The Dolores star., 1922-02-17
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union Nev. serIos. ,

Fort Collins Women from every
section of Colorado attended the con-
ferences and ceremonies which were
held at the Agricultural College here,
Feb s. 3. 10 aud II. In connection
with the dedication of the Women's
Club building.
Denver-M Mrs. Horace W. Wilcox,
- years old, prominent members of
Denver's social set and wife OF the
head of the Wilcox Advertising Com
pany, was severely burned about the
face, arms and upper part OF the body
when gas stove exploded in her
home here.
Greeley.-The fifth suicide in Gree
ley in a little more than two months
| was reported to officials here follow
ing the discovery of the body of VIII
liam Marion Justice, - years old. in
the furnace room of his home. JUS
tice both shot and hanged himself, the
case being one of the most unusual on
record.
Denver.-The flying squadron of
speakers sent out from the Denver
area office headquarters of the Meth.
| odist Episcopal Church in this city
have returned TO Denver after trip
| through southern Colorado and as far
into New Mexico rs Santa Fe. Insti
tutes were held in towns and cities all
along the way.
| Bouldcr-Mrs. ]. Il. Dewar of Lead.
ville sister of United States Senator
Nicholson, died ut the Boulder hos,
| pital. She underwent an operation
recently. Her husband has been mas.
ter mechanic at the Wolftone mine at
LendvilIc for many years. She leaves
| two sons. Harrison pewar of Casper
and Joseph Of Leadville
| penver-FUrmcr soldiers, sailors
and marines who served in the war
against Germany, who heretofore
| have been given sixty days preference
over other citizens in the filing of en-
| try on restored government lands,
| hereafter VIII have n ninety-One-day
| preference, according to word received
from Washington by NJ. d. McEniry,
| chief Of the field division of the gen
eral land office here.
Boulder. - Three hundred of the
| leading educators of the state are ex
pected III Boulder for the week be
ginning April 6. Principals of high
! schools and superintendent of city
schools will meet in Boulder for three
! days with members of the science sec
! tion of the Colorado Education Asso.
ciation The Schoolmasters' Club will
meet here April and the county su.
! . ~.
Boulder April s after two days in
| Denver
Puebln.-F'rank Jaeger, IS, is in St.
Mary's hospital, where an operation
was performed in an attempt 10 save
his life. The lad was shot accidentally
through the right Jung by rancher
named Hegler when Jaeger and three
other lads had stopped there on ii
hunting "trip. Young Jaeger pointed Il
water gun at flegler, who in the SANE
spirit of fun picked up Il revolver, sup
| posed not TO be loaded, and the one
bullet in the chamber pentrated Jae-
gers right breast.
| DenYer.-Hospitals of Colorado nre
keeping pace with the progress of the
state in other fields, according to Pliny
.. Clark, superintendent of the Pres
byteriun hospital here, in the annual
forecast and review number of Hos
pital Management. Chicago, the inter
national publication of hospital admin
| istratiOn. The improvement of service
to the sick and definite plans for pro
viding additional hospital facilities are
among the important accomplishments
of the year which rank the hospitals
of Colorado well to the fore as far as
actual progress in 1921 is concerned,
Mr.. Clarks says.
Fort Collins.-The Agricultural Col
lege registration of students reached
the highest mark Of its history when
fifty-one new students enrolled for the
coming semester. The total enrolment
is 9O4, with less than twenty TO be de-
Quoted for first semester drops, ac-
cOrding to the registrars office.
Delta.-J. NJ. Gum, truck driver,
was perhaps fatally injured recently
when his automobile truck slipped over
the edge of cliff road and rolled
down into the cafion IL is said an
approaching truck took the wrong side
of the road, forcing young Gum to the
ice-cOvered edge. He was badly hurt
as the truck rolled over his body in its
fall to the bottom.
Bennett.-Thleves broke into the
vault of the Bennett State bank in the
third attack that has been made on the
institution in less than two years
Nothing of value was obtained, officers
announced. The burglars gained en-
trance to the building by breaking q
window. Then they drilled hole in
the vault and broke off the lock. They
evidently worked deliberately, without
fear of interruption, as several chairs
were found grouped around the stove
in which fire had been built.
Iunta - A Stumlle and fall intI