The Dolores star., 1923-12-28
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS


volving the issue of securities having
an approximate par value of Sl32.OoO.-
900, were approved by the Interstate
Commerce Commission in Washington.
Pagosa Springs-The Charles +.
Rumbaugh hot water well doubled It's
flow after two addit .Onal feet had been
drilled. The depth is now 300 feet and
the temperature Is l24 degrees. More
than $1,000 barrels per day is coming
from the well. and 1t has been a prob
lem to control the water.
Denver-Civil service examinations
for the selection Of postmasters for
Arriba. Ault. Bayfield,, Carbondale,
Eads. Elizabeth, Flagler, Fowler, Gil
man, LaSalle. Limon, Ucia, Olathe,
Peetz. Vona and Windsor will be held
in Denver, Jan 3, 1924. according to
advices from Washington, d. c.
Greeley.-Pupils of the New Raymer
High school won first honors in Weld
county in the annual dramatic contest
held here. They presented the one-act
play, "The Valiant" The Hebrew"
given by the Pierce High school, was
S''tlltls l'INIutt .AlitlllpH, llNtl
by Fort Lupton High school, was third.
Grand Junction.-Warren Moore, Z
year-old son of Joseph Moore, Fruit
dale rancher. was killed when the EN-
bankment of the Grand Valley ditch
near Pallisade collapsed beneath the
weight of an automobile. The father
and two other children, Jean. three
years old and Frances. four, escaped
unhurt.
Dcnver.-Farmers of the Grand Val
ley reclamation project had the most
successful season this year since 1920
and many obtained sufficient returns
to clean up most of the debt accumu
lated during the last three years. ac
cording to the report of Secretary of
the Interior Work on crop conditions
of Colorado projects, as of Dec. l.
Colorado Springs.-Albert Salluh
Kermou. alias "Al the Turk" arrested
in Omaha, Neb., may aid in the solu
ton of the mystery of who brutally
murdered Elsie Suttle, 16-year-old
bride Of Harry Suttle. in her home,
Aug. %, the police think. Kermou's
pockets were full of newspaper clip
pings on the case, the police say.
Fruita-The lone wolf' of Frulta.
has Mt last been trapped after three
years of depredations among stock
and of evasion OF hunters who have
been constantly on its trail w. J.
Nearing, Il hunter In the section north
of Fruita, trapped the wolf, seven
foot female, last week after he had
been on her trail for three years
Rocky Ford.-A pageant depicting
the birth of Christ will feature the
greatest Christmas celebration ever at
tempted in this part of the state, to
he held at the fair grounds here
Christmas eve. The Lions Club is the
sponsor and every church, lodge and
club in the city and many nearby com
munities will assist
Denver.-Head lettuce, Colorado's
latest addition to her growing list of
truck crops, has shown an Increase of
nearly 400 acres in 1923 over the acre
age planted last year, according to re-
ports of county assessors to the State
year show 6,120 acres of head lettuce
planted. compared with 5,726 acres
last year.
Greeley. - Rights, privileges and
franchises Of the Greeley < Denver
Railroad Company, for many years op-
orator of a street car system in Cree
ley, are cancelled and terminated by an
ordinance passed on first reading by
the Greeley City Council. The ordi-
nance states that electric railway
service ended here in January, 1923,
and that the company has neither Civ
en- service nor attempted to give serv-
Ice since.
Boulder-J. r. Williams of Denver,
an alumnus of the University of Colo
RADIO. was reelected president of the
annual province convention of the Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. There
are delegates here from the University
of Wyoming, Colorado School of
Mines, Colorado Agricultural College,
and Denver University
Pueblo.-Okey r. Jacobs, former
superintendent of schools ut Antonito.
Colo, was sentenced to serve lS
months in Leavenworth prison and
pay a fine of $1,000 on each OF four
counts running concurrently when a
jury found him guilty in United States
District Court of violation of the
Mann act. Jacobs was accused of
transportation Of Miss Florence Sto-
rer from PEBBLES, Ohio. to Antonito.
Grand Junction.-Walter X. Loupe,
former preacher who confessed that
he faxed suicide by running his auto
mobile into the Colorado river near
Glenwood Springs last October and
then fled to Ypsilant, Mich, plead
guilty here to embeZzlement of 5000
from the Farmers Life Insurance Com
pany, and was Immediately sentenced
by District Judge Straud NJ. Logan to
term in the state penitentiary of
from two to five years
Pueblo.-Deputy sheriffs here were
called to Athey, Colo, to Investigate
the StOry pf 7 w Eckhort ,rh, 10