The Dolores star., 1924-02-08
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS


was shot and mortally wounded at the
George Tomsco ranch. fifteen miles
north Of Pueblo, along the Fountain
river, when he attempted to enter the
place, has been identified as that Of
Matt Masser, 21-year-old boy who
lived with his parents nine miles east
of Pinon.
Greeley.-John Grant Crabbe, presi-
dent OF the Colorado State Teachers
College, died in his home on the school
campus n few days ago. He had been
in seml-consciOus condition for two
days and death came following num-
Der of successive sinking spells Mrs.
| Crabbe wns at his bedside when death
| overlook him.
DEMONSTRATING and blasting of
| the second croSscut from the western
| end of the pioneer tunnel to the loca-
ton of the Moffat tunnel proper has
| just been started with the Idea of
| speeding up work through the streaks
Of soft rock, 1t was announced here by
| X. II. keays, chief engineer for the
| tunnel commission
Denver.-A definite agreement for
the purchase of the Antero and Lost
| Park reservoir property as part of
| the municipal waterworks systems was
reached n, joint conference between
| the Denver municipal water board and
the board of directors Of the reservoir
| company, according to announcements
| made by Il. A. Sweet of the board.
Denver-The Denver Tourist Bu-
reau is out to raise S15OOOO for adver-
| tising Colorado and Denver, nationally,
and to make 1924 bigger than 1923,
which topped all previous records by
| bringing travel returns Of S45, 100000
| to the various interests In the state.
| The campaign for funds, which has
met with the approval of the Presi-
| dents Round Table Club, will be held
| from Jan. 2S to Feb. ..
Golden.-Arthur H. Mitchell, Den
yer plumber was sentenced TO hang by
| Judge Samuel w. johnson in District
| Court here. after the court had over
! ruled a motion for retrial of Mitch
| ell on charges of killing Mrs. Georgia
| A. Bryan and Andrew Sherie in the
| early morning of Oct. %. 1923, in the
| Sherie ranch house following a drunk
| en- party. The court set the date of the
hanging for March IS to n.
Denvcr.-C. o. Stiles Of Pueblo was
| elected president of the Associated Re
| tail Credit Bureaus of Colorado and
| Wyoming, at the closing session of the
two-day conference of credit bureau
| secretaries here. Other officers elect
ed for the coming year were Frank
| Field Of Greeley, vice president;
Charles NJ. Reed Of Denver, secretary
| treasurer; William II. DeVere of Chey-
| enne, director. and II. Ii. Wolbert of
Delta, director.
Castle Rock.-SiX coaches OF Den
yer & Rio Grande passenger train No.
3, southbound, were derailed mt Orsa.
five miles north of Castle Rock, when
the wheels of the first car left the
tracks at a switch. Traffic was de-
layed about four hours. The derail-
ment was due to either spread rails or
split switch, according to railroad
officials at Castle Rock. The six
coaches left the rails but stood up
right and did not leave the ties.
Greeley.-Weld county, which ranks
third among the counties of Colorado in
size, is still far in the lead of all other
counties of the state in agricultural
development, having produced crops in
1923 worth twice as much as the crops
produced in any other county. Com
pilations just completed by the statis-
teal bureau of the State Immigration
Department in Denver shows that the
value of all crops grown in Weld coun-
in the past year was S15, ,S9S ,00S, or
about s per cent of the value of all
crops grown in the state. Weld coun-
ty has always held first place among
the counties of the state in agricul-
tural production.
Dcnver.-A jury in the United States
District Court returned directed YER
dict in favor of Henry Esser, cattle
man, against whom civil suit of S32,-
502.55 damages had been brought by
the King Cattle Company Of South Da-
kOta which alleged that Esser had
misrepresented the advantages of GER
tain pasturage near Fountain, Colo.
Denver.-Patrick Byrnes, publisher
of the Pueblo Indicator, was unani-
mOusly elected president of the Colo
RADIO Editorial Association in the clos
ing session of "a two-day convention
here. Other officers elected were John
| NJ. Green, Colorado Springs, editor of
the Ell Paso County Farm News, as
vice president, and George T. Hau-
brich,, Denver, reelected as secretary
| treasurer.
Notwithstanding to his home
for the first time since he disappeared
last fall, and as his six children, 13
months to IA years old, looked on in
terror, William II. Chick, 30, a ranch
er, sixty miles west of here, shot and
killed his wife in their ranch home,
and then turned the weapon upon him
self. They died instantly. He fired
five shots at Mrs. Chick, saving the
last one in the revolver for himself.
Colorado Springs.-Ear G. Pruitt,