The Dolores star., 1923-01-12
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

PHILIPPINES during the Spanish-Amer
ican war, has been offered to the boys
by f. o. Palmer of Myton, Utah, who
carried IL through several war engage
ments. II bears the noblcst Of decora-
tions-two bullet holes received while
IL bearer was under fire. Because OF
the excellence of the Loveiand boys
band, which has gained nationwide
fame and publicity under the manage
ment of Reed Hayward, the horn WAS
offered to them. Mr.. Hayward,
prominent Loveland lumber dealer. has
taken deep interest in boys work,
and has been instrumental in the
building up of the band to Its present
high state of fame and efficiency.
Caribou.-Officials of the Caribou
Metals Company announced that
new silver vein, eighteen inches in
width and assaying 1877 ounces, has
been discovered AT their mine. Two
more bodies were found when the
Boulder county tunnel was being re-
cleaned and ret!mbered, they said. The
latter bodies are not so productive, one
assaying flfty-seven ounces and the
other twenty ounces. The first vein
discovered in the Caribou mine was
unearthed in II hanging wall at depth
of 1,O40 feet. Extensive plans for
this year are being made by the com
pany which will include II tunnel from
the Boulder county shaft to the Carl
bou mine The tunnel, officials de-
clared, will cut into twentyseven
known and proved veins.
Denyer.-Notices that the structural
iron workers OF Colorado and the
wood, wire and metal lathers are de-
manding an increase in wages effec-
tive April /. 1923, We're received by the
State Industrial Commission. These
notices were in compliance with the
provision of the state industrial act
which requires the unions demanding
an increase IA wages to file notice
with the Industrial commission mt least
thirty days before the Increase de-
manded Is expected to take effect.
The structural iron workers, according
to the notice filed by the head of their
union, want an increase from SS.2J to
$9.25 day. The wood, wire and met
al lathers are demanding an increase
from the present scale of 50 and $40,
to $40 and S11.
Durango.-A coroner's jury returned
an open verdict in the case of Willis
found shot to death at the ranch
house owned by Ed Mckenzie. The
Jury found Young had been killed by Il
"gunshot wound from n bullet fired by
Il person or persons unknown TO the
jury" Sheriff George A. Rowe arrest
ed Mckenzie after he had made an in
vestigation. The sheriff states that he
found the shotgun on the floor, the
empty shell that had been fired ex-
PEELED from the weapon and another
shell In place. Mckenzie has engaged
Barry Sullivan to defend him and did
not appear at the inquest. He is held
in jail and refuses to talk of the shoot
ing.
Denver.-Mayor Bailey and the Den
yer Civic and Commercial Association
Jointly will extend banquet TO the
newspaper editors of the state on Fri
day evening, Jan. 10, during the an
nual convention of the Colorado Edi-
torial Association in Denver. The ban
quet will be in the dining room of the
Civic and Commercial Association.
President Bemis of the editorial asso-
citation has Leen asked to designate
four editors representing different sec
dresses. There will be addresses also
by Governor Shoup, Governor elect
Sweet and Mayor Bailey.
Brghton.-"Are you member of
the Ku Klux Klan?" This question,
fired point-blank, was asked by the
defense counsel of every prospective
juryman in the trial of Fred T.. Muir
negroes charged with the murder of
George L. Miller at GlobevIlle on the
night of Nov. 26.
Boulder.-Eighteen of the girls in
the University of Colorado have been
selected for the beauty contest being
conducted by the COloradoan, the ju.
nior annual, and their pictures are to
be sent to Charles Dana Gibson, editor
of Life, who has agreed to be judge in
selection of the queen.
Denver.-The Denver land office an,
nounces that 3,6S3 acres of public land
will be opened to entry on Feb. g, five
miles north of Kremmling in Grand
county, Colorado. Ex-servIce men will
have preference to enter under the
homestead and desert laws ninety days
after the opening.
Fort Collins.-For the third year In
succession the water rentals for the
year have been collected, 100 per cenI
for the close of the years books in the
city clerks office. Clerk A. ]. Rose
now reported o the city council tina,
every water fee in the city for the yeal
had been paid.
Denver.-Percy CornersnOr, % wear.