The Colorado statesman., 1923-02-24
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Pueblo.-More than half of the $780,
600 bond Issue for the new temple of
AL Kaly shrine was subscribed at
dinner of the southern Colorado con-
sistory held In Memorial hall here.
Greeley.-Antonio Gomez, Mexican,
was arrested here on complaint made
by Postoffice Inspector Hudson, charg-
| ing him with the theft of package OF
parcel post mailing matter at Eaton,
recently.
Boulder.-Rudy Schuler, Manitou,
was elected president of the Colorado
Soda Bottlers' Association at the close
of the annual convention here. Mrs.
D. c. Fonda of this city was elected
vice president
Grand Junction.-The highest price
that has been paid for wool for sew
eral years past was paid to George
Gordon, prominent sheep man of the
Pifion Mesa section, who received
contract of 43A cents pound for the
wool from 4,500 head of sheep.
Pueblo.-Carbonate beverages is
| the new name under which soda pop
will be known in the future according
to resolutions passed by the $50 dele
gates attending the Colorado soda bot
tiers convention here. The resolution
changing the name was passed on rec
ommendation of A. c. Smith, L. G. Gil
breth and Albert Rule.
Canon City.-Entries will close soon
for the first Colorado International
Egg Laying Contest, to open at Canon
| City November l, 1923. The contest
pens will house only fifty entries and
| twenty-five have already been re-
ceived. Rock, Wyandotte, Ancona
and Minorca breeders are urged to
enter without delay.
Boulder.-A seven-act vaudeville
show was given here recently by STU
dents of the University of Colorado to
raise money for the support of the
state high school basketball tourna-
ment, the state high school track meet,
and for a party to be given in Denver
in April for members of the senior
high school classes.
Telluride-Telluride, snowbound in
the mountains with its 5000 popula-
ton who believed themselves safe
from prohibition, is bone-dry, follow
ing "a swooping and spectacular raid
staged by eight federal prohibition
agents from Denver under the direc-
ton of George A. Crowder, legal ad-
visor for the raiders. The agents ar
rested 312 persons. confiscated 205
gallons of whiskey and big store of
wine.
Estes Park-Legislation that has
passed Congress carries an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for administration,
maintenance and protection of the
Rocky Mountain national park for the
fiscal year of 1924, dispatches from
Washington say. For permanent i'm
provements 1000 has been provided
and $3.50 for the purchase of lands
for public camp grounds. An admins
tration building costing $4,000 will be
constructed, 1t is planned, on site
presented to the government by the
Women's Club of Estes Park.
Montrose-Postmaster General HUI
bert Work, If appointed secretary of
the interior at Washington will visit
the local irrigation project Immediate
ly after appointment, so as to procure
first hand information as to relief
needed by the reclamatlons, according
to a telegram received from Congress
man Edward Taylor of this district
Congressman Taylor, with President
Dale of the Uncompahgre project, con
ferred with Mr.. Work relative to the
local project situation. President Dale
reports that indications are the relief
will be granted the Colorado projects
in the form of deferred payments.
Denver.-Dr. Heber II. Harper, new
chancellor of the University of Den
yer, knows that he is most welcome in
Colorado. Six hundred persons, among
them presidents of fifteen colleges and
eighty representatives of universities
in every state of the Union. attended
the alumni inaugural dinner given in
honor of the new chancellor.
Greeley.-A month after Charles
Nowlin was shot and killed in the
holding up of card game at Erie, f.
Munoz and Secundo Hernandez were
found guilty of first degree murder
by u jury here. Life Imprisonment
was recommended. Three men were
implicated in the holdup, Jan. 10, in
which Nowlin was slain when he
1erked the mask from the face of one
of the bandits.
Denver.-AIrs. Charles f. Linton, the
wife of the veteran bank guard killed
in the 100000 holdup of reserve
bank truck in front of the Denver mint
Dec. IS, will receive $4,000, approx
mately the maximum allowed from the
State Industrial Commission under the
workman's compensation act, accord
ing to Rees d. Rees, Denver attorney,
who appealed to the commission in
Mrs. Linton's behalf.
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