The Dolores star., 1924-03-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

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by officials OF the hex Mining Com
pany. The officers declined to give
the value of the shipments. which was
reported to have been high. The ore
was shipped to the Arkansas Valley
smelter here, where the metnllics
were screened out and shipped to the
United States mint in Denver. The
remainder OF the ore was treated by
the smelter In being shipped from
the mine, the ore was sacked and was
accompanied by driver and another
| man.
| Denver.-Six Denver firemen were
hurt. three perhaps fatally, when a
ten-ton triple combination fire truck
struck small automobile, skidded and
turned over three times, burying two
men beneath II and throwing the four
| others to the ground at Eighth avenue
and Emerson street. The truck was
| travelling forty miles an hour when II
struck small delivery car driven by
L. J. Larson. Larson's machine was
| hurled fifteen feet and overturned. he
|
| Pueblo.-E. H. Sherlock, Pueblo, one
| Of the most widely known pure bred
| cattle men In the West, has sold his
| herd of 1000 pure bred Hereford
breeding cows to the San Luis Valley
| Land and Cattle Company. The dis
posal of the herd removes temporarily
from the industry one of the most pic
fttr ~, IL
Is known as Powder River" and for
more than fifty years has followed the
ups and down of the range cattle
breeding business.
Fort Collins.-Oil experts are mysti-
lied by the constant flow of natural
sas from the bore of Fort Collins well
No. l, located three miles north OF
here on the Whitaker ranch, which is
now mt a depth of 1900 feet. Approx
mately 250OOO cubic feet of gas Is es-
Gaping daily from between the twelve
inch casing which Is inside of flf-
teen-lnch casing. The larger casing IS
to be withdrawn and cement packed
about the smaller within several days,
L was announced.
Denver.-A police investigation into
the activities of Patrolman Lewis Il.
Agnew, for six years a member of the
Denver police department, was start
ed here as the result of Agnew's sui
eide In the rear of his home. The pa
troman shot himself in the head with
a borrowed shotgun short time be
fore he was to report for duty at the
central police headquarters. His re.
volvers. which could not be found, are
believed by police to have been
pawned.
Denver.-Following n week of unpre.
cedented success in which all attend.
ance records at such exhibits in Den
yer were broken, the Colorado Indus.
trial and Prosperity Carnival closed in
IL blaze of glory with the crowning of
the industrial queen at the municipal
Auditorium. Amid thunderous ap-
plause Miss Lillian Root, the NJ. and o.
princess, representing the Cuban Cigar
Company, was awarded the coveted
crown as Industrial queen.
Denver. = Denver's biggest booze
seizure" in the form of freight car
loaded with sacramento wines, fell
with flop when Denver police who
had stood guard over the car for more
than twelve hours received summary
orders from the federal prohibition
agents to release the carload of liquor
and permit the shipment to continue
under an authorized government per
nit.
Greeley.-A rich vein Of gold has
been struck in Poudre canon, sixty
miles west Of Fort Collins, it was re-
ported here Il. NJ. Ely, one of the
leaders in the company, which is made
up of Fort Lupton men, declared that
II ten-foot vein of gold, silver and lead
was found several days ago mile
west of the Laramle-Poudre tunnel.
Colorado Springs.-Frank Butler,
veteran printer, in the belief that he is
the adopted son of Sethos, father of
Rameses ii, Egypts great pharaoh
Will apply for permission to change
his name to Frank Rameses, it became
known here with plans by Butler to
file his application. Butler believes
that he'was adopted through his moth
er by the first member of that family
4,3oO years ago. Butler claims that he
has been in communication for years
wlth Sethos through spirituallsm,
which he has adopted as his religion,
ana has received advice on many per.
picking problems.
lnefficlency, insubordlnation and
collection of cash not transmitted
to the state treasurer as pro-
vided by law We're alleged in com.
plaint filed last week with the state
civil service commission in an effort
to have removed from office James l..
Beaman, manager of the Colorado
Fair Association. The charges were
| preferred by John II: Thatcher and
State Senator John j. Tobin, presi-
| dent and secretary rasnectiyaIy ~