The Colorado statesman., 1922-12-23
CENTENNIAL. STATE ITEMS


| to make and carry out reasonable reg
llatIons governing traffic and CONNER
,lal enterprises within the national
parks, declared that this measure is of
great Importance to the park under his
superintendency. THE Rocky Noun
tain Parks Transportation Company,
given franchise to carry passengers
in the park for hire that adequate
transportation facilities may exist in
the Rocky Mountain National Park,
has been placed in the position of II
public utility, and may be compared to
Il street car system in II city," he said.
Canon City.-The first of the fa.
nous Beaver Park damage cases
growing out Of the floods Of June,
1921, when the Shaeffer dam, on Bea-
yer creek broke and flooded the farms
on lower Beaver creek, was called ir
the Fremont County District Court
here. The case called was that Of w.
S. Emerson against the Beaver Park
Water and Irrigation Company. Emer-
sons ranch is on the Arkansas river,
short distance below the mouth of
Beaver creek. There are fourteen
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| from the same cause, the aggregate
amount asked being $4,000.
Denver.-W. L. Carver was granted
certificate of convenience and ne
cessity for the operation of an auto
| mobile passenger stage line between
Denver and Steamboat Springs via
Idaho Springs, Empire, Fraser, Hot
Sulphur Springs and Kremmling, by
the State Public Utilities Commission.
The commission, in granting the GER
tificate, ordered Carver to make
monthly reports showing the number
of days in which he operated his
stages during the preceding month.
Greeley.-Grant Haldeman, acting
for the State Public Utilities Commits
sion, sentenced Greeley citizens to
walk for 100 days. He was here to
pass on the application of bus line
for the right to run its cars on Gree
ley streets He decided that the COM
pany must procure a franchise from
| Greeley before it can maintain an APP
plication before the State Board for
| the right to run autos. He gave the
company 100 days to get this fran
chise.
| Denver-Colorado's memorial win
dow to David II. Moffat, which stands
on the right of the lieutenant govern
or's rostrum in the Senate chamber,
was unveiled recently in the presence
of Governor Shoup, Carl S. Milliken,
secretary of state; w. p. Robinson,
chairman OF the Moffat tunnel com
mission; A. NJ. Stong, state treasurer;
james Williams of the state Board of
Capitol Managers, and other state Of
| ficials.
Boulder.-Head Coach Myron With
fam of the University of Colorado has
been reappointed for the coming year
by the athletic board of the university.
AT recent meeting here, which lasted
five hours, the matter was definitely
settled and d contract was handed
| Witham. Confidence was expressed
by the athletic board in Witham as the
best football coach and strategist in
the Rocky Mountain conference.
Denver.-Four armed and masked
bandits attacked four Federal Reserve
Bank men in charge of bank truck
at the Colfax avenue entrance of the
Denver Mint. They shot Charles Lin
ton, bank guard, through the abdomen,
| bundled 100000 in So bills into their
big black touring car and fired on
| guards at the door of the mint. Lin
ton died at the county hospital.
| Denver.-Frank y. Briggs, president
of the Interstate Trust Company, has
| 10 ha a Ia Tp
| for mayor of Denver ut the election
next spring. Although n Republican
in politics, Mr.. Briggs announces he
will become a candidate in strict ac
cordance with the city charter provi-
sion that the city administration shall
be non-politcal.
Denver-John II. Porter, 46 years
member of the firm of Boettcher, Por-
ter & Co., was found dead with bull
let wound through his head, thirty-five
miles south of Denver near the Happy
Canon road. Mr.. Porter had been
missing from his home, and the find
ing of his body ended Il search in
which Denver police, members and Of
ficials of the Denver Motor Club and
friends and relatives had participated
Members and friends of Mr.. Porter's
Family and officials of Douglas county,
where the body was found, expressed
their belief that he committed suicide
in fit of dependency over i'll health,
both physical and mental.
Brighton.-John Jones, negro, ar
rested with Fred Merchion, negro, on
the charge of numbering George Mil
Ter Of Denver on Nov. 20, pleaded
guilty to the charge when arraigned
here. Merchion entered plea of not
guilty. The trial of both men is set