The Colorado statesman., 1922-04-08
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
western Newspaper Union News serIoe.)

turned over. No passenger was hurt.
Pueblo-The thirty or forty socia
service agencies in Pueblo will form
what is to be known as the CuIncil OF
Social Agencies, plans for which were
made recently.
Fort Morgan.-P. II. Hoffman of the
Bijou district holds the distinction of
being the first beet grower in Morgan
county to get his sugar beet seed into
the ground for the coming campaign.
Yuma.-Fire of undetermined origin
which for II time threatened several
Main street business houses, was
brought under control here after do
ing $1,000 damage to the Allen butch
er shop.
Denver.-Stocks of grain on Colora-
do farms the first day of this month
were nearly 100000 bushels less
than year ago, according to the re-
port released by the federal-state crop
reporting service.
Fort Collins.-Radio is a live sub
ject in the rural district as well as in
the cities. The Agricultural College
is disseminating information and fos-
tering organization of boys and girls
radio clubs as a service to farmers.
Denver-A jury in the West Side
Court found DIR. e. l.. Willis guilty of
second degree murder in connection
with the death in 1917, of Miss Mary
Park, Il Greeley school teacher, as
result of n criminal operation.
Boulder--A forest fire started in a
ravine near the Flatirons. City, county
and state officials joined with Boy
Scouts and university students in fight
ing the flames The fire did consider
able damage before it was under con
troll
Durango.-Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ. Hub
bard of Aztec, N. NJ, are both dead of
natural Illnesses, their deaths occur
ring exactly twenty-four hours apart.
Mr. Hubbard, who was head of the Az
tee Gas and Oil syndicate, died of par
alysis and Mrs. Hubbard of pneumonia.
A double funeral was held.
Dolores-George and Charles Brad
ford, cousins, were shot and killed at
their ranch near the Utah state line,
according. to reports. received here.
These reports stated the shooting was
result of a quarrel between the Brad
fords and neighbor in settlement of a
fence line dispute.
Fort Collins.-High school students
from every section of Colorado will
compete in the annual stock-judging
contest held by the Animal Husbandry
department of the Agricultural Col
lege at Fort Collins on April IA. FIT
ty-seven boys took part last year but
twice as many are expected this year.
Colorado Springs.-Col. w. A. Davis.
a local broker, and w. II. Anderson,
his father-in-law, were held up in Da-
Wis office on the third floor of the
First National Bank building by two
armed men, wearing motor goggles.
were bound with ropes and left in the
office when the bandits ran out.
Colorado Springs-A terrific detona
tion which awakened the north end of
Colorado Springs has been traced to
bomb which exploded on the lawn at
the home of DR.. Duniway. No damage
was done. College authorities at
tribute the mischief to students who
wished to disturb the college president.
Denver-Michigan has followed the
lead taken by Minnesota in co-operat-
ing with Colorado tourist information
agencies for a reciprocal Exchange of
tourists" between the Great Lakes re-
gion and the Rockies, according TO
Harry N. Burhans, secretary of the
Denver tourist bureau, who returned
recently from Grand Rapids.
Denver-Oliver II. Shoup, governor
of Colorado, has filed in the District
Court suit for 100000 damages for
alleged SANDER against several insur-
ance men and two newspaper men.
The suit is another development fol-
lowing the governors ousting of Earl
Wilson as state insurance commission
er and appointment Of Jackson Coch-
rane to succeed him.
Denver.-Under the proposed MOf-
fat tunnel bill, approved by Governor
Shop recently, the following counties
will compose the tunnel Improvement
district and will bond themselves for
not more than $6,720,oo0 TO build the
tunnel through James peak: Denver,
Grand, Moffat, Routt and parts of Rio
Blanco, Eagle, Gilpin, Boulder, Adams
and jefferson.
Greeley-Marguerit Gatchell, 13-
year-old pupil of the Kiowa school in
southeastern Weld county, is the cham
pion speller of Weld county. In the
annual spelling contest held in Gree
ley Marguerite won the written spell
ing contest in competition with fo:ty
other contestants and in the oral con-
test she outspelled forty-nine other
competitors coming from all parts OF
the county.
Denver.-Co-operatio of all the out
standing organizations of the state has
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