The Ordway new era., 1922-05-05
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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Penn State team here by close mar
gin. Morrison Shafroth, Denver attor-
ney, gave the decision.
Golden-A woman giving her name
as Mrs. Catherine Fox. s. years old,
was found by Sheriff C. c. Kerr of
jefferson county recently wandering
aimlesSly along the cement road five
miles east Of Golden
penver.-The Colorado Poultry Pro
ducers' Association held an educational
meeting in the Chamber OF Commerce
building here. Professor Jamison of
the Colorado Agricultural College dis
cussed General Poultry Conditions of
| Colorado.
| penver.-The Peterson flood preven-
ton bill. passed by the State Senate,
was passed in the House on second
reading without a dissenting vote aft
| er previous tests of strength had
shown an overwhelming sentiment for
the measure.
| Walsenhurs--State rangers are max
| ing Investigations in an attempt TO as
certain the names OF the persons re
sponsfble for the attempted wrecking
1 of coal cars drawn over the cut back
\ of the CaddeH mine, half way between
walsenburg and Turner.
Pueblo.-A 225-foot bridge on the
Iona branch of the Denver & Rio
| Grande Western railroad. seventeen
| miles southwest of Walsenburg, was
blown up recently by heavy charge of
explosive. it was announced at head
quarters of the railroad here.
Durango.-Wniam L Wood, 50
years old. city editor of the Durango
Herald. was shot TO death by Rod 5.
Day. editor and manager of the Duran
| 90 Democrat. as the climax of a bitter
newspaper feud between the rival ed
itors that recently had resolved itself
/ into alleged personal SANDER.
Delra.-While engaged in what is
said was a friendly scuffle, Felix Mar
/ tinez, 16 years old, shot and fatally
wounded Freddie Lucero, 10 years old.
The bullet entered the boys abdomen
and he died shortly afterward ut the
Delta hospital. The parents OF both
boys are tending beeJs on ranch
eight miles from Delta.
Pueblo.-S. Simms, superintendent
| Of highway construction in the San Is
abel national forest, has put gangs of
| men at work building the last stretch
of the scenic Squirrel Creek Canon
highway above Beulah. in the Green
horn mountains. The highway, which
is being blasted out of the side OF the
! mountains in many places, will open
hitherto inaccessible region
Denver-The April sale of state
school lands, held in the office of the
| State Board of Land Commissioners,
state capitol, was the largest in over
eighteen months. Three thousand sew
en- hundred and six acres were sold for
a total purchase price of sos, ,s29.65,
and an average price per acre of S26.66.
| These lands were located in twelve
| counties OF the state, and varied in
| price from $50 per acre for raw
mountain land to s136.I5 per acre for
| irrigated land in the Arkansas yolley.
Canon City-State officials have de-
cided TO detail prison labor to the min
ing of coal if the fuel supply at the
penitentiary, state asylum and other
state Institutions runs low on account
of the nationwide coal strike. This
information was given by Adj. Gen.
P. ]. Hamrock and prison authorities
recently. The plan to be followed in
the event of an emergency would be
similar TO that employed during the
strike here in 1913, when the prison Ia
| Dor was assigned TO work No. ) and
other mines near Canon City.
Colorado Springs-Burglars broke
open the safe of Swift & Co., 100 Colo
RADIO avenue, and escaped with $50 in
cash and several thousand dollars
worth of bonds. Sledgehammers evi-
IDENTIFY were used to demolish the lock
After the robbery the safecrackers
stole a Ford car. drove to the outskirts
of the city and abandoned the machine
there.
Canon City-Mrs. Nelson Coffman
wife of a rancher living at Hillsdale
near here, was found dead in bed by
her husband A rifle lay beside her
Authorities expressed the theory thai
the woman placed the muzzle of the
rifle against her head and pulled the
trigger with her feet. No motive fol
suicide is known.
Victorian unusually rich strike
virtually at grass roots, has been made
on the American Eagles mine on Bull
hill by Leasers Klopfenstein and Phil
lips Ore is being taken out which run:
from seven to ten ounces to the ton
The leasers are making preparation:
TO develop the vein extensively ant
will sink the shaft to depth of ion
feet, in all probabilities. The Amer
lean Eagles mine is owned by thu
Stratton estate.