The Dolores star., 1922-10-27
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

poHiihent local physician, brought
suit Tor $4,000 against Colonel p l.
uaihrock and the state rangers for u.s.
sauit and battery and false arrest
growing out of his mixup with rangers
on May last. The charges opoinst
Colonel Hamrock, Captain o. l.. Den.
us and Sergeant Humphreys were
dismissed on the ground they had no
actuai part In the alleged rough treat
ment Of the physician, who was
stopped for driving his car without
tail light.
Colorado Sprngs.-Mrs. Henry C.
wait, daughter of Gen. William ].
falmer. founder of the city of Colo
rado Springs, announced the gift of
her S2OO.OO0 residence to Sunnyrest
sanitarium, the city's tuberculosis hos.
pital. Mrs Watt is leaving for Eng
lahd TO make her permanent residence
FOR a number of years she has CON
quoted an experimental sanitarium at
her home for poor children afflicted
with tuberculosis. Two years ago Mrs.
watt built an addition to Sunnyrest
sanitarium in memory of her husband,
VINO was Il prominent practitioner at
Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs.-"Help n poor
crippled fellow was the plea that
came from the lipe of u beggar in
front of st. Maryls 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
the police who took him lnro custody.
The cripple claimed possession Of
thousand dollars in local bank and
an additional $500 in Denver bank
the proceeds of his begging.
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-
lOngcd drought. The shortage of hay
is becoming more apparent in Colo
RADIO and ranges are fair to poor,
being especially poor in the south and
southwest.
Boulder.-Members of the city fire
department reported the mysterious
disappearance of Arthur B. Pettengill,
one of their members and treasurer of
the Colorado State Firemen's AssOcia-
ton. Chief Emil Johnson of the Boul
der department stated that an eXam-
nation showed that 5000 belonging
to the local firemen's association and
$272 of the state associations funds,
which were in Pettengill's charge, are
missing.
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.
+. and of the Rebekahs of Colorado.
The parade was more than Il mile long
and ended at Gamble field on Univer-
sity campus, where the cantons of
Denver, Golden, Fort Collins Colorado
Springs and Sterling took part in the
annual prize contest.
Denver-The long growing period
without killing frosts has been favor
able for potatoes in Colorado, but due
to drought the crop is small in the
non-irrigated sections, also in much of
the irrigated commercial territory.
Yields will probably be below average,
but on account of the large acreage
the crop will still be the largest in the
history of the state.
Denver-The Colorado State Board
of Equalization, meeting in the office
ut the state house of Governor Shoup,
the chairman of the body, set 4.4S
mills as the tax levy for state pur-
poses for the coming year. This is
thirteen -hundredths of u mill higher
than last years levy for the stute,
4.35 mills.
Gunnison.-James Boyd, who was
out with hunting party in the Taylor
river country, was instantly killed here
when he was thrown from his horse,
breaking his neck. He had left camp
to gather In the horses, and was
found by other members of his party.
Durungo.-A new vein, very rich, is
reported to have been uncovered in
the May Day mine at Durango, where
DEVELOPMENT recently uncovered the
old vein, lost several years ago
through fault" in the mineral
structure. The new vein, as first en-
countered, was thin, but valuable. De-
velopment has shown it to be, accord
ing to reports, even richer and more
extensive than the original vein re-
found several weeks ago.
Denver-George Tebeau, president
of the Broadway Park Land and In
yestment Company, has filed suit In
the District Court against the Denver
Baseball Club to collect $11,5OO dam
ages for alleged breach of contract.
Tebeau said in the petition that the
baseball club violated its contract
signed January 25, 1922, by purchasing
a franchise in the Western League,
which deprived the park Of large
sum in rentals.
Colorado Springs.-W. d. Corley Of
Colorado Springs outbid all comers at
the sale of the Cripple Greek Short
Line scenic railway, which was sold
under the auctioneer's hammer at the
F,I Paso county court house here, pay
ing S37O,OOO for the property. There