The Dolores star., 1922-11-03
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

dent OF a most freakish nature NJ
Grand Junction when large taxicab,
driven by Hap Harris, encountered the
cable of tramway where the road
runs beneath trestle near Palisade.
| The cable of the tram had slackeneu
until IL lay across the road during a
slight mishap to one of the cars. Inc
stage driver drove over the heavy steel
rope just as the car was released on
the steep incline. and the automobile
with its four occupants was siited en-
| tirely off the ground and hurled into
an orchard near by. Although the auto
was complete wreck and landed up
side down, with three men beneath IL,
slight injuries only were suffered by
them.
| Wray.-The body of an unidentified
man was found in the sand hills near
| Wray a few days ago by two boys VINO
were returning from an inspection OF
| their wolf traps. The body lay In an
isolated hollow in the hills, and evil
| dently had been there for at least IA
week. Near the body was bottle
| bearing poison label. An effort had
| evidently been made TO destroy all pos
sible chance of identification, for moth
| Ing was found 10 give clew to the
mans name or his relatives or his for
| mcr residence. a soft collar in one
pocket carried laundry mark of Il.
T. a" and on his belt buckle We're the
| initials Il. A.
Grand JunctiOn.-Fish Of Il size and
| quality hitherto almost unhcard OF in
| the Grand Lakes region are now or
binary catches in those popular ang-
ling waters, as the result Of a discovery
made by Forest Ranger Basham.
| Basham took an oyster from 4 can in
his lunch pail when biting was poor,
and rs an idle experience cast in his
| line with the shell fish as bait. The
first cast was followed by Il dart, n tug
and then tremendous battle with Il
seven-pound rainbow.
Canon City.-Two hundred boys of
southern Colorado will meet mt the \.
| NJ. c. \. here, Dec. !, . and 3, ut which
| time an older boys conference will be
| held. The purpose of the conference.
| which is to be under the auspices of
the state Y NJ. G. A., Is to inspire
greater enthusiasm in the boys. Prom
| inent among the speakers will he
| Frank Cheley of Denver. The 200 lads
| to attend will come from towns lying
south of Colorado Springs and east as
| far as La Junta
Boulder.-Art Pettingill. secretary of
hA tnt 81 Il
| former captain of the University Hill
| fire station, who disappeared from
| Boulder recently, has returned. He had
been to Albuquerque, n. NJ. About ST.
400, of which he was custodian, is said
TO be missing. I've come home to face
| the music" he said this afternoon.
I'm not denying there was some short
age, but my intentions are honest, and
I'm in Boulder to straighten things
| out"
Denver.-The necessity of all seeds
oeing labelled upon shipment into the
state was emphasized by DIR. Pattcr-
son, specialist of the Department of
Agriculture, working in connection
with the Colorado Agricultural College
in an address before the Seed Dealers
group of the association. DR.. Patter-
son spoke upon the state seed law of
Colorado, declaring it impartial and
one of the best in the United States.
Fort Collins.-The floating of a bond
issue for $1,00o,0O0 by the North Pou-
Dire Irrigation Company Is the proposal
to be considered ut Il special meeting
of the stockholders called for Nov. ) in
the Moose hall here. The purpose of
the million dollar issue Is to take care
of the present bonded indebtedness of
the COMPANY in the amount OF S53S 900
and a floating indebtedness of $4,000,
making Il total of $61S,O0O.
Greeley.-Word was sent to the sher-
ifs office at Greeley recently that IL
band of gypsies, travelling in an auto
mobile, had held up filling station ut
Dacona.
Leadville.-Shot down by man,
who had been his friend and business
partner, Herbert J. Beadle, alias Ar
thur Lingo, 35 years old proprietor of
the Pioneer saloon, and reputed by au-
thorities to be gambler, lies at the
point of death here. William Upton,
30, owner of the Pioneer saloon build
Ing, and proprietor of another similar
establishment. is in Jail, charged with
the shooting.
Loveland.-S. Il. Ford, Loveland
farmer, hauled load or cabbage to
the depot and left his team for a mo-
ment. Becoming frightened, the team
ran away and collided with a small
car belonging to Cliff Launchbaugh.
When the excitement subsidized one of
the horses was sitting in the car and
the other was so tangled under the car
that it was extricated with difficulty.
Denver.-The first stretch of the
state highway from Echo Lake to tho