The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-03
LATE NEWS
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convention of Elks, to be held here, at
u meeting of the state executive COM
mittee.
Denver.-Judge George III. Bradheid
of Greeley Colo, was reelected presl-
dent of the Colorado Society Sons OF
the American Revolution, in the an
nual meeting of the society held here.
Denver.-William Fink, 8 years old,
was drowned and his 12-year-old Sis
ter, Christina, narrowly escaped
drowning when the tricycle. they were
riding broke through the ice of pool
in sand pit.
Trinidad.-Informati was Issued
here charging j. Il. Surrat, ranch
man of Watervale, in the eastern part
of Las Animas county, with murder
growing out of the shooting of Juan
Maderls, neighboring ranchman.
Sterling.-Elsie Lois Setterperg,
aged Z, was accidentally killed when on
auto in which she was riding with rel
atives turned turtle on muddy road
in. Washington county. Her head was
crushed and death was instantaneous
Boulder.-The twentieth annual
kIdIe luG DdubhtNAo "a
the American Revolution was held N
Boulder March and s. Elaborate
plans were made here by committees
for the entertainment of the conven-
tion.
Denver-After twenty-four hours
freedom, Philip Snyder, alleged king
of Denver bootleggers," is in the coun-
~ jail once more and Governor Sweet
has announced henceforth he will not
again extend executive clemency to
bootleggers.
Denver-Pleading guilty, Gustav
Huck, alias Barney Leavey, 20 years
old, of Newark, n. j., was sentenced
in United States District Court to
term of year and Il day in the peni-
tentiary at Boonville, Mo, for robbing
the postoffice at Wormington, Colo.
Denver-Plans for an organization.
to be known as the Committee of 100
for the Prevention of Flood in Denver,
were made at meeting of engineers,
property owners with holdings adJoln-
ing Cherry creek and the Platte river,
and members of various improvement
associations,
Denver.-A plot to raid and loot the
Colorado Museum of Natural History
in City Park was nipped in the bud by
police Three men, all of whom, po-
lice say admit that they planned TO
engineer a daring attack on the mu-
scum, beat the guards into insensibil-
ity and then pilfer the big museum, are
In Jail here.
Fort Colllns.-Fred Hay, 81 years
old, died in the Fort Collins hospital
without regaining consciousness as the
result of fall from a lumber pile ut
the Steele lumber yards. He lost his
balance and fell backward, striking his
head and shoulders. He was removed
TO the hospital and died nearly TWEEN
ty-four hours after his full.
Leadville.-The Leadville Miners
Union No. ~, has declared that the
Yak Mining and Tunnel Company, con-
trolled by the American Smelling and
refining Company, has not granted the
wage increase of 80 cents day,
awarded by the State Industrial Com
mission when it met in Leadyille Dec.
"a last, although all other mining com
panies have put the increase into eff
feet.
Leadville. The automobile road
from Denver to Leadville is open to
travel in the middle of the winter for
the first time in the history of the
state, according to employees of the
maintenance division of the State
Highway Department, who succeeded
in removing Il snow blockade between
Leadvllle and Buena Vista, making
the passage of several automobiles
possible.
Denver-Live stock reports show
that in the three years from Jan. l,
1920, TO Jan. l, 1923, the following de-
creases in the values of farm animals
of Colorado occurred: Horses, $13,-
100000; mules 81 ,1S2, 900; mich COWS,
S6,949,OOO; other cattle, $36,09S,000;
sheep, $399,OOO; swine, $2,60S,000 all
stock, SGO,945,000; or 30.4 per cent.
Colorado Springs.-H. c. Faye, ar
rested on a cha%se of bigamy, pleaded
guilty to a charge Of perjury before
Judge Wilbur NJ. Alter in the District
Court, and was sentenced to serve
term of from four to seven years In
the penitentlary. Faye was arrested
the day before when 1t was found that
on Feb. 10 he had sent his wife and
two children to Kearney, Neb., and on
Feb. IL he remarked.
Statistical evidence of
moderate Improvement in economic
conditions in Colorado during 1922 is
TO be found in the fact that the depos-
its of all the banks of the state on
Dec 20, 1922, showed an increase of
1896 per cent over the deposits on
Dec. 81, 1921. There was likewise an
increase of u per cent in the total as
sets of the same banks and of little
lnnrn thnn 9 nor cont in lnnns and dis-