The Dolores star., 1924-09-26
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

Boulder.-Heart disease. with which
he had been suffering for a week,
caused the death of w. l.. Armstrong,
president Of the Mercantile Bank and
Trust Company and former mayor OF
this city.
Canon City-Instant death by cleo
trocution was IL result Of CarelcssneSs
when Stanton Z. Stewart slipped
while installing transmission cable
On a telegraph pole and let his foot
touch 2.3OO-volt wire here.
| pucblo.-The body of L. c. Shafer
If lTOJ Clarcmont street this city.
was found with bullet wound in the
head, lying half in the water and
Sprawled half on II sandbar in the
Snake river at American Falls. Idaho.
Fort Collns.-H. J. Custer, farm
er with lease on some land in III"
Fort Collins oil fields. inaugurntcd the
Did style shotgun law Il few days
ago and forced wurkmen who We're
preparing to sink an oil well for some
| Denver contractors to leave his land
pending II final settlement Of the dis
pute.
Leadville.-W. C. RandoIf held on
Il charge of riflinG the safe of the
Colorado Bakery Company and making
off with 81 900 Armour bond, jewel
ry and $40 III cash. escaped from the
| county Jail here Randolf was nppre-
hcnded in Denver, where police say
he was attempting to cash the Armour
| bond, and brought here.
| Lafayette-A fall of rock loosened
| by II blast he had fired, killed tri"
| james. 30 years old, in the Columbinc
| mine of the Rocky Mountain Fuel
| Company here. His body was diScov-
cred by miners who We're removing the
fall of rock and coal. james had
| worked as II shot firer in the Colum-
bine for the last year. He is survived
by his wife.
Pueblo.-Howard Creel, left-handed
| Centennial High school student, won
the championship cup in the southern
| Colorado-northcrn New Mexico golf
tournament by defeating KiImurray of
Ration. n. NJ, : up and 3 to 90. In the
| semi-finnlS Creel defeated Charles Pat
tcrson up and 10 90. In last years
tournament creel was runner up when
| kilmurray won the cup.
| Poulder-Pryor Irwin, counselor
and retail business Investigator, has
arrived from Chicago to make his
home in Colorado for several months
He is to conduct Better Business in
stltutes at Florence, Pueblo, Walsen-
burg. Trinidad GlenwoOd Springs,
| Montrose, Durango, Monte Vista, Ala
mosa, Boulder. Grand Junction and
, other Colorado communities. The in
stitutes will he under the auspices of
the extension department of the Uni.
versity of Colorado.
Denver-Congrcssma William n
Naile of Denver was elected grand
master of the Colorado Ancient Free
and Accepted MasOns to succeed Dis
trict Judge Jesse G. Wiley of Del
| Nurte. The election of the grand mas
ter and of five other officers of the
grand lodge of Colorado, together with
the reading of committee reports oc-
cupicd the first day of the two-day an
nual session of this branch of York
Rite Masons, held in the Masonic tenn
pie.
| Denver.-John Alpine, former post
master at Palmer Lake, who is
charged in Federal Court with cmbez-
zling SI32 of the postoffice funds. has
| paid that sum to the government, with
the claim that the apparent shortage
was Il mistake in bookkeeping. it was
learned ut the office Of James Il. Rob
crtSon. acting postoffice Inspector in
charge. Alpinc's case will be pre-
sented TO the grand jury which meets
in October. regardless Of the return ot
the money, Robertson stated
Pueblo.-IIundrcds of children at-
tending II matinee performance in the
Majestic thcater, and scores of adults
who were guests in the Merle hotel,
had narrow escapes from death or in
jury when Il fire broke out In an ad-
Joining building and for two hours
threatened the downtown district.
| Puebl".-Members Of the Southern
Colorado Press Association will meet
in Pueblo. Sept. 26, for II two-day con
vention and visit of the Colorado
state fair. On Friday the visiting
newspaper men will visit the fair in
company with local members of the
4 press fraternity. Reserved seats in
the grandstand have been provided
for them and they will be admitted
free ut the main gate and grandstand.
Col"rad" Springs. gs.-Authorization of
another quarter of million dollar
unit 10 the Union Printers home was
announced at the close of meeting
of the board Of trustees last week.
The board also approved the compile
tion of the unit now under construc-
tion to lost S2jO,O0O Improvement
work on Il portion of the main build
ing was also arranged for. Work on
} The new unit will not start until next
year. 1t was stated
La Junta.-The derrick and bunk
/ at lao