The Dolores star., 1923-04-20
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS


ton caught two men in the act OF set
ting fire TO the Denver Rio Grande
Western supply house In Pueblo.
Monte VIsta.-In order to participate
In the celebration of Music week In
Denver, May l3 to 20, the girls hgh
school chorus of Monte Vista Will
travel more than 175 miles.
Arvada.-Pllny Clark was elected
mayor of Arvada by eighteen votes
over George Campbell. The total vote
was 446. A sewer bond issue of $780,
600 was carried by 46 majority.
Trinidad.-Two persons, Mrs. Louisa
Sebastini, and her son, Serafino, are
dead as the result of the overturning
of an automobile on the Colorado side
of the Standardization highway.
Denver.-Goyernme census esti'
mates as of July l, 1923, place Denver
twenty-fifth in United States cities
with population of 2I2,03l-an in
crease of 1870 over the 1920 census.
Fort Collins-At special election
held here Fort Collins voted S33o,ooo
bond issue for school purposes. The
greater part of the sum vii be used to
construct new high school building
Pueblo.-Coney c. Slaughter, want
ed in Colorado on a charge of lootins
the Mercantile National Bank of
Pueblo of $352, lG2 when acting as Its
cashier. May 20, 1915, has been ar
rested in Philadelphia.
Denver.-Overtaken by the stork as
1t sped across the Twentieth street
vladuct, taxlcab was the birthplace
of Il six-pound baby boy. The driver
was removing Mrs. II. Broderson, the
wife of carpenter, TO private hos
ptul.
Denver - Recommendations were
made by the grand jury relative to the
dismissal of members of the police de-
partment, including Detective George
Sanders, Sergt. Luke Parslow and
Patrolmen Bert kistler and Leo
| O'LOughlan.
Durango-Several armed posses are
securing the San Juan basin near here
in u search for W. NJ. Fisher, II struct-
uraI steel worker, with l.. jefferson,
| is accused by Durango officials of
shooting down Angelo Ubaldo as he
mounted the steps to enter his home
d few nights ago. jefferson is now
under arrest.
Alamosa.-O. 7. Jacobs, superintcn.
dent Of schools in Antonito, Colo, ar
rested there Thursday on charges of
violating the Mann act, furnished bond
of 800 when arralgncd before John
iyndman, u. s. commissioner. Jacobs
is charged with transporting Il young
| girl from Columbus, Ohio to Antonito
| last August.
Pueblo.-A. Zeilinger, chemist, with
the Minnequa steel plant of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company, saved
his 5-year-old son from drowning In
the Bessemer irrigation ditch, into
which father and son and their car
had been preCipitated, by holding the
child high in his arms until it was
possible to get out Of the stream.
| Boulder.-After being out of the re-
gents chair at the University of Colo
RADIO less than three months, Clifford
Mills who was regent of the university
continuously for more than six years
prior to the expiration of his term on
Jan. 8, has been appointed to the of
| flee by Governor Sweet to fill the
vacancy created by the resignation of
Thomas Wilkinson.
| Denver.-Decision to bring action in
the state House of Representatives on
two bills-the state income tax bill and
the intangible property tax bill-by
Gov William Il. Sweet, resulted in the
| delivery Of special message before
u Joint session of the Legislature and
may eventuate in the calling Of Il
| Special session of the Legislature inn
mediately following the adjournment
Of the present session.
Pueblo.-August Nelson was burned
| TO death in a fire that destroyed his
| cabin and the Custer hotel ut West
| cliffe, Colo. Nelson's body and the
| carcass of his dog, both charred, were
found after the fire had burned out.
| Rifle.-Survey of seven townships
in Garfield county has been authorized
by the Department of the Interior with
IL view to further development of i'm
mense oil shale deposits in that section
| OF 1oiorado. recent geological sur
vey by the Department Of the Interior
resulted in an estimate that one billion
barrels of oil could be produced from
these deposits, which extend through
out the entire western part of Colo
RADIO and into eastern Utah.
| Denver.-Four young children were
burned to death here in fire. The
children had been playing in barn
when the fire was set, 1t is said, by
an unidentified boy. They crawled
under "A pile of hay in the place and
perished there. The four little chill
dren who were burned to death were
playing hide and seek. The complete
ness of their hiding place was the
very element TINT caused their death.
| They were trapped without chance
| to get out.