The Colorado statesman., 1923-02-10
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

ments were returned by the county
grand jury here. The accused include
commissioners and other county Of
| ficers. Four indictments for alleged
malfeasance in office were returned.
These were against S. w. Whulen of
Crested Butte, who retires as county
commissioner this month; DIR. George
sullivan, commissioner from Gunnison
Ted Knowles, commissioner from the
Second district at Boyleville, and c. q.
McWilliams, county clerk.
Denver-Senator Henry Wolcott
Toll, Republican, Denver, brought UP
the question of the long delay in COM
pleting and delivering the revised Gtat-
utes ut u recent session of the Legis-
lature. He said that he found that
Paul w. Lee of Fort Collins, and
Charles Hayden of Walsenburg had
been paid $19,S49 as the commission
to look after the compilation of the
statutes; that George Berry, Denver,
had declared his work finished of
reading proof and yet the printers told
| him that one more week was neces-
sary. 1T is quite apparent that every
day sees u promise of another time
for delivering the statutes" said the
senator.
Denver.-More than 500 members OF
the Denver alumni and alumnae associ-
atoms of the University of Colorado
were present at u banquet In honor of
the triumvirate of Colorado Univer-
sity presidents-Dr. James II. Baker,
presi dent emeritus of the state instl-
tuition; DIR. Livingston Farrand, for
mer president of the university and
now head of Cornell University, and
DR.. George Norlin, present head of the
university, in the tea room of Daniels
& Fishers tower.
Fort Collins.-Fifty beet growers,
representing 1,4O0 acres in the Wei
lington district, distributing territory
to the Fort Collins factory of the Great
Western Sugar Company, unanimously
signed an agreement pledging they
would not grow beets for the coming
season under the present Great West
ern contract. The growers agreed to
delegate sole authority TO close con
tracts to grow beets with the Noun
tain States Beet Growers Association.
Aguilar.-Fracesita Lucero, II years
old, asked Alfredo Montoya, IS, If he
still loved her when they met on u
street in Delagua, coal mining town
According to witnesses, Montoya an
swered, No" The girl then slipped
revolver from her handbag, according
to the same witnesses, and shot Mon
toya through the right lung, inflicting
wound which may prove fatal. The
Lucero girl was taken into custody
here.
Denver-One of the most Impressive
evidences of the agricultural develop
ment that has taken place in Colorado
In the past ten years is the Increase In
the number of hogs and dairy cattle in
the state in that period. 1t has been
demonstrated by experience that the
most successful farmers in this state,
and especially in the non-irrigated
areas, are those who raise plenty of
| feed crops and keep dairy cattle and
hogs.
Greeley.-Two Mexicans, alleged to
| be the holdup pair who entered
shack at the State mine near Frederick
| Jan. 15, numbering Charles Nowlin
when he resisted turning over his val
uables, were arrested six miles east of
Brighton by Sheriff Corder of Weld
county and Justice Ton of Brighton.
| The prisoners gave their names as
| Phil Munoz and Nedino Hernandez.
Glenwood Springs Myers,
representative of the Blayney-Murphy
Packing Company here, and command
er of the American Legion in Eagle
county, was killed when his automobile
struck rut in the road near Glenwood
| Springs, plunged forty feet down
chasm and rolled into river. Myers
skull was crushed.
Colorado Springs. = Arrangements
for the second annual 300-mile Colora-
do endurance ride have been partly
completed, with indications of great
er event than the initial ride held last
year. The rides will be over a sixty
mile course each day, starting from
the Broadmoor hotel the sponsors
having fixed the days as July 81. 81,
and Aug /, and 3. Prizes totaling
s., 200 will be awarded.
Trinidad.-Robert @. Butler, track
worker ut the Colorado & Southern
railroad yards, is in Jail here charged
with murder as the result of the fatal
shooting of Adolph Bischoff, welder,
and secretary of the new union of rail-
road employees. Bischoff was shot
through the right lung and died an
hour later at the hospital here. The
shooting took place in the bunk house
where the men were Quartered.
Greeley-All bills before the Legis-
lature which would Increase financial
support now given to state educational
institutions are sweepingly condemned