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

| La SaIIe-Earl Midkiff, 1i-year-oId
La Sale boy, shot in the right tllsh
by Bud Miller. IL. also of La Sale
while the two were hunting. died ut
the Greeley hospital.
Byers-Fired upon twice by iout
mysterious assailants. whose ldenut!
is unknown, Roy Carver, IS years old
a rancher living four miles north OF
Byers. forty miles east of Denver was
found beaten into Inconsistencies by
the side of the road two miles n"rth
of Byers, few days ago.
breckenridge shooting of Mrs.
| Laura l.. Butler near Breckenridge
was an accident. according to the YER
dict of the coroner's jury at the in
quest held in Dillon. The jury found
that Mrs Butler came to her death
from the accidental discharge of RI
fle in the hands of John Riley.
Greeley.-JOln Letaveck, 30 years
old. living near Milliken, was fatally
injured when he fell from a wagon in
which he was hauling beans. Ihe
wagon passed over his body. injur-
ing his back and causing internal In
juries. He was removed to the Gree
ley hospital, where he died few
hours later.
Sedgwick. - Harry Mccullough, n
duck hunter from HaNtun, was
drowned in Jumbo lake, near Sedg-
wick. and his companion, Roy Bart
ling also of Haxtun, was rescued aft
er clinging more than an hour and Il
half to an overturned boat. The hunt
ers had been shooting on an island in
the lake and had begun the return trip
when heavy wind whipped the waves
and filled the light tin boat with wa
ter
|. Pueblo.-BouIder, will get the next
annual convention of the Colorado
Manufacturers and Jobbers, that city
having been chosen ut the closing ses-
sion af the 1924 meeting at Pueblo. At
the last of the sessions resolution con
demning proposed child labor laws, an
amendment to create a state printing
office and requesting the State Legis-
lature TO aid continuing the now fam
Gus Kansas Colorado water fight were
passed.
Denver-The new University of
Colorado Medical School, East Ninth
avenue and Colorado boulevard,
opened with an enrolment of l35 stu
dents, the largest number in the his
tory of the institution. The increase
over last year, when 1lS attended, was
made possible by added facilities in
the new building and equipment 1t is
estimated that the maximum of 142
students will be enrolled in the near
future.
Antonito.-State Bank Commission
er Grant Mcpherson took over the
Commercial State Bank of Antonito,
after that Institution had closed its
doors as result of frozen assets. Mr..
Mcpherson announced that he will go
over the banks affairs at once. but he
will not be able to announce the exact
state of its assets and liabilities for
several days The Commercial State
Bank of Antonito has deposits aggre-
eating S250,O00, Mr.. Mcpherson an
nOunced.
La Junta.-During the last few
weeks the Marland Oil Company,
which is operating in the vicinity OF
Craig. has leased some 1900 acres of
land in the vicinity of Timpas, sta
tion twenty miles south of La Junta
on the Santa Fe railroad. The leases
call for small cash payment and they
run for period of three years 1t is
said that some of the large land own
the understanding that n test well be
started within the next three months.
This. Is purely wildcat territory and
the movements of those in Charge are
being kept secret as much as pos
sible
Denver-The Denver & Salt Lake
railroad (the Moffat road), admitting
in United States District Court that it
had violated federal statutes by EN-
ploying trainmen for more than six
teen hours at II stretch, was fined 81
300 by Judge j. Foster Symes. The
violations took place in 1920 and 1923,
according to Roy H. Blackman, as
sistant United States attorney.
Colorado Springs.-Speaking before
the Kiwanis Club luncheon, F. II. Balr,
superintendent of schools, advocated "A
shift of the present district admins
tration to the county unit of control,
urged state control of education, with
establishment of state fund, and
questioned the advisability of inaugur-
ating department of education in
the cabinet until state and county ad-
ministrative powers had been shown
to be efficient. With his subject as
publican Education" Mr.. Bair
showed how the county superintendent
OF schools In Ell Paso county today had
to deal with thirty-eight school boards,
and suggested a county board of edu.
cation Instead, members of which
would choose county superintendent
selected on professional grounds.
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