The Colorado statesman., 1922-10-28
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

dent of n most freaklSh nature Ut
Grand Junction when a large taxicab'
driven by Hap Harris, encountered the
cable of a tramway where the ROAD
runs beneath trestle near Palisade.
The cable of the tram had slackened
until ii lay across the road during
slight mishap to one of the cars. the
stage driver drove over the heavy steel
rope just as the car was released on
the steep incline, and the automobile
with its four occupants was lifted en-
tirely off the ground and hurled into
an orchard near by. Although the auto
| was complete wreck and landed up
side down, with three men beneath 1t,
slight injuries only were suffered by
them.
Wray.-The body of an unidentified
man was found in the sand hills near
Wray few days ago by two boys VINO
were returning from an inspection or
their wolf traps. The body lay In an
| isolated hollow in the hills, and evil
IDENTIFY had been there for at least
week. Near the body was bottle
bearing poison label. An effort had
evidently been made to destroy all pos
sible chance of Identification, for moth
ing was found to give a clew to the
mans name or his relatives or his for
mer residence. A soft collar in one
pocket carried a laundry mark of 81.
r. A." and on his belt buckle were the
| initials IL. A.
Boulder.-Art Pettingill, secretary of
the State Firemen's Association, and
- 81,
| fire station, who disappeared from
Boulder recently, has returned. He had
been to Albuquerque, n. NJ. About ST.
400, of which he was custodian, is said
| to be missing. I've come home to face
the music" he said this afternoon.
I'm not denying there was some short
age, but my intentions are honest, and
I'm in Boulder to straighten things
out"
Colorado Sprlngs.-"Help a poor
crippled fellow" was the plea that
came from the lipe of beggar in
front of st. Maryl's church. Grip
pied he was, for one leg was cut
off and the other apparently use
less. But his claim of poverty was
not borne out by his admissions to
| Tie DOllCt WIN lOOh Illl llltO IuStpuy.
The cripple claimed possession of
thousand dollars in local bank and
an additional $500 in u Denver bank
the proceeds of his begging.
Fort Collins.-The floating of bond
issue for $1,000,000 by the North Pou-
DIRE Irrigation Company is the proposal
to be considered at special meeting
of the stockholders called for Nov. in
the Moose hall here. The purpose of
the million dollar issue is to take care
of the present bonded Indebtedness of
the company in the amount of $53S,OOO
and floating Indebtedness of $4,000,
making a total of $61S,000.
Leadville-Shot down by man,
who had been his friend and business
partner, Herbert j. Beadle, alias Ar
thur Lingo, 30 years old, proprietor of
the Pioneer saloon, and reputed by au-
thorities to be n gambler, lies ut the
point of death here. William Upton,
So owner of the Pioneer saloon build
ing, and proprietor of another similar
establishment, is in Jail, charged with
the shooting.
Denver.-George Tebeau, president
of the Broadway Park Land and In
vestment Company, has filed suit in
the District Court against the Denver
| Baseball Club to collect S71 800 dam
ages for alleged breach of contract.
| Tebeau said in the petition that the
baseball club violated its contract
signed January %, 1922, by purchasing
| a franchise in the Western League,
which deprived the park of u large
sum in rentals.
Colorado Springs.-W. ID. Corley of
Colorado Springs outbid all comers at
the sale of the Cripple Creek Short
Line scenic railway, which was sold
under the auctioneer's hammer at the
Ell Paso county court house here, pay
! ing S3T0,000 for the property. There
were six qualified bidders for the rail-
road, which has been out of use for
! the past three years.
The dry fall is hindering fall plow
! ing and seeding in the Rocky Noun
tain region, according to reports of
the United States Division of Crop
and Livestock Estimates. Livestock is
generally in good condition ana suf-
ficient winter feed and pasture is gen
orally reported. However, pastures
are poor in many sections due to pro-
| lonSed drought. Inc shortaSe oI may
is becoming more apparent in Colo
RADIO and ranges are fair to poor,
being especially poor in the south and
southwest.
Boulder.-One of the largest fra
ternal parades ever seen in Boulder
| was held here in connection with the
| Grand Lodge sessions of the /. o. o.
] H. and of the RebekahS of Colorado.
| The parade was more than Il mile long
and ended at Gamble field, on Univer-
sty campus, where the cantons of
Denver, Golden, Fort Collins, Colorado
] SrriI,arS and Stnrlin1 tnnlS The