The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-17
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Pueblo.-Pueblo, Colo. made the
largest gain, 47.S7 per cent, in postal
receipts in February of ten leading in
dustrial cities of the country.
Denver.-The killing Of AL Cornish
by 2l-year-old Bessie Thomas in front
of her hotel was premeditated, accord
ing to the verdict of n coroner's jury.
Denver.-Denver citizens will be
asked at the municipal election to vote
on bond issues totaiing more than $10,-
100000, If plans now being prepared
by City Attorney james \. Marsh are
perfected.
Denver. - February reflected i'm
proved Industrial conditions generally
throughout Colorado in increased en-
ployment over January, according to Il
survey made public by the employment
bureau of the Department of Labor at
Washington.
Pueblo-.Iesus SantZes, owner of a
store here, was injured when the auto
mt bile he was driving plunged over
ten-foot embankment and landed up
side down in AN arroyo five miles east
of Pueblo on the Colorado-Kansas
boulevard.
Sedalia.-Mrs. Mary Baugh of Tren-
ton, Mo, was killed and her two daugh-
ters and one grandchid were injured
when the car in which the party were
riding to Denver struck a chuckhole
on the Colorado Springs road south of
Sedulia, skidded and overturned.
Grand Junction.-Charles Johnson
shot and instantly killed Orange Mar
tin while the later was seated in the
Johnson Kitchen. The Johnson farm
is in Grand valley. Johnson has been
a ranchman in the Grand valley dis
trict for twenty years. Martin was
single and recently worked for John
son.
Denyer.-Reief for thousands of
farmers in Colorado and other West
ern states who are tilling soil upon
federal irrigation projects and have
failed to raise sufficient crops to pay
charges due the government for sup
plying the water to irrigate their farms
was announced in Washington by Sec
ietary of Interior Work.
Greeley.-The State Teachers Col
lege graduated thirty-nine students at
the close of the winter quarter. This
is one more than double the number
making up the graduating class at this
period Il year ago. Glasses are grad
uated with the close of each quarter.
This enables them to begin teaching
at once in the event they have APP
pointments.
Denver.-Senator Samuel d. Nichol-
son of Colorado, who has been ill for
the past two weeks, has left Washing
ton, ID. c., for Rochester, Mimi, where
he will enter the Mayo hospital for ex-
animation. Puzzled as to the exact
cause of the senator's illness, Mr..
Nicholson's physician suggested he
visit the Mayo brothers, who are ex-
perts on diagnosis.
Leadville.-Mount Massive, king of
Colorado's mountain peaks, has been
scaled in the dead of winter. Three
Leadville men, III. ID. Leonard, cashier
of the American National Bank G. w.
Gill, Mountain States Telephone Com
pany employe, and Professor Fox OF
the Leadville High school, reached the
summit of the giant peak recently
after an arduous climb requiring nine
hours.
Denver.-The Colorado Stockgrow-
ers Association has authorized com
mission firms ut the Denver Union
stockyards to deduct % cents from the
proceeds of each shipment of cattle,
sheep, hogs, horses and mules billed
from stations in Colorado, except from
Denver to river points, for the main
tenance and development of the asso-
citation, and in promoting and guarding
the interests of the live stock Industry
of Colorado.
Denyer.-Fire breaking out in the
laundry rooms of the county hospital
threatened the insane ward of the in
stitution and virtually destroyed the
laundry building.
Fort Collins.-H. A. Van Auken,
president general manager of the
Clean Heat Sales Company, Denver, is
in jail at Fort Collins, Colo, facing
three, and probably four, charges of
obtaining money under false pretenses
and operating confidence game. Van
Auken was brought back to Colorado
from Los Angeles, where he was ar
rested ten days ago, after flight from
Denver through Texas the southwest
and thence to Los Angeles.
Boulder.-Elections are to be held in
all of the incorporated cities and
towns in Boulder county during April
and the sides are lining up lively
fight for control. In Longmont the
fight is to be over the question of en-
iarging the municipal lighting plant or
purchasing the additional electricity
that is needed from the Western Light