The Dolores star., 1923-05-04
CRISP
COLORADO
NE WIS


tenant are expected to be complete
within a week for new S5,SSo'VVo no
tel, twelve stories high, and featuring
| GOO rooms for the use of Denvers tour
list and travelling publics.
Colorado Springs.-An Increase OF
nearly 100000 In the total assets OF
the Myron Stratton Home Corporation
for 1922 over the previous year Is
| shown In the annual audit. The assets
for the end Of the year l922, totai
| Sc, sos, ,2g3 as compared TO the l9Zl
figures of S6,412,05I.SO.
Lamar.-A vivid re-enHctment OF the
scene of the killing of George Rose
| farmer living ten miles southwest OF
Lamar, who was found shot to death
about four weeks ago, brought con
| fession of the shooting from Henry
Rose, lO-yeur-old son of George Rose,
according to Sheriff \. L. Beaver.
Fort Colllns.-Four officers and
eight students of the military depart
ment of the Colorado Agricultural Col
| lcge were Initiated into the Scabbard
and Blade, a national honorary mill
! tary fraternity few days ago. The
installation was in charge of Colonel
| Burkett of Columbus, Ohio. Four 9th
| er chapters will be Installed by him In
| the West.
Brighton.-Jess and John Duree, ar
rested in Denver and brought here In
connection with the theft of $40 in
pennles from the Bennett bank March
| 81, will be taken to Greeley TO answer
a charge of robbing u store ut Mllli-
| ken. When the rooms occupied by
| the two men were examined the Off
GERS say they found goods stolen from
the store in Mlll!ken April l.
Boulder.-prof. and Mrs. T. D. a.
| CoCkercl have applied for passports to
| Siberia, where they plan to spend the
| summer investigating n new fossil bed
that has been opened up there. Pro-
! fessor Cockcrell believes that from
! samples he has received the Siberian
! fossil bed is the same us that ut Flor
! lssant, Colo, where he and Mrs. Cock
! eren have conducted extensive studies.
Palmer Lake-D. y. MOhOn, driver
| for the National Auto Transit Com
pany of Pueblo, was killed, and his
wife injured when their automobile
| overturned in a stretch of sand short
| distance north of here. MOhOn is said
to have been plotting the big car at IL
| fast rate of speed. When the wheels
| struck the sand he lost all control, and
as the machine overturned both pas
sengers were thrown clear.
Luveund-Scven dogs afflicted with
rabies We're put to death ut Loyeland
recently and proclamation has been
issued ordering every canine in the
city muzzled and confined until May
20. a dog suffering with hydrophObla
recently ran amuck and is thought to
have bitten at least fifty other dogs.
The animal was taken to the Colorado
| Agricultural College where test re-
vealed rabies. Thus far no one has
been bitten.
Denyer.-J. S. Peck, Kentuckian,
called "the most unrelcnting Nemesis
of the bunCO men, lived up to his
name recently when he filed answer in
District Court, stating that lie would
stand for costs of the trial of Lou
BIOnger who, he charges, fleeced him
out of $4,000 in July, 1921. Several
months ago Peck filed suit, stating
that he would push charges against
BlOnger and four of his retinue, \. W.
Duff, J. II. French, \. L. Cooper and
Grover Sullivan, regardless OF what
their fate might be at the hands of the
West Side Court jury. When Peck
brought his suit, Lou, on his own be
half and for the sake of his four CO.
horts, announced through his attorneys
that he would not stand trial unless
the plaintiff, Peck, offered to stand
costs Of the proceedings.
Holly.-EXtensive improvements will
be made on the Grand Hotel in Holly,
according to report in the Holly
Chieftain.
Calhan.-Two men, presumed to be
fleeing bootleggers, drew a revolver
on deputy sheriff at Calhan when he
started to search their machine. and
escaped.
Grand JunCtlOn.-Peach growers at
Palisade have organized the first CO.
ton in the state of Colorado, which
comes under the law recently adopted
by the State Legislature. Eighty Der
cent of the peach growers in the Pal
isade district have signed up as mem,
bers of the. new association, agreeing
TO do all their marketing through as.
sociatiOn officials for the next five
years, and binding themselves with
notes covering large percentage OF
the value of their land, in which they
agree to forfeit to the association up
on failure to live up to their contract
Directors Of the association for the
next year are John Cutter, Frank Hat
ter, A. G. TiltOn, w. J. Stebbins ant
j. d. Reeder. The membership of tn,
advisory committee Is composed o.
George w. Bowman, F. f. Port, ]. e
Best and II. II. Butterfield
San Luis.-Jesus NJ Olguin, we'll
| known resident of COstilla county 1ia,