The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-24
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| Greeley and plans to enlarge its plant
Boulder-The Boulder School Board
has awarded the contract for the con.
structlon of the junior high school
| building.
Georgetown-The Columbian Noun
tain Mining and Leasing Company has
resumed work on its property in
| Georgetown.
Greeley-Capt. Thomas G. Macy, IS
years old, sea captain, prospector and
| freighter of early days, died at his
home in Greeley few days ago.
Rocky Ford-The Timpas and Otero
Land and Irrigation Company has
awarded the contract for the construc
ton of dam ON Timpas Creek, near
Rocky Ford.
Pueblo-Albert Il. Pierce, 65, res
ldent of Pueblo for forty-one years and
for thirty years president of the
Pierce Seed and Mercantile Company
died recently after three weeks Ill
| ness.
Central City-H. III. Hoffman has
bought the Cleveland tunnel on Clear
Creek, near Black Hawk, and plans TO
do extensive development work on the
property, according to the Central City
Register-Call.
Buena Vista-Josiah Morse BOnney,
pioneer miner and banker, died recent.
ly from a complication of troubles ell
NAKED by an attack of pneumonia.
Born in Watertown, n. Y, in August,
1851, he was IL years old.
Denver.-Smoking on the two rear
seats of Tramway cars is o. X. BY q
vote OF five or six to one, smoking
carried in the voting, according to
James l.. Adams, superintendent of
transportation for the Tramway Com
pany.
GOlden.-W. B. Kelso, forest ranger
in the Clear Creek division of the Pike
national forest, has Interested the city
council of Golden and the board of
commissioners of Jefferson county In
a cooperative plan for the protection
of forest lands between Golden and
Idaho Springs.
Windsor. - Windsor High school
basketball team, champions of Colo
RADIO, beat Weston, Idaho, High
school, champions of Idaho, by score
of 21 to 20 at Salt Lake city. Weston
was the title holder of the Rocky
Mountain region last year and their
team was composed of the Identical
men who won those honors last sea
son.
Rocky Ford-Frank Ridgley, %
years old, lineman for the Southern
Colorado Power Company, was killed
at Sugar City, when the pole on which
he was working broke. Ridgley was
thrown to the ground with great force,
the impact crushing his head and body
and causing instant death. His mother
lives in California, a sister at Pueblo
and a brother at Delta.
Denver.-Stocks of grain on Colora-
do farms the first day of March were
100000 bushels less than II year ago,
according to the report just issued by
the Colorado Cooperative Crop Re
porting Service. The reserves of the
four principal cereals grown in the
state totaled 11,9S3,000 bushels, com
pared with 1894 900 bushels last year
and 2S,66S, 900 bushels in March, 1921,
and 1922, 900 bushels in 1920.
Colorado Springs.-"Midget," Spitz
dog saved the life of its mistress,
Mrs Minnie G. Moore, and her 12-
year-od daughter, Louise, when
flames enyeloped their home in STRAIT
ton park recently. The flames, of un-
known origin, had swept through the
entire house with the exception of the
room in which the couple were sleep
ing when Midget" leaped upon their
bed and awoke them by clawing and
barking.
Golden.-Golden has just finished
one paving district and Is now ready
to publish a notice to create a second
district, which will traverse the entire
town.
Pueblo.-Two men were seriously In
jured and several others slightly In
jured during fire at the plant of the
Mountain Ice and Coal Company here.
Burrell Smith, engineer of the plant,
and Steve Adams were hurled from
scaffold and fell to cement floor
thirty feet below. The fire started
from the explosion of II gasoline torch
being used by one of party of work
men engaged in putting asphalt be-
tween chinks in a wall.
Denver.-A refinancing program for
complete rehabilitation Of Its lines,
during which 100000 will be ex-
pended, will be undertaken at once by
the Denver & Rio Grande Western
Railroad Company, according to an an
noupcamant harA following decision
given in United States District Court
to permit such procedure on the part
of Joseph Ii. Young, receiver of the
railroad. The railroad Will issue be-
tween $10,000,000 and $11,O00,0OO
worth of receivers certificates, it was
said