The Holly chieftain., 1921-11-03
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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A. c. P. Wong, Chinese being ed
ucated by his government, has been
elected vice president of the junior
branch Of the American Institution Of
Mining and Metaliurgical Engineers at
the School Of Mines at Golden.
Worn out and exhausted by the ut
tack of magpies, a large golden eagle
was easily captured alive In Horse.
shot park, on the continental divide,
BY George Ruthledge and James Bur.
rls Of Fort Collins. The bird meas
ured Q feet and inches from tip to
tip.
| Donald, the 20-months-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T.. Brady of Pueblo, died
as a result Of having eaten several an.
ti-fat tablets. The child was taken
Ill but for a time the parents failed to
realize his danger. When 1t was dis.
covered that the tablets were poison.
Gus, a physician was called, but all ef-
forts to save the baby's life were un-
availing.
Robbers catered the First National
Bank Of Wellington but failed In an
attempt to enter the vault, according
to a report to the sheriff at Fort Col
Inns. They had gained entrance to the
bank by means Of a crowbar, and had
attempted to break their way into the
vault, but evidently had given 1t up
when they encountered reinforced con
crete which they were unable to pen
citrate easily.
Ten cars of crushed marble are to be
shipped daily from the works near
Villa Grove, Colo, for an indefinite
period. The Colorado Marble Corpor.
alton, owning the property, reports
one order for 100 carloads Of crushed
stone. Many cars Of block marble al.
SO will be shipped each week. The
crushed marble is to be used In max
ing terrazo work. or the new idea In
hard surfaced flooring.
Mai. Victor w. Hungerford, retiring
state commander Of the American LIE.
gion, will represent the Colorado Le-
| gion In Washington on Armlstice day,
Nov. II, at the funeral services for the
unknown American soldier ut Arling.
ton cemetery. Major Hungerford, in
company with representatives Of the
other state leglons, will be part Of a
guard Of honor which will escort the
soldiers body to the grave.
Councilman n. W. Risley Of Den.
yer has received assurance from the
Denver water commissioners and the
state game and fish commissioner that
waters from the Whale mine, near
Webster. in Hall valley, which were
said to have been polluting the Platte
river will be shut off soon. RIsley
complained that the mine taillngs moi
only were making the water unfit fol
human consumption but were killing
fish in the stream.
Federal Judge Lewis took occasion
in court to remark on the youth of the
| majority of the men indicted by the
grand jury at Pueblo. 1.-THE jury not
ed how young most of these men OF
boys are. They said nearly all Of
them are between the ages of 20 and
80. Five or six years ago the men
who were brought into this court wers
| Of mature years and one felt they de-
served whatever punishment was Civ.
en- them, but with these boys it is dif.
ferent."
The Denver & Interurban bound for
Boulder struck and killed George w.
Nice, "a years old. The accident oc.
Cured on the railroad bridge over
Boulder creek, which Is In the heart OF
Boulder. Nice was walking on the
track toward University hill. Motor.
man Spencer was unable to stop the
car in time to avoid hitting him. He
was leaning from the tie board to the
high steel sides of the bridge. The
steps of the car mangled his left leg
He fell into the water.
Denver engineers are making a sur.
vey of the wagon road which connects
Bear and Turkey Creek roads, through
what is known as Myers gulch, with
the intention Of making 1t passable for
automobiles. Manager of Parks and
Improvements Walter B. Lowry said
that the link between Bear and Tur.
key Greek roads would be of great
convenience to tourists and would be
one Of the prettiest drives In the noun.
tains. 4G
War risk insurance exceeding $4O,.
100000 which Is being carried by more
than 10000 ex-service men In the Colo
RADIO, Wyoming. Utah and New Mex.
leo districts will be handled and ad.
ministered by the United States veter.
ans Bureau in Denver, rather than by
the Washington office. This new ar
rangement, according to Acting Dis.
trict Manager G. A. Gregory of the
Eleventh district, Is In keeping with
the reorganization scheme of the fed.
eral bureau. Various bureaus Of the
public health service, including the
war risk insurance, the vocational
training board and the compensation
division were consolidated under one
head by recent act Of the Treasury
Department.
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