The Colorado statesman., 1923-08-04
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ing consciousness.
Brighton.-B. c. Glass, the son of
Harry Glass, former district judge Of
Brighton, is charged with forgery in
an information filed in the West Side
District Court In Denver by Deputy
District Attorney Ben l.. Pollock.
Buena Vista.-F. B. Dodson, G0-year
old garage proprietor of Rifle, Colo,
was killed eight miles north of here
when the auto he was driving was
struck by an east-bound Denver & Rio
Grande Western railroad train.
Colorado Springs.-Robert Parker, D
year-old son of Il Fountain restaurant
keeper, who fell into cesspool ut his
home, died in a Colorado Springs hos
pital, where he had been brought I'M
mediately after being rescued from the
pit.
Pueblo.-B. w. Borders, Undercllffe
rancher, died here as a result of inJur-
les received in fight with John El-
well, a neighbor. Borders is said to
have been struck on the head with
shovel as the elimination of quarrel
over irrigation water.
Greeley.-Sam Williams, a negro,
was killed; ID. Whitsel and Mrs. Arnet-
ta Whltsel, negroes, were injured, and
two white men giving the names of ID.
A. Dennis and c. j. Wells were arrest
ed for violation of the state speed laws
after crash near Fort Lupton.
Fort ns.-Construction work on
,,,f htti Of
Colorado Agricultural College will be-
gin Immediately, 1t is announced here,
following the letting of the contract to
the c. L. Walker Construction Com
pany of Denver the lowest bidder.
Grand Junction.-James Mathews
was killed instantly when Il nine-foot
sewer excavation in which he was
working cayed, completely burying him.
Dutch" Tieper, fellow workman,
saved himself by thrusing his head
and shoulders into tile sewer pipe. y
pulmoter failed to restore Mathews.
Denver. - Maurice Mandell, Leo
Floyd and John Harrington were
charged in District Court with grand
larceny and theft of $4,000 in Liberty
from lllt IllDcIllltl i'OAiu
for Mandell fixed ut S250,0OO, highest
in history of city. Bond for Floyd and
Harrington placed ut $4,000 each. FL
nal tally shows total loss of bank was
Sal, 1874.
Breckenridge.-Greg Hallen was in
stantly killed when he touched wire
carrying 1900 volts of electricity, and
~, l,1 1,Ia h.,YN Il IIul-
len, was so shocked that he was un-
conscious for some time. Prior, though
severely burned, is expected to recov-
er. The men were working on the cleo
trio dredge of the Tonopah Placer
Company.
Breckenridge-The body of Mrs. Ski
Jones of Montezuma was found by u
mountain roadside by three boys who
were playing in the gulches. Mrs
Jones held II bunch of mountain flow
ers in her hand and had evidently been
dead about two days. Mrs. Jones
started to walk from Montezuma for
Breckenridge several days ago, and is
believed to have been stricken with
paralysis.
il, daughter of Judge and Mrs. S. A.
Wilkinson of Memphis, Tenn, was in
stantly killed when rock slide threw
her over lT5-foot cliff in Rock Creek
canon, near here. She and two other
girls and three boys were climbing the
canuns side when one OF the party dis
lodged IL large rock, which tumbled
down and struck Miss Wilkinson on
the head and sent her reeling back
ward over the cliff.
Boulder.--A group of Italian coal
miners of Canon City, represented by
ROco Aloschetti, We're the only bidders
for the Black Diamond coal mine,
which was offered for sale by Il. G.
Lashley, trustee in bankruptcy. The
bid will be referred to the u. $. referee
in bankruptcy. 1t was in the sum of
STlGl. 80. The mine is five miles east
of Boulder
Greeley.-Taking the catalog and
wear book OF Colorado State Teachers
College literally Dorothy l. Hooven, a
Denver girl, proved that Il two-year
life certificate course can be complet-
ed in five quarters, or in one regular
college year and two summer quarters.
She Is the first student to make II per-
feet record IN this period of time with
some hours credit over and above
what she actually needed.
Colorado Springs. Springs
is about to become the main link on II
real transcontinental highway having
direct connection with California cen
tiers in winter as well as in summer,
through the generosity of y. E. Carl
ton, local capitalist, and his associates
in gift to the state, announced few
days ago, of three steel trestles valued
at $15O,OOO, opposite BUena Vista, and
two bridges at Granite.