The Colorado statesman., 1924-06-28
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| benNer.-Ine prospects lot an III
creased production of honey in Colo
RADIO in 1924 are very favorable. The
bees, are now swarming and reports to
the State Immigration Department are
to the effect that the number of colo
nies will be much larger than last
year.
Montrose.-John w. Wood, ranch
er living in the Sanborn park district,
shot and killed Fred j. Dobler, a
prominent business man and rancher
of Nucla, Colo, when Dobler failed to
obey Woods order to remove a fence
he was building on some land Wood
formerly had owned.
Boulder.-Goods and cash amount
ing to more than $1,000 and wrecked
coupe are the result of a raid by bur-
glars who ransacked the entire bust
ness district of Niwot, Colo, near here.
With the exception of the Niwot State
Bank, the providers entered practically
every establishment in the town.
Central City.-Wllliam Christensen.
17-year-old Buffalo, N. Y, youth, was
found dead on a mountain slope on
the Bingham ranch, east of Black
Hawk, rifle bullet through his brain.
Investigating authorities are convinced
that the boy was not suicide and be-
Iieve the gunshot was accidental.
Pueblo.-Posing as a representative
of an alleged fake "Ohio Oil Com
pany," C. E. Lee, former Denver man,
Is held by the Pueblo police in connec-
ton with wholesale passing of alleged
bogus checks, amounting to more than
$1,000, according to police. Lee has
confessed his bunco activities, police
said.
Pagosa Springs-The little sons of
NJ. r. Thomas and Everett Pollard are
believed to have been poisoned from
| eating wheat at the Pollard ranch
which had been treated with formal
| dehyde for smut After violent vomit-
ing the youths recalled that they had
been eating wheat and barley while
playing rabbit. They will recover.
Pueblo.-Charles Leonard Nash, 13
years old, Boone, Colo, youth, was
drowned when attempting to swim in
Dotson lake, twenty-five miles south
east of here. After two hours search
his body was recovered 100 feet from
shore. Scores of persons on the shore
of the lake, including the boys mother,
two sisters and two brothers, saw the
boy drown.
Greeley.-William r. Patterson of
Greeley, trustee of the Greeley Elks
lodge and state treasurer of the State
Elks Association for the past year,
was elected as president of the asso-
citation at the final session of the
three-day convention. Other officers
elected were: George Teal of Boulder,
first vice president w. W. McKinstry,
Canon City, second vice president; e.
e. Wheeler, Ouray, third vice presi-
dent; Joseph Loor, Pueblo, secretary
John II. Drury, Trinidad, treasurer;
william Moreland of Colorado Springs
and Milton Anfenger of Denver, men,
bers of the executive committee.
Colorado Springs. - Construction
work to make a state highway out of
the old Busk-Ivanhoe tunnel and aban-
doned Colorado Midland roadbed be-
tween Leadville and Glenwood Springs
was started last week, according to
Ernest Montgomery, division engineer
of the State Highway Department. The
short cut road, one of the most re-
markable in the state, will be ready for
traffic by Aug. /, the engineer stated.
The fifth division crews will take up
the ties to the east portal, while the
remaining work, including the tunnel
to Leadville and stretch to Glenwood
Spring via Frying Pan river, will be
under the direction of II. L. Jenness,
sixth district engineer.
Kiowa.-W. ]. Wilder, government
hunter for the eradication of preda-
tory animals, last week bagged twen-
ty-three coyotes in the vicinity of Com
anche Center community. Wilders to-
tai of slain coyotes last year was $50.
Ranchers in this section have suffered
large losses of cattle and poultry
through the depredations of the ami
mails.
Denver.-COlorado has passed Flor
ida, Georgia and Texas and now ranks
second only to California as n canta-
loupe producing state, according to w.
w. Putnam, agricultural statistican.
Cantaloupe growing is a comparative
ly new industry in this state and last
years production of 1,07S000 crates
does not nearly represent Colorado's
possibilities.
Denver.-Visitors to Mesa Verde
National park have increased by 40
per cent. and If the present rate con.
tinue, 10000 will have visited 1t before
the season is over, according to re-
port from Superintendent Jesse Nus
baum. New roads and trails have been
beaten through the park, and the road
from Mancos to the cliff ruins has
Ihaap shortaned aipht nilac hv tho