The Dolores star., 1923-06-08
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

sity of Colorado on June II. This VIII
be an increase of twcnty-nme over last
years, the next largest class.
Breckenridge-S summit county, and
particularly the Breckenridge district
show decided Improvement in the MN
ing line IN comparison with last
spring. Fifty carloads of ore ana con
centrates We're shipped from the
Breckenridge station during April.
Lawson.-Wlth the coming of spring,
mining activity has commenced on Co
lumbia mountain in Clear Greek coun-
tv. and many properties plan cam
paign of development far more eNten-
Sive than has been conducted for many
~ears, and Indications already point
10 a very profitable mining season IN
this location.
Durango.-The mystery surrounding
the death of Nerna Freed, 2I-year-old
Kentucky beauty. when she drank
tablespoonful of poisoned hooch
gradually is being cleared by the au-
thorlties. preliminary analysis OF
the liquor made by DR.. $. Boyd Cal
klns of the Durango high schoo! fac
ulty revealed the presence of strych-
nine.
Pagosa SprinEs.-AGlss Florence
Scase. n professional nurse of Denver,
who brought claim against the estate
of her uncle, Charles Scase, deceased,
of Pagosa Springs, for Sll,T0O for ser
vices rendered as a trained nurse and
housekeeper covering period OF
about nine years. was awarded the
sum Of 81 $50 in the County Court OF
Archuleta county. Miss Scase has ap-
pealrd the case.
Pueblo.-R l.. Roberts, his wife and
two children and neighbor, Mrs. Rose
Young, all of Crested Butte. narrowly
escaped death by drowning when an
automobile in which they were riding
sliidd,d near Florence and plunged in
10 an irrigation ditch containing ten
feet o. water Motorists who wit
messed the accident stopped and as
sisted n the rescue. The automobile
remained upright throughout the acci-
dent. Nr Roberts said.
Colorado Sprlngs.-ChallengI the
world 'or ambition. the members OF
the Pixies peak branch Of the Colorado
Mountain club have announced plans
in IN effort to make Pixies peak higher
than any other mountain in the state.
A di ference of about $50 feet exists
bctw zen Pixies peak and Mount Mas
sive and the hardy mOuntalnecrs plan
to carry enough rocks to the summit
nf "ikes peak TO enable them to build
Il pile in period of two or three
years.
J'ucblO.-Trains on the AtChison
TuDeka and Santa Fe railroad be.
tween Pueblo and La Junta. Colo.
We're several hours late Sunday night
as Il result Of the heavy rain in the
vicinity of Rocky Ford, when sections
o; the railroad track were inundated
and made unsafe for travel when the
flood waters broke through an irr-
cation canal near Rocky Ford and
flooded n large part of the residence
district and major portion of the
business district with several inches
Of water
Dcnver.-Notices to more than
200 owners of patents to home
steads and other land claims in Colo.
rado have been sent out by the fed.
crul land office in an endeuvor to
have the owners take possession OF
the patents, the great number of
which occupy considerable office
space. According to Martha +
Spears, register, some of the patents
we're granted more than forty Years
ago. The notices were sent out pur.
suant TO a general clean up policy
initiated by the Department of the
Interior some weeks ago
BoUider.-Thirty-s men who have
been attending the University of Colo
RADIO under the direction of the United
States Veterans Bureau are to be
graduated June II. Twenty-four will
receive degrees from law, engineering
and commerce schools, and twelve will
finish work in the vocational depart-
mcnt. Practically all have obtained
positions.
Denyer.-President Harding will ar
rive in Denver on the morning of
June 70. He will make one DubIic
speech, mt the Greek theater in the
Civic Center or at the city Auditorium
at noon, and will leave at l 80 in the
afternoon for the West. This infor-
nation was contained in a telegram
from the Presidents secretary, George
Christian. to Senator Phlpps.
Fort CoIllns.-The annual cattle
feeders day at the Colorado AgricuI.
tural college will be June l, when the
result Of feeding experiments made by
L. J. Maynard will be given. Mr.
Maynard has been making tests of six
kinds of feed, using the same number
of cattle in each. and carefully rnbu.
iatIng the feed given and all attend
ant circumstances. These tests ended
May 81.
Denver.-ln an order In which the
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