted for the position as head of
| the Denver school system.
Face to face with the alternative of
| closing the institution or making ad-