The Colorado statesman., 1923-09-01

Douglas County Fair-Castle Rock.
Oct. 3-5.
EIbert County Fair-Matheson.
Grand County Fair-Kremmling.
La Plata County Fair-Duranso.
Moffat County Fair-Craig.
Westcllffe.-J. F. Morgan, 81 years
old, was killed when he fell fifty feet
from ladder in the Terrible mine, six
teen miles east of Westcllffe, after be-
Ing struck on the head by falling
rock
Denver.-Jack Warner of Lamar,
Denver University student, was held
up by two youthful bandits at the in
tersection Of Nineteenth and Larimer
streets as he was returning from a
! dance.
Antonito-Scott E. Land, superin-
tendent of the state fish hatcheries,
dropped dead in front OF one of the
cabins at the Conejos fish hatchery,
near Antonto. Death is believed to
have been caused by apopleXy.
Pueblo.-The deal for the purchase
of Woodcroft Sanitarium as an addl-
tion to the Colorado State Hospital
was completed at Pueblo ut confer
RADIO Board of Corrections and Dr. c..
w. Thompson, owner of the institu-
tion.
Denver.-The Denver Stage EN-
ployees' union has reached an, agree.
ment with the Denver Theatrical Man
ugers' Association providing for a wage
Increase of ~ per cent on the pres
/ IN On
dispute that for Il time threatened to
develop into strike.
Boulder.-At the annual commence
ment exercises Sept. l at the Univer-
sity of Colorado twenty-four persons
received master of arts degrees. OF
| the twentyfour, ten are holders of
bachelor of arts degrees from the
| State University, while the others are
graduates of Denver Tennessee, Chi
cago, Iowa, Brown, Bethel, Pittsburgh,
| Friends and Indiana universities and
| West Texas Normal, Bradley Polytech-
mic, Rice Institute st. Xavier, Texas
Presbyterian and Drury colleges.
Denver.-A new angle of investiga-
| ton in connection with the lOoting Of
| the Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
| developed recently when the author
ties started checking up an alleged
statement of Maurice Mandell, boy
broker, accused of hand in the
wrecking of the bank, to the effect
| that part of the $465, 900 in loot was
removed from the bank vaults three
days before the crash, and, in his opin-
| ion, was hidden by Leo =. Floyd, for
mer secretary of the bank, and John
| Harrington, former teller.
Durango.-Lafayett Current, GO, n
widely known lawyer of Aztec, met in
stant death when his shotgun was ac-
cidentally discharged as he was at
| tempting to shoot skunk which had
been bothering his family for several
nights. The entire charge of shot en-
tered his left side in the region of the
| heart.
Denver.-When p. r. Dease of 1929
East Twenty-siXth avenue took to his
heels as two bandits commanded him
to throw up his hands, one of the hold
| ups fired three shots after him. The
holdup occurred at an alley on East
| Twenty-siXth avenue near Downing
street. Dease ran three blocks and fell
exhausted All three bullets went wide
| of their mark.
Denver.-Important clews indicating
| that the run on the Home Savings and
Trust Company was caused by a Den
yer woman who wished to revenge her.
self for personal grievance against
| certain directors of the bank we're be-
ing followed by operatives from the
district attorneys office, according to
Kenneth w. Robinson, and it was be-
lieved that an arrest will be made
soon.
| Durango-A record in the number of
high school graduates making decisions
to attend higher schools of learning
has been established by the class of
1928 of the Durango high school. Forty
per cent of the class, which represents
twenty-four of the graduates, will leave
the city this fall to enter colleges or
universities.
Pueblo-Arthur Baggisti, 10 years
old and son of Bert Baggisti miner
IN the Rockvale district, west of Pu-
eblo, lost his left leg when he was
caught in a cable while playing around