Cheyenne Wells record., 1921-12-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
(Wsstsrn Newspaper Unioa Nv, ser,ie,. ,

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The estate Of Charles F. Cow, oil
investor, who died in October, Is ap-
praised ut $4,000 in an application
for letters of administration filed In
the Denver County Court.
Mrs. Hilda Walters, school teacher
at Griffith, near Durango, who was
struck by a motorcycle and hurled
thirty feet, is dead from the Injuries
sustained. She is survived by four
small children.
Authorities have identified as Ray
mond keogli. 70 years old, the youth
who was found unconscious In the bus.
mess section in Pueblo, suffering from
severe head injuries. His condition is
reported as serious. How he was in
Jurcd rcnainS IL mystery.
Approval of fifly-sevcn advances for
agricultural and livestock purposes,
Aggregnting $2.JO5,0OO has been an.
nounced by the War Finance Corpor-
alton. They include: Nebraska. S221,-
600: Montana, S21I.O00: Colorado,
| SJlO,OOO: South Dakota, S222 900, and
Iowa. SG9l 900.
Direct Information has been filed
against John Book in connection with
the death Of 2-year-od Lorraine Ses;lr
at Rush. Colo. A coronrrs jury held
Book responsible for the baby'S death.
Book is said 10 have beaten and
choked the baby, left in his care by It's
mother, Il Nevada teacher.
A woman about 30 years old who
came to Colorado Springs from Los
Angeles. Calf. and registered as So
phin Craven. committed suicide by
drowning herself in the lake ut the
BroadmOor hotel. a note found in the
woman'S handbag stated that she was
suffering from tuberculosis and that
she decided to end her suffering by
drowning
Ed Wagner. Il rancher near Sunny
side, twenty miles south of Durango,
was shot and killed instantly by Luke
Busser, - years old. Meagcr informa
tiOn obtained on the shooting reported
that the two revived an old racial
quarrel Wagner was of German par
entage. Busser Is II native of Alsace-
Lorraine. They had argued in times
past on the question of governmental
control of Alsace-LOrraine.
Frank Fortuna, held In the Huer
fano county Jail ut Walsenburg on Il
charge of burglary, escaped by dig
.ing hole through the ceiling over
the cell house and making his way to
the roof and dropping to the ground.
Fortuna was arrested following the
robbery of the store Of the HuerfanO
Trading Company at Camp Shumway.
A shotgun, cigarettes and a quantity
of stamps were taken. The store also
is the camp postOffice.
The charred remains Of william
Ross, 40 years old, were found by fire
men who were searching the debris
and wrecknge caused by fire Of un.
known origin in n pool hall In Pueblo.
Ross, who was employed by the HAM
lin Supply Company was evidently
asleep in IL room adjoining the offices
of the Clery Sign Painting Company
on the second floor Of the building
when the fire burned through the floor
dropping him to the pool hall below.
Sixty thousand dollars is now avail
able to assist State Treasurer StOng In
re-cstablishing the credit of the state,
which has been stamping all warrants
.no funds The State Land Board,
through Register George Stephan and
the State Industrial Commission,
through Commissioners Hits and Reil-
Iy, put $4,000 each mt the disposal OF
Treasurer Stong to purchase interest
bearing salary warrants of state EN-
pIoyes and warrants issued to cover
their travelling expenses.
A pledge to refuse to assist in future
wars has been taken jointly by Mrs.
Julia McCudden, the British war moth
rr delegate ut the burial of America's
unknown soldier, and Mrs. II. Ernest
Digney of White Plains, n. Y, official
war mother. This became known at IL
luncheon rendered Mrs. McCudden by
the New York state chapter OF Amer
lean War Mothers. .
Notice of wage cuts effective in
thirty days have been filed with the
State Industrial Commission by the
Pueblo Master Plumbers Association
and the Roberts Mining and Machin
cry Company at Pueblo. The Pueblo
association consists of eight concerns.
The wage cuts are to affect the wages
Of nine plumbers and steamfitters of
Pueblo and all employees Of the Den
yer concern. ~
Fire Of unknown origin did $4,000
damage to DiXieland, Il $75,O0O home of
Mrs. l.. Kniffen Of Pueblo. The prop
erty is situated five miles from Colo
RADIO Springs at the entrance of North
Cheyenne canon, and is one of the
show places of the Pixies peak region.
The fire spread to adjoining cottages.
Mrs. G. r. Burkett, an invalid teing
rescued from one of the burning houses
by neighbOrs.
Plans are being laid for the enter
tainment of n record number Of stock
show visitors this year, according to
Harry l.. Youngerman, general man.
lger Of the National Western Stock