The Colorado statesman., 1922-01-07
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
twesiern Newspaper Union News ssries. }

| MAD uoB ran amuck In the buSi-
ness section of Canon City and was
killed by city fIranan. While the
city officers and Colorado rangers
were chasing tine animal II Is said to
have attacked several other dogs
Masons frcm all parts of the state
participated in the laying of the cor
nerstone of Brighton's new $4,000 ar
mory. The building, according to con-
| tract, will be finished Feb. /. 1t is be-
ing constructed of hydro-stone, a local
product.
The second annual meeting of the
| Colorado State Board OF Realtors will
be held in Boulder Jan. II. Speakers
include Gov. Herbert S. Hadley, A. A.
Reed, president of the U. S. National
Bank, and George w. Loomis and Zeph
Charles Felt of Denver.
John C. McShane, pioneer miner and
business man of Gilpin county and
member of the last territorial Legis-
lature, died at his farm three miles
| from Arvada. Though he had an
nounced his retirement from active af-
fairs about fifteen years ago, he re-
tanned his interests and conducted his
ness.
The four sons of the Rev. DR.. David
Stuart Dodge, for sixty years promi-
nent In Presbyterian church work in
America and the Near East, inherit the
bulk of his estate by the terms of the
will filed for probate. Clarence Dodge
of Colorado Springs receives one trust
fund for 100000 for life and another
of 100000 for ten years, after which
the principal is to revert to his chill
| dren.
With three children looking on, Mrs.
| Caroline Rossi, wife of Mike Rossi,
proprietor of the Moonlight ranch,
killed q man identified as Norman ID.
Gould in her home in Denver,
by beating him on the head with
baseball bat. Gould died in the
county hospital shortly after. Accord
ing to the statement of Mrs. Rossi the
man was burglar. She declared that
she welded the bat after he struck her
in the face with a revolver.
Peter Loose of Fort Morgan was sem
fenced in that town to two years in the
penitentiary for operating still in his
home. Loose's undoing came about
through his attempt to purchase an
auto from the sheriff of the county,
who, becoming suspicious that it was
wanted to haul liquor, invaded the
Loose home. Mrs. Loose was found
making whisky in n cave dug into one
side of the cellar. Loose, according to
word received in Denver, readily ad-
mitted his guilt and accepted sentence.
The arrest of two men and two wom-
en- at Colorado Springs prevented a
bank robbery, according to a confess
sion Chief of Police Hugh ID. Haper
says was made by Ralph Demasters,
one of those arrested. The alleged
yegg said the plans for the robbery
had been worked out, but refused to
admit which bank was spotted" Fol
lowing clues to a series of small rob
berries, police placed Lew Cargil his
wife, Mrs. Marion Cargill; Ralph De-
master and Mrs. Mary Aldord under
arrest.
Margorie Windstead, the 4-year-old
daughter of l.. b. Windstead, living
one-half mile south of Brush, was
burned to death. Mrs Windstead had
gone to a neighbor's for some articles
for dinner, leaving Margorie to look
after the baby, who was in n cradle.
AS the room was cold Margorie opened
the heating stove door and 1t is sup
posed filled the stove with newspa-
pers, which ignited her dress and all
her clothing was burned off down to
her shoes. Her mother returned and
at once called the doctor. The girl
was rushed to the Brush hospital, but
died within an hour.
The body of Thomas Flynn, 61 years
old, prominent Pueblo business man, |
was found hanging from n rafter in
the basement of his place of business, |
by his son. Coroner r. B. Dibble an
nounced that Flynn left a note in
which he bade his friends good-by and
designated the cemetery in which he |
wished to be buried. Dependency is
assigned as the cause for his act. |
Flynn came to Pueblo in 1884 and had
been in the saddle and harness busi-
ness since that time.
II. II. Marshall, former Kansas oil
man, has gone to Mesa Verde Nation
al Park, taking with him an improved |
moving picture machine, 10000 feet of |
film, supplies for month and an ex-
pert camera man. Mr. Marshall recent |
ly financed the making of n 2,000-foot |
film of the park, and the effort was
attended with such a degree of success
that it has encouraged the present trip.
1t is the plan of the party to make
7,OO0-foot feature picture of the park
for educational purposes to be exhib-
lted throughout the East. Mr.. Mar
shall plans to enlist the services of
DR.. Fewkes, lecturer of the Smithson-
ian Institution, in his circulation of the |