Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-25
COLORADO I,)I
STATE NEWS
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Samuel w. Morgan. formerly q coun-
" agent In Kentucky for four years.
has accepted . similar position In
Montexuma county. Colo.
fire destroyed the Berthoud Alfai-
70 Milling and Feeding Colnrany's ele-
'ator Al Berthoud- Damage TO the
plant 10 estimated At $4,000.
A. o. K.iso. well known Morgan
county farmer. Is dead. following a
lingering Illness of about two years.
Mr.. kelso has lived in that vicinity for
uine years-
Several cases OF Aianitou winter have
arrived In Washington from Governor
Shoup. TO be distributed at the christ.
ening Of the U. =. S. Colorado at Cam
den. n. J.. March -.
With the filing OF Incorporation pa
pers for the Gem Tunnel Company
with the secretary of state. the re
juvenation of mining In Clear Creek
and Giipin counties is promised.
Aiamosa taxpayers win vote nj the
April city election on the Issuance OF
$4,000 city bonds to be loaned to th,.
school district for the purpose Of fin.
lshinS the AiamaSa High school.
Twenty-four dollars head should b.
The maximum assessment ON cattle. ac-
cord'ns 10 resolution passed at n
meeting of the uncompahgrc Valley
Cattle and Horse Growers Associa-
ton held In Montrose.
The fourth annual Colorado state
basketball tournament PASSED into his
tory with the Greeley Wildcats as un-
disputed champions. The Greeley
team was by far the class OF the tour
nainent, and won all games easily.
jack Noble. proprietor OF soft
drink parlor In Denver. who shot him
self through the base OF the brain In
the presence OF his wife and n friend
mt his home. died ut the county hos
pital after living thirty.six hours fol.
lowing the shot.
POstponement OF confirmation Of the
sale Of the Denver & Rio Grande rail.
road until March %. during which time
the stockholders would be given an op-
portunity to purchase the road for So.
100000, was ordered by Federal Dis.
trict Judge Lewis Of Colorado sitting
with Federal Judge Walter H. Sanborn
Mt Kansas City.
Charles Coutu, 80. Ii dead In Nor
wood as result OF having slashed his
throat from ear TO eur with a razOr
Ill health Is believed to have caused
Coutu TO take his life. He had been in
Norwood only few days prior to the
finding Of his dead body In a cabin
where he had been stopping.
James w. Burns, 53. was smothered
to death in an alley while digging a
ditch Mt the rear OF his home In Pu-
eblo. He was in the employ Of d. Il.
Burke. plumber. As he stopped to lift
shovel OF earth the ground back Of
him caved In, crushing and smothcring
him before William Pratt, \ fellow
worker. could aid him.
The AmericanIxation school at
Montrose closed this week with the
largest enrolment OF any similar in.
stitutlon In the state. The school
started out the first night with two
pupils and grew to total registration
Of sixty-six. including forty-four Mexi-
cans. seventeen Russians, three
Italians and two Frenchmen.
The Weld county grand jury at
Greeley returned five indictments
against Elyin ID. Lockard, bookkeeper
and confidential secretary to William
G. Roberts. owner Of the Roberts Loan
and Investment Company. who com.
mitted suicide last July when threat.
ened with exposure Of embezzling and
swindling operations involving $780,
600.
Sugar City, the only town In the Ar
kansas valley that has Sunday movies,
wants them closed. A committee Of
women petitloned the district attor-
ney's office to enforce the state law
prohibiting the operation OF moving
pictures on Sunday.
Charles C. Clinton, convicted Of at
tempting to murder . p0iice officer,
was sentenced in Colorado Springs to
term Of twelve to fourteen years af
hard labor In the penitentiary at
Cafon City. Clinton was one Of the
paFticipants In . gun battle last Octo-
bsF. day aftsr the robbery of the FL
bert County Bank, In which two police
uen and three alleged bandits took
part. Two Of the latter were killed
and Clinton was wounded.
J. B. Anderson. - years old, was
killed when the team Of horses ne was
driving became frightened and ran
away on Main street at Fort Morgan
Anderson WIS delivering milk to his
customers ut the time Of the accident,
and ~ the horses dashed down the
street they eollided with IN automobile
standing st the curb. The impact
threw him from the wagon, and az It
turned over II fell on him, crushing
him to death.