The Ordway new era., 1921-10-21
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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Mrs. w. c. Holmes or Lansing,
Mich, was instantly killed and her
husband badly injured, when an auto
mobile in which they were travelling
struck rut in the road, skidded and
,oppled over sn S5-foot precipice near
Dolores.
The body of John w. Glasgow, Cres-
tone mining man, who has been miss
ing for eight days. was discovered in
the hills with bullet hole through the
chest. Apparently Glasgow had been
hunting, and had fallen down in such
way that the gun discharged. Evi-
dently death was instantaneous.
Denver has 5,7SJ unemployed ac-
cording to figures transmitted by the
Department of Labor TO the national
conference on unemployed Washing
ton press dispatches announced. Fig
nrcs for other Colorado cities are /:
Pueblo. 2.S22; Colorado Springs, 3SS;
Trinidad. 355; Greeley, l95.
Joseph Risdon Powell, pioneer coal
mine operator of Weld county, died at
his home in Greeley of heart failure.
Mr.. Powell wns - years old and had
lived In Colorado for ftfty-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.
Angelo Fabrizio, third baseman of
the Coal Creek baseball team, and one
Of the star players of the coal fields,
was clectrocuted on the tipple of the
Coal Creek mine at Florence. He was
weigh boss and was replacing defec-
tive light globe when a current of 44O
volts passed through his body. First
aid was given, to no avail.
Mayor Fred w. Slower has an.
nounced that he and the City Council
Of Fort Collins are in favor of follow
ing as far as possible the plan out
lined by the unemployment conference
to relieve unemployment, and that the
city will keep this in mind in making
out its budget for 1922 Some street
work is being pushed at
present.
Nearly $4,000 has been paid 10 head
lettuce growers at the sheds in Flor.
ence so far this season, this being
about half the total amount for the
county district. 1t is
estimated that the average yield per
acre in the district tributary to this
city is $500, while the best known is
a ten-acre trace that yielded $4,000
worth of lettuce.
A total of S1O,2G475 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 report made by Col. Patrick
j. Hamrock, adjutant general. During
this time the rangers made TS2 arrests
of all kinds. OF this number of ar.
rests they secured 627 convictions, with
121 dismissals and "a cases still pend.
ing.
Not guilty!" This was the verdict
returned by the jury in the Rienz
Dickens murder trial at Greeley. The
jury was out more than fifteen hours
Rienzi Dickens was charged with the
killing of his father. w. H. Dickens,
Longmont banker, on the
night of Nov. 80, 1915. The elder
Dickens was shot to death, the bullet
window in his house and
him in the back.
d. X. Harvey, former cashier of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank at Jar
oso, in southern Costilla county, who
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 Harvey's whereabouts has
been discovered, though warrant has
been issued for his arrest.
Estimates by the Durango city COM
missioners place the cost of running
the city government next year at ST.
500 less than the figure for this year.
The commission has appropriated $685.
500 for the 1922 budget.
The United States Civil Service Com.
mission announces an examination for
United States forest rangers to be
held on Oct. 25, 1921, at the headquar-
ters of all forest supervisors. The en-
trance salary is from 5000 to S1,22O
per year and rs open to both men and
women. All persons interested in the
examination should write directly to
the Civil Service Commission, Wash
ington, D. c., or get in touch with the
local forest supervisor.
A special committee from the Den
yer Civic and Commercial Association
has presented request to Governor
Shoup that Colorado be fully repre-
sented at the proposed conference of
state water commissioners to be held
in Washington on Oct. Is. The meet.
Ing is to be held in order that plans
may be made for the settlement of
state water disputes by arbitration in
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