The Colorado statesman., 1923-05-26
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| Colorado college endowment fund.
Buena vista.-Two of the four pris-
oners at the state reformatory who
escaped after beating and binding j..
S. Boynton, engineer, were recaptured
by ranchers near Fairplay.
Boulder.-Henry Smith Pritchett,
president of the Carnegie foundation,
will deliver the commencement ad
dress before the University of Colo
RADIO graduates here June II, accord
ing to an announcement by the facul-
| ty.
| Brighton.-Prompt action of w. s.
| Center, humane officer of Adams
county, saved Julius Ibdois, Mexican
farm hand. from the hands of an
angry mob that surrounded and
threatened to lynch Ibdois at Welby,
Colo.
Limon.-James V. Rubieson, rail-
way fireman of Goodland, Kan, was
crushed between an engine and Its
| tender when one Rock Island train
crashed against another standing at
the depot at Selden, 100 miles east
Of this place.
| Denver.-Four men were killed
and two others severely injured when
a gigantic snowslide hit the shed at
the west end of tunnel No. 30, be-
tween Corona and Dixie lake, on the
Moffat road and buried working
party under the wreckage of the shed.
Denver.-The legality of Col. P. ].
Hamrocks appointment as member
of the civil service commission was
upheld by District Judge Morley. The
court ruled that the term of civil ser
vice commissioner expires on Dec. 81
and not on Jan. s. as was claimed by
Mrs. Elizabeth Quereau-Governor
Sweets appointee to the position held
by Hammock.
| Fort Coilns.-"May prank" of
members of two college fraternities
at the Colorado Agricultural College
here has led to the suspension of
twenty-five students on the eve of
commencement exercises. The prank
followed the May celebration of May
when, late at night, the party OF
twenty-five is said to have captured
goat and attempted to make the
rounds of the girls sorority houses.
Denver.-Two hundred and fifty
feet of track undermined by water
following heavy rains resulted in the
| wreck of Burlington passenger train
No. 2, bound to Chicago from Denver,
| at a point two miles east of Benkel-
man, Neb., 206 miles east Of Denver.
| The engine, tender and the first three
cars were derailed. Fireman W. L.
Tanner of McCook, Neb., was killed
| and r. NJ. Armstrong, baggage clerk,
was perhaps fatally injured.
neutrality-suspicious. which have
been pending for several days be-
tween DIR. c. w. Thompson, owner of
Woodcroft sanitarium, his attorney
I. ii. Devine, and Frank S. Hoag, rep
resenting the Colorado Board Of Cor
rections, have been concluded. The
state is to pay the sum of 100000
for Woodcroft under the terms and
provisions of the original option given
by DIR. Thompson. The state will OBJ
tain full possession of Woodcroft
| August l next.
Colorado Springs.-Challengi the
world for ambition, the members OF
the Pixies peak branch of the Colorado
Mountain club have announced plans
in an effort to make Pixies peak higher
than any other mountain in the state
A difference of about $50 feet exists
between Pixies peak and Mount Mas
sive, and the hardy mountaineers plan
| to carry enough rocks to the summit
of Pixies peak to enable them to build
a pile in a period of two or three
years.
Pueblo-During the last week the
Benedictine Society of Colorado pur
| chased tract of land near Canon
City. The Rockefellow estate, as II
is known, contains ninety acres and
| is one of the most beautiful spots
near Canon City. 1t may at some in
definite time in the future become n
country home for the monks.
| Fort Collins.-The annual cattle
| feeders day at the Colorado Agricul'
tural college will be June l, when the
result of feeding experiments made by
| E. J. Maynard will be given. Mr..
Maynard has been making tests of SIX
kinds of feed, using the same number
of cattle in each, and carefully tabu
lating the feed given and all attend
ant circumstances. These tests ended
May 81.
Pagosa Springs.-Niiss Florence
Scase, professional nurse of Denver,
who brought claim against the estate
of her uncle, Charles Scase, deceased,
| of Pagosa Springs, for S11 700 for SER
vices rendered us a trained nurse and
housekeeper covering period of
| about nine years, was awarded the
sum of S1,0S0 in the County Court of
| Archuleta county. Miss Scase has ap.
| pealed the case.