The Dolores star., 1921-10-21
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

,y driving tne cutue
,ral lots of drives have appeareu '''
,he market this season, but the Ions
est drive was completed when =. d.
Mccoy, William Henry and y. u Nu-
Yrage of Grand county arrived lh Len
YER with lS2 head OF cattle from hau'-
nm. Colo. n distance of 135 miles. Inc
cattle were auartered at the lhi""
stockyards and were pronouhceu W
local traders to he in the finest co""
tion after their long trip on Inc roau'
which consumed ten days.
A contract for 1000 yards of car
nets has been let by the State Board
of Capitol Managers to the Danlels
Fisher Stores Company. About -''"
wards of the carpet will be lald III 'he
new state office building. The carpet
Is of special design and bears the seal
of Colorado woven into the nap. IL ~
brown In color which was adopted D!
the members of the board for all the
offices of the state capitol building.
Future replacements of carpet in the
state buildings will he made under the
contract made with the local store. Inc
total cost of the carpets is about slS''
900.
A coroner's jury decided that the
death of James Glasgow, prospector'
whose body was found in the Sangre
de Cristo forest reserve, was due TO
an accident Glasgow disappeared
September 80, and his body was found
by bloodhounds after several parties
of searchers had failed. Glasgow was
shot lust above the heart, the bullet
being from his own rifle, which was
evidently discharged when the pros
pector fell over Il log. The blood
hounds were brought from Colorado
Springs by Otto Quillan, sheriff, and
easily picked up trail nine days old
"The longevity of man has been no
ticeably increased during the past few
years in all countries" declared Dr.
w. w. Grant of Denver, n recognized
authority on cancer, in an address be-
fore nearly 1000 Pueblo people at the
municipal auditorium. This longevity
is increasing more nOticeably among
women than men," he added, and stat
tu lHdl lilt tiiiils law iA'A'
been reduced considerably in every
disease with the exception Of cancer,
of which statistics show three times as
many women die as men.
Sheriff Erne A. Morse Of Morgan
county received postal card from
Woody Rogers. Georgia convict, who
escaped from officers while being TAX
en- from Fort Morgan to Georgia. Rog-
ers was arrested at Fort Morgan sew
eral weeks ago on charges of forgery.
1t was then learned that he had es-
capped from the Georgia penitentiary,
where he had been serving n life SEN
tence for murder. Rogers sent greet
ings" TO Sheriff Morse.
His desire to see his wife and four
mOnths-Old baby, which was born
while he was in prison, led Charles
w. Dunbar to escape from the road
camp at Cedar Creek, Colo, June II,
he told officers who arrested him at
his wife's home at Lincoln, Ncb., two
hours after he had Joined his family
Dunbar said he roamed around the
country four months in an effort to
throw officials off his trail. He was
serving five years for forgery
With the completion of repairs on
the large fire truck which has been
out of commission for some time,
Grand Junction has three auto fire
trucks and one of them is the most
modern machine known-a pumper
with capacity for 75O gallons per min.
ute and costing S12,950. The city
plans to sell the smaller truck 10
Fruita.
John Williams, 81 years old, pioneer
miner and prOspector, was found dead
in his cabin on the outskirts of Silver.
ton. He came to the Triangle country
in 1880 and was known as Johnny Be.
hind the Rock" He had been in poor
health for several months, and few
days ago suffered severe fall on the
streets.
Gladys Warren, 4 years old, was ia.
tally burned at her home in Colorado
Springs when her clothing caught fire
from some unknown cause Mamie. an
elder sister, seized Gladys, who ran in.
to the yard, carried her back Into the
house and plunged her into a tub of
water. Gladys, however, had inhaled
the flame and died later.
The shale men of Mesa county have
received an urgent invitation to attend
the American mining congress to be
held in Chicago, Oct. II to ~. There
will be Il shale oil conference mt III,
congress and there viii probably be
quite a few attending from Grand
county.
The Atlas mine and mill, ten mile,
west of Ouray, are running at about
capacity now with ninety men at work
The recent addition to a twenty.tor
filter press has made the mill more Of
ficient. The Atlas has the biggest ma,
roll of any mine in Ouray county