Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-10-19
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

at 1rnluuu against Stute rangers
Stagg and Putney in the trial Of the
case in which DIR. H. E. Abrahams,
prominent local physician, brought
suit for $4,000 against Colonel P. ].
Hammock and the state rangers for as
sault and battery and false arrest
growing out Of his mixup with rangers
on May last. The charges against
Colonel Hamrock, Captain o. L. Den
mis- and Sergeant Humphreys were
dismissed on the ground they had no
actual part in the alleged rough treat
ment of the physician, who was
stopped for driving his ear without
tail light.
Colorado Springs-AIrs. Henry c.
Watt, daughter, of Gen. william ].
Palmer, founder of the city of Colo
RADIO Springs, announced the gift Of
her $2O0O0O residence to Sunnyrest
sanltarIum. the city's tuberculosis hos.
pital. Mrs. Watt Is leaving for Eng
land to nuke her permanent residence.
For number of years she has con-
Quoted an experimental sanitarium ut
her home for poor children afflicted
with tuberculosis. Two years ago Mrs.
Watt built an addition to Sunnyrest
sanitarium in memory of her husband,
who was u prominent practitioner at
Colorado Springs. i.
DurangO.-A new vein, very rich, Is
reported to have been uncovered in
the May Day mine ut 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 1t to be, accord
ing to reports, even richer and more
extensive than the original vein re-
found several weeks ago.
Colorado Springs. The Colorado
Springs Gazette has published IN an
nouncement of the sale of the paper
June /, 1922, by Clarence Phelps
Dodge to NJ. A. Ege. Mr.. Ege has been
managing editor Of the Gazette for the
last six years, and for twelve years
previous was business manager. Mr..
Dodge has been publisher Of the paper
since 1904. 1t was founded March %,
1872, by the late Gen. W. j. Palmer.
Denver-According to figures Issued
by the national parks department ut
Washington, PIG, ,1G4 persons visited the
Rocky Mountain National parks of
Colorado during the summer season
this year. That number is more than
One-fifth of all the tourists who visited
all the parks Of the nation this year.
The national total of parks visitors for
1922 was 1.O44 ,53S. nearly 10000 more
than the total for 1921.
| Red Cliff.-For the first time in the
memory of even the Oldest resident
the snow has entirely melted from the
cross from whence the Mount of the
Holy Cross acquires its name. How
ever, the outlines Of the cross IRE very
easily discernible at distance of
twenty miles and from Shrine Pass,
east of Red Cliff.
| Silverton.-An unidentified man lost
his life In fire that destroyed the
two-stOry frame roonlng house Of
Frank Amesl ut Sllverton recently. 1t
was not known that the man had per
ished until his charred skull was
found in the ruins.
| Greeley. - Six hundred thousand
pounds of canned pens, sauerkraut and
pork and beans crashed through the
| flooring of two stories and landed In
the basement Of the Empson Packing
COmpany's warehouse at Greeley n few
days agO.
Montr0se.-Lou Ellen Allen. 5-year.
| old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. AL.
len, prominent AIontrose people. was
killed ut MOntrose few days ago
when a runaway team dashed into q
crowd of children returning home from
| school.
Fort Collins.-Ray Coffin and a
younger brother escaped injury when
their runabout ran into the locomotive
of Colorado & Southern passenger
train. The car was badly damaged
about the front wheels and engine.
Boulder.-Members of the city fire
department reported the mysterious
disappearance of Arthur b. Pettenglll,
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 $1,000 belonging
to the local firemen's association and
1912 of the state associations funds,
which were in Pettengills charge, are
missing.
Trinidad.-Guilty of manslaughter
was the verdict returned by jury in
the District Court ut the conclusion of
the trial of John Costroft, whose uutO-
mobile crashed into motorcycle and
sidecar on the highway near Suffield
on May %, last, resulting In the deaths
of two little girls, Mary and Angelina
Cibello. 8 and years old, of Stark
Vile. and John BellinasO of SOpris.
Denyer.-Richard A. Barton, u
years old, university graduate, aviator,
world war hero, motion picture dlrec-
tor. scenario writer and electrician, is
held in the city Jail following his al