The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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the back door Of one Of the biggest
oilproducing regions In the United
!, States than the city of Chicago.
Joseph NJ. Breetwor, 81, pioneer
grocer of Pueblo, was found dying in
neighbors yard in the rear of his
store from a knife wound alleged to
have been inflicted by an unidentified
negro bandit.
Taxpayers Of La Junta will vote
.. April on the proposition of the pur-
chase of the city gas plant at the re-
quest of directors of La Junta Indus
trial Association. The bonds will
amount to $4,000.
william Mcclellan, prominent Gree
ley farmer. will lose $16,5O0 as the re-
suit of his dealings through the office
of W. c. Roberts, Greeley investment
broker, who committed suicide in Gree
ley July IS. 1920.
Mayor A. F. Bethman and the city
council of Alamosa are inaugurating a
drastic campaign to stamp out gam
bling and bootlegging In the city and
vicinity. AS result, several bootleg
gers have been hailed into court and
given heavy fines.
Irving Lamar, 12-year-old son of
George Lamar farmer living east of
Greeley, died of gunshot wound ac-
cidentally inflicted by a playmate. The
boys were playing with an "unloaded'
shotgun and discharged one of the bar
rels. The shot struck Lamar in the
left side
Jack Parr, overseas war veteran and
well known in Durango, is believed TO
be the victim of a pack of wolves on
the Dawson trail in Alaska, according
to word received. A watch and chain
found near the bones of a man and six
dogs have been identified as the prop
erty of Jack Parr.
Appropriations for the maintenance
of forest service experimental stations
in the state have been increased from
$4,000 to S115.OOO under the provi-
sions of the agricultural bill, largely
through the efforts of Senator Law
renee C. Phipps, according to Wash
ington dispatch.
, Glenn Stitt, alias Raymond Miller,
| "a years old, formerly of Denver, a
, convict at the state reformatory in
, Buena Vista, has confessed to Warden
r NJ P Capp that he robbed and mur-
9 dered n man unknown to him in Ford
automobile near Henderson on the aft
ernoon of Sept. 20 last year
n Jack II. Logic, formerly of Denver,
: head of the Gunnison Motor Company,
= was fatally injured when he was
q crushed under the wheel of a tractor
: at lola, twelve miles from Gunnison.
Logic had been breaking the road at
lola and was in front of the hotel there
i, when the accident occurred.
Montrose county's road program is
booming. Several citizens living along
d the Hogback road appeared before the
county commissioners, stating that the
property owners had subscribed $500
to gravel their road. This amount is
:, TO be used in connection with the coun-
- ty and federal aid appropriations
a Montrose will he the host to more
than 800 members of the Ell Jebel tenn
pie of Denver and other parts of the
II state Saturday. June 25, when the
4 Denver organization will hold a cere-
. monial session in Montrose at which
NJ the Order of the Mystic Shrine will be
- conferred upon large class.
A petition to raise the fares in Den
yer TO 10 cents was filed in the United
/ States District Court by Ernest Stem
~ ger, receiver of the Denver street rail
way. The present fare is 6 cents. I'm
+ less the company Is permitted to in
y crease its fares to 10 cents, Ii will be
! unable to maintain service. Mr. Stem
ger predicted
T. County Judge George W. Dunn OF
Littleton, sitting in the criminal divi-
= sion of the Denver County Court, de-
i clared the zeal of police or other of
. ficers of the law cannot be permitted
% to override the sanctity of the home
u and gave warning to officers that they
4 cannot search legally any mans home
Z without search warrant. properly
d sworn to.
Anna Mudra, 15-year-old ranch girl
:, who shot and killed her mother in a
r fit of anger, will be tried in the Coun.
Z ty Court unless she or those who NAV
e represent her insist that the hearing
take place in the District Court. The
i, deputy district attorney at Steamboat
- Springs has filed complaint against
- the girl in the County Court, charging
her with murder
1. Since the big rush for auto license
# plates has subsidized it was announced
n by Secretary of State Milliken that
y hereafter the motor vehicle depart
s. ment Will be open from 9 a. IN. to 5 &c
T. p. M, as formerly 1t was also sale
d that the force of inspectors employed
ir by the department has been enlarged
is to six who will assist in apprehendini
tax dodgers and auto thieves
d J. Greetwoor pioneer grocery man
e. was shot and killed In Pueblo by al
Is unidentified man, believed to be ban
d dit. The money till and safe wer.
& completely ransacked. Police believ,