The Dolores star., 1920-05-14


Great preparations are being made
by the fire departments OF LittlctOn
and EnslewoOd for the entertaining of
the delegates and teams that will par
ticipate in the fourth annual cOnven-
.tion Of the Colorado State F'iremen's
Association on August "A, %, 26 and
II. This organization, while in its in
fancy. has accomplished wonders, now
Numbering firty-four cities in its mem
bership and having obtained through
legislation q pension fund for ali fire
men in the state. There will be sew
eral demonstrations along the line OF
fire fighting aud fire prevention and
the United States Department of Agri-
culture intends putting on n demon.
stration on dust explosion In elevators
and mills. The governor OF the state
Hon. Oliver II. ShOup, has donated the
cup for first prize, and the cup is now
being exhibited in the different cities
in the state. The tournament will be
Vh idl sc itstIHs
from ten cities have already entered
and as many more have signified their
intention OF being represented. The
tournament will be along the lines of
firemen's tournaments of earlier times
and will include the wet tests, hubto-
hub races and open events. In addi-
ton there will be street exhibitions in
hot of. ivi, f.. in
and tue use of chemicals.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Dixon. pioneer
residents of Colorado Springs, were
critically injured, the latter probably
fatally. when the automobile in which
they were driving was struck by a
Colorado Midland train at Green Noun.
tain Falls
NJ. F.. Sloss of Basalt purchased the
largest car of potatoes on record in
this locality from Albert DurouX at
Woody Flats, near Aspen. The car
contained 100 sacks and weighed i5,.
T7j pounds SlOss paid S7.2J per hun.
drcd pounds for the potatoes. giving
Mr. Duroux a check for S4,O43.6S.
Boulder business men are Subscrib.
ing literally TO Il fund that is being
raised for the construction of a tour
list hotel. j. o. Billig, mayor of BOul.
der; Joe Mills, proprietor of the Crags
hotel in Estes Park: Hugh Mark, land.
lord of the BOulderadO hotel of this
city, and w. s. WitherS, prominent
business man, are the committee in
charge.
Three days of watchful waiting on
the part of city and federal authorities
OF Denver resulted in the capture in
the fashionable Park Hill residential
district of Harry f. Edwards and Jack
Richardson, two alleged mOOnshiners,
and the confiscation of what was said
TO be the largest collection of NOON
shine pnrnphernaia ever found in Den
ver One thousand gallons of whisky
was also captured.
A program of weekend excursions
10 the Arapahoe glacier, Lake EldOra
and other mountain points has been
arranged for the students who attend
the summer school at the State Uni
versity this year at Boulder.
Oscar Holland, II pioneer rancher
banker of l,oaring Fork valley, who is
reputed to be worth S250,OOO, at,
tempted suicide near Curbondale by
shooting himself in the left lung The
attempt To end his life occurred In the
stable AT his home, which Is only
short distance from the town limits.
..t,. 10, s,;t, al s.hN N,
from the house, and members of the
did not hear the revolver
shot
John s., Gibson, 16 years old, who
had been living with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Gibson, ut Stone
City, twenty miles west of Pueblo, was
found dead in an arroyo two miles
north of Pueblo. The youth had been
killed by n charge from shotgun fired
into his breast No weapon was found
near the body, and Coroner Luke Mac
Lean, who has started an investigation,
believes that Gibson was deliberately
murdered aud his body thrown into the
arroyo.
Mike Lee. n lahorer employed hy the
Pueblo Bridge and Construction Com
pany, which is repairing the Denver
Colorado Springs road. was killed near
twelve miles from Colorado !
Springs. while unloading carload Of
stone. The lever which he was nper.
ating slipped, inflicting fatal wound
IN his head No inquest will he held. |
Scholars Of eminent attachments In
various fields have been obtained by !
he University of Colorado for series
" free lectures during the course Of |
he summer school that opens June |
tth and continues to August 2Sth.