The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-31
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS

| Judge j. Foster SymeS OF Denver iN
Federal District Court. Elmer g. west
who recently went to the postmaster
at Grand Junction and confessed vol
UNFAIRLY TO n series of small mail rob-
berries at Eagle, Rifle and Grand juno
ton, was freed on his personal rec
ognizance with orders to report to the
court this coming fall. Asked by the
court what prompted him to CONFESS
West declared that he had gotten re-
| llgiOn" and that his conscience forced
him to make a clean breast of the
past Lawrence Hickman, express
messenger at Salida, Colo, pleaded
guilty to thefts amounting to $l6o, ana
explained that large doctor bills for
himself and wife had led him to get
the money in that way. Leniency was
recommended by r. Il. Blackman, dep
uty district attorney, and the court
sentenced Hickman to ninety days in
the county Jail.
Sterling. - The Colorado Wheat
Growers Association held its annual
meeting in Sterling last Tuesday and
Wednesday. Bruce Lampson, manager
of the association, gave his annual re-
port and Joseph Passonneau, state di-
rector of markets, spoke the opening
day, while the second day was devoted
to business and entertainment. Direc-
tors who were installed are Joseph
Plummer, Akron; ]. l.. Lutz, Yuma
Tnr Ra RinGp-
meier Paoli w. Z. Mentgen, Sterling
| Van Il. Kent, Wellington; John Furrer,
Brighton r. L. Martin, Keenesburg
J. NJ. Jacket, Genoa, and w. A. Mac
Pherson, Lamar The first three
named were reelected.
Denver-Louie f. Spratlen, promi-
nent Denver clubman and former part
ner in the Spratlen-Anderson Mercan-
tile Company, will return to Denver
from Los Angeles Immediately to sur
render himself and face charges of
using the mails to defraud, which were
contained in a true bill voted by the
grand jury at Pueblo last week, ac-
cording to friends here. He is at pres
ent visiting in that city, it is said. A
bench warrant for his arrest on the
charge has been received by United
States Marshal William A Dollison
from Pueblo, where the Federal Dis
trict Court is now in session.
Denver-Coal fields and oil struc-
lures in Colorado and Wyoming will be
examined by j. Brian Eby, geologist of
the government geological survey, who
arrived in Denver last week and will
head party which left for the region
around the Yampa field. With Mr. Eby
are III. f. Clark, an assistant geologist
and n. G. Beck, an assistant, who is al
so a student at the University of Ne
braska. Oil structures in Wyoming
and the Hiawatha structure in Colo-
RADIO, sixty miles from the Baggs struc-
ture The work will be a continuation
of similar investigations carried on by
Eby last summer.
Colorado Springs.-In a desperate
attempt to save the life of Police Ser
geant Edgar Lee Barbee, who fired
three bullets into his side just above
the heart, physicians injected nearly
a pint of blood furnished for the trans
fusion operation by George Taylor, po-
lice driver. Three other members of
the police and detective departments
submitted to blood tests and stood
ready to give of their blood If neces-
sary. Ill health and dependency were
assigned as the reason for Barbees
self-inflicted wounds.
Pueblo.-Sarra Russo, 14-year-old
Greek girl who has been in America
just six months, was awarded first
prize in an essay contest conducted
by the Fremont county public schools.
Her priZe-winning essay was on "For-
est Preservation" The girl is a stu
dent at the Portland public school.
Before coming to this country six
months ago she was unable to read
or write English but was proficient in
her native Greek.
Fort Collins.-A four-page newspa-
Monger," printed on yellow paper, was
distributed to students of the Colorado
Agricultural College at Fort Collins
last week by two unidentified young
men. Attacks on the president of the
college, the dean of women, the editor
of the college paper, the captain of the
football team, and on various members
of the faculty were carried in the is
sue.
Canon City.-The monthly report of
Superintendent Roger S. Denman for
the International Egg Laying Contest
which has been in progress at Canon
City for six months, shows the pro-
| duction for April to be 7,443 eggs, or
III eggs per bird. Twenty-seven
birds have reached the 100 mark dur
| ing the first six months.
Greeley.-H. f. Allen, an attorney of