The Keota news., 1922-06-09
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

or al Inc ltoydt ihtur, Shc HiiiS "oAs"~
west Of Asuiiar. and Wilbur \. Fer
sus0n. 80. Of Saco. Maine. a junior at
the Colorado State School Of Mines,
who MAS employed temporarily as
wa.eiman al the Royal property. were
shot to death a frw days ago by J"T
ssph Metsonisal. AZ. IA watehinsn ei,'
ployssi AT the Jewel mine. The shsos-
Ing followed threats Nstsohisal IN said
To hav. made against Ferguson and
occurred in tic Royal mine boarding
house. as Ferguson Was writing lei
tea ,o his mother in Bangor. Me, Niss
C-ntrrs MAS at work iii the room ax
Metsonisssi entered. Metionisai fired
once. Tia. bullet striking Ferguson in
the heart and killing him Instantly.
4. MIs. cehl~f~ ran screaming froni
the hoti.4. MeGonisai firrsi again, This
s-.rona bullet struck the xiri in the
lex She sought refuge in an arroyo
les. She sought refuge in am arroyo
gun. supposedly in the boarding house.
and started in pursuit. She was run
ming along the dry arroyo toward =
bridge where five men were working
NHu - DTS 6hh& lpMNiy ~ [ssNspuAA@s
not To shoot. the ~oskm~n said. when
the armed man raised the shotgun 10
his shoulder and aimed slowly The
charge as bnekshat struck h~f head
and killed her Instantly.
b~av~rs-Eicv~n years ago tsrp,d
Frank tt~n~esds former Denver s"ris
city faeorit~. committed ia the barr-@in
of shr 1if@wn Palace hotel one of thc
most sensational murders IN the an
mails of Denver criminal history. Fol-
lowing persistent and psctrastcd L.
saI battle. lie has left tho Stale pcniH
Tertiary at Cah.a city fire. man
tsos~sn.r Shoup has signed an ~xcru.
live .ssl~s c.mmatinx tho srnt~asv OF
tho Iifr-srsmcf. subbret to the ouc
tsesi.s: That iisnwecd shall sos 70.
tufa 10 nvns~s.
Colorado Spssagss-John Mcfarland
Was 70 ~scstr.i psv.ident of the tates4
national Typographical tniou in the
election held May -. according to ~
turn. from Gsso ot the $50 local uninas.
r~eeiscd al tho taisa rssases~' home
Mcfarland irfvas~d Walter ". h~sr
svss. present 'tisst siev ps~sisj~as. by
T. loo sosrss Charles T.. Howard mss
elected first eieu ef~sidcas. James J.
1loban second vice pswsidcns. and John
". Hays secretary TREASURER. The lst.
t~s being reelected by aim majority.
nouidce.-fublic and private i'm.
psueemcals rsevvsiiax 1l.i@um In
value arr bcias made IN t,oulsjes. a.
arc In the ps"rv1 Of being usdrsvd
a paving contract has bera lei for
s::ss .nuO aud rs much more il COO.
tcnplstcd by districts now being or.
xaniaCd Taxpayers trceatly voted
&sO4.uD fer school improvements fst.
tatc building operations. which have
already exceeded the city's record. TO-
tal in excess of Sssn.un.
Crvcicy.=Onc Of the worst hall and
sainstcsms which has struck Csceicsi In
the last twelve years caused damage
uacfftcislIy estimated at A...tN.Um. a
few days ago. Sweeping a path more
than two miles wide. dewnpeur of
hailstoncs. some as large a. golf balls.
shattered hundreds Ut windows in RS.
i,lcnccs and business houses. slaspasc
young crops in the outlying districts
and flooded many Easements in the
heart of the city.
Cation Cty.-Loua Pachc,e. convict
No. 1NS.S. who escaped from the prts.
IN gang working on the Canon CJty
armcry. by unl,itclsipu q horse from a
wagon near tho gym.ry and ri,1;n~ .rff