The Colorado statesman., 1922-12-30


yer. Colo.
Denver-The nomination of William
A. Dolison, clerk of the District Court,
to be United States marshal for the
district of Colorado was confirmed by
the Senate.
Denver.-The annual Denver Auto
mobile Show will be held in the Audi
torium March IL to Is, under the aus
pices of the Denver Automobile Deal
ers' Association.
Denver.-Percy Cornersnor, 2S years
old, an eXpressman with II stand at
Eighteenth and Lawrence streets, was
killed by electricity when Il piece of
iron pipe he was carrying came In con-
tact with II high voltage wire.
Fort Collins.-The Republican legis-
lative program was formulated at n
party caucus here Jan. .. A general
caucus of state senators a1d represen-
tatives was held in the morning, and
separate caucuses of senators and rep
resentatives in the afternoon.
Pueblo.-Gov. Henry J. Allen of
Kansas made arrangements to parole
Phil Schynard, one of the five inmates
of the Kansas state penitentiary serv-
ing under sentence to hang under
the old Kansas state law, to Mrs. Cora
Il. Hoxie of Pueblo, who, according to
information at the governors office,
has agreed to marry Schynard and
take care of him.
PueblO-Fines tOtalling $500 have
been collected by the city OF Pueblo
during the past year frcm arrests
made by Motorcycle Patrolmen ]. w.
Vanpelt for speeding, cutting corners
and other traffic violations. Since Jan.
-, 1922, Nanpelt has Travelled LOO
miles catching speeders and has made
l,051 arrests, 775 of those resulting in
convictions.
misunderstanding Il newly pur-
chased Christmas automobile for the
first time, Adolph Livingstone, 60
years old, was killed recently when his
ear plunged off the highway near Jan
sen, two miles west of Trinidad, and
dropped into an arroyo. Llvingstone's
neck was broken. Livingstone had
lived in Trinidad but II short time and
was Il workman in the building trades.
er.-Apportionmen of S6,777,-
500 for construction of highways in
Colorado in 1923 was announced by
the highway advisory board in a report
which has been approved by Governor
Shoup. The budget for next year calls
for an expenditure of So, 161 ,691 on
highway construction, the remaining
sum being left over from 1920, 1921
and 1922. Federal aid projects total
S5,272,700, and state projects S1,491,-
500.
Golden.-On the ground that the
Colorado Supreme Court held constltu-
tional law that first should have
been submitted to the direct vote of
people in the district involved, an APP
peal will be taken Immediately to the
United States Supreme Court in the
Moffat tunnel case, Edwin III. Parks,
attorney, announced recently. Park
represents Mary l.. Alilheim and Fred
erick Metcalf, who brought the orig
inal action attacking the constitution
ality of the tunnel law.
Grand n.-Postponement of
payments by landholders and farmers
under the High Line canal in Colorado
was the gist of request made by Ed
ward T. Taylor, Colorado representa-
tive, to Albert b. Fall, secretary of the
interior, in Washington. The reason
of the request was that farmers in
Colorado are up against it," Secretary
Fall intimated that, although he would
do his best to grant extension of pay
ments, he doubted If anything could be
done without appropriate congression-
al action.
Trinidad.-The passing of the week
end Christmas holidays claimed toll
of three lives from crimes of violence
in Las Animas county. William Jami-
son, 62, well-known resident of Trini-
dad, was shot and killed by August
MaleZia at the latter's rOadhouse at El
Moro. Candelario Aragon, 80, ranch
man of Longs canon, was slain on his
place, and Jerry Saiz is in Jail charged
with the crime. Dometrio Aragon, 40,
of Tercio, died at hospital from bull
let wounds, and for which shooting
Tom Martinez coal miner, is being
held.
Denver.-Names of thirty Denver
citizens, living and dead, have been
placed upon a list of civic benefactors
announced recently. These names, Sc
lected by committee appointed by
Mayor Bailey two years ago, will be
! Inscribed in bronze on the colonnade
of the south end of the Civic Center.
The design of the dedicatory inscrip-
ton in the colonnade and the design
for arrangement of names has been
placed in the hands of Robert Garri-
son. Denver sculptor. The tablets will
be placed soon after the first of the