The Arvada enterprise., 1924-01-17
LATE NEWS
From Al Ouer
COLORADO

tnaue that United States Senator Alva
Is. Adams Of Pueblo will be candi-
date for the long term senatorship.
Boulder.-Gonzaga University, Spo-
Kane, WASH. has extended an invita-
ion to the University Of Colorado for
a football game rs part OF the 1924
season. 1t is under consideration.
Pueblo.-Mlss Margaret Parsons 2l
years old, daughter Of DIR. Stephen 7.
Parsons. Denver, escaped from the
state hospital for the insane here, and
according to the superintendent Of the
hospital. the police OF Denver, Pueblo
and other towns have been asked to look
for her and Harold Jones, 20. ana Lee
Dougan, p. who are suspected by
him Of being connected win, her disap.
pearance.
Denver-Finnl decision Of the
Scruggs. Vandervoort 4 Barney Dry
Goods Company OF st. Louis to buy
the controlling interest in the Denver
Dry Goods Company will not be made
until the latter part OF February, ac-
cording to officials OF the two big con.
Germs. The st. Louis company seeks
control and will not be satisfied, 1t is
said. with n minority holding in the
| Denver company.
Pueblo.-Two tcn-year-old Pueblo
lads, now on parole from Juvenile
Court, barely escaped burning 10
death when they set fire to n house In
Avondnle, eighteen miles east of this
city, In orde rto get warm md then fell
asleep In the house. The lads were
rescued by Percy Sutcliff at whose
home they bad been given food after
their bicycle ride from Pueblo to the
neighboring village. They were turned
over to the Juvenile Court officials.
Colorado Springs.-Making his way
through u darkcncd room, his hand
gripping pistol in the belief that II
burglar was in the home, W. Bartlett
Chew, Jr., widely known young pus-
nessman OF Colorado Springs, STUN
bled. fell and was killed by the acci-
dental discharge OF the gun. Chew's
bride of two months, the only other
occupant Of the house, on hearing the
report OF the pistol sprang to her nus
bands side and he died us she took his
head in her arms.
Durango.-Ncws that shot in the
wall OF tunnel OF n small coal mine
twenty miles from here had opened n
flow Of natural gas, has raised excite
ment to fever pitch here. The mine
Is filled with gas. which witnesses de.
clare Is petroleum gus" and prclimi-
nary estimates place the flow ut L.
100000 cubic feet in twenty four
hours. OIL experts here who arc in
terested in the Navajo oil fields, say
they never heard of opening "petrol.
cum gas" in a coal mine.
Fort MOrgan.-A freight train OF the
Burlington railroad was wrecked five
miles west Of Fort Morgan last week.
injuring Conductor w. +. Coleman OF
Denver. who suffered badly
wrenched back. He was in the Gu
boose ut the time the cars left the
track. Five cars were wrecked, two
coal cars being burned by the rescue
crews, and the others. containing mcr-
chandlse. showcases md soda fOun.
tains. which were upset without break
Ing a single glass.
| Canon City.-'The total production
Of eggs In the International Egg Lay
Ing Contest at Canon City was 2,OSi
for the first month. or "a eggs per
bird. This low production. according
to announcement made by Superin-
tendent Il $. Dcnmnn. II due to the
| o, hut hnr "a nt. I,,r
ccntage of late maturing pullcts. II
shows why high-priccd eggs nrc
shipped Into Colorado In the cnrly win.
ter. instead of being produced nj
home
Dcnver.-Former Vice President
Thomns Il. Marshall was the min
speaker OF the evening nt the nnnunI
jackson day dinner Of the Associated
Democratic Club of Denver. Mr.. Mar
shall's address followed that mndc by
Governor Sweet In which the latter
announced his candidacy for re.clcc-
tlon this fall.
Denver.-The new provision Of the
Colorado motor vehicle license law re-.
quiring payment Of taxes on nut0fno-
bilcs before Issuance Of state license
is constitutional. the State Supreme
Court held In m opinion handed down
In an action brought In the Denver
District Court by Alfred NJ. O'Mcmrn
OF the O'Mearn Green Automobile
Company.
Littieton.-Fronoilon through men
from the supcrlntcndency Of n once Oh
scure two.mile electric street car line
In Colorado to the superlniend"ncy of
all interurbnn lines Of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company nt Ningarn
Falls is u new record for Robert G.
Larkin. formerly superintendent Of the
Denver X South Platte railway be
tween Englewood and Littlcton. News
Of his recent advancement was re
ccived here by friends last week.