The Dolores star., 1924-02-29
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

thousand dollars In ore reserves have
been opened up recently in the Cres-
son mine in tie downward extension
of the ore body known as the 1,620
stope, on the sixteenth level The ore
was encountered in a raise fifty feet
above the seventeenth level and Is on
all sides of the raise. Samples ran
fifty ounces to the ton, or $1,000, and
the new strike is admitted by the
management to be the most import.
ant since ore was opened on the SIX
teenth level, two years ago.
Brighton.-Denver was chosen for
the 1928 meeting place of the Colorado
County Fair Association at the close
OF Its seventh annual meeting here.
The convention will be held in Denver
Feb. 10 and 10 of next year. Prior to
the close of the convention the fol-
lowing officers were elected and in
stalled: J. II. King, Sterling, presi-
dent; Il. Z. Hanna, Greeley, vice pres
ident; ]. l.. Miller, Rocky Ford, sec
retary; and Mrs. J. d. Richards OF
kiowa county. treasurer
Durango Carrying gunnysack
containing about half the bones OF
what was once Juan Meastav, Mexi-
can sheepherder, Sheriff Maupin of
San Juan county, n. NJ, arrived in Du
range last week en- route to Aztec. In
his custody wns Edumenlo Meastaz.
self-confessed slayer, who led the of
ficers TO Il clump OF scrub oak five
miles south of Tiffany, Colo, and just
over the line into New Mexico, where
he had concealed the body on June II,
1923, the day OF the killing.
Denver.-Alleging that she married
second time, believing her first hus-
band to be dead, Mrs. Leta G. Nc
Nabb filed petition in the District
Court to set aside her marriage on
July 3, 1923. TO John v Roach Mrs.
McNabb states that her first husband,
Albert ]. MCNabb, disappeared from
Denver early In 1923 and for months
she knew nothing OF his whereabouts
She concluded, she says, he was dead,
and so she remarked
Fort Morgan.-Ninety three en-
ployees and officials of the Great
Western Sugar Company of Fort Nor
gan, Brush and Sterling, together with
eleven company officials from Denver
met at the Curry hotel in Fort Nor
gan for pennant powwow to cele-
br8te the awarding of the honor flag
to the Fort Morgan plant as the most
efficiently operated plant of the sew
enteen operated by the company dur
ing the last campaign.
DeBeque-The Bank of DeBeque
filed suit for $4,000 against the
National Surety Company in the Dis
trIct Court in Denver, alleging that
the defendant has refused liability fo-
bond issued to protect the bank
against misconduct of its employees
The bank charges that Harry A.
Quigley, an employee, made loans Of
$500 without the knowledge of the
directors and embazZled $4,000 for his
own use.
Denver.-The Burns National Bank
of Durango. of which John C. Camp
bell, acquitted in the United States
District Court of a charge of conspir-
ing to violate the national banking
laws, formerly was president, was
made defendant in two suits instltut-
ed here in the Denver District Court
NJ II. Hilbert is suing the bank for
81 ,S95. and the w. A. Snyder Commits
sion Company of Denver is suing for
Sc, 800.
Pueblo-A convention for District
Is, United Mine Workers or America,
will be held in Pueblo March II and Is,
according to announcement of Felix
Pogliano, secretary of the district. Re
vision of the constitution and outlining
of policies for the forthcoming year
are the objects of the meeting.
Golden.-Supt. Fred l.. Paddleford Of
the State Industrial School for Boys at
Golden. was exonerated by the Civil
Service Commission of charges OF
criminal carelessncss, inefficiency and
incompetency lodged against him by w
S. Green, former employee.
Boulder.-"Wlth five million Hitter.
ntes in the United States and 25,OOC
OF them in Colorado. n big problem of
our rural school system Is to educate
these people," said Mrs. Mary C. c.
Bradford state superintendent of pub
lie instruction, in an address on THE
| 1924 Viewpoint on Rural Education,'
before the thirty-eighth annual session
Of the Boulder county teachers asso
cation at Prep school here.
Grand valley.-Damage estimated
at approximately $4,000, was cause,
81.
ness section OF Grand Valley las
week The fire, origin Of which has
not been determined, started in tn,
Grand Valley hotel and spread rapidly
20 several adjoining buildings. Volun
teer firemen worked for several hours
until the blaze was brought under con
| troll.
Burlington.-The Better Farming
campaign organized by the Rock 1slan'
| railway for the eastern part of Colora