The Colorado statesman., 1922-02-18
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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| DenNer.-Mrs. Horace w. wilcox,
"a years old, prominent members of
| Denver's social set and wife of the
| head of the Wilcox Advertising Com
| pany, was 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 in little more than two months
was reported to officials here follow
| ing the discovery of the body of VIII
liam Marion Justice, 81 years old, in
the furnace room of his home. JUS
| tice both shot and hanged himself the
case being one of the most unusual on
| record.
Boulder.-Safe-break looted two
Boulder stores in one night recently.
| The yeggs entered the Foster Honey
and Mercantile Company and the Lyon
| Lumber Company. 500 Liberty
bond was taken from the former place
and a small amount Of cash and some
notes from the lumber company office.
| The safes in the two places had been
opened by means OF heavy hammers
and chisels.
Las Animas.-JOe La Massey, who
| has been active in the interests of
the employees of the Fort Lyons naval
hospital here, has been named post
master mt the hospital, according to
word from Washington. Working
with Representative Guy Hardy of
| Colorado, La Massey seems likely to
secure Il postponement of a planned
wage cut for Fort Lyons hospital en-
| ployes. La Massey is now in Wash
| ington.
Monte Vista.-The sixth annual II.
o. G. stock show, in charge of Man
ager A. ii. Webster and corps of as
| sistants, has closed This years show
brought larger crowds and more ex-
hibits than previous years. All of the
San Luis valley and the surrounding
territory were represented in the ex-
| hibits Large tents We're 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, 1S, 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 rancher
named Hegler when Jaeger and three
other lads had stopped there on a
hunting trip. Young Jaeger pointed
water gun at Hegler, who in the same
| spirit of fun picked up Il revolver, sup
posed not to be loaded, and the one
| bullet in the chamber pentrated Jae-
| 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 to
! bed and an older sister was preparing
| to wash the dishes. The big dishpan
was filled and set on the floor for IL
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
| to the 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 n
shattered thigh. According to author
| tiles he was seen inside the Devinsky
Dry Goods store by Policeman Frank
| Shook When the officer attempted
to go 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.-NIrs J. II. Dewar of Lead
| vile, sister of United States Senator
Nicholson, died Mt the Boulder hos
pital She underwent an operation
recently. Her husband has been mas
ter mechanic at the Wolftone mine at
Leadville for many years. She leaves
two sons, Harrison Dewar of Casper,
and Joseph of Leadville.
Snyder.-Miss Caroline Cook, 10
years old daughter of n 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 a fire with what she supposed
was kerosene. 1t had been mixed with
| gasoline, in some manner not kno-7n,
and exploded. The explosion set fire to
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
tlement, Gunnison, Uncompahgre and
Montezuma national forests We're held
here recently. The meeting was to
apportion funds and work for the year
and to lay plans so that the most eff
| ficient service can be given. Forest
rangers on duty in western Colorado