The Colorado statesman., 1922-10-21
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

prominent local physician, brought
suit for $4,000 against Colonel p.
Hamrock and the state rangers for as
sault and battery and false arrest
growing out of his mixup with ranger,
on May 8 last. The charges against
Colonel Hamrock, Captain o. L. Den
mis- and Sergeant Humphreys were
dismissed on the ground they had NJ
actual part in the alleged rough treat
ment of the physician, who wa,
stopped for driving his car without 6
tail light
Colorado Springs.-AIrs. Henry @
Watt, daughter of Gen. William ]
Palmer, founder of the city of Colo
RADIO Springs, announced the gift OF
her 100000 residence to Sunnyres
sanitarium, the city's tuberculosis hos
pital. Mrs. Watt is leaving for Eng
land to make her permanent residence
For number of years she has con
Quoted an experimental sanitarium al
her home for poor children afflicted
with tuberculosis. Two years ago Mrs
Watt built an addition to Sunnyrest
sanitarIum in memory of her husband
who was prominent practitioner al
Colorado Springs.
Durango.-A new vein, very rich, IL
reported to have been uncovered IL
the May Day mine at Durango, wher.
development recently uncovered the
old vein, lost several years age
through fault" in the mineral
structure. The new vein, as first en-
countered, was thin, but valuable. De
velopment has shown it to be, accord
ing to reports, even richer and more
extensive than the original vein re
found several weeks ago.
Colorado Springs. - The Colorado
Springs Gazette has published an an
nouncement of the sale of the paper
June 1, 1922, by Clarence Phelps
Dodge to NJ. A. Ege. Mr.. Ege has been
managing editor of the Gazette for the
last six years, and for twelve years
previous was business manager. MIR.
Dodge has been publisher of the paper
since 1904. 1t was founded March 23,
1872, by the late Gen. w. j. Palmer.
Denver.-According to figures issued
by the national parks department at
Rocky Mountain National parks OF
Colorado during the summer season
this year. That number is more than
one-fifth of all the tourists who visited
all the parks of the nation this year
The national total of parks visitors fol
1922 was 1,044, ,53S, nearly 10000 more
than the total for 1921.
Red Cliff.-For the first time in the
memory of even the oldest resident
the snow has entirely melted from the
cross from whence the Mount of the
Holy Cross acquires its name. How
ever, the outlines of the cross are very
easily discernible ut Il distance OF
twenty miles and from Shrine Pass,
east of Red Cliff.
Silverton.-An unidentified man lost
his life in a fire that destroyed the
two-story frame rooming house of
Frank Amesi at Silverton recently. 1t
was not known that the man had per-
ished until his charred skull was
found in the ruins.
Greeley. - Six hundred thousand
pounds of canned peas, sauerkraut and
pork and beans crashed through the
flooring Of two stories and landed in
the basement of the Empson Packing
Company's warehouse at Greeley Il few
days ago.
Montrose.-Lou Ellen Allen, 5-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. Il. AL
len, prominent Montrose people. was
killed at MontrOse few days ago
when a runaway team dashed into
crowd of children returning home from
school.
Fort Collins.-Ray Coffin and a
younger brother escaped injury when
their runabout ran into the locomotive
of a Colorado & Southern passenger
train. The car was badly damaged
about the front wheels and engine.
Boulder.-Members of the city fire
department reported the mysterious
disappearance of Arthur b. Pettengill, u,
one of their members and treasurer of
the Colorado State Firemens Associa-
ton. Chief Emil Johnson of the Boul-
der department stated that an exam
ination showed that $1,000 belonging
to the local firemen's association and
1912 of the state associations funds,
which were in Pettengill's charge, are
missing.
Trinidad.-Guilty of manslaughter
was the verdict returned by jury in
the District Court at the conclusion of
the trial of John Costroft, whose auto
mobile crashed into motorcycle and
sidecar on the highway near Suffield
on May %, last, resulting in the deaths
of two little girls, Mary and Angelina
Cibello, 8 and years old, of Stark
Vile, and John Bellinaso of Sopris.
Denver-Richard A. Barton, 27
years old, university graduate, aviator,
world war hero, motion picture direc-
for scenario writer and electrician ia