The Dolores star., 1922-07-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

for the six months period since jan
uary list this year, received from
leases on agricultural and grazing
lands. from interest on investments OF
the school permanent fund of the
state in farm loans and municipal,
state and government bonds; ana
from interest on deferred payments on
school lands standing under certitl-
Gates of purchase in the names OF indI-
yiduals, This amount has been stead
lily increasing from year TO year, ana
will eventually take ca" of consid-
cradle percentage of the school ex-
pense of the state. 1t is distributed
among the various school districts In
proportion to the school population,
from records in the office of the state
superintendent of public instruction.
Canon City.-The State Pardon
Board held n meeting at the peniten-
tiary recently with twenty-six cases
on the docket. Two persons were
given clemency to the extent of
paroles being ordered for some time
next fall, one case was continued and
all other applications were denied.
Robert Robitaille's application was
continued. He was sentenced from
Denver county Oct. 81, 1918, to life
Imprisonment on a conviction for mur.
der, Walter w. Fugate, sentenced
from jefferson county, Dec. IA, 1920,
to from five to six years for larceny,
will be paroled Sept. 10. Robert
Jackson, sentenced from Pueblo coun-
ty, Aug. 10, 1919, TO seven to ten years
for robbery with a dangerous weapon.
will be released on parole Dec. 10.
Denver-Details of a $4,000 auto
mobile tire robbery scheme were re-
vealed by the district attorneys office
recently when ii was announced that
c. 2. Johnson, depot agent for the
American Railway Express Company
at Pueblo, had made a complete CON
fession. Johnson's brother-in-law, ].
X. Stevens, 1926 Pennsylvania street,
was arrested by Investigators Brick
office and is charged Jointly with
Johnson with conspiracy to rob-
Carl l.. Shaw, the third participant In
the alleged conspiracy, is in the coun-
ty jail awaiting sentence following his
conviction on charge of receiving
stolen goods. He also is said to have
confessed.
Denver-Sergt. Harold l. Johnson,
an Ialc Of
honor from the American, British and
French governments for bravery in ac-
tion before the German forces in
France during 1918, was designated as
Colorado's greatest hero by Acting
Governor Cooley. With this designa-
tion. he represented his state in the
Living Hall of Fame during the ma
tional convention of Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans of the World War at San
Francisco from June 20 to June 80.
Cripple Creek.-The regeneration of
Cripple Creek and Victor, Colo, as big
producers in the mining world de-
pends on the size of the ore body
struck recently at the 2,600-foot level
Va 'i'S q vi VI llle
Gold Mining Company of Cripple
Creek city, according to mine officials.
The ore was struck on cross-cut off
of the 1900 station and is said to be
Of good commercial value, assaying
S6.75 ton.
Siverton.-The Silverton Railway
Company has been authorized by tile
Interstate Commerce Commission to
suspend operations and abandon It's
fifteen-mile line running out of Sill.
Verton. The road, laid down to serve
mining operations is not able to op-
crate at a profit, its application said.
and the commission held it had given
such proof in the hearings before COM
mission representatives.
La Junta.-AIrs. Marion Van Glider.
Il years old, ended her life by swoI.
lowing poison after a quarrel with her
husband, according to the police.
Louisville.-Thomas L. Allan, chief
engineer in charge of the boiler plant
of the Western Light and Power Com.
pany, located between here and Lafay-
ette, was seriously and probably fata,.
ly burned when an economizer lead
ing from the boilers exploded. en-
veloping him in burst of escapinp
steam. The force of the blast Tore n
hole in the roof of the boiler house
and caved in the walls of one corner
of the plant.
Denver.-Grappling crews recovered
the bodies of Ruth Pfister. IA. and
Gertrude Pfister, II, from Grote lake
three miles north Of Globeville. wbera
they were drowned few days ago
while their mother frantically watched
their efforts, unable to help them.
Crestone.-C. F. Chapman, postmas-
Ter at Hooper. Colo, his wife and two
nephews and the son of w. J. Chris.
man. manager Of the telephone ex-
change at Hooper, were seriously in
Jured in an auto accident near here
Greeley.-Two thousand men and
women, including prepracan....