The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-31
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25O garages in its mining camps.
Grand Junction.-The Masonic and
odd Fellows lodges of Mesa near
Grand Junction plan to build Il lodge
home costing approximately $4,000
Walsenburg.-The Cuchara Land and
Irrigation Company plans to spend ap-
proXimutely $125,000 on improvements
Huerfano counties.
Denver.-Zinc in Colorado ores ad-
vanced SLIGO ton recently. The out
put from the smelters is gradually
gaining in volume to make up for the
idleness of the Belgian furnaces.
Boulder.-Seven men were arrested
in the coal mining towns of Boulder
county recently by officials of the
sheriff's office for operating punch
boards and slot machines in violation
Of the law.
Breckenridge.-John l.. Klinefelter,
70 years old, pioneer of Breckenridge,
died recently after long illness.
klinefelter was a jeweler and made a
specially of mounting gold specimens
for tourists.
Pueblo.-Michael Sklff, SO, of I'll
Berkeley avenue, contractor was in
stantly killed when the small truck he
was driving struck soft sand on the
Canon City road, nine miles west of
Pueblo, and turned over
Leadville-Fire of undetermined
origin destroyed st. Josephs Roman
Catholic church at Leadville. The par
ish house adjoining the church was
badly damaged by the flames. The
Joss Is estimated at $4,000, partly COW
cred by insurance. The structure,
which was located in the heart of the
Austrian settlement, was built in 1899.
Denver-The State Industrial Com
mission recently terminated jurisdlc-
ton in the petition for wage increase
of three of the nineteen crafts that
have made such demands. Employers
and employees settled in these cases
between themselves. Plumbers have
been granted an increase of from $3.50
to $3.50 a day, electrical workers from
So to 50 and drain layers from $3.50
to $3.50.
Colorado Springs.-Dr. n. n. Brum-
bach, 60, formerly of Denver, died at
Colorado Springs a few days ago. DIR.
Brumbach is well known in Denver
and Colorado Springs as the man who
in 1907 built the scenic inclined rail-
way up Mount Manitou. DR.. Brumbach
sold this enterprise which yearly han
dies tourist traffic Of thousands of
passengers, to the Spencer Penrose in
terests in 1914.
Canon City.-"We got the Denver
mint and we will get you unless you
release Fred Colling at once" This
statement, 1t was said, was u threat
received by Warden Thomas ]. lyman
of the Colorado state peniteniary at
Canon City, and 1t led indirectly to the
arrest at Albuquerque, N. NJ, of Pearl
Ward, alias Pearl Cockrell, and j. w.
Morgan on suspicion of their knowing
something of the robbery in Denver
December 1S last of Federal Reserve
bank truck of 100000.
Craig.-Jay Sorrie, homesteader, and
his daughter, Thelma, IA years old,
perished in the blizzard recently while
trying to reach shelter. The two had
come into town on a shopping trip
and started for their home at Black
mountain. When the storm became
severe they unhitched the team and
each mounted Il horse to be carried to
safety. The daughter was found
frozen to death, having fallen from her
horse. The father was carried to his
home, but was 50 exhausted from his
h.t hA
after Mrs Sorrie and four other
children survive.
Denver.-Awards of contracts for
construction of the state hospital to
be built ut East Eighth avenue and
Colorado boulevard were made at a
special meeting of the board of regents
and the architects, and actual work
will begin as soon as men and mater
als can be placed upon the site, 1t was
announced.
Idaho Springs-A summer of I'M
bounded mining activity for Colorado
is the forecast of experts in the prin-
cipal gold and silver producing sec
tions of the state. Especially in the
Clear Creek region, after Il fairly mild
winter in which two months of excel
lent weather was experienced, opera
tors have already begun intensive
work.
Pueblo.-Tom Rogers of 14O9 East
Fourth street, employed by the Pueblo
city highway department, sustained
one broken rib and severe bruises and
contusions and possibly internal injur-
les when he fell twenty-five feet from
the Fourth street bridge over the
Fountain river nito the rocky dry bed
below. Rogers was placing rivets in
the new steel span of the bridge which
Is to replace the one carried out In
the flood.