The Colorado statesman., 1922-04-29
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
(westcrn Newspaper Union News Service. ,

Denver.-Colorad0 National Guard
cavalrymen will go into summer camp
for intensive training under regular
army officers at Fort d. A. Russell,
Wyo., on Aug. 13.
Denver.-A solid vote of confidence
in Mr.. Davis as speaker of the House
was voted by the legislators. This mo-
ton was put by Iver Il. Daley, repre-
sentative from La Veta.
Fort Collins.-Preparatio are be-
ing made for the convention of the
state Parent-Teacher Association, to
be held here May 3 to 6. 1t is expected
that 300 delegates from ten counties
will attend.
Montrose.-J. S. Hooper sank to the
floor dead at the meeting of the Delta
Lions Club as he was about to begin a
speech. Mr.. Hooper was chairman of
the good fellowship committee of the
club and was introduced to do a
stunt"
Pueblo.-A 225-foot bridge on the
Iona branch of the Denver & Rio
Grande Western railroad, seventeen
miles southwest of Walsenburg, was
blown up ecently by heavy charge of
explosive, it was announced at head
quarters of the railroad here.
Durango-William l.. Wood, 80
years old, city editor of the Durango
Herald, was shot to death by Rod S.
Day, editor and manager of the Duran
go Democrat, as the climax of bitter
newspaper feud between the rival ed
itors that recently had resolved itself
into alleged personal SANDER.
Delta.-While engaged in what is
said was friendly scuffle, Felix Mar
tinez, 16 years old, shot and fatally
wounded Freddie Lucero, 10 years old.
The bullet entered the boys abdomen
and he died shortly afterward at the
Delta hospital. The parents or both
boys are tending beets on ranch
eight miles from Delta.
Colorado Springs.-Burglars broke
open the safe of Swift & Co., 100 Colo
RADIO avenue, and escaped with $50 in
cash and several thousand dollars
worth of bonds. Sledgehammers evil
IDENTIFY were used to demolish the lock.
After the robbery the safecrackers
stole Ford car, drove to the outskirts
of the city and abandoned the machine
there.
Pueblo.-S. Simms, superintendent
Of highway construction in the San Is
abel national forest, has put gangs of
men at work building the last stretch
of the scenic Squirrel Creek Canon
highway above Beulah, in the Green
horn mountains. The highway, which
is being blasted out of the side of the
mountains in many places, will open
hitherto inaccessible region.
Denver.-The April sale of state
school lands, held in the office of the
State Board of Land Commissioners,
state capitol, was the largest in over
eighteen months. Three thousand sew
en- hundred and six acres were sold for
Il total purchase price of SOS, ,S29.61,
and an average price per acre of S26.66.
These lands were located in twelve
counties of the state, and varied in
mountain land to $136.75 per acre for
irrigated land in the Arkansas volley.
Canon City.-State officials have de-
cided TO detail prison labor TO the min
ing of coal If the fuel supply at the
penitentiary, state asylum and other
state institutions runs low on account
of the nationwide coal strike. This
information was given by Adj. Gen.
i. ]. Hammock and prison authorities
recently. The plan to be followed in
the event of an emergency would be
similar to that employed during the
strike here in 1913, when the prison la
Dor was assigned to work No. and
other mines near Canon City.
Denver.-The Colorado Poultry Pro-
ducerS' Association held an educational
meeting in the Chamber of Commerce
building here. Professor Jamison of
the Colorado Agricultural College dis
russed General Poultry Conditions of
Colorado"
Sterling.-Completio of the forma-
ton of the Tri-State Golf Association,
embracing clubs at Cheyenne, Wyo,
Sidney, Nebr., and Sterling, Brush and
Fort Morgan, Colo, has been an
nounced by officials of the Sterling
Country Club.
Walsenburg.-State rangers are max
ing Investigations in an attempt to as
certain the names of the persons re-
sponsible for the attempted wrecking
of coal cars drawn over the cut back
of the Caddell mine, half way between
Walsenburg and Turner.
Canon City.-Mrs. Nelson Coffman,
wife of rancher living at Hillsdale,
near here, was found dead in bed by
her husband. A rifle lay beside her.
Authorities expressed the theory that
the woman placed the muzzle of the
rifle against her head and pulled the
trigger with her feet. No motive for
auicide is known.