The Colorado statesman., 1923-01-27
LATE NEWS
From All OUer
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eckenridge.-Robert w. Foote, G1
years old. prominent mining und hotel
man of this district, died ut his Breck-
enrldge home after an attack of par-
alysls.
Caiion City.-Paul Lockwood, a con.
Wet serving term of from five to six
years in the state penitentiary for the
alleged robbery on July II, 1921, of the
Denver Tramway cashier, escaped
from prison recently.
Greeley.-A dog fight caused James
w. Gault, prominent Greeley attorney,
to be arrested for disturbance. Gault
was placed in the county Jail by Sher-
lff II. L. Corder, but was subsequently
admitted to bail, which he gave.
Fort Collins.-Dr. w. A. Kickland
and Mrs. Kickland of Fort Collins
plan to leave Feb. l for an extensive
trip to Cuba, the Bahamas, the Pana-
ma Canal zone and the eastern coast
of South America on ship chartered
by number of members of the Amer
lean College of Surgeons.
Denver.-Stolen goods, confiscated
off at police headquarters, brought
total of $2,3S1.90, j. ]. Wick Roy, com
missioner of supplies, announced. Ex-
penses of conducting the sale totaled
about 5000, leaving over $1,000 to be
turned over to the police pension fund.
Fifteen automobiles brought 1,410 at
the sale.
Greeley-Orville L. Mason, classy"
dresser, man of charming personality,
investor in farm lands and owner of
$4,000 bank account, faded into
thin air at the county Jail at Greeley,
and in his place there remained Harry
Brown, 81 years old, paroled forger
from the Nevada state penitentiary
and alleged car thief and confidence
man.
Fort Collins.-The valuation of. Lar
inner county for 1922, as shown by the
tax roll completed by County Assessor
H b. Hammond, is $52 1920. This
is reduction from the 1921 valuation
of $41O,220. Although the county has
lower assessment for 1922 than for
1921 the taxes to be collected will be
more than the previous year. This Is
due to the fact that twenty-eight OF
the forty-six school districts Increased
their levies for the current years ex-
penses. There were eight districts un-
able to meet their expenses with the
Increase provided by law. They ap-
pealed to the tax commission for per-
mission to increase the levy and the
petitions were granted. All the towns
in the county made the same levy for
1922 as for the year previous except
Fort Collins and Timnath. Fort Col
Inns increased its levy from IL to l1.34
and Tlmnath reduced its levy from III
to mills.
Montrose.-A farmers institute, In.
stead of the farmers congress which
has been held in Montrose the last two
years, will be held in Moptrose Feb.
20 to %, according to- the decision OF
the directors of the Farmers Congress,
who decided that because of unsettled
conditions of agriculture 1t would be
better to not hold the extensive pro-
gram which the Farmers Congress
calls for. The institute, which Will be
an old-fashioned farmers gathering
for four days, will start off with the
annual meeting of the Uncompahgre
Valley Cattle and Horse Growers AS
sociation. This day will be devoted
entirely to livestock topics. The ten
tative program for the other days in
cludes Feb. 81, dairying and hogs;
Feb. %, fruit growers, and Feb. %, or
ganization of the Old-timers' Associa'
ton. Beet growing, poultry, house
other h
jects pertaining to farmers will be dis
cussed during the Institute and Coun
ty Agent Ben II. King is now arrans-
ing to bring some of the best agricul'
tural speakers of the state to Mont.
rose for the occasion.
Trinidad.-With banquet attended
by more than 200 men and women, the
COMMUNICATIVE membership campaign
of the Trinidad-Las Animas County
Chamber of Commerce got under way
here. Douglas Malloch, Chicago poet,
newspaper writer and lecturer, was the
principal speaker at the banquet
Boulder.-One hundred editors and
managers of high school publications
of the state are expected in Boulder
for the three-day program of the sec.
ond annual high school editors confer
ence, to be conducted on the Univer-
sity of Colorado campus by the
Boosters Club, Jan. 25, 26 and -.
Sigma Delta Chi, professional journal
istic fraternity, will give to the high
school presenting the best paper, a
cup which will remain the permanent,
property of that school. The judging
committee will be composed of two
members of the journalism faculty of
the university, two newspaper men
who will speak at the conference, the
editor of the Silver and Gold, student