The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-03-01
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Denver.-Governo Sweet has left
Denver for speaking tour OF cities IN
the southern part of the state.
Denver.-The Colorado Association
of Life Underwriters held its fourth
annual sales congress here last week.
Fort Collins.-Capt. Joseph S. Law
of the Southwestern division of the
Red Cross recently gave a course In
life saving at the Colorado Agricultur-
al College.
Pueblo.-Clergymen of the Seventh
Day Adventist church from six states
will be In Pueblo Feb. 90 to March
to attend the quadrennial convention
of the Central Union conference.
Walsenburg.-Sixty men were
arrested here in one day on various
charges ranging from vagrancy and
gambling to traffic violations. The
number of arrests Is the greatest ever
made in single day at Walsenburg.
Standardization schools were re-
Gently conducted at Blanca, Messa,
San Luis and San Acacia, which had
an aggregate attendance of more than
1000 people. Poultry, dairying, pas
lures and nutrition were the subjects
discussed at these schools.
Berthoud-An agreement relative to
the removal of the Greenland ditch
road west of Berthoud was reached
here at meeting attended by Larimer
| county commissioners and representa-
tives of the Greenland Ditch Company
| and the town of RerthOud
Denver.-An increase of 216,751 tons
of coal over that mined in January,
1923, is shown for January of this year
in n report issued by James Dalrym-
pie, state coal mine inspector. The to-
tai amount of coal produced during
January was 1,209,152 tons.
Fort Collins.-First steps in the con-
struction of the Union Pacific rail-
roads branch line, which will extend
eighteen miles north from Fort Collins,
will be taken March 1. Officials of
the company announced that bridge
is to be constructed across the Poudre
river
Loveland.-W. f. Baxter, public
trustee of Larimer county, is authority
for the statement that the Midwest
Refining Company will exercise its
option to lease his land seven miles
southwest of Loveland, in the Berthoud
district, and that active drilling opera
lions will begin by March 5.
Colorado Springs.-Hlgh school pet
ting parties and joy rides are taboo in
Colorado Springs, according to an edict
isued by the High School Parent
Teacher Association. Jazz parties have
been too easy and too often of late, ii
was declared, since the students use
automobiles to come to school.
Littleton.-Marino Leonetti, one of
the principals in the recent Leonetti-
West family fight which, it is alleged,
resulted in Leonetti firing a shot at
Leroy West in the office of Attorney
Flor Ashbaugh, was found guilty by a
Jury in Justice Court of assault with
intent to kill.
Montrose.-Mrs. d. L. Bunten was
badly burned on the arms when fire
westroyed her residence and three
buildings on the Catlin ranch, two
miles west of here. The fire started
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tried to save some furniture and valu-
ables, but failed. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
Colorado Springs. College
Tigers won the Rocky Mountain con-
ference basketball title for the third
consecutive time by defeating the
Mines team from Golden by a score of
30 to %, beating down sensational
squirt on the part of the visiting mines
by shere brilliance of play, although
the Bengals failed lamentably in bas-
ket work, trimming the bowl and miss
ing it time and again.
Denver.-Carl jackson, former Wyo-
ming prohibition director, and for the
last year federal division prohibition
director at Seattle, will succeed II. A.
Kohloss as federal division director for
Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico.
Denver.-Following a 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
blaze of glory with the browning OF
the industrial queen at the municipal
| Auditorium. Amid thunderous ap-
plause Miss Lillian Root, the Nj. and y.
princess, representing the Cuban Cigar
Company, was awarded the coveted
crown as industrial queen.
Cripple Creek.-The Cripple Creek
district is cheered by the third import
ant high grade ore strike since Dec.
| 10 1909 when the Portland mine dis
closed one of the most valuable gold
discoveries at any time recorded in the
annals of Americas leading producers
of the standard of all values-the
much desired yellow metal. The latest