The Dolores star., 1924-09-19
COLORADO NEWS NOTES


rested and lodged In the county jan
here after Deputy Sheriff Miles MICH
,u. in response To n telephone eau
from nciEhbor went to the Si\ey
ranch twenty miles from here ana
found ELI Edward Slvey, ~, father OF
Mrs Hatcher lying dead in the barn
ward with a rifle bullet hole through
his neck, according To n statement by
sheriff Ray II. Powell of Logan coun-
ty. Mrs Hatcher admitted that she
fired the shot which killed her aged
father. the sheriff stated, but the
woman declared that the shooting was
accidental.
DeIta.-The Mld-Colorado OIL Com
pany has leased about 1900 acres OF
land between ECkert and Delta, Coio.'
and will begin drilling for oil immedl-
utcIy. The geological survey was su-
pcryised and reported by a. NJ. Hagen
of Pittsburgh. Pa. who says that the
soil formation, largely Mangus shale.
justifies the belief that oil will be
found within 1000 feet. The contract
for drilling has been let to the Rotary
Oil Company The rig has already been
erected on the ranch of l.. ii. Mower,
mile southwest of Eckert and about
eleven miles northeast of Delta, and
the company expects to finish drilling
by Oct. 10. The land which has been
leased for n term of five years, 10
nearly all under cultivation.
Denyer.-Dr. Ethel d. Humphreys
was appointed by Mayor Benjamin F..
Stapleton as acting city manager OF
health and charity. Or. Humphreys
was deputy manager of the depart
ment while George a. Collins was
manager, and since the latter's resig-
nation recently she has been acting
as head of the charity and health di-
vision. Collins quit that position to
accept the place Of superintendent of
the new University Of Colorado hos
ptal. The appointment of DR.. Hum
phrys marks Denver rs the only city
in the country with II woman as head
of the municipal health department.
Colorado Springs.-Thomas McCaf-
fiery, resident trustee of the Union
Printers home here since 1896, died
here after II long illness. A continu-
Gus member of the international Typo
graphical Union for forty-eight years,
thirty-five of which We're spent In
Colorado Springs, Mr.. McCaffery had
large share in the upbuildinG of the
Union Printers home. He was vice
president of the board of trustees and
member of the finance committee
of the home ut the time of his death.
Craig.-The Midwest well on the
lies structure near Craig came in last
week with an estimated production of
5000 barrels according to II. c. Bret
schneider, vice president Of the COM
pany The first unofficial test of the
well ran 1000 barrels in nine hours,
said Mr.. Bretschneider, and 1t is esti-
mated ii will run production OF 5000
barrels when the official test is made
The Texas well. another producer in
the Moffat field. has tested produc.
ton of $500 barrels.
Canon City.-George W. Buchanan
deputy warden of the Colorado state
penitentiary, who was stabbed in m
attack made on him by two convicts
| in the prison is reported to be re-
covering from his wounds. The ct
tack on Buchanan is said to have been
made by Cornelius Gray, life-termer
and Louis G. Pacheco, serving term
of twenty-five to thirty-five years. The
two convicts lured buchanan to Their
cellhouse on n preteXt and then at
tackled him with knives.
Cripple Creek-John Pestana Jr., OF
Cripple Creek, died at the Cripple
when 1900 volts of electricity passed
through his body while he was Mt worl
t the Cresson mine. The young mar
was painting the roof of transformer
| at the time when he came in contact
with wires carrying the high voltage
Colorado Springs.-Tentative PLAN
have been formulated by the State
Highway Department for the construc
ton of new Denver-COlorado Spring!
highway which will shorten the dis
tance between the two cities by ap
proxlmately ten miles. Although def
mite plans for the completion Of tn
road have not been agreed upon, an
one of the several routes which ma
be taken will permit reduction O
ten miles in the distance to be tray
ersed.
Pueblo.-Rig and drilling equlpmen
for the new Baxter oil well has al
rived here. The well will be drille
near the Ohio well, ten miles nortl
east of Pueblo Midwest Oil and Ga
Company has announced that it wi
erect rig and start drilling opera
tons five miles southeast of Puebl
J on Columbia Heights dome.
Denver.-The third biennial confe
ence of executives Of the Boy Scou,
of America opened at Estes Park, 70
lowing a splendid reception for til
: 100 executives attending from all part
of the United States, which was n