The Dolores star., 1924-02-01
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

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boulder Black Diamond coal mine near
Marshall, was killed when he was bur
led beneath a cavein.
Denver.-Mrs. Alvin B. Collins was
elected president of the Colorado
Made Goods Club at the annual meet
ing of the organization.
Boulder.-The Colorado Editorial
Association has been invited to con
duct its midsummer meeting in Boul-
der. The invitation was sent by the
Chamber of Commerce
Boulder.-A coroner's jury here alb
solved Motorman Ben Atkinson of any
blame in the tram car-railroad crash
| Sunday in which Mrs. Lena c. Brown
| ing was killed and several others in
| jured.
Fort MOrgan.-The local lodge of
Elks has matched Teddy Gartin, the
| Omaha welterweight, to meet Bobby
Corbett of Colorado Springs in ten
round bout ut Iii pounds here Tues
day, Feb. >.
Colorado Springs.-State and fed
efal law enforcement officers from all
| parts of Colorado attended the ses-
sions of the annual convention of the
State Sheriffs Association, at the
Antlers hotel
Greeley.-Developm of the Stone
ham oil dome In eastern Weld county
probably will be started before spring,
according to local and Sterling men
who hold a controlling acreage of the
dome under leases.
7 Lamar.-Consolldat of the regis.
| terS and receivers land office in Den
yer would he prohibited under a bill
introduced in the Senate by Senator
| Phipps, Republican, of Colorado. The
| bill also would not abolish the land of
| flee at Lamar.
Rocky Ford.-The second annual
| Farmers Week will be held in this
city the week beginning Feb. II, and
| the programs, as arranged by the Ag-
! ricultural Science Club, which has the
! arrangements in charge, are the most
| attractive ever offered.
Fort Collins.-Speedng toward Den
Yer ut seventy miles an hour in stol-
en- automobile in Il spectacular dash
| for freedom from the state peniten-
| tiary road camp north of Fort Collins,
| Colo, Clarence STANCE, 2G, Il long-term
| convict, was captured by Denver de-
| tectives near Broomfield
| Colorado Springs.-Charles J. Olson,
| said to be a member of an interna-
| tional rum smuggling gang operating
between Denver, Colorado, Springs,
| Cheyenne, Wyo., and Mexico, was found
| guilty of Illegal possession of liquor
/ in District Court here after forty min
utes' deliberation by the jury.
Denver. = Former State Senator
Walter f. O'Bren Of Leadville was
| elected president of the Colorado
| Game and Fish Protective Association
| for the ensuing year mt a meeting of
| the organization here. O. J. Clark
was named vice president and John
Hatton secretary and treasurer Clark
and Haitian are Denver men
| Denver-The sum of S353.9OJ.Ti
representing the last six months earn.
| ings of the state school fund. will be
| distributed to the various counties. 1t
was announced here by State Auditor
Arthur NJ. Stong. Distribution is
made on the basis of school popula-
tior. The amount is $4,000 less than
was collected the previous six months.
Denver.-After the removal of a mil.
lion dollars and SS,3O2 ,3GS assets
through Denver streets, the Denver
| National Bank consolidated with the
Hamilton National, and the Home Say.
ings and Merchants banks, a consoli-
datiOn of the Merchants Bank and the
Home Savings and Trust Company
opened their doors for business as two
larger banking Institutions.
Lamar-C. NJ. Lee, co years old.
president of the Lamar National bank
md 9 pioneer and one of the big fl
nancial figures of southeastern Colo
RADIO, was found dead In bed at his
home here last week.
yer.-AnnOuncement was made
here last week that the Burlington
railroad has taken the lead in reduc-
ing freight rates on certain iron, steel
and tin items between Chicago and
! Colorado common points. The usual
differential is to be given on ship
nients from st. Louis and common
points. and Peoria and common points
to Colorado common points.
Denver.-Another chapter in Den
YER banking history, marked by the
consolidation of the Denver National
bank and the Hamilton National
bank, was written with completion of
IN agreement whereby the American
Bank and Trust Company took over
.he resources and liabilities of th,
Union State bank, one of the most pro-
gressive of the city's smaller banking
institutions. Announcement of the
consolidation of the Home Savings
and Trust Company and the NIer-
chants bank was also made
Denyer.-Former Gov. Frank o.
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