The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-24
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COLORADO


tour of the Orient. They will sail
from Seattle for a fifty-two day
cruise, earning their passage by play
ing on the ship.
Denver.-Coal production in Colo
lado for the first four months Of 1924
increased 1S1, ,O33 tons, according to n
report issued through the office of
James Dalrymple, state coal inspector.
The total production from Jan. to
April 30, this year, was 3,719,06S tons,
the report set forth.
Colorado Springs.-W. d. Corley has
been granted a permit by the United
States to operate a toll road over the
famous old Short Line roadbed from
Colorado Springs to Summit, a dis
tance of nineteen miles. The new high.
way, which will be one of the most
beautiful scenically in the Pixies Peak
region, is expected to open about
June 10.
La Junta.-The final chapter in the
case wherein Earl La Bertew, Den
yer tire salesman, was shot by Off
GERS thirty miles south of La Junta
four weeks ago, was enacted when
Raymond DeWeese, who was driving
the car when LaBertew was shot. was
taken into County Court and fined
$3.50 on the charge of having liquor in
his possession.
Colorado Springs.-A committee of
the board of directors of the Colorado
Springs Chamber Of Commerce, with
the help of a certified accountant, is
engaged in n thorough probe of the
accounts of Harwood Fawcett, mana
ger of local advertising agency,
whom it is alleged has mismanaged
the funds involved in the publication
of a daily civic paper.
Denver-The first of a series of
Fort Logan Saturday, May "a, under
the auspices of the 103d division, it
was announced here by Lieut.. Col.
James Shelley, Maj. II. r. K. Tomp-
kins and Maj. Christopher Cusack, who
are in charge of the arrangements. A
two-day show at the Country Club In
August will conclude the summer pro
gram.
Fowler.-William Nelson, prominent
farmer and a director in the First Ma
tional bank here, committed suicide i'll
the pump house at the rear of his
home one mile south of here by shoot
ing himself in the head with pistol
as his wife was in the home prepar-
ing the evening meal. Dependency
over financial worries Is said to have
caused his act. He is said to have
threatened to take his life on previous
occasions.
Denver.I-Western Colorado Is expe-
riencing little difficulty so far in pro-
tecting the cattle districts from pos
sible infection with the foot and mouth
disease, chiefly because travel from
California is light as yet, and few
automobile tourists are crossing into
Colorado, according to report made
by ]. w. Morgan, health inspector to
the state health board. DIR. Morgan
returned from Grand Junction, where
he has been making an inspection of
conditions relative to the disease.
proposed freight rate Increase of 10
cents hundred pounds on mountain
vegetables shipped from the western
slope was registered with the State
Public Utilities Commission here by
the Monte Vista Commercial Club. Re-
Gently the Denver & Rio Grande West
ern railroad and the Denver & San
Luis Southern railroad made applica-
ton to the commission to increase the
rates, declaring that the roads could
make no profit on present rates.
Colorado Springs.-J. d. Maloney of
Denver was elected state councillor of
the Junior Order of United American
Mechanics at the annual convention
here. Other officers chosen were: w.
II. Bartell, Colorado Springs, vice
councillor; II. E. Watkins, Pueblo,
treasurer and o. e. Watkins, Pueblo,
secretary. Colorado Springs was Sc
lected as the 1925 convention city.
Denver.-The offer to remove all of
its signs throughout the state that in
terfere with the scenic value or nat
ural beauty of the highway was made
by officials of the Continental OIL
Company at n meeting with the COM
mittee on billboards of the Colorado
Mountain Club, at which they went
over a complete list of the company's
signboards in the state.
Denver.-Word has been received at
the attorney generals office that E.
L. Manaugh had been appointed sher-
iff of Rio Blanco county by the board
Of county commissioners. Henry A VIII
son, the elected sheriff, has resigned.
Recently charges of malfeasance in Of
flee, based on Wilson's alleged failure
to enforce the laws against gambling,
weref lied against Wilson at the insti-
,o+io, of tho attorney Ceneral'g office