The Ordway new era., 1922-10-27
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

allowed by jury in the District Noui'
at Trinidad against state rangers
Stagg and Putney in the trial OF the
case in which DIR. IL. f. Abrahalhs'
prominent local physician, brougn'
suit for $4,000 against Colonei T. d
Hamrock and the state rangers Tor us
sault and battery and fulse arrest
growing out of his mlXup with rangers
on May last. The charges against
| Colonel Hamrock, Captain q. L. beh
mis- and Sergeant Humphreys were
dismissed on the ground they had no
actual part in the alleged rough treat
ment of the physician, VINO WAS
stopped for driving his car without Il
tail light.
| Colorado Springs.-Mrs. Henry Z.
| Watt. daughter of Gen. William }.
| Palmer, founder Of the city of Colo
RADIO Springs, announced the giit OF
her 100000 residence TO Sunnyrest
sanitarium, the cljys tuberculosis nos
pital. Mrs. Watt is leaving for Eng
land to make her permanent residehce'
For Il number of years she has con
Quoted an experimental sanitarium at
her home for poor children afflicted
with tuberculosis. Two years ago Mrs.
Watt built an addition to Sunnyres'
sanltarium in memory of her husoahd'
who WIS prominent practitioner III
Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs.-"Help poor
crippled fellow was the plea that
came from the iipe of Il bessdf III
front of St Maryls church. orlp-
pied lie was, for one leg WAS cut
off and the other apparently use
less. But his claim of poverty was
not borne out by his admissions 10
the police who took him INTO custody
The cripple claimed possession Oh
thousand dollars in a local bank anu
an additional $500 in Denver bahh
the proceeds of his begging.
The dry fall is hindering fall plow-
ing and seeding in the Rocky Noun
tain region, according to reports ol
the United States Division of crop
and Livestock Estimates. Livestock Is
generally in good condition ana sur
nelent winter feed and pasture is gen
orally reported. However pastures
are poor in many sections due to pro
lunged drought. The shortage OF nay
is becoming more apparent in Colo
RADIO and ranges are fair To poor
being especially poor in the south ana
southwest.
Boulder.-Members Of the city fire
department reported the mysterious
disappearance Of Arthur b. Pettengill,
one of their members and treasurer of
the Colorado State Firemen's Associa-
ton. Chief Emil johnson of the Boul-
der department stated that an exam
ination showed that 81 200 belonging
to the local firemen's association and
S272 of the state associations funds,
which were in Pettengil's charge, are
Boulder-One of the largest fra
ternal parades ever seen in Boulder
was held here in connection with the
Grand Lodge sessions of the |. o. ..
+. and of the Rebekahs of Colorado.
The parade was more than Il mile long
and ended at Gamble field on Univer-
Sity campus, where the cantons of
Denver Golden, Fort Collins, Colorado
Springs and Sterling took part In the
annual prize contest.
Denver.-The long growing period
Nlllpul hllllbE ll'SSlo mas ''Nii IL
able for potatoes in Colorado, but due
to drought the crop is small in the
sections, also in much of
the irrigated commercial territory
Yields will probably be below average,
but on account of the large acreage
the crop will still be the largest in the
history of the state.
Denver.-The Colorado State Board
. ia NO
at the state house of Governor Shoup,
the chairman of the body, set 4.4S
mills as the tax levy for state pur-
poses for the coming year. This is
thirteen-hundredths of mill higher
than last years levy for the state,
4.35 mills.
Gunnison-Janes Boyd, who was
out with hunting party in the Taylor
river country, was instantly killed here
when he was thrown from his horse.
breaking his neck. He had left camp
to gather in the horses, and was
found by other members of his party
Durango.-A new vein, very rich, is
reported to have been uncovered in
the May Day mine at Durango, where
development recently uncovered the
old vein, lost several years ago
through a fault" in the mineral
structure. The new vein, as first en-
countered was thin, but valuable. De
velopment has shown it to be, accord
ing to reports, even richer and more
extensive than the original vein re
found several weeks ago.
Denver.-George Tebeau, president
of the Broadway Park Land and In
vestment Company, has filed suit in
the District Court against the Denver
Baseball Club to collect $71 800 dam
ages for alleged breach Of contract
Tebeau said in the petition that the
baseball club Violated its contract
signed January %, 1922 by purchasing