The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-10
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS


Crayton passed through one of the
most narrowing experiences in the an
nails of local industry. Working in
nfteen-foot hole one of the sides of the
excavation suddenly collapsed and
Crayton was buried beneath five feet
of earth. The fast that several large
clods of earth stuck about his head
was the only thing that saved him
from suffocatioh. After about twenty
minutes of furious digging movement
of the loose soil disclosed the location
of the entombed man to the workers.
Denver-Payment of approximately
| $2,000,000 to beet growers on April
has been announced by the Great West
ern Sugar Company. The distribution
of moneys, hailed by business men of
the beet growing districts as great
boon to farmers and the sugar factory
towns, represents 81 additional per ton
for the 1922 beet crop grown under the
companys sliding scale contract. This
dollar will bring the total payment per
ton in the Colorado and Nebraska dis
tricts of the Great Western Sugar
Company to 81.
l-eduNllle. IhC NollAt A1hPANi
Court has been appealed to to set
aside a decision of the District Court
which held that Harry Schraeder, for
years sheriff of Lake county, was
guilty of malfeasance in office. APP
plication for a writ of supersedeas on
writ of error was filed by Fraser
Arnold, attorney for Schraeder. Schrae-
der was convicted Feb. 10 by Judge
Francis L. Bouck, fined 500 and costs,
deposed us sheriff and declared dis
qualified to hold office for two years
Denver.-The condition of live stock
in Colorado continues very favorable
and stock in feed lots are doing well,
according to reports of the Crop and
Live Stock Division of the United
| States Department of Agriculture. II
is too early to note any change IN the
condition of winter wheat which
ranges from poor to fair. Plans are
being made for spring work and an in
crease in the acreage of corn, spring
| wheat and beans is expected, but de-
crease in the acreage of potatoes.
Cripple Creek-A big and rich
strike of gold ore has been made in the
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mine located on the south slopes OF
Bull Hill. The ore shoot as far as de-
veloped, has maintained an exception
al width, being now fourteen feet
wide, and all ore carries average val
ues of about one and one-half ounces
to the ton The discovery was made
on company account and lies entirely
in virgin ground.
Colorado Springs.-Marsden q. Scott,
former president of the International
Typographical Union, died here after
an illness of ten days. Born in I'll
mira, n. Y, fifty-eight years ago, MIR.
Scott was educated there, and about
thirty-eight years ago entered the
printing trade. For years he was EN-
ployed in various shops and newspa-
per offices, both as a writer and print
er, throughout the state of New YORK.
| Denver-What police and federal
agents believed was Il hot tip toward
capture of three men suspected of i'm
plication in the 100000 robbery in
front of the Denver mint on Dec Is,
fell short of realization when three
men trapped in cabin near Liberty,
| Mo, proved to be others than the men
sought, according to Il press dispatch
from Liberty.
Montrose.-"Santa Fe All the Way"
was the slogan adopted at an enthusi-
astic meeting of business men from
Olathe, Delta and Montrose held in
this city to consider the question of
the probable merger of the Denver &
Rio Grande Western railroad with one
of three stronger railroad organiZu-
tions.
Boulder-Fathers are to have day
at the University of Colorado-an
honor that has heretofore been eX-
tended only to the mothers March 10
has been selected as the date.
Mothers day will occur in May.
Denver.-Because, she declared, he
was an over-persistent suitor, Miss
Bessie Thomas, 21 years old shot and
fatally wounded AL Cornish, 81 years
old, as they stood on the sidewalk in
| front of the hotel where the girl re-
sides. Cornish died shortly afterward
ut the county hospital and formal
charge of murder was placed against
Miss Thomas. A number of passersby
witnessed the shooting.
Castle Rock.-O. Henry Munson, for
mer cashier of the First National Bank
of Castle Rock, indicted by federal
jury last April on a charge of embez-
zling 5000 from the bank has been ar
rested at Henryetta, Okla, by S. j. Nc
Afee, Department of Justice head at
Denver, has announced. Munson Will
be arraigned ut Henryetta and placed
under bond for eventual return here.
Canon City.-Red Cahons park has