The Raymer enterprise., 1923-08-02
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Buena Vista.-F. b. Dodson, GO-year-
old garage proprietor Of Rifle, Colo.
was killed eight miles north Of here
when the auto he was driving was
struck by an east-bound Denver 4 Rio
Grande Western railroad train.
Colorado Springs.-Robert Parker, g.
year-Old son Of Fountain restaurant
keeper who fell into cesspool at his
home, died in Colorado Springs hos
pital, where he had been brought i'm
mediately after being rescued from the
pit.
Denver.-Battllng for his life with
an unidentified masked bandit he sur
prised in an attempt to hold up and
rob Police Magistrate Henry Bray, Pa
trolman W. B. Ogle, Of the South Den
yer substation, shot and killed the
highwayman.
Pueblo.-B. w. Borders, Undercliffe
rancher, died here us result Of injur-
les received In fight with John FL
well, a neighbor. Borders is said to
have been struck on the head with q
shovel as the elimination Of quarrel
over irrigation water.
Fort Collins. work on
the new administration building Of the
Colorado Agricultural College will be-
gin Immediately, 1t Is announced here,
following the letting OF the contract to
the c. L. Walker Construction Com
pany Of Denver, the lowest bidder.
Canon City.-A dispute over the ap-
pointment of checkweighman result
ed in walkout of miners employed by
the CanOn.Reliance Coal Company near
Canon City. Members Of the Industrial
commission advised the miners to re-
turn to work pending an investigation
Of their grievances.
Breckenridge.-Gregg Hallen was In
stantly killed when he touched wire
carrying 1900 volts Of electricity. and
r. B. Prior, who had his hands on Hal
len, was so shocked that he was un-
conscious for some time. Prior, though
severely burned, Is expected TO recov-
err The men were working on the elec-
tric dredge of the Tonopah Placer
Company.
Boulder-A group Of Italian coal
miners Of Canon City, represented by
RocO Moschetti, were the only bidders
for the Black Diamond coal mine,
which was offered for sale by I. g.
Lashley, trustee in bankruptcy. The
bid will be referred to the U. s. referee
In bankruptcy. 1t was in the sum Of
S7,1Gl.5O. The mine Is five miles east
Of Boulder.
Canon City.-August Pease, county
attorney Of Fremont county, and at
one time Democratic nominee for dis
trict Judge, was arraigned in District
Court on a charge Of violating the
prohibition law. and Charles Skinner,
former chief Of police Of Canon City,
arrested with Pease, Is being sought
by Sheriff Clifford X. Glasson. Skin
ner is alleged to have left Canon City
shortly after his arrest.
Akr0n.-Governor Sweet addressed
q large meeting Of the Colorado
Wheat Growers Association here on
the subject Of cooperative marketing.
The speech was one In the series he
Is making to farmers Of northeastern
Colorado In behalf of forming cooper
ative marketing associations. He
opened with an address at Wray, took
dinner and spoke ut Eckley, and then
gave talks at Otis, Yuma and Platner.
Colorado Springs.-Mary Wilkinson,
II, daughter of Judge and Mrs. S. A.
Wilkinson of Memphis, Tenn, was in
stantly killed when rock slide threw
her over l75-foot cliff in Rock Creek
canon, near here. She and two other
girls and three boys were climbing the
canons side when one of the party dis
lodged large rock, which tumbled
down and struck Miss Wilkinson on
the head and sent her reeling back
ward over the cliff.
BOulder.-Dr. Clay Emory Giffin,
member of the faculty Of the medical
school of the University Of Colorado
and one of the most prominent physi-
clans In northern Colorado, was
drowned while saving his son, Clay,
Jr., II years old, who had fallen into
u pond near the beaver dam on Boul.
der creek.
Pueblo.-One bridge carpenter was
killed and four others seriously in
jured when n gasoline speeder was
struck by an engine and cabOose on
the Denver & Rio Grande Western
west Of Florence. J. p. Mcdonnell
died Of his injuries. The men are
bridge carpenters engaged on recon-
structon work on the Denver & Rio
Grande Western.
Breckenridge.-The body Of Mrs. Ski
Jones Of Montezuma was found by a
mountain roadside by three boys who
were playing in the gulches. Mrs.
Jones held a bunch Of mountain flow
ers In her hand and had evidently been
dead about two days. Mrs. Jones
started to walk from Montezuma for
Breckenridge several days ago, and is
believed to have been stricken with
paralysis.