The state herald., 1921-04-01
Fftay News Nstss
From Al Parts Of
Colorado
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John @. Scott, 81 years old, pioneer
Of Sterling, former member Of the Colo
rado Legislature, former psstmaster,
booster, phllanthropist and baseball
tan, died at New Orleans, where he
went for his health two months ago.
Rumors are rife that 81, ,O00O no.
tel Is to be erected at Filllus park, mid.
way between Golden and Idaho
Springs. In the mountain parks system.
The information received ls that an
Eastern syndicate is behind the prof.
ect
The rights of an Indian to priority
on = homestead was proved in the To-
cal land office at Montrose when w.
T. Evans, white man, was refused
entry on homestead near Sapinero,
due 10 the fact that John A. Blair, m
Indian, had already sQuatted on the
land and made the necessary improve
ments.
The average density of population
throughout The United States, exclusive
of outlying! possessions, was 35.5 per-
sons per square mile Of land area in
1920 as against 300 in 1910, the census
bureau announced. The density In the
individual states in 1920 ranged from
7-10 of | per square mile in Nevada
to 1864 in Rhode Island, the bureau
announced. The density figure for
Colorado 81; Kansas 218; Nebraska
1e9: New Mexico 20; Wyoming 90.
On the ground that 1t might be con-
sidered "unethical' for him to accept |
fund raised by members Of the Den
yer bar TO pay his $500 fine for con-
tempt Of court, Judge Ben b. Lindsey
Of the Juvenile Court requested the
committee that had undertaken the
work to return all subscriptions TO the
donors II Is stated that Omar Gar
wood. chairman of the committee. that |
the $500 had been fully subscribed |
The contributions, he said, will be re-
turned.
Charles j. O'Hara of Denver. who |
was recently convicted of holding up
and robbng the Littleton State bank
on January Il last, was sentered by |
District Judge Johnson to serve from |
twelve TO fourteen years in the state |
ai Nitss ihV
position Of sentence followed the argii- I
ments on a motion for n new trial.
which was denied. O'Hara was granted 1
n forty.day stay of execution and sixty /
days in which Ia file hill of excep- |
ton.
Theodore Myers. "a, of Durango, was
killed in No. level of the Smuggler- |
Union mine at Telluride when box |
Of powder exploded. Fortunately 4
few minutes before nearly score Of
workmen had left the mine, following
their shift. Myers, II Is said, was pre-
pairing 10 leave When he was killed.
The mine was badly wrecked for dis
lance Of 100 feet from the scene Of the
explosion. According TO Carl Hoppe, |
shift boss, he had seen Myers, who /
was n nipper, a short time before and |
he said he believed Myers was sinok- |
ing cigarette and this is alleged to 4
have caused the explosion.
More than lj0,0OO mountain trout Ut 4
b the commercial hatchery Of Andrew J.
Hell, nine miles north of Denver. were
mysterlously poisoned, according 10 n
report 10 the Adams county officials.
The poisoned fish constituted nearly
two-thlrds OF all The fish IN the hatch
cry, according 10 Hell, and were vnl-
Hed nt between 5000 and $4,000. They
ranged In size from mere 'wleglcrs" an
inch long 10 spawning trout weighing
six 10 seven pounds, He'll told the au-
fhoritics. Hell lid large commercial
trout business with several Denver fish
md game restaurants. Denver and
Adams county officials ARE lnycstignt-
ing the mysterious death of the fish.
The Union Pacific railroad office In
Byers WIS broken into by thieves and
100 railroId tickets. requiring only n
,iaie and q stamp 30 cRablC the holder
10 travel practically any point on the
Union Pacific s!sr'm, were stolen. A
complete cheek Of the missing tickets
has been made and the number wired
10 nh conductors. The thieves gained
entrance to the depot through win.
dow In the rear OF the building
Attorney W W. Plat Of Alamosa
and Oscar Lord of Mosca. who were
appointed MS II committee by the Ala.
-mosn county Chamber OF Commerce to
nsk III. Stnic Land Board To grant
rlrhi.of'way for the Mosea Pass high.
WI, over the stat. lands In Alnnosn
county. have been notified by the land
board that the righ,.of.way hns been
granted. The surveys on This rund
have been completed mud now tint iilc
Iuud honrd Inns gfunted the rlrht.nf.
wny. construction work VIII begin Mt
oncc. More iiian n hundred farmers
along the route Of the new hlglwH,
will donnie labor and teams for the
construction. The rond shoricns the
distance from The valley To Denver
more than forty miles, and provides M
sll'ycnr route.