The Colorado statesman., 1922-04-01
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Western Newspaper Union New, ser,os)

Pueblo.-ColOradO National Guard
units stationed in Pueblo will enter
summer encampment during the week
of Aug. 16.
Denver.-A reward of 500 for first
information leading to finding of Alva
A. Swain is offered by the directors
Of the Kiwanis Club of Denver.
Idaho Springs.-The Gem Mining
Company, which has been doing de-
velopment work for the past two years,
plans to start shipping ore very soon.
Littleton.-Articles of Incorporation
for the Iittleton Civic and Commercial
Association at Littleton, have been
filed with Secretary of State Millilken
at Denver.
Oak Creek.-Dan Borich, miner,
killed his wife by cutting her throat
another miner, at the Victor-American
coal mine, near here, recently.
Trinidad.-The last of the remain
ing bodies of seventeen victims who
were caught in the explosion in Sopris
mine No. of the Colorado Fuel and
iron Company, near here, have been
removed.
De Beque-A study of the oil shale
seams of the Grand ValleyDe Beque
fields northwest of De Beque, Colo,
was made by party of prominent geo
logists and business men from Denver
recently.
Colorado Springs.-Ralph L. de
Masters, convicted burglar brought
here from the state penitentiary at
Cafion City to testify at the trial of
Lew Cargill, accused of being his ac-
complice, escaped from the El Paso
county Jail.
Montrose.-Grant McFerson, state
bank commissioner, took charge of the
Home State Bank here when it failed
to open its doors for business. The
bank is capitalized for 100000 and car
ries n surplus of $4,000. The depos-
it's total $219,441.31.
Brghton.-Col. P. ]. Hammock, ad-
jutant general of Colorado, and Act
ing Gov. Earl Cooley are guests of
honor at the formal opening Of the
new national guard armory here. The
Brighton armory is the first of sew
eral being built in different parts of
the state to be completed.
Cripple Creek-The Rittenhouse
mine, property of the Moonlight Min
ing and Milling Company, has re-
opened after shutdown of thirty
days. Extensive development work is
planned on various levels of the prop
erty and there will be, considerable
territory open for leasers.
Fort Collins.-S. Price Bills, 65
years old, teamster, is dead, and Bob
Nichols, 80, another teamster, is under
arrest, following a quarrel in gravel
pit on the Sam Clammer farm near
Fort Collins. The two men are broth
ers-in-law, and were in the gravel pit
alone when a quarrel started.
Denver.-Colorado materials are to
be used by Colorado contractor in
of the Federal Reserve Bank building
which is TO be designed by a Denver
architect, according to the announce
ment of John @. Mitchell, president of
the Denver National bank and director
of the Federal Reserve bank.
Denver-Purchase of 100000 worth
of Liberty bonds paying Az per cent
interest will be made by State Treas
urer Stong in compliance with court
order upholding the position taken by
the Colorado Industrial Commission
and later sustained by the Supreme
Court. This purchase will mark the
climax of suit filed by the commits
sion several months ago, following the
repeated refusal of Mr.. Stong to buy
the federal bondsf or the commission.
Pueblo.-The Pueblo South Side
Welfare Association has taken action
opposing the proposed flood conserv-
ancy act, and has requested that
committee be appointed to confer with
Governor Shoup. The resolution de-
clared the proposed act is complex and
wrong in principle.
Denver-Under the proposed Mof-
fat tunnel bill, approved by Governor
Shop recently, the following counties
will compose the tunnel improvement
district and will bond themselves for
not more than S6,720,000 to build the
tunnel through James peak: Denver,
Grand, Moffat, Routt and parts of Rio
Blanco, Eagle, Gilpin, Boulder, Adams
and jefferson.
Fort Collins.-Jacob Mccartney,
foreman of. Ed Monroes No-Bar
ranch, on Rabbit creek, seven miles
northwest of Livermore, is in a critical
condition at the local hospital with
bullet wound in his back, as result
of q quarrel over pasturing of sheep
in cattle field. Ed Farnsworth,
for A. ]. Morrison, presi-
dent of the Morrison Sheep Company,
is being held in the Larimer county
jail in connection with the shooting.