Gunnison news-champion., 1922-02-24
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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head OF the Wilcox Advertis ng Com
pany, WIS severely burned about the
face. arms and upper part Of the body
when a gas stove exploded In her
home here.
Greeley.-The fifth suicide In Gree
ley Ia a little more than two months
was reported TO officials here follow
Ing the discovery Of the body of WI
liam Marion Justice. 5. years old, in
the furnace room OF his home Jus
lice both shot and hanged himself. the
/ ease being one Of the most unusual on
record.
I -Safe-breakers looted two
Boulder stores ia one night recently
3 The yesSs entered the Poster Honey
and Mercantile Company and the Lyca
. Lumber Company. A 500 Liberty
I bond was taken from the former place
I and a small amount Of cash and some
Z notes from the lumber company office.
/ The safes In the two places had been
I opened By means Of heavy hammers
I and cliisels
Las Anlmas-Joe Ia Massey. who
I has been active In the interests Of
Z the employees of the Fort Lyons naval
/ hospital here, has been named post
7 master at the hospital. according TO
/ word from Washington. Working
I with Representative Guy Hardy OF
I Colorado. la Massey seems likely TO
secure a postponement of planned
wage cut for Fort Lyons hospital en-
/ ploy6s. La Massey is now In Wash
. ingtOn
Monte vista.-The sixth annual II.
o. G. stock show. in charge OF Man
ager A. H. Webster and n corps OF as
sistants, has closed. This years show
Z brought larger crowds and more e1'
hiblts than previous years All OF the
San Luis valley and the surrounding
territory were represented in the ex-
hibits Large tents were erected for
the housing Of the stock and the other
articles shown, and these were hardly
adequate for the demands made upon
them.
Pueblo.-Frank Jaeger, IS, is In ST.
Mary's hospital, where an operation
was performed in an attempt to save
his life. The lad was shot accidentally
through the right lung by n rancher
named Iiegler when Jaeger and three
other lads had stopped there on d
hunting trip. Young Jaeger pointed
water gun at Hegler, who In the same
spirit OF fun picked up revolver, sup
| posed not to be loaded, and the one
bullet in the chamber pentrated Jae-
I gers right breast.
La Junta.-A stumble and fall into
dishpan OF boiling water cost the
/ life of 3.year-old Mary Sciumbato. The
| child's mother was i'll and confined 10
! bed and an older sister was preparin:
I TO wash the dishes The big dishpan
/ was filled and set on the floor for n
| moment. The baby. playing about the
! room while the sister was in an ad-
/ Joining part OF the house, leaned on the
/ edge OF the pan and fell headlong in
I to tae boiling water. The sister heard
! the baby scream and rushed to the
! room. The baby lived twelve hours.
Loveland-A running pistol duel on
| the main street Of Loveland resulted
| in the wounding and capture OF an al.
legged dry goods store burglar. The
man. giving the name OF Fred Meeks,
is in the Loveland hospital with a
shattered thigh. According to author.
| titles he was seen inside the DevInsky
Dry Goods store by Policeman Frank
Shook. When the officer attempted
to 60 inside the building the man
heard him enter and made hasty exit
Then Shook chased him down Main
street. In an exchange OF shots that
followed the alleged burglar was
wounded.
Boulder.-Mrs. J. r. Dewar Of Lead.
Vile. sister Of United Stntes Senator
Nicholson, died ut the Boulder hos.
pital She underwent an operation
recently. Her husband has been mas.
ter mechanic at the wolftone mine Mt
Leadville for many years. She lenves
two sons, Harrison Dewar OF Casper.
and Joseph Of Leadville.
Snyder-MIss Caroline Cook, 10
years old, daughter Of farmer living
six miles north Of town, was SO seri-
ously burned by an oil explosion that
she may die. Miss Cook attempted to
start q fire with what she supposed
was kerosene. 1t had been mixed with
gasoline, In some manner not known,
and exploded. The explosion set fire 70
the home. which. with its contents, was
( almost destroyed.
| Grand Junction.-The annual allot-
ment conferences Of officials Of the de-
partments and supervisors Of the Bat.
Element. Gunnison. Uncompahgre and
Montezuma national forests were held
here recently. The meeting was to
apportion funds and work for the year
and to lay plans 80 that the most ef-
ficient service can be given. Forest
rangers on duty in western Colorado
also held their annual conference here.
Monte vIsta.-Scarcely had the live
stock and poultry show Of the High
Order Of Grunts ended before the citi-