The state herald., 1920-06-08
Pithy News Notes
From All Paris of
Colorado

ef Robert T. Harris, farmer, living
near kersey, was drowned when he fell
from q high fence into metal water
tank.
Hans BOnichsen, 20 years old, was
instantly killed by lightning while Mt
work on the ranch Of his father near
st. vrain. The men were planting seed
In the field when the. accident oc-
Cured.
What is declared by mining men to
be one of the most important strikes in
the San Juan district in recent years
has been made by the Paymaster
Mines Company. operating the Paymas-
ter group of claims in the Red Mouu'
tain mining section.
The Rangcly bridge, which fell into
the water three weeks ago, has been
raised and practically all the structure
saved, at saving to Moffat county of
SS00O The bridge viii he safeguarded
against future mlshaps by concrete
Abutments.
When C. f. Thayer OF Fort Morgan
attempted to crank his automobile the
uldtHlIle ruthtt lbENuiui huothihE hih
unconscious. and then continued its
course across the sidewalk and through
the plate glass window Of a grocery
store.
Anspering the spirit calling, she said
q few minutes before, of former hus-
band, James Waddell, who is dead,
Mrs. Josephine Stiles of Denver, the
wife OF Frank Stiles. committed sui.
eide by poisoning In her bedroom Mt
hotel in that city.
The first candle fire to occur In Den.
yer In fifteen years resulted In $50
loss at the home Of Vic Walker, depu-
ty constable, 2s29 Lafayette street.
The candle had been placed on a table
earlier in the evening and when mem.
bers OF the family retired for the night
II is believed they forgot to extin
guish It,
Denver is Overwhelmingly Ameri
can, according to figures compiled
from the official census received by
the Civic and Commercial Association,
giving the city population in 1929 OF
25G,369 In 1910 the number of native
born citizens was 1862 as against
eOS,I01 In 1920, a gain OF 20.2 per cent
as compared to n gain OF POI per cent
In the entire population.
Resolutions authorizing the director.
ate Of the Industrial Sugar Company
TO issue negotiable bonds TO the value
Of $3J0,000 at any time II may see 1T
10 do SO, TO remove the company head.
quarters from Fort Morgan to Denver.
and to Increase the directorate from
five to seven members were adopted a,
. special meeting Of the stockholders
Of the company nj Fort Morgan.
The man who was killed Il, James
willie, Wis, was not Earl Ballard, the
sop Of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. +. Ballard of
Longmont This was proven when the
casket supposedly containing his body
arrived from Junesvllle. Mrs Ballard
mother Of The supposed dead mnn, and
several NJ his sisters and brothers and
other relatives positively dlstalmcd
any resemblance between the dead
man and Earl Ballard.
BENJAMIN r. Smith. alias Hal H.
Hubbard, Ir., 26 years old, was sen.
fenced to a term Of six to ten years
In the state penitenllary on n charge
Of obtaining money under false pre-.
lenses, by District Judge Charles Corn.
forth at Cripple Creek Smith is al.
legged TO have passed n number OF bad
checks In Colorado Springs and Sallda,
but WAS successful In obtaining money
on hut one check here.
Railroad men have acquired new
mining property AT Monarch lake.
about fifteen miles north of CRANKY,
on the south fork OF the Grand river,
which Is expected TO develop into one
Of the big mineral discoveries of Colo.
rado \ small corporation has been
formed aud work Is being pushed The
lead is said go be s.xiy.fiye feet Wide
and ni depth ~ twenty-five feet gives
returns off over 500 rer Ton ul gold II
Is thpusht by oypcri geoluglir 10 be-
the h'egosl proposition that has been
found n the state
lhe forest resources of Amcrlcl are
today being destroyed three times as
rapidly as nniure, assisted by the or.
gnnized forestry movement, can re-
place them with new growth. Unless
prompt and effective measures are In.
troduced to arrest this process OF dis.
sipstion the country will. probably
within twenty-five years, find itself no
longer able TO meet the market demsud
for forest products. such = condition
eap only result In industrial stagna.
use, exorbitspt prices for wsod pre-.
1scts which enter into the daily life os
tAs people. go.
Dssves NV IL first funeral Of =
slAia wer hero when wallscs Simpson
Dees sf ~ I.ssioe efl,ciatsl ID snI.