The Colorado statesman., 1923-11-17
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

/ lulh NulloHdl park lOr winter Sports
and carnival events were outlined by
| Stephen II. Mather of Washington, d.
rector of the national park service, in
Il conference at the Stanley Manor,
| called by the Estes Park Chamber of
| Commerce and the Estes Park division
of the Colorado Mountain Club. In
! creased travel to Colorado in winter
months, as result of the efforts of
| dozen communities throughout the
state, including also Denver, Colorado
| Springs, Pueblo, Trinidad, Hot Sui
! phur Springs, Leadville and Steamboat
| Springs to hold ski meets, was pre-
dlcted by Mr.. Mather. Cooperation
was expressed by Jesse l.. Nusbaum,
superintendent of Mesa Verde National
park, and Horace NJ. Albright, super
| intendent of Yellowstone National
park, who also attended.
Grand Junction.-Announcem has
been made here of a proposed three
and half-mlle extension of the Inter
urban railroad running from Grand
| Junction to Fruita into rich and hith-
erto undeveloped farm lands of the
high line section, with a view to dou-
bling the beet sugar acreage in that
district, by A. Il. Carlton, president of
the Holly Sugar Company, and the
| Grand Junction Utilities Company, and
| Spencer Penrose of Colorado Springs,
| stakeholder in both concerns. Mr..
| Carlton and Mr. Penrose spent the
| week end at Grand Junction inspecting
the proposed extension project, which
will bring transportation facilities to
the back door of the farmer. The pro-
ject will cost about S650,000 according
to estimates, farmers having agreed to
donate the right of way. Rails are al
ready on hand and the work will be
started soon as possible to make the
| territory available for beet sugar grow
ers in the spring.
| Denver.-Denver & Rio Grande
Western passenger train No. 8, form
erly departing at 2 40 o'clock, now
leaves the union station at o'clock
each afternoon under new schedule
announced in union station time table
No 80. Train No. 16 on this road,
which arrives in Denver from the
| West daily at 80 o'clock In the
morning, will not handle hereafter n
connection from Kansas and st. Louis
the new time table announced. Train
No. 2, arriving here at s 80 each eve
ming, will handle such connection,
| however.
Glenwood Springs.-With a bullet
through her brain, the body of Mrs.
Myrtle Philips, 80, was found in
Glenwood Springs in her room at the
Midland hotel. Mrs. Philips is the
wife of William Philips, a prominent
Basalt ranchman, and had just re-
turned from visit to Los Angeles.
No note or other information was left
by the dead woman, but it is believed
despondency over the absence of her
husband, who has been visiting his
former home in England, was respon-
slble.
Denver.-Exercises of import to all
Colorado was carried out in Topeka,
| Kan, when the first bronze memorial
marker-a huge eagle with wings out
spread-was unveiled for the Victory
Memorial highway. They are of i'm
| port here because the Victory trans
| continental highway, running from
tlTGib, NtW 1OIh 'llN, W
Golden Gate park, San Francisco, is
the one transcontinentnI highway
which passes directly through Denver
| and bisects the state of Colorado.
Fort Morgan.-Henry Strauss, 81
years old, who went to his wife's home
in Fort Morgan, Oct. 21, and was pre-
vented from shooting her to death and
killing himself by the courageous at
tack of his 12-year-Old son. pleaded
guilty to a charge of assault with in
tent to kill before Judge L. c. Ste
phenson of the Morgan County Dis
trict Court, and was sentenced to from
three to five years in the state peni
tentiary at Canon City.
Grand Junction.-After celebrating
for nine hours, Il jury in the Federal
Court at Grand Junction brought in
verdict of guilty against all four de-
PENDANTS in Il conspiracy case. The
government charged that the four men
were engaged in conspiracy to prevent
settlement of land in Moffat county
by homesteaders and as an incident
thereto, that John Durnell, homestead
er, was killed and several hundred
sheep slaughtered. Uncle" Billie
Jones, 66, was sentenced to prison for
two years at Leavenworth and fined
| 500 by United States District Judge
| 4. Blake Kennedy. Frank Berry re-
ceived sentence of two years in pris-
on and $100 fine; David Karen was
sentenced to eighteen months and Civ
en- a $50 fine, and Ray James one year
and day in prison and fine of $50.
Loveland.-A bridge over the swol-
len Big Thompson river, four miles
west of Loveland, collapsed beneath
the weight of herd of cattle, and fif-
| teen of the animals We're plunged into