The Dolores star., 1923-11-02
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

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her, the monthly report issued by the
State Board of Health shows. Dlph-
iberia is next on the list with l93
deaths, according TO the report.
Denver-City Councilman DR. Dan
iel II. Lucy was acquitted by n direct
ed verdict on charges of second degree
murder in connection with the death
OF Mrs. Catherine STANCE. who was al
legged to have died as the result of an
Illegal operation.
Colorado Springs.-Thomas w. Lang
ford, ticket agent at the Denver x Rio
Grande Western railroad for the last
four years, was arrested by detectives
following the discovery of shortages of
Sl,2O0 In his accounts at the ticket of
flee. Langford quit the employ of the
railroad two weeks ago, but the short
ages We're not discovered until oct. %.
Juleshurg.-Mrs. r. d. McClintock,
Wife of n teacher in the Sedgwick
County High school here, was killed
accidentally when she was shot
through the heart by shotgun lean
ng in n clothes closet of her home. Her
body, discovered by her S-year-old son.
Robert, was lying in the closet with the
shotgun underneath.
Golden.-A. ]. Weinig of Telluride
mas been appointed director of the ex-
perimental plant at the Colorado
School of Mines, according to an an.
1ouncement by the board of directors
IF the school. Welnig is a graduate
IF the school and also of the Unlver-
sity of Colorado. He Is widely known
as n mining expert
Fort Lupton-SiXty japanese chill
dren attending school in two-story
brick structure here, narrowly escaped
suffocation from smoke when the up
per portion of the building was de
stroyed by fire of unknown origin.
Several of the children were overcome
by the smoke and had to be carried
from the burning building.
| PueblO.-A l. per cent increase in
salaries all around for employees of
the Minnequa steel plant of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company is an
nOunced by officials of the company.
This affects men working on daily and
hourly wages and on tonnage and piece
work. The wage increase was accept
ed by employees representatives and
il effective Oct. !.
Denver-A total OF 81 .249, ,4OS.46 was
spent by the University of Colorado
during the fiscal year which ended
Nov. 80, 1922, according to the state
auditors report, made public here.
According to the report, the outstand-
ing feature of the audit is the fact that
slG,6i0.T9 was expended by the univer-
,ity to raise $76,552.77 for the medical
department of the institution.
| Denver.-Research work on oil shale
is being conducted by the Department
of Interior at Washington, through
the bureau of mines, in cooperation
with the state of Colorado, the Univer-
sity of Utah, and the department of
conservation of the state of Indiana.
The object of this work is twofod
First, to determine the conditions of
retorting that produce the highest
yields of the best oil from various
shales, and second, to make a thorough
study of methods of refining shale oil
Greeley.-Weld county us county
government or political unit has no
right to appeal from the order of the
State Board of Equalization which sus-
tanned the Colorado Tax Commission
in boosting the assessment OF the coun-
ty more than $4,OOO,OOO over the fig
ures set by County Assessor Homer f.
Bedford, according to an opinion given
to Assessor Bedford by Attorney Gen
eral Russell Fleming. Aggrieved tax
\ In
the courts. however. the opinion
states.
Akron-The body of Lucille Marie
Mahaney, who was asphyXiated in an
automobile, according to reports from
NlctOrville, Calf, was brought to Ak
ron for burial. Miss Mahaney, 1G
years old, was riding in the rear por-
ton of a closed automobile, while her
parents We're in the front part, from
San Bernardlno to Victorville When
the latter was reached the girl was
found to be dead, by her parents. Her
% parents had noticed she was lying on
the seat and supposed she was sleep
ing. Physicians said she had been
smOthered from fumes arising from a
broken exhaust pipe.
Denver. - Disbursements totaling
sos, ,692.42 have been made so far this
year by the Adams State Normal
School at Alamosa for the purpose of
building the institution, according to n
report completed by Joseph NJ Wood,
public examiner in the office of State
Auditor Arthur NJ. Stong, it was an
nounced. The sum of $4,000 was ap-
propriated for building the school un-
der bill introduced In the last Leg
isiature by State Senator w. II. Ad-
ans, after whom the institution was
named. Contracts. the report says, to
the amount of S42,175.1S remain to be
paid leaving s4,195.4O for equipment.
Boulder.-University of Colorado CO.
eds are to make dolls and other toys
: as Christmas presents for the children
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