The Dolores star., 1923-09-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

kept it's doors wide open. This assur-
ancc was given by Frank L. Bishop
and Michael \. Mclaughlin, president
and vice president, respectively, of the
bank. They are of the opinion, us Is
most of the rest of the banking trater-
nifty, that the hysteria and appreheh-
sion that attended the assignment Oh
the Interstate Trust Company ana the
failure of the Hibernia Bank and trust
Company is passing rapidly. The peak
Of the excitement, based solely on the
prumiscuous spreading of unfounded
rumors, was believed reached.
penvcr-Work was begun recently
To convert the flfty-four mile Farm
ington. y. NJ, branch of the Denver
Rio Grande Western railroad from
standard 10 narrow gauge, according 10
announcement by Frank a. Wadleigh'
general passenger agent of the Denver
4 Rio Grande. \ report from Durango
Incorrectly stated that the road was 10
be converted into standard gauge.
1t is now standard gauge, according TO
Mr. Wadlcigh, and the change to mar
row gauge is being made to AFFORD
uniform gauge roHd from Alamosa 10
Pennington, thereby eliminating trans
fer of live stock and other freight from
one gauge to another.
Colorado Springs.-A crumpled pack
ct of five letters, said to contain evil
dence discriminating the unknown as
Sailant who brutally murdered Mrs.
Elsie Jorgensen Suttle, wife of II. ii.
SuttIe, Jr., few days ago, is believed
to have been the cause or the attack
which ended in the death OF the IL
year-Old bride of a month, according
to police. A dragnet has been thrown
out by the police for "A man called
Jack" who is thought to have in
vaded the girls room in an effort TO
obtain the letters, which were found
under the pillow of the bed on which
she was lying.
Colorado STANDARDIZATION between
Sheriff Berkeley on the one side and
the police department and District At
torney Willis l.. Strachan on the other,
was the outstanding development of
the fifth day of the Elsie Jorgenson
SuttIe murder mystery. As result
of their differences. the sheriff is un-
derstood to have withdrawn in large
measure from the case, and left the
task of hunting down the perpetrator
of the crime to Chief Hugh d. Harper
and the district attorneys office. Sher-
iff Bcrklcy let it be known that his
theory was that the crime was an in
side job"
GrecIcy.-Morc than 800 members of
the Camp Fire girls from Morgan,
Weld, Adams, Lurimer and Boulder
counties met in Greeley for their an
nual council fire. One hundred and
eight members of the Guardians
Training classes at the Colorado State
Teachers College, under the direction
of Miss Gertrude Lee Camp Fire eX-
ecutive, received their certificates
Miss Edith NJ. Kempthorne, national
secretary of the organization, was II
principal speaker ut the council fire.
Denyer.-Coal production for the
state Of Colorado during the month of
July was GS9,25i tons, bringing the to-
tai for the year to 5,7lG,GJS tons, nc
cording to the monthly report Of
james DaIrymple, state coal mine in
spector The report shows that there
has been an increase of 631 ,1Gl tons of
coal mined this year, compared with Il
similar period last year. There were
1,472 men employed in the mines of
the state during the month.
ceived their degrees from the Colorado
State Agricultural College here, We'd
nesday, ut the first regular commence
ment and comforting of degrees ever
held in Fort Collins, at the close of
n summer session. The students pc
tltiOnS for degrees We're approved last
spring by the State Board of Agricul-
ture, with the condition that they full
fill certain requirements during the
summer session.
Denyer.-ColoradO wool clip for
1913 Will be the largest on record, ac-
cording to estimates received by JOS
eph PassOneau, state director of mar.
rets, from the Department of Agri.
Culture. The yield for the year is set
for S,5i4,OOO pounds. compared with
6,S39,OOO in 1921 and 1920 in 1919
There are approximately 100000 sheer
In the state. Weld and Rio Grande
counties are the leaders in wool pro,
duction, with Larimer and Coneios
counties close seconds. The neighbor.
ing states of Wyoming, Utah and New
Mexico are all heavier yonl nrn1un.rs
than Colorado.
Durango.-Laura Durnell, 10, wa.
Killed instantly, and seven other per
sons were Injured when the automobil,
IN which they were riding plunged oveI
1I5-foOt embankment one mile soutl
o. Howardsville, when the driver o.
the car was blinded by the brigh
,hts of another machine.
Denver.-Roy COyne, alleged mem
b of the Denver bunko ring. obtaine,
Ii freedom from the county Jail unde