The Dolores star., 1923-04-06
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


Western railroad, ]. A. Bodihe' he". !,
of the striking shop WORKERS anu
Governor Sweet was entirely Wit"ou'
result. Receiver Young said that he
felt that he should be loyal To the en-
n,oyes who went to work when the
strike was called; that the present
employees are more competent tiiah '"e
strikers. and that normal service was
being maintained by his railroad Il"
answer to Receiver Young, Governor
Sweet said that loyalty to the state
the welfare of the people, the shippers
and the producers should supersede
that to the employees Of ROAD. ihe
evidence is overwhelming that the r"il'
road is not rendering service us !.
sbould" Governor Sweet said. III
service cannot be rendered with the
present men, then 1t is an obligation
to the state to discharge them. Gov
ernOr Sweet announced this morning
that his efforts TO settle the STRIKE
would be directed along different lines
In the future.
Canon City.-Almost ten months
from the day on which former Govern
or Shoup paroed him, Harold Hen
wood was again put behind the bars
His ungovernable temper, when
auuSed him to draw pistol ana IRE
point blank into crowd of men IN
the barroom of the Brown Palace
MOTEL twelve years ago and caused MN
to kill two men and cripple thlru
one for life, is responsible for his re-
turn to the penitentiary. Henwood
threatened to kill young girl, bank
er and IL woman for whom he had
worked because the girl would not
marry him. "Thut is violation of the
parole and we had to bring him back"
said Thomas J. lyman, warden of the
penitentiary, Tuesday, as he confirmed
the report that HenwoOd is again II
prisoner in the penitentiary.
Craig.-Jay Sorrie, homesteader, and
his daughter, Thelma, IA years old,
perished in the blizzard recently while
trying to reach shelter. The two had
come into town on shopping trip
and started for their home ut Black
mountain. When the storm became
each mounted horse to be carried to
safety. The daughter was found
frozen to death, having fallen from her
horse. The father was carried to his
home, but was so exhausted from his
experience that he died soon there
..,I,
children survive.
Pueblo.-Oil was struck in Pueblo
county "A few days ago when com
pany drilling five miles east of Pueblo
announced the drill had pierced the
cap rock and was in an oil sand. The
drilling was ordered ceased immedi-
ately to permit final preparations for
bringing the well in. Tanks are
ordered and will be placed to take
care of the oil, and the casing will
be lowered 10 shut off all water be.
fore the well will be shot. The oil
sand was encountered ut 2,93O feet.
Denver.-TO avert u recurrence of
several losses to lettuce growers of the
state, such as those of 1921 and 1922,
special ten-day tour of lettuce grow
ing districts has been arranged by the
Denver & Rio Grande Western rail.
road in conjunction with the Colorado
Agricultural College Meetings of
growers will be addressed by experts
on the growing, handling and ship.
ping of the perishable product.
Denver.-The State Industrial Com.
mission has terminated jurisdiction in
the application of Denver fathers for
an increase in pay. Lathers and EN-.
ployers notified the commission that
an agreement had been reached be.
tween them fixing the minimum wage
us $40 day. The old scale was SO
and $40 day.
Wheatridge.-John Tobias, 10 years
old, who had been a resident of this
vicinity since 1871, died recently. Mr.
Tobias had been prominent figure in
horticultural circles for many years
and was secretary Of the State Horti
cultural Society for several years.
Louisvllle-Wordh has been received
by Superintendent of Schools G. w
Alps that the Louisville high schoo
has been placed on the list of college.
and secondary schools making up tn,
North Central Association. This asso
ciation includes eighteen states, ant
because of the recent rating of tn,
Louisville high school, determined n
the annual spring meeting of the as
sociation, students who are graduated
from the local high school will not b,
required to take entrance examina
tons by any school of higher learnln,
In the district. 1t is pointed out tha
the local school is one of the smalles
high schools on the list. and is there
fore signally honored by the decisio,
Of the association.
Denver-At general meeting q
Colorado manufacturers of clay prod
ucts held in Denver recently the ar
ganlzation Of the Colorado CLAY Proc
ucts Association was perfected and dI
rectors and officers were electe,
Among the purposes of the new organ