The Colorado statesman., 1924-01-05
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ton, attorney, was elected commander
Of Colorado Springs post No. 3 of the
American Legion.
Pueblo.-Two brothers, 10 and II
years old, sons of dairyman near Pu-
eblo, were drowned while skating in
Lake Mlnnequa, near the southern
limits of the city.
Denver-Suit for $4,000 was
brought against w. o. Reynolds,
stockholder of the defunct Hibernia
Bank and Trust Company, by Grant
McFerson, state bank commissioner in
charge of the affairs of the institution
Loveland.-Oil experts and geolo
gists of the Sinclair Oil Company are
expected to arrive in Loyeland soon to
start investigation of the company's
leases on 10000 acres of land in the vi
cinity of Boyd lake, east of Loveland.
Denver.-Lillian Wood, sister of
Joseph Wood, an employee in the state
motor vehicle department, received
word from United States Senator Law
renee C. Phipps that President Cool
ldge has appointed her postmistress at
Louisville, Colo.
Denver.-His neck caught tight by
Il falling window, while his body
dangled inside, his feet a yard from
the floor, Ray Harrison, member of
the city bootleg squadron, ended an
unsuccessful chase for a violator of
the prohibition laws.
Loveland.-Mary johnson, the Ii
months old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. d. Johnson OF east of Loveland,
was severely burned about the face,
neck and right arm when pan of
scalding water was accidentally spilled
on her while she was playing.
Denver.-Victor Walker, colored,
former deputy sheriff under Mayor
Dewey C. Bailey and editor of the New
American Weekly, a negro newspaper,
was convicted on charges of criminal
libel by a West Side Court jury be-
fore Judge George f. Dunklee.
Denver.-Word of the appointment
of II. b. Westover as agent in charge
of the narcotic division of the bureau
of internal revenue has been received
from Washington. Westover has been
acting agent in charge of the Colorado,
Utah and Wyoming division since last
April.
Sterling.-Following chase of sew
eral blocks in the railroad yards at
Sterling, Magnus Reeves, 10 years old,
was arrested by Chief of Police James
Kerr for grand larceny. The youth,
police say, is responsible for numerous
burglaries in the resident district of
| Sterling.
Denver-Governor Sweet will de-
| liver an address in Pittsburg on Feb
20, and following that will spend q
few days in New York city with Col.
E NJ. House, famous "silent man" of
the Democratic party, he said in a let
ter sent to Edward A. Filene, promi-
nent Boston man and owner of a large
department store in that city. 1t is
planned to schedule other addresses if
sufficient time may be spared from
executive duties, the letter added.
Fort Morgan.-When the Fort Nor
gan factory of the Great Western Su-
gar Company closed its slicing cam
paign a few days ago it had produced
100000 sacks of refined sugar-37, ,0OO,-
900 pounds of the sweet. The cam
paiGn here lasted ninety-fIve days, ten
days longer than last gear. The aver
age daily slicing at the local factory
was / 1,467 tons, which is above last
years record and gives the Fort Nor
gan factory practically an undisputed
claim to the efficiency pennant offered
Great Western factories. The average
sugar content of the beets in this dis
trict was 1415, several points higher
than it was last year
Fort Collins.-Three Fort Collins
boys Chester Hadley, Ralph Connell
ard Everett Manning, all II years old,
were arraigned on charges of stealing
an automobile from Clark Bouton,
clerk of the County Court.
Denver-Samuel ]. Lewis, state
printing commissioner and one of the
states most widely known newspaper
men, died at his home, 1406 Gaylord
street, few days ago. Death was due
to a complication of diseases and came
after an illness of less tnan a week,
though Mr.. Lewis had been in bad
health for number of years.
Colorado Springs.-Three workmen
were injured, one of them probably ia
tally, when the scaffold upon which
they were working on the new gymna-
stun unit of the Colorado Springs
high school collapsed and hurled them
from height of fourteen feet TO the
ground. L. b. Norwood, who was I'M
conscious when rushed to the BETHEL
hospital, was found to have sustained
a concussion of the BRAIN Hospital
attaches held out little hope for his
recovery. j. L. Beam, another work
man, incurred number of broken
bones in his left heel, and Walt John