The Dolores star., 1924-03-21
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

Delta.-Fruita boys basketball team,
staging great comeback, won the
Western Slope basketball title by de-
feating Gunnison, - To 21. in the final
and feature game OF the Slope tourna-
| ment.
| Longmont.-Wilmer Dell. IL years
old. the son of John W. Dell, n Long
mont laborer. was found dead on the
| Colorado & Southern trucks near the
city, his body mangled almost beyond
recognition.
| Golden.-Neariy one hundred gradu.
| ntes of Golden High school were pres
ent and received diplomas" at the en-
tertainment given signaIizing the
! opening Of Golden's magnificent new
high school.
Denver.-JOe BrindIsi was found
| guilty of murder in the first degree
and will serve IL sentence of life i'm
prisonment for the murder of Mrs Lii
liam McGlone, Aug. %, 1923. This vcr-
dict was brought in by jury in the
West Side Court following over thir-
teen hours of dellberation.
Fort MorGun.-Nlorgan county set a
new high record for the season at the
Kansas City stockyards when John
Clay x Company sold for Bath & War
ner of Fort Morgan 3l5 ewes uverag-
| ing l02 M SO, and for Peter H. Peter
son of Brush PIG ewes averaging III
pounds at the same price.
Denver-The Department of Com
merce mt Washington announces, for
the state of Colorado, Its preliminary
| estimate of the value. Dec. 81. 1922.
| of the principal forms of wealth, the
| total amounting TO SO, ,229. .352 600, as
compared with S2,29l .6l4,oOO in 1912,
| an increase Of 400 per cent. Per capi-
ia values increased from S2,6Ii to $3,-
80, or 22.S per cent.
Rocky Ford.-The First National
Bank of Rocky Ford which closed vol
UNFAIRLY, following a run and heavy
Withdrawals, will reopen within few
days, it was announced by Boon Best,
president of the institution. A group
of citizens raised $4,000 which was
added to the banks funds, and this
sum, it is felt, will be sufficient to as
sure reopening.
Denver.-A wedding ceremony per-
formed in the presence of members of
the family and few intimate friends
united George A. Carlson. former gov
ernor Of Colorado. and Mrs. Louis A.
Crosse, formerly of Fort Collins, at the
home of the brides mother, Mrs.
Frank Avery, in the Kilbourne apart
by the Rev. DIR. Robert A. Pollock,
pastor of the First United Presby-
terian church.
Denver.-A total of $4,000 Christmas
trees were cut from the forests of Colo
RADIO and T,iOO of them were used in
Denver during the holiday period, ac-
cording to figures compiled by the
United States forest service in Den
yer, made public by NJ. w. Thompson,
| assistant district forester. OF this num-
ber about $500 trees retailed In Den
yer were cut on the Pike National for
est, while the remainder were obtained
| from private lands in the mountains
adjacent to Denver.
Denver.-As the climax of chase
| through downtown Denver streets and
| gun battle in full sight of hundreds
| of pedestrians, Lawrence Clifford Mel
| son, alleged member of bandit gang
| that has terrorlzed Denver for the last
month, was fatally shot, and his COM
| panion, Eugene Charles Nos was ar
rested. Nelson was shot with Il riot
| gun in the hands of Putrolman Arthur
nl, ,..Ia lNA t.I It,
| from his pocket to shoot the officer
| after he had been cornered with Vos
| by police automobile.
| Denver.-State Game and Fish Com
| missioner Il. G. Parvin Is Investigating
"A complaint of residents of the San
Luis valley that mining companies are
| polluting Kerber creek, tributary of
the Rio Grande. The charge is made
| that water containing kaoln is per-
| mitted to run into the creek, and that
| the presence of the foreign substance
| is killing the fish.
Boulder.-Windsor high school bas-
ketball team, backed by the Windsor
band and Il roofing squad of more than
| 200 frenZied Windsor fans. won the
state championship at the state high
| school tournament, which came to Il
close here, when they defeated the
| Canon City team 81 to 13. Windsor
went through the entire three days of
| play without losing game, and as IL
| result captured the second leg on the
large silver loving cup, which repre-
sents the championship of the Colorado
high schools in basketball and which
must be taken three consecutive times
| to be retained. They also won the
| Spalding cup as permanent trophy.
| Canon City wins the cup offered for
runnersup as well as bronze shield
| for second place.
| Boulder.-The general education
board of the Rockefeller foundation
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