The Dolores star., 1924-10-24
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

| Castle Rock.-Following forty-sN
years Of public service, Harry Jones,
| 30 years old. veteran county clerk OF
Douglas county, was found dead In his
summer house from heart disease. Mr..
Jones is believed to have been the
oldest county clerk in point of serr-
| ice in the state.
| La Junta.-Two prisoners, said to
be eN-cunyicts, escaped from the La
| Junta Jail and are the objects OF
| search between here and Pueblo. The
prisoners, Roy Collins and John Sieg-
fried, alias Martin. were arrested at
Las Animas last week, charged with
several robberies ut Rocky Ford.
Bouldcr-A serious bullet wound in
the right leg resulted to Lowell Miller
II, of Yuma. Colo. after he pounded a
22-calibcr bullet with rock in Long
mont to hear the explosion. The bul-
let entered at the thigh and plowed
through the flesh to point near the
knee, where Longmont surgeon To-
Gated and removed it.
Branson.-Struck behind the right
ear by a bullet from 81 rifle acci-
dentally discharged by her small SON
Wesley. 1 years old, Mrs. Naleria Har-
den, %, wife of Glen T. Harden, "a
school teacher at Brunson, was fatally
shot at her home here. The little boy
had received the rifle as n birthday
gift from his father
Littleton.-Frank J. Bridgeman, pro-
| prietor of the Denver Gardens dairy,
was shot and almost instantly killed
by Roy Snap, farmer living near Sui
| livan, when the two engaged in a
heated argument on the latter's ranch.
| Snap was taken into custody by De-
putty Sheriff Bradford Patrick of Lit
Teton and lodged in the Jail at Little
| ton.
Berthoud-Completion of twenty-one
miles Of concrete highway between
Berthoud and Fort Collins was an
nounced by ]. w. Johnson, district
engineer of the United States Bureau
of Public Roads in Denver. The road
will be open to traffic in few weeks,
he said. This makes n total of thirty
nine miles Of paved road between Den
v.r and Fort Collins, with twenty-five
miles yet unpaved.
Denver.-Almost S2,OOO,OOO in re-
funds on 1923 income taxes have al
ready been paid residents of Colorado,
according to figures released by f. W.
Howbert, collector of Internal revenue.
| This constitutes approximately five
ninths of the total refund which under
the recent revenue law passed by Con
gress, must be paid by Nov. l. The
remaining checks will all be mailed by
Nov l, according to Howbert.
Walsenburg. - The third annual
Huerfano county stock show came to an
end here with stockmen from every
part of Colorado acclaiming 1t Il big
success. Hundreds of visitors from all
cattle regions in the West filled the
big show buildings for the three davs
Of this annual event, and watched with
keen interest the bustling activities.
Fine exhibits of farm products, ami
mails, and sewing and cooking exhibits
from the schools proved to be the main
attractions.
Leadville.-Edward Frank Mayerle,
exposed in Denver in 1919 as n fake
naval hero, is under arrest at Los An
geles, and again has worned his way
into the spotlight of publicity by tell
ing the court in which he was ar
raigned on a charge of passing a
worthless check that blow on the
head delivered by holdup at Lead
Vile, eight years ago, made him a for
ger and IL criminal Mayerle told the
court the holdup's blow, delivered with
the butt end of II revolver, put dent
in his skull, which produced pres
sure on his brain and turned him into
criminal paths.
| Denver.-Lieut. Col. John G. L. Han.
len, who served in the infantry during
the World war, was elected state presi.
dent of the Reserve Officers assocla-
ton of Colorado at the closing session
of the second annual convention of the
organization in the Federal building
Maj. Frazier Arnold of Denver was
chosen first vice president; Col. ]. c.
Taylor of Golden, second vice presi
dent; Col. Jacob c. Epler of Pueblo
third vice president, and Maj. John
Vandemoer of Grand Junction, fourth
vice president.
Pueblo.-"We thought we could gel
away with It," This is the sentiment
expressed by three of four young mer
in Jail here in connection swith the
Staying of Charles Taffee, merchant
/ patroman, at Ration, n. NJ, in explain
Ing their reasons for launching or
what the police term a career o
crime" The four youths were cap
tured by Pueblo city detective!
ut the Pueblo-El Paso county line
after a twenty -five-mlle chase alon,
the Pueblo-Colorado Springs highway
The four men under arrest are An
drew Ingwerson, 21 years old; AlleI
Genowa, %; Otis Beauford, 20. an,
Daniel Walker, 10.
Boulder.-Colorado's new athleti