The Dolores star., 1923-05-18
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

miles or hisnWuys'
veys made by the United sth,e'
Bureau of Public Roads and the ooio,
RADIO State Board OF Immigration. vi
this mileage, approximately S3'oo
miles are improved in some way VI
tho improyed roads, 14l miles are
cement and AGO miles are surfaced
with some special surfacing materi"',
ranging from sand to various types oi
water-bound surfacing. About Zo''oV
miles have been graded and drained
while the remainder are unimpro'eu'
The total includes S,liI miles OF sthle
highways. all of which are improveu
and nearly one-half Of which are sur
faced
Denver.-Tourists travelling by auto
mobile may now get into Mesa VERGE
National Park, according TO the Aprli
reports on the conditions of Colorado
roads received by Robert Higgins,
superintendent of maintenance OF the
State Highway Department. Eariy
tourists may reach the park from Den
yer by way of Grand Junction, Mont
rose, Telluride. Norwood, Cedar and
down through Dove Creek into the
park. The reports show the roads
are generally in good condition, with Il
few rough spots, due to the rains ana
grading work. Wolf Creek pass is ex-
pected to be opened soon.
Boulder.-A sentence of $50 days
was meted out to T. A. Smith of Long
4. No f,rp ham yGlpu
Smith pleaded guilty to charge OF
manslaughter. He had previously
been given seventy-five day sentence
requested Judgment to be set aside,
pleaded guilty second time and re-
ceived the longer sentence. Smith $
automobile ran over and killed Martha
Josephine Shacklett, 9 years old, on
Feb. l at Longmont He at first de
MED his guilt, but admitted it after
ward, and excused his previous denial
by saying that he was trying to save
his family from notoriety.
Denver.-Gov. william L. Sweets
signature has been placed on the SOL
diers' bonus resolution recently passed
by the state Legislature. Following
his approval of the measure, Governor
Sweet presented the pen with which
ii was signed to Morton David, staff
adjutant of the American Legion. 1t
will be kept with the Legion archives.
The proposition to pay bonus Of SO
for each month of service in all wars
to those who enlisted from the state
will be submitted to the people at the
next general election. The resolution
was Introduced by Representative Pol
lock and Bert NJ. Lake.
Longmont-Frank Redd, agricultu-
raj agent for the Great Western Sugar
, Company at LongmOnt, sustained a
fractured skull when his automobile,
in which he was returning from Il
dance at Lyons, collided with Il furni-
ture truck from Denver. Rain, obscur-
Ing the visions of both drivers, Is be-
lieved to have been responsible for the
| accident. Redd's car, 1t is said, struck
the truck with such force that 1t
climbed up over the radiator and
knocked the cab off The truck drlv-
er was uninjured. Redd is in hos
pital, where his condition is reported
as serious.
Durango.-John Fincher, home,
steader Of southeastern Utah, charged
with murder in the first degree fol
killing Alpha Hadley, a young married
| man, last January, was acquitted by {
| jury in the District Court at Cortez
Montezuma county. Fincher charged
Hadley with having wronged his lG
year-old-daughter. Hadley declared
he was innocent, and died soon after
he was shot. Fincher is the father OF
eleven children.
Denver.-Cuts about the face anf
bruises about the body were incurred
by A. G.. Schoening. SO, rancher OF
Genoa, Colo, when the automobile
truck which he was driving was struck
yesterday by an inbound Thirty-fourth
avenue tram car at East Thirty-fourtb
avenue and York street. Police Sur
geon Sickafoose removed him to the
home of relatives.
Fort Collins.-Jake Becker is dead
and Mrs. Becker and their 3-vear-old
u"uShtei, i>olele, are IN dangerous
condition as the result of stroke of
lightning. They were standing in the
| doorway Of Il barn on the farm of
Ed y. Munroe, northeast of Wayerly
which they rented. Lightning struck
the top of the barn and ripped down
wall, striking Becker in the back of
the head. He was killed Instantly,
Colorado Springs,-Bearing wounds
inflicted by the rejected suitor of his
intended bride William Clair Dyer of
Denver applied at the office of the
county clerk here for a marriage
license. Accompanying him was his
bride-to-be, Mrs. Myra Deatrich, also
OF Denver. whose former suitor Sam
Nixon, attempted to take her life and
that of Dyer.
Colorado Springs.-A man believed
to be c. NJ. Carr of the Carr Dental
Manufacturing Company of Denver