The Dolores star., 1922-10-27
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

Fort Collins.-Three escaplnp con.
'icts, two negroes and a white man
are oeiieved to be leaving the trail of
Iire through the forests west of Fort
Collins.
bouider.-George Richter of Denver
mas Deen elected president of the Uni.
versity Of Colorado chapter of the As
sociatlon of Collegiate Engineers. He
is senior student this year.
Denver. - Contracts calling for the
expenditure of Sll6,2G3 in the con.
struction OF four new bridge and road
projects in Colorado are to be let soon
by the state highway department.
Boulder.-The Prusslan Mine group
In the Rowena-Gold Hill section of
Boulder county has been purchased by
the Gold Mines corporation, which
iiied articles of Incorporation in Den
yer for S3OO,OOO.
Fort Collins.-W. n. Jacobs, cOnduc-
tor on the Colorado & Southern train
NO. -, was stricken with paralysis
shortly after leaving Denver recently
and Is now in the Fort Collins hos
pital. 1t is expected that he will re-
cover.
Durango.-At test run at the Mid.
west well in the new Navajo field an
average of "A barrel of oil minute
was piped from the well. The test was
in progress for two hours, and during
the period 10 barrels of oil were pro.
duced.
Durango.-After l 300 acres Of gov
ernment timber land in the MOntezuma
national forest and 1000 acres in the
San Juan national forest had been de-
stroyed in a series of four fires, the
forest fire menace in southwestern
Colorado had passed.
Colorado Springs.-County commits.
sioners from all counties in Colorado
met in Colorado Springs for the an.
nual convention of the state associ.
alton when the states road cOnstruc-
ton projects and the bond issue to be
voted on November were the prin-
clpal topics of discussion.
Limon.-Eddie Bell and George Jen
nings, state rangers, who are at the
point of death following the wrecking
of their motorcycle near LimOn, were
the victims of a murder plot, in the
opinion of Adj. Gen. Patrick J. Ham
rock. The two rangers were taken to
Denver and are in critical condition
ut St. Luke's hospital.
Eagle.-The discovery Of Il 24-fool
vein of carbon coal about one-half mile
from Red Cliff, mining town thirty
five miles east of Eagle, has been re.
ported. The finder is Miss Elizabeth
Brown of Red Cliff, who recently dis
covered a six-seam of Ignite near
Pando at an elevation of more than
5000 feet.
Denver.-O. ID. Mckay, 40 years old
prominent rancher of Palisade, Colo.
is lying at the point of death at the
county hospital with two bullets
through his lungs as the result of his
encounter with n bandit. Mckay was
shot down when he pursued the ban
dit after the gunman had wrecked Nc
Rays automobile.
Greeley.-Thut Americas beautiful
ideals which she SO proudly held out
before the world during the war ant
Immediately following the great con
flict are fading away, is the belief OF
Prof. Edwin b. Smith, professoc OF
history at State Teachers College, ac'
cording to statements made by him in
an address before. the students in the
college chapel.
Trinidad.-Guilty of murder in the
first degree for which the death pen
atty by hanging was recommended
was the verdict in the case against
Joe McGonigle McGonigle was tried
in the District Court charged with
killing Ella Centers, who had discour'
aged his attentions, and Wilbur N. Fer
ruson, a School of Mines student
whom he believed the girl had favored
Denyer.-An appeal from Federal
Court decision upholding the Denver
Tramway Company in suit brought
by the city of Denver for the recovery
of more than 100000 in back fran
chlse taxes has been taken to the Cir
cult Court of Appeals.
Silverton.-An unidentified man lost
b,s life In a fire that destroyed the
two-story frame rooming house OF
Frank Amesl at Silverton recently. IL
was not known that the man had per
isbed until his charred skull was
found in the ruins.
Denyer.-Corn still is the most pop
Mar crop in Colorado, more farmers
raising corn than any other single crop
grown In the state. Reports OF county
assessors to the state Immigration de-
partment show 2s,213 farmers growing
corn, compared with 2s,O8l last year.
Denyer.-Offlcials of the Burlington
railroad and representatives. of the
roads new employees who have been
organized recently into what Is known
as the Burlington Railroad Association
an employees representation plan