Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-09-24

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Oscar Lagrow, "a, overseas war hero
| of Morrison, was crushed to death
when he fell into a huge stone crush
er at Troutdaie resort, where he was
employed.
| Denying motion for 4 new trial.
Judge George H. Bradfleld. in 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 at the annual School
Of Mines freshman and sophomore
rush Mt Golden. Harrison received a
blow on the head, which knocked him
unconscious
In preparation for the buffalo bar
becue, which is to be the feature of the
closing day of the Douglas county fair,
September Goth. the animal was
slaughtered at the Radcliff Dillon
the Perry park road.
For the first time in the history of
the Pixies Peak Cog Road, u motor
car made the ascent Of the famous
peak over this cog route, when Ralph
Mulford, driving Paige automobile,
and with five passengers, climbed the
entire distance without a setback.
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the Mayhell neighborhood, killed him,
self by putting a soft-nosed bullet from
II 25-35 high-power rifle through his
brain. Mr.. Gent, who was one of the
best-known ranchers In that country,
had been despondsnt 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 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 a Paige ma
chine, he made the trip in 20 minutes,
81 2-5 seconds.
OF the $36,OOO,O 900 worth of tires ex-
ported from the United States in the
eleven months ending with May. 1920,
50 1888 1888 worth went to France, $2,-
100000 worth went to Great Britain,
S2,000,0OO worth went to Cuba, and
about $4,000, 900 worth went to South
America f-4g
Principal Rutledge of the local
schools has announced that a four-year
course in agriculture has been estab-
llshed In the Olathe high school, with
federal aid under the mith-Hughes
act. This course will be under the di-
rection of Prof Ralph Wilson, who has
had several years of actual farming
experience.
ii. M. 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 Wat
senburg burned to the ground from a
fire of unknown origin which broke
out in the freight room. The loss In
estimated to be $4,000, exclusive of
freight stored in the building. Three
men We're in the building at the time,
but escaped and saved the railroads.
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 buckshot We're
removed from his left thigh and leg.
Eighty-six lodges of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen 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 1t would be
impossible for him to get 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
charge of numbering his father, w. FL.
Dickens, at Longmont on Thanksgiving
eve, 1915.
After holding long distance tele-