The Meeker herald., 1922-07-15
oENrENN1AL STATE ITEMS.


given clemency to the extent OF
puroles being ordered for some tine
next f.,, one cnse WINS continued and
NIL other nppIIcntIons were denied.
Robert I,obItnille's qualification was
continued. He WAS sentenced from
Denver county Oct. 81, 1918, to life
imnrisonment on II conviction for mur
der Walter w. Furute, sentenced
from jefferson county. Dec. IA, l'To'
to from five 10 six years for larceny
will be- paroled Sept. 10. Roberi
Jackson, sentenced from Pueblo conn
ty, Aug IL. 1919. to seven to ten years
for robbery viii, a dangerous weapon
will be released on pnrole Dec. 10.
nenvcr-AIore than sufficient
,rmhar Iof signatures hive been OBJ
tanned ia file ue,itions being circulated
over the state In sup,mrt of the So
oo0 oo state bonJ Issue for the use In
tho construction and Improvement of
roads md in Meeting federal MD until
tho close nj ,Oo6 according TO an an
poupcenont nv Rodney i. BnrJweIl.
chairman NJ rho 'hond boosters' com
required number of sipners, the COM
mitteenIen will he permitted TO place
the natter before the electors M the
election this fall The law requires
that ut least 24,0OO signatures To the
petitions be obtained and that they be
filed with Secretary of State Milliken
on or before July O. before the bon"
proposal can be voted upon.
VICTORIA shortage In low grade
ores is given ms the reason for
the announced partial closing
down Of the cyanide mill which
has been working On the Port
land Gold Mining property. Tw"
stamps will he kept In operation, nc-
c"rtllng to the announcement, and the
others closed down July l.. The strike
made in the Portland mine ~ the 2.Goo-
foot level is proving MS rich as at FIRST
stated. Assay tests of the ore return
from 50: 10 $40 to the Ton, while Sc
lected samples run higher. \ north
and south crosscut Will be made to
open the shoot further and establish
its size.
Canon City.-AIrs. Francis Struiner
was arrested M Canon CITY on n
charge of atteuptiny to Kill Mrs. Annie
pnrke, II neighbor, who is in II hospital
suffering from severe scalp wounds,
said tn have been received when she
WAS beaten over the head with pistol.
The women are said to have fought
over II ticket taken by u child from Il
paper balloon which II local firm had
sent up. Mrs. Struiner Is charged with
having first attempted to brain her an
iagonist with an nx. and then to have
beaten her with II pistol. Mrs. Parkc
will recover.
Greeley.-The charred body of
Tho,nns q. Meeker. Lucerue farmer,
was found under the exhaust pipe of a
mig gasoline engine on the Walter Carl
son farm at Lucerne, five miles north
OF Greeley recently ny carson Inc
cio'hihs WIS p"rheu 'roi" '"e pous an"
.ne ''es" o,e' w, me, anu "o"","sn
'm', ,., .,,. 49,, ,.., VS." ,,a,i,.
,,,ad from a.nhy.,o,,on from r,soline
fumes wh.,n io., 600, nv c,r,son
,aaa,.ar ,,.os ,n,ar.,,,,. IN uo.d health
rho ono .n,,,a v.,s u..d m driv. , hir
,rri,a,in. n,nr
>-.,,
o' ""o Sp'.s LII, 800.
e, rs -'' y. ~. o.m"s 'a,a
n",,a sn,,nn $500" ny , "a ., ~" Cow.
lev county sberiff's office. According
to Colorado Springs authorities. Nell
son is named In ten Indictments in
connection with the closing of the bank
last October. Nelson lie being held Ia
Denver.-A rich silver strike has
been made by the Sweet Home Gold
and Silver Mining and Milling Com
pany on Mount Bross, near Alma, In
arA county nseoruhs :" Il" III"
houhceht ny oiheihs VI TIE coihph"s.