The Colorado statesman., 1923-11-03
CENTENNIAL STATE TENS


ropole hotel here, Oct. 81, at which the
Colorado Republican delegation in Con-
gress was host, formed the Republican
Newspaper Association of Colorado,
and pledged thorough support and CO.
operation for party success in the pres
ldential campaign next year. The thir-
ty editors present elected Charles u.
Adams of Grand Junction, president;
George w. Johnson of Longmont, vice
president; p. r. Mcdowell of Jules
burg, secretary-treasurer, and six d.
rectors to serve with them on the ex-
ecutive committee. These directors
are Patrick l.. Burns of Bessemer, II.
l.. Giffin of Ordway, B. L. Price of
Alamosa, L. L. Godfrey Of Yampa and
VIII G. Ferril of Denver. VIII r. Muir
ply. formerly newspaper editor of
Las Animas, president OF the Lincoln
Club, was chairman of the program.
Hugo.-The body of Gottleb Kaiser,
the latest victim in a family In which
stark tragedy seems to lurk, was TAX
en- to Hugo from Canon City for bur
lal. Kaiser. an ex-service man, who
was living on a homestead twelve
miles north of Canon City, was killed
when a team OF horses which he was
driving hitched to a load of hay ran
away and threw him TO the ground,
killing him instantly. Twelve years
ago this month Kaiser's father, Gott-
leb Kaiser, Sr., was killed in the same
manner when he was thrown from a
hay wagon on his farm near Hugo.
Last December, Kaisers stepsister,
Mrs. Minnie Patterson Talladay, her
5-year-old daughter and, her infant son
we're burned to death in fire which
destroyed their home, four miles east
Of Aroya. Colo.
Denver.-Colorado's Pure-bred Sires
special train which has been touring
the state in the interest of pure-bred
live stock, exchanging evenly thorough
bred bulls and boars for scrubs" in
thirty cities and towns, has met with
tremendous success wherever 1t
stopped. Incalculable benefit to the
farmers and live stock growers of the
state Is anticipated as result of this
special tour. The enthusiasm and in
terest manifested in all sections in
pure-bred stock has more than repaid
the efforts of the Burlington railroad
lines. the Colorado Agricultural Col
lege, the Denver Civic and Commercial
Association and other bodies sponsor
Ing the affair.
Fort Observation-Disclosures per cent
of the liquor sold in Colorado Is rank
poison" X. A. Kohloss of Denver, gen
eral prohibition agent, declared in an
address at the w. G. T. y. convention
here, in a plea for the cooperation of
the public in the enforcement of the
prohibition laws. Mr. Kohloss branded
the attitude of good" citizens who
condone liquor law violations as Grim
lnal. THE main problem now is pub
lie sentiment" he said.
Pueblo.-A - per cent Increase in
salaries all around for employees of
the Minnequa steel plant of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company here was
announced few days ago by officials
of the company. This affects men
working on daily and hourly wages
and ton tonnage and piece work. The
wage increase was accepted by en-
ployees' representatives and is effec-
tive as of Oct. l.
Colorado Springs.-ThOmas W. Lang
ford, ticket agent at the Denver & Rio
Grande Western railroad for the last
four years, was arrested by detectives
following the discovery of shortages of
$1,000 in his accounts at the ticket of
flee. Langford quit the employ of the
railroad two weeks ago, but the short
uges were not discovered until Oct. -
Oak Creek.-The Oak Creek school
district has voted in favor of $55,00O
bond issue for the erection of
school building in Oak Creek. Robert
X. Fuller, Denver architect, will draw
the plans.
Boulder.-Social workers from all
parts of Colorado met here last
week for an annual conference.
President Charles a. Lory of the Agri
cultural College was president of the
conference.
La Junta.-Three passengers and the
conductor on westbound Santa Fe train
No. are in the Santa Fe hospital
here, suffering from knife wounds in
fllcted by Mexican who apparently
went suddenly insane in the chair car
of the train near Thatcher, thirty-six
miles east of Trinidad. about o'clock
In the morning. The assallant, identi
fled by Acting Coroner F. e. Cole of
Las Animas county as Telesforo Can
delaria, 65 years old, of Morovia, Calf,
was shot dead by William Garner, ne
gro porter, of Albuquerque, n. NJ.
Fort Collins.-William Ross was
found guilty of Involuntary manslaugh-
ter by jury in the District Court
here. He was sentenced to nine
months in the county jail by Judge
Nell f. Graham. Ross was charged
with running down Mrs. Anna Lapp,
near Loveland, on Feb. 4, 1921, and
driving away, leaving her in dying
condition IN tha navamant