The Colorado statesman., 1924-01-12
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| htSAlONti biuih tiN
vator of the Summit Grain Company
here. The damage is estimated at be-
tween $25,000 and $4,000
Colorado Springs.--Denver will get
the next convention of the Colorado
Association of Real Estate Boards, ac-
cording to Il decision of the conven-
tion which closed here recently.
Denver.-Dlstrict Judge Dunklee
sentenced Alfred Bring, truck driver
whose car knocked down and killed
William +. Hoover, six weeks old, and
who had plead guilty to Involuntary
manslaughter, to sixty days in the
county jail.
Holyoke. - Former Congressman
Benjamin Hilllard of Denver an
nounced his candidacy for the Demo
cratic nomination for the long term
United States senatorship before a
meeting of Phillips county farmers
here last week.
Fort Collins.-The prediction that
all of the area between Fort Collins
and the Wellington oil field would be
dotted with oil derricks within the
next two years was made by G. S.
Sherman, Colorado manager for the
Union OIL Company, to a party of
Greeley men.
Golden.-In a motion filed before
Judge Samuel w. Johnson in the Dis
trict Court, Herbert NJ. Munroe and
S. d. Crump, attorneys for A. III.
Mitchell who was found guilty recent
ly of the Staying of Mrs. Georgia Bry-
an and Andrew Sherie, asked for a
new trial for their client.
Denver.-The l.. r. Steel depart
nent store has closed permanently.
The residue of the stock of merchan-
disc from the sale conducted during
the past two weeks was sold in lots
to several Denver merchants, and the
Steel building was turned over to its
new owners, the RitZ-Carlton Com
pany, which consists of Horace N.
Bennett and Charles Boettcher.
| Denver.-The largest gasoline tax in
| history was raised by the state last
year, and one-half of the total amount,
| $455, ,526.S6, was forwarded few days
ago by State Auditor Arthur NJ Stong
to sixty-two counties Denver county
being the only one not entitled to
| participate. Under the state law, one
| half of the 2-cent gasoline tax goes to
counties for road construction and the
other half to the state highway de-
| partment.
Fort Morgan.-The holiday season
this year marks the opening of an era
of prosperity in Morgan county which
will prove to be one of the best in
n decade, is the opinion of Ray White,
secretary of the Morgan County Credit
Rating Association. Merchants, bank
ers and farmers are optimistic, which
is the first indication of better times,
| Mr.. White says. 1.-The factor that has
cleared the air more than anything
else is the settlement of the contrO-
versy between the beet growers and
he Great Western Sugar Company"
Mr.. White asserts. Growers gener-
ally are talking of improved prospects
for their beet crop next year and many
have already declared their intention
of Increasing their beet acreage. 1t
looks as though 1924 will witness a
new record so far as the beet crop
Is concerned. 81 find that bankers are
making final arrangements with the
farmers to provide backing for the
coming year. Bankers predict that
next year will find the farmers in
good financial condition. Merchants
report that the debts contracted the
past year, which have not been set
tied, are the exception rather than the
rule. Practically the only debts
which will be carried over are long
standing ones which, for the most
part, have been materially reduced"
Kiowa. - Twenty-Five automobiles
and all the equipment in the Kiowa
Garage were destroyed in a fire re-
Gently. The total loss will be about
S25, 900, and T. f. Williams, owner of
the garage, said he had $1,000 insur-
ance.
Greeley.-With registration for the
winter quarter, students training Mt
Colorado State Teachers College to be-
come school teachers will pass the l.
200 mark for the year, considerably
in excess of the total enrolment for
the full three quarters of the college
year for 1929. In the midst of
preparation for the winter quarter ad-
ministration officials have been max
Ing extensive preparations for the next
summer quarter. An innovation will
be extensive registration by mail. This
was attempted in a small way last year
but the plan was started late-too late
to accomplish much. A complete
working plan for mail registration will
be put into effect early this year
President Crabbe expects to return to
his office soon after the opening of
the winter quarter. He has been con-
fined to his home ever since his return
from Oklahoma, where he was taken