The Arvada enterprise., 1924-03-13
LATE NEWS
From All Over
COLORADO

| Denver.-EiShteen conventions will
oe held in Denver in the coming eight
| niolltis' according to Il list made pub
nc py the Denver tourist bureau.
tortez-Fire of unknown origin
completely destroyed the flour mill
Nere. The loss is placed at $4,000.
me mil, which was owned by II. C.
Moser, carried only $500 insurance.
Observation-Disclosures Dell, II years
olu' the son of John w. Dell, Il Long.
mont laborer was found dead on the
| colorado X Southern tracks near the
| city, his body mangled almost beyond
recognition
| Grand Junction.-Thc late A. II
Sampliner, prominent Grand Junction
| merchant, has left to his daughter,
Cornelia, junior at the University of
colorado at Boulder, onc-fourth of his
estate, valued at 100000.
Fort Morgan. - Predictions made
here that development of the oil and
gas pools in northeastern Colorado will
make Fort Morgan one of the largest
cities in Colorado has caused ami
mated discussion and a marked inter-
est In real estate values.
| Colorado Springs-One Of Denver's
first Catholic priests, who labored in
the community when it numbered but
few thousand back in 1876. cele-
brated his golden jubilee in the priest
hood here last week. He is the Rev.
Father John II. Brinkcr, for eighteen
years ut the local Sacred Heart
church.
Lafayette. Announcement was
made here last week that active drill
ing for oil will be under way before
long within n short distance of Lafay-
cite. A company composed of former
Governor ShOup anu associates have
obtained leases on y large amount of
acreage and it is indicated that half
a dozen wells are TO be sunk In the
first test
Denver.-A secret thirty-day re-
prieve by Governor Sweet last week
will save Joe McGOnigal. murderer OF
Ella Centers and Wilbur Ferguson,
from the gallows for the present. The
reprieve was signed, according to
Hale Smith, the governors secretary.
to give alienists m opportunity to ex-
anime McGOnigal to determine his
sanity.
Denver.-Colorado sugar beet grow
ers already have signed contracts
with the Great Western Sugar Com
pany for more than 10000 acres,
which exceeds the harvested acreage
of lust season, according to announce
ment made here. 1t Is expected that
$4,000 additional acres. or more, will
be signed up in the company's ten
Colorado factory districts, before the
planting season opens.
Colorado Springs.-The historic old
Ram0nn hotel at Cascade, built In 1856
and which housed many great and
near great in the early days OF the
PIke's Peak region, Is to he razed'
Thomas F. Cusack. Chicago sign-board
baron. who owns the town of Cascade,
five miles west Of Manitou in Ute pass,
has nsked for bids for wrecking the
| old structure, which hns been con-
dcmned by every grand jury here in
recent years.
CraIE.-A twenty-four hour test o.
the Texas Company's new oil well In
the Hamilton dome, twelve miles from
here. hns shown the well has a daily
flow Of 4, 800 barrels, A. X. Wilson, as.
| sIstant treasurer Of the campany, an
nounccd. The flow WINS announced
following the test. According to the
announcement Of the company the
flow was Il natural one and the guam
tIty nj the end Of the test was just as
great as during the first hour. This
we'll. CNlOrndo's latest, wns drilled IN
the oil sands Mt n depth OF $3.50 feet.
Colorado Springs.-Three Colorad"
Strings policemen--Rcuben NJ. Webb,
Edgar l.. Barbee and Jesse N. Schisler
-nre entitled to back pny from their
salaries during the last two years n'
| result cI IHt ~ '''
Supreme Court. holding Invalid the re-
neal ordinance permitting the city
council to fix policcmcns salaries
| which was adopted ut a special cleo
| tion in January. l922.
Durnnco.-IIow Miss Helen Rnndnll
OF the Pickett Corral school, twenty
two miles from Durango, eNtinguished
| fire that threatened to destroy her
| scboolhouse was learned here when
Mics Randal arrived In town on
horseback 10 secure books and school
supplies MISS Randnlrs scho"l IS
built of logs set upright In the ground.
| nh. inside walls are OF composition
honrd." and the roof Is galvanized
iron, The ceiling raftcrs caught fire
from n defective flue. lmprovisin1 II
scarfold Of chairs and desks, Miss
Randall reached the ceiling, tore or
In.