The Dolores star., 1922-08-18
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

/ tentlury. o0ly once lii tHe h'
the state has there been more thah
that number in confinement. The rec
ord was established In February. 1918.
The prison population has Increased
A. per cent since December, loZo'
Young men. many well educated, are
swelling the prison roll today. In sharp
contrast to the criminals o. the hlst
generation, the report SAID. Inc
smallest prison population In Coio'
radios history was recorded In 1918
| following the coming of prohibition IN
the state in 1915, according to Thomas
j. lyman. warden of the prison. Inc
warden hlames the aftermath OF the
war and the Illicit liquor traffic Tor
the present increase.
Denyer.-Police are seeking an erst-
while tramwny motormnn VINO mas
vanished with $50 he is alleged To
have obtained from green car pilot
in one of the neatest confidence games
ON local police records. The missing
u,otorman drifted to Denver from
Kansas City in the tramway strike
two years ago. Recently he was In
structed to teach green youth from
Kansas the art of handling n street
car. A few days ago the youth re-
ported that his tutor had gone on
vacation after selling him the tram
way car for $50, telling him he could
hire conductor on shares and make
"A pile Of money
Greeley.-One hail and wind storm
near Platteville and another near
Brighton, u few days ago, destroyed
| hundreds of acres of garden produce
ana wheat, unroOfed buildings and did
damage that cannot be estimated. The
storm in the Plutteville district ex-
tended over an area of seven miles
east and west and four miles north
and south. 1t extended as far west
us GOwanda and to Mead, which is
ten miles from LongmOnt. The wind
in Platteyille is described as one OF
the most severe ever known there. 1t
uprooted trees and tore roofs from
buildings.
Denver,-Joseph a. Kane, the first
Information cop" to hold the position
in a postofflce, in the United States,
took up his duties IA few days ago in
the lobby of the Denver postoffice The
appointment was made by Frank L.
Dodge, postmaster, upon special dis
pensatlon from Washington. The idea
was expressed by Mr.. Dodge to Post
master General Hubert Work when he
visited Denver several weeks ago. This
move, if successful, may lead to sim
liar service throughout the United
States, officials believe.
Pagosa Springs.-The archaeological
expedition from the State Historical
and Natural History Society and the
University Of Denver, which is work.
ing in the prehistoric ruins twenty-five
| miles west of Pagosa Springs, reports
the finding of Il rare piece of pottery
in the form of a mountain sheep. This
Is an extremely valuable object, be
cause of the fact that animal figurines
made from pottery have been found in
only one or two cases in the prehistoric
ruins of the Southwest.
Brush.-Fire caused by an exploding
film resulted in stampede of the au
dience and damage of $500 ut the En-
ers0e theE:eT g. Brush. Because of a
teachers institute that was being held
Il spectI! feature was being shown and
the film pavilion was crowded. Sew.
eral received minor Injuries in the
| rush for exits. The coolneSs of sey.
eral eX-service men who were In the
audience prevented anyone being seri
ously injured.
| WnSenburg.-A ranchman searching
for lost cattle came on the bodies OF
two men lying by wrecked car in ar
arroyo of Big Sandy, creek bed near
the fredericksburg road. The bod.
les were Identified as those of Anto.
Mo Tessitore and Frank Leone of
Walsenburg. The two men were over.
taken by cloudburst in the arroyo
IL few days ago.
Sterling-The body of P. p Tyrell
SO years old, has been taken to his
home in Snyder, where the coroner
will hold an inquest to determine re-
sponsibility for his death. Tyrell was
Il garage keeper at Snyder. He was
driving his automobile across the
Union Pacific tracks near Snyder
when his car was struck.
Akron was visited by the same
storm, which ruined many wheat
fields, where the grain was either
ready to cut or in shocks. The loss
to some farmers is complete, as the
hail destroyed all kinds of crops, and
the territory covered wos ler0a N,
estimates can be made of the damage.
Boulder. - Leonard Beckwith, In
charge of the construction of a tele.
phone line over the Fall River road
stated that he would complete his con.
tract within a few days. The tele
phone Will connect Estes Park and
Grandlake. 1t is being built by the
United States national park service.
Trinidad.-Stella, 11-year-old daugh-
ter Of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Conf, was Sc
verely injured when railroad torpe-