The Dolores star., 1924-07-18
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

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yer in Adams county, Sheriff L. IL
| Miller announced. Patrick Brown, oo'
OF the same Denver address. is In seri-
Gus condition ut local hospital as the
result of beating he is alleged to
have received Mt the hands of Seymour.
Mrs. Gertrude Shnffer. "a. Of lllS West
Forty-Grst avenue; Mrs. Cora Lote-
man, As, OF $3.50 Fox street. and Matt
Mlnton, 81, OF West Fortieth avenue
and Zuni street, other members OF the
quintet, also received slight bruises IN
the fight. according to Sheriff Miller.
The five left Denver in an automobile
| Seymour was driving, when trivial
argument started, II was said. Sey-
mour stopped the car and all members
OF the party stepped out into the road.
According to Mrs. Shaffers story OF
the affair, Seymour is said TO have
knocked Brown down and kicked him.
Minton and the two women tried TO
take Browns part, and Seymour, II Is
alleged, turned on them, too
Golden.-Carl c. Bell of 1919 Cal!for-
MIA street, Denver, and J. T.. Bright,
who gave his address as San Francis
co, were arrested on complaint of Mrs.
NJ Bond that they had fraudulenly
obtained money from her by represent
ing themselves to be soliciting sub
scriptions for magazines. According
10 Mrs. Bond they appeared at her
home, near Mount Ollvet cemetery on
the Golden-Denver road, and induced
her to purchase magazine subscriptions
to the amount of 81. After the men
had gone, she declared, she telephOned
to the address In Denver which they
had given her as their headquarters
and was told the men were not EN-
ployed ut that place. She notified the
sheriff's office at Golden and Deputy
Shcrlffs Hooking and Shay traced the
men from the Bond home and arrested
them.
Denver.-DlsmIssal Of charges of vio-
lation of the Volstead act against Or
Vile L. Smith, president Of the Smith
Brooks Printing Company, was an
nuunced by Clarence l.. Ireland. as
sistant United States district attorney.
The charges have been pending for
several months, and were finally dis
missed, 1t Is said. due to the fact that
the evidence against Smith, in the form
OF two bottles of bottled-in-bond whis-
ky, disappeared from the federal pro
hibition vaults in the federal building
recently.
rnlnruIn AftrhnnI Ia.
Greedy. SO, of Denver, pioneer resident
OF Colorado. was killed instantly or
Four Mile hill while coming from Vic.
tor to Colorado Springs when the auto
mobile in which he was riding. driven
by Miss Ann Fitzgerald, also of Den
yer, skidded in the sand and over
turned. McCreeby was crushed to
death. Miss Fitzgerald sustained min
or Injuries but succeeded In freeing
herself from underneath the car
Hot Sulphur Springs.-Harry King,
80 years old, well known cowboy of
this district, was killed instantly by A.
J. Waddel. a homesteader, after King
Is alleged to have shot and perhaps
fatally injured an unknown shepherd,
er who works for Frank Church, ac.
cording to the sheriff of Grand county
The shooting Is said to have occurred
on the ranch Of Jack Ray, about eight,
cen miles northeast Of Hot Sulphur
Springs.
Fort Collins.-Preparatio for the
bringing in of the well of the Union
OIL Company of California on the
Mitchell place on the Wellington dome
soon are being rushed with all possibl,
speed. The well is down between 4,
$50 and 4,20O feet, according to re
ports, and the casing is completed tc
400 feet. 1t Is expected that oil OIL
gas will be struck without n great dea
Of further drilling.
| Loveland.-The fact that the oil
burning lamp of Oliver Frantz and tn,
Strong brothers became extingulshet
on account of lack of oil may lead to
startling discovery. The men, on re
cent night were examining some or'
dug from their mine. The lamp wen
out, and In the darkness some of tn,
dust from the specimens dropped or
the hot stove. Immediately the room
was made as light as day, caused from
the flare from the mineral which is be
lieved to be radium-bearng ore. Gov
ernment authorities were immedlatel,
notified and the shaft closed until NJ
investigation Is made.
Colorado STANDARDIZATION park
eight miles north of Woodland park
established by General william ]
Palmer, founder of Colorado Spring
and for years one OF the most note,
resorts of the Rocky Mountain region
Will open again in a few days after
lapse OF many years, according to re
ports. The estate consists of 3G
room hotel and large number @
cottages with thousands Of acres q
leased and decided land through whIcl
runs trout-stream and hunting nre