The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-15
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts OF
Colorado
CNrIgru Nra.p1p,r unlon NV, service

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Estimates 10y the Durango city com
miSsioncrs place the cost of running
The city government next year ut S.
800 less than the figure for this year.
The commission has appropriated $685.
800 for the 1922 budget.
Frank Olsson of Telluride has
large number Of large, ripe strnwber-
rleS grown on his farm near the city at
an altitude of 1900 feet. The berries
are delicious and lie has been picking
them every day for about Il week.
The body Of John W. Glasgow, Cres-
! lone mining man, who has been miss
ing for eight days, was discovegd in
the hills with a bullet hole through the
chest. Apparently Glasgow had been
hunting, and had fallen down in such
"A way that the gun discharged Evl.
IDENTIFY death was Instantaneous.
Hiram Croft, 80 years old, Of La
Sale, employed by ]. l.. Biers, mo-
tor truck freighter, was killed at Gree
! ley while AT work when his neck was
| broken. Croft either fell from a motor
truck or was hit by plank which
broke in two while he and Biers were
transferring a safe from one truck to
another.
Joseph Risdon Powell, pioneer coal
mine operator of Weld county, died at
| his home in Greeley of heart failure.
| Mr.. Powell was - years old and had
| lived in Colorado for fifty-three years.
In addition to his activities in Weld
county Mr. Powell at different times
was associated with undertakings in
! Central City and in Routt county.
| Senator and Mrs. Phipps have sailed
| FOR New York on sea voyage that
| will take them to Cuba, PanaIna and
/ Costa Rica. They expect to return to
| Washington about oct. 24 Senator
| Phipps. who recently underwent an
| operation, is making the trip TO rccu-
pcrate from his illness. lie is making
I satisfactory recovery.
The large mill and elevator at Olney
! Springs. owned by Mccullough & Son,
was destroyed by fire, causing Il loss
If $4,000. The mill was partially in
surcd 1t is understood Mccullough
& Son will rebuild. The Fowler fire
department responded to call for as
sistance in fighting the fire, but ar
rived ut Omey Springs too late.
Not guilty!' This was the verdict
returned by the jury in the Rienzi
Dickens murder trial mt Greeley. The
Jury was out more than fifteen hours.
Rlenzi Dickens was charged with the
Killing of his father, w. II. Dickens,
wealthy LOngmont banker, on the
night of Nov. 80, 1915. The elder
Dickens was shot to death, the bullet
breaking window in his house and
striking him in the back.
ID. X. Harvey, former cashier of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank at Jar
oso, in southern Costilla county, who
disappeared week ago, is charged
with the embezzlement of funds which
may amount to $4,000. The bank
has been closed by Deputy Bank Com
missioner Clark, who has been making
an investigation for the past week. No
clew to Harveys whereabouts has
been discovered, though IL warrant has
been issued for his arrest.
The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces an examination for
United States forest rangers TO be
held on Oct. %, 1921, ut the headquar
ters of all forest supervisors. The en-
trance salary is from 5000 to $l,22O
per year and is open to both men and
women. All persons interested in the
examination should write directly to
The Civil Service Commission, Wash
ington, ID. c., or get in touch with the
| local forest supervisor.
Nearly $4,000 has been paid - heao
| lettuce growers ut the sheds in Flor
nee so far this season, this being
l6out half the total amount for the
| FremOut-Custer county distric. 1t is
estimated that the average yield per
acre in the district tributary to this
city is $500, while the best known Il
a ten-acre trace that yielded $1,000
worth of lettuce.
Four persons were injured, one OF
| them seriously, when large supply OF
| fireworks, which had been cOnfiScated
| by the police, exploded in the Bath
| Beach section of Brooklyn, =. Y. An
aerial bomb suddenly went off caus
| ing the explosion. Inspector james
Butler of the fire department, inspec'
tor of combustibeS, had his left arm
torn off and suffered other injuries.
A total of S1O,26475 was expended
by the state of Colorado TO keep one
troop of rangers in the field the last
twelve months ending Oct. 1, accord
ing to a report made by Col. Patrick
j. Hammock, adjutant general. During
this time the rangers made 7S2 arrests
of all kinds. OF this number of ar
rests they secured 627 convictions. with
l21 dismissals and "a cases still pend
Ing.
-Four hundred have enrolled in the
Pueblo evening schools, which are be-
ing conducted at the Central and Cen