The Colorado statesman., 1922-01-14
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
welcn Newspaper Union News ssriosJ


and three more persons are suffering
from serious gunshot wounds as the re-
suit of ovcrzealous New Year celebra-
tions Saturday and Sunday.
righton.-Musons from all parts
of the state participated in the laying
Of the cornerstone Of Brighton's new
$4,000 amory The building, accord
ing to contract, win be finished Feb.
l. 1t is being constructed of hydro
stone, n local product
Pueblo-ColOrado viii he required to
expend approximately S1,500,000 to re-
place bridges and crossings destroyed
in the serious floods in June, accord
ing TO estimates compiled by l.. ID.
Blauvelt head OF the State Highway
Department. The bulk of this money
will be spent in bridge construction
Pueblo.-T. II. Foley, Gs years of
age, and for the past thirty-two years
resident of Pueblo and one of It's
most prominent business men, died
suddenly as a result of apoplexy. Col
onel Foley was well known to many
of the city's residents. He came to
Pueblo from Piqua, Ohio, in 1889 as
penmanship instructor at Central High
school.
Greeley.-President ]. S. Crabbe of
the State Teachers College, stock
holder in the Greeley Loan Company,
whose president, II. A. Hoffman, re-
Gently committed suicide, declared that
valuables worth $4,000 We're missing
from safe deposit box which he
o,,.paJ Of tho liam rpn,nouu Tho nou-
tents of the bax consisted of Crabbe's
personal property.
Denver.-All previous records for
the number of papers handled
in the county recorders office
in Denver were broken during
1921. The receipts of the office
also We're greater by 25 per cent than
ever before, according to figures COM
piled. There were 121, ,O44 papers han
bled during the year, as against less
than 100000 in 1920. The receipts
were S1O0,372.7S, as compared with
S76,1S3.17 In 1920.
Boulder.-The presence of 162 stu
dents, including some of those prOmi-
nent in activities, Will be missed from
the University of Colorado for the next
two quarters at least, through failure
to keep up in their studies. This Is
little lower percentage than usual. The
official statement of the board Of
deans shows that 295 of the 2,661 stu
dents failed ito make grade" during
the past quarter. OF this number 1873
were reinstated.
Denver-The streams in the nation
al forests of Colorado and Wyoming
will be stocked with 100000 fish fry
next summer, If the request made of
the government by Allen S. Peck, dis
trict forester, is complied with. Mr..
Peck addressed a letter to the gov
ernment fish hatcheries department,
asking that the fry be turned over to
the forestry and state game and fish
department officials for distribution
in the hundreds of streams In the ma
tional forests.
Denver.-Charles w. Loving, who is
said to have named Denver, died
Christmas day at Santa Monica, Calf,
according to word received here
by f. w. Adams. Mr.. Loving was 90
years old. He came West with party
of gold seekers in 1858 and with 9th
ers in his party is said to have sur
veyed the original townsite of Denver.
1t is said that Colonel Denver, regu-
lar army officer, visited the camp and
inquired what name had been given to
the new townsite. Mr. Loving is quot
ed as having said, 1--WE hadn't thought
of any name colonel; but as you ask
us, we might as well name it after
you"
Fort Collins.-The beautiful hair of
Miss Ellen Ryder, 14-year-old daughter
of William Ryder, was cut from her
head while she slept. The scissors
used was taken from a table in the IL
brary of the home No clues have been
obtained to the identity of the clipper,
though the scissors will be put to test
for finger prints that may have been
left on them.
Denver-A busy lot of young
men and boys with pencils and
score cards will usher in what
is called the greatest National
Western Stock Show ever held in
Denver Jan. IA to 81. Stock judg-
ing teams from colleges, secondary
schools giving agricultural work and
the champion boys judging teams from
their respective states, will be on hand
early Saturday morning, Jan. IA.
Brlghton.-Tony Cordillo of Denver,
"a years old, was sentenced here to
serve from five to seven years in the
state penitentiary after a jury in the
District Court had found him guilty of
highway robbery. Cordillo was arrest
ed on a charge of robbing two tourists
from Nebraska of S1S on Sept. 20, aft
er hating their car on the Brighton
road and commanding them at the
point of gun to hold up their hands.
Montrose.-Ben Meyers, held in con-