The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

preblo.-Two pleas Of guilty TO
enarges of theft were heard here ny
Judge ]. Foster Symcs OF Denver i"
Federal District Court Elmer T. "es''
who recently went to the postmaster
nj Grand Junction and confessed Noi-
UNFAIRLY to series Of small mail fo"-
berries at Eagle, Rifle and Grand juno
lion. was freed on his personal rec
ognizance with orders 10 report to the
court this coming fall. Asked by lne
court what prompted him to CONFESS
West declared that he had gotten re-
ligion" and that his conscience forced
him TO make n clean breast of the
past. Lawrence Hickman, express
messenger at Salida, Colo. pleaded
guilty to thefts amounting To $50, ana
explained that large doctor bills Tor
himself and wife had led him to get
the money in that way Leniency was
recommended by II. L. Blackman. dep
uty district attorney, and the court
sentenced Rickman to ninety days In
the county Jail.
Denvcr.-The production of IfolA
pounds of butter fat and li,i33 pounds
of milk in 800 days, notable record,
has been made by Christine of Elm
Place 395O2S, Il Colorado COW owned
hv G.. V. Gimple of Clifton, according
to announcement by the American Jer-
sew Cattle Club. ChriStinc's record
shows that for eight months she pro-
duced in excess of sixty pounds of but
Ter fat for Il month and for two of the
months her production ran more than
seventy pounds Of butter fat. Chris
tine was sired by Elm Place Torono
1921. that has five daughters in the
register of merit Four or these pro
duced more than 600 pounds of fat on
their second test.
Denver-The toll Of life in crossing
accidents during last year on lines con
| trolled by the Union Pacific Railroad
Company Is set forth in report re-
Gently compiled by the company. out
Of 100 crossing accidents during the
year, thirty-twO of them occurred in
Colorado and resulted in six persons
being killed and thirteen injured in
| this state. according to the report. A
| total of eighteen persons were killed
and thirty-seven injured. many of them
seriously. This Is an increase of
thirty-thrCe accidents over the 1922 re-
cord as well as an increase of ten per
| sons killed and nineteen injured.
Denver-Louie f. Spratlen, proml-
nent Denver cluhman 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 We're
contained in 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. \
| bench warrant for his arrest on the
| charge has been received by United
| States Marshal William \. Dollison
from Pueblo where the Federal Dis
trict Court is now in session.
Bnulder.-Betwecn fifty and 100 peo-
pie narrowly escaped serious injury
when Il temporary grandstand erected
| on Gamble field at the University of
Colorado collapsed, dropping them to
| the ground. The stand, erected hur-
| riedly FOR the School of Mines Univer-
| sity baseball game, is believed to have
| been faulty in construction. The top
tier of seats was only ten feet from
the ground. None of the spectators fell
| beneath the seats. An end section of
twenty feet collapsed.
Gree.ey-Three officials of the de-
| funct kersey State Bank at Kersey,
| near Greeley, are ut liberty under bond
on charges of receiving deposits at the
bank after they knew 1t to be insolv-
ent, following their appearance In court
here for arraignment. The three of
ficials. e. c. Schumacher. president
George II. Simpson. vice president. and
II. +. Wooscy assistant cashier. re-
fused to plead on advice of their coun-
sci when taken before Judge George
H. Bradfield here
Colorado Springs.-In desperate
! attempt TO save the life of Police Ser
| geant Edgar Lee Rarbee. who fired
three bullets into his side just above
the heart. physicians injected nearly
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.
s"ry. Ill health and dependency were
assigned as the reason for Barbee's
self-inflicted wounds.
Denver.-Alore than 2O,OOOOOO of
young trout have been liberated IN
trout streams in all parts of the state
iEany of which should be large enough
nov to come up to the size required
by the state fishing laws. according tc
an announcement by II. G. Parvin
state game and fish commissioner.
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