The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

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a few days ago by fire, which started
from a defective flue. The loss is
estimated ut S1J0,0OO. Four buildings,
| the largest In Llmon. have been razed
and thousands of dollars worth OF
merchandise have been destroyed The
II. o. Ellis Drug Company and the
c. c. .Hord Company suffered the larg-
est losses. The fire ragged for hours,
assisted by n high wind, before being
| put under control by the local fire de
| partment. assisted by equipment of the
| Rock Island railroad and some 200 or
! 300 citizens. When the fire threat
encd the entire city. Mayor j. T. Os.
| borne ordered the buildings surround
ing the burning area wrecked. After
| removing the contents of the Lundy
Shoe Store, which was located next to
the burning buildings, n number OF
| citizens began razinG the structure.
| The building. which Is frame. was
| later dragged away by large truck
when the blaze came too close for the
citizens to continue tearing it down.
a. c. Sinclair, president of the First
| National Bank, and Town Marshal
Marlow narrowly escaped death while
| fighting the fire. when a wall in one
OF the burning buildings collapsed.
| They were only slightly hurt. The
| fire was difficult to combat. having
started between walls. 1t gained con
| siderable headway before the alarm
was turned in. Beside the Ellis Drug
| Company and the c. C. IIord Com
| pany, Il large apartment house and
several small buildings were de.
stroyed
Saguache. - Nina Kimberln. 16
years old. was killed instantly and her
brother Ernest, is years old. and an.
other girl, Pearl Adamson, 16 years
old were pinned under an overturned
car in which they were riding for
fourteen hours recently during a
| binding snow storm that assumed the
proportions of blizzard. They were
found by passing motorist. who sum
moned aid and removed them from be-
meath the wrecked car. The trio had
left Saguache for Mineral Hot Springs.
| The accident occurred thirteen miles
east of Sagauche. The car was
wrecked in gully, overturning kill
| ing the Kimberlin girl instantly and
holding her brother and his companion
prisoners. An examination of their in
| juries failed to show any broken
bones, and aside from exposure. they
| suffered but little. Persons who found
| them declared that but for the fnct
that they had been pinned under the
| car during the entire night, they un-
doubtedly would have frozen to death.
Denver.-Wives of three convicted
members of the $1,000 900 Denver
bunko ring arrested recently on sus-
| piclOn of connection with an alleged
| $1,000 fur theft plot, were released on
$1,000 bond pending hearing on a ha.
beas corpus proceeding instituted in
their behalf before Judge George f.
| Dunklee in the West Side court The
three women, Mrs. Irene Mushnick,
alias Miss Anna Adams Mrs Gladys
Byland, alias Miss Florence Rhodes.
and Mrs. Jennie Kelly. alias Mrs. En-.
ma Lawrence, We're granted their free
| dom pending a hearing on their an.
| plication for writs on bonds furnished
| by Albert a. ltkin Of 921 East Twen-
| ticth avenue.
Fort MOrgan.-When the Fort Nor
| gan factory Of the Great Western Sin
gar Company closed its slcing cam
| paign few days ago it had produced
| 100000 sacks of refined sugar-37, ,OOO.-
| 600 pounds of the sweet The com-
paiGn here lasted ninety-five days, ten
days longer than last year The aver
age daily slicing at the local factory
was 1,467 tons, which is above last
years record and gives the Fort Nor
gan factory practically an undisputed
claim to the. efficiency pennant offered
Great Western factories. The average
sugar content of the beets in this dis
trict was 14.15, several points higher
than ii was last year
Boulder.-Arthur Chapman. forme-
ly managing editor of the Denver
Iimes, has completed his textbook on
1''olorado and met few DAYS ago Mt
Colorado Springs with the educational
committee of Greater Colorado. Inc
Upon its acceptance, Mr.. CHAPMAN
VIII leave for New York CITY TO re-
sumo his newspaper work, having
been granted leave of absence sew
eral months ago to accept the commits
sion from the Greater Colorado Inc
The book is to be used for instruc
ton purposes in the intermediate high
schools and perhaps in colleges. The
purpose OF 1t Is to teach Colorado
schooi children the history and re-
sources OF the state. 1t is to be illus
trated with many pictures. Prof.
Harry Nj. Barrett of the University of
colorado, former principal of East
Denver High School, is chairman of
the educational committee, which is
composed of representatives Of every
section of Colorado.
| Denver.-Sut for S57OOO w,S