Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-10-19
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

u' uieu III the d!enWO0d hos
pitai of injuries Incurred when his au.
tomobile overturned near Rifle.
Fort Collins.-Three escaping con.
Victs, two negroes and white man
are believed to be leaving the trail of
lire through the forests west of Fort
Collins.
Bouider.-GeOrge Richter of Denver
mas been elected president of the Uni
versity of Colorado chapter of the AS
sociation Of Collegiate Engineers. He
ls senior student this year.
Denver. = Contracts calling for the
expenditure Of $11G,263 in the con.
struction of four new bridge and road
projects In Colorado are to be let soon
by the state highway department
Boulder.-The Prussian Mine group
In the Rowena-Gold Hill section of
Boulder county has been purchased by
the Gold Mines corporation, which
filed articles of incorporation in Den.
yer for 100000.
Trinidad.-Frank Salapich, 80 years
old, a ranchman, was instantly killed,
and Pete Corich escaped injury when
an automobile driven by Salapich
plunged over thirty-fOOt embank-
ment into an arroyo near CikedaIe.
Pueblo.-Information filed in Dis
trict Court charges I. p. Garrett and
]. q. Garrett. father and son, with
murder, ASA result of the killing of
Pat Flannery on Sept. %, when the
men became involved In a quarrel.
Fort COllins.-W. n. Jacobs. conduc-
tor on the Colorado l. Southern train
No. %, was stricken with paralysis
shortly after leaving Denver recently
and is now in the Fort Collins hos
pital. 1t is expected that he will re-
cover.
Durango.-At test run at the Mid
west well in TIE new Navajo field, an
average of barrel of oil minute
was piped from the well. The test was
In progress for two hours, and during
the period 100 barrels of oil were pro-
duced
DurangO.-After 300 acres of gov
ernment timber land in the MonteZuma
national forest and l. 900 acres in the
San Juan national forest had been de-
strOyed in II series Of four fires, the
forest fire menace in southwestern
Colorado had passed.
LimOn.-Eddie Bell and George Jen-
nings. state rangers, who are sit the
point of death following the wrecking
of their motorcycle near Limon. were
the victims of Il murder plot, in the
opinion of Adj. Gen. Patrick ]. Ham
rock. The two rangers were taken to
Denver and are in critical condition
at st. Luke's hospital.
Eagle.-The discovery of 24-foot
vein of carbon coal about one-half mile
from Red Cliff, mining town thirty
five miles east of Eagle, has been re-
ported. The finder is Miss Elizabeth
Brown of Red Cliff, who recently dis
covered siX-sean of Ignite near
PandO ut an elevation of more than
5000 feet.
Greeley.-That Americas beautiful
ideals which she so proudly held out
before the world during the war and
following the great con-
flict are fading away, is the belief OF
Prof. Edwin b. Smith. professor Of
history at State Teachers College, ac-
cording to statements made by him in |
an address before the students in the |
college chapel.
Trinidad.-Gullty of murder in the
first degree for which the death pen
alty by hanging was recommended,
was the verdict in the case against
Joe McGonigIe. McGonigle VAS tried
in the District Court charged with
killing ELLA Centers who had discour-
aced his attentions, and Wilbur n. Fer
puson, School of Mines student,
whom he believed the girl had favored.
Denyer,-O. ID. Mckay, 40 years old,
prominent rancher of Palisade, Colo,
ls lying at the point of death at the
county hospital with two bullets
through his lungs rs the result of his
encounter with bandit. Mckay was
shot down when he pursued the BAN
dit after theEunn,an had wrecked Nc
Kay's automobile.
Boulder.-Three Denver students at
The University of Colorado. Simon Mil
Ter. Charles Num- and Dwight Young,
have been appointed members of the
National Red Cross life saving corps.
They will direct swimming at the uni
,ersity and will try to make 1t take a.
,lace beside track, tennis ana the
,ther major sports of the university.
Denver.-Denver voted the school
ponds. Polling 19,49S ballots, the iars-
.st vote ever cast in the city In
,chool bond election, Denver tuXpay'
,rs announced that they want better
,chools for Denver children. The SEN
iment In favor of the bonds was par
icularly shown in the vote from pre-
.incts in West Denver, North Denver
md South Denver districts that votef.
TO 1 to s to 1 against bond Issue
f Ss,OOO,OOO when it was submitted to