The Colorado statesman., 1924-06-07
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From All Over
COLORADO
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Denver.-Fred Gonzales of Denver,
a dark horse" won the marathon race
from Littleton to Denver. His time
was :O3 :13 4-5.
Arvada.-Airs. Margaret Murchlson,
wife of f. C. Murchlson, mayor of Ar
vadn, died at her home here follow
ing short illness.
Masters.-Between $40 and $15 was
stolen from the postoffice here a few
| days ago. The postoffice is located In
the store of II. II. Babb three-quarters
of mile south of here.
Denver.-Protests against 16,005 of
the more than 10000 signatures at
tached to the petition for the recall of
Mayor Stapleton have been filed with
the election commission by the mayor.
Denver.-John w. Morey, president
| and manager of the Morey Mercantile
Company, was elected president of the
| Wholesale GrOcers' Association at its
convention in Chicago, according to
word received here.
Sterling.-An Indictment charging
John d. Blue, Jr., an investment bank
~ Va obSAiAhSt NitiA NOhS NoLA-
ddence game, has been returned by
the county grand jury of Chicago, ILL.,,
in connection with real estate dealings.
Durango.-Floyd Capps, n lineman,
was electrocuted mt the Western Colo
RADIO Power Company's camp at Cas-
cade, thirty miles north of here, when
| falling telephone wires, believed to
have been crossed with power line,
struck him.
Estes Park.-The completion of a
$4,000 scholarship fund is expected to
be reported June 23 when the fiftieth
convention of Delta Gamma, national
college sorority, meets here for its
| golden anniversary. The fund has now
passed the $4,000 mark.
Boulder.-Mechtild wilhelm, daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Anna Wilhelm of Pueblo,
was awarded the $3.50 scholarship,
given annually by the Pan-Hellenic
Association, to the most meritorius
university pupil having the highest
grade average.
Boulder.-Fire all but destroyed the
| Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house at
Broadway and Thirteenth streets. The
blaze, according to Chief Emil John
son of the Boulder fire department,
started with short circuit in the at
tic, caused by dampness Of the roof.
| Pueblo-Some of the most promi-
nent men in the state of Colorado, in
Guiding Governor Sweet and the Hon.
II. p. Burke, justice OF the Supreme
| Court of Colorado, will be on the pro-
gram for the state convention of Lions
which is to be held in Pueblo Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 8, 10,
and IL.
Craig.-After deliberatng for more
than forty hours, jury returned a
verdict of not guilty before Judge G..
g. Herrick in the trial of John B. VIII
lis, former cashier of the State Bank
| at Maybelle, Colo. Willis was charged
with embezzlement in connection with
q S1,500 note, which it was charged he
had juggled while he was cashier. The
bank was closed last fall by order of
the state bank commissioner.
Denver-Total operating revenues
of the Colorado & Southern Railway
| Company in the year ended Dec. 81,
1928 were $23,S60,219, decline of
S4GS, ,542, or 1.93 per cent from the to-
tai in 1929, according to the annual re-
port sent to stockholders. Net revenue
from operations was $5,160T55, com
pared with S5,771 ,902, and railway op-
Grating income was $3,S26,S69, COM
pared with S4,429396. Gross income
was 5000 500, compared with $500
4S7. Net income of S1,924,545 after
charges and interest and preferred div
tdends was equivalent to S4.O1 a share
on $31 100000 of common, compared
with $40 in 1922.
Colorado Springs. Springs
police have redoubled their efforts to
find Pete Martinez, believed to have
engaged in Il drunken brawl, which re-
suited in the death of Ialente Madrid
in bunkhouse at Buttes, twenty-five
miles south of Colorado Springs and
given emergency treatment mt the St.
Francis hospital, died without regain
ing consciousness.
Craig-It is reported in Craig that
the Texas Production Company will
build pipe line to Craig Immediately,
from the Moffat oil field seventeen
miles south of Craig. 1t is said that
the Texas Company will establish a
tank farm on the outskirts of Craig and
ship oil by rail over the Moffat road
and the Union Pacific to the refinery
at Parco, Wyo.
Denver.-Colorado's 1925 automobile
license plates will be red with white
letters and numbers Secretary of
State Milliken announced here They
will resemble the 1924 Wyoming IL
cense plates. The color combination
was selected by Mllliken as a result of