The Dolores star., 1924-01-04
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

eblo, We're drowned while skating in
Lake AIinnequa, near the southern
limits of the city.
Fort Collins.-Three Fort Collins
boys. Chester Hadley, Ralph Conncll
ard Everett Manning. all Il years old,
were arraigned ON charges of stealing
an automobile from Clark BoutOn,
clerk Of the County Court
Denver.-Nictor Walker. colored.
former deputy sheriff under Mayor
Dewey c. Bailey and editor of the New
American Weekly, negro newspaper.
was convicted on charges of criminal
libel by West Side Court jury be-
fore Judge George f. DunkIee.
Denver.-Iillian Wood. sister OF
Joseph Wood. an employee in the state
motor vehicle department. received
word from United States Senator Law.
renee c. Phipps that President Cool
idge has appointed her postmistress ut
Louisville, Colo.
penver.-Federal District Judge J.
Foster Symes declined immediate ac-
ceptnnce Of an offer of S1,5O0,OOO by
the Western Pacific and Missouri Pa
cific roads TO the Denver X Rio
Grande Western, which offer was cal.
culatcd to terminate speedily the pres
ent receivership and pave the way for
putting into operation the reorganiza.
tion plan.
Grceley.-Directors of the Colorado
Beet Growers Cooperative Assocla-
tion gave their unanimous approval
of the Great Western Sugar Com
pany'S beet contract for the 1924 crop
mt meeting of the directors and of
ficlals of the company here. An
nouncement was made at the meeting
of payment of S2,5OO,OOO additional
10 farmers on their 1923 crop.
Loveland.-The Loveland W. C. T.
L. filed a petition with Mayor W. f.
Banks asking that the deportation of
the family of Conrad Schafcr to Rus
sia be taken up by city authorities
Immediately. Conrad Schafer, head of
the family, is now In jail in Fort Col
Inns facing bootlegging charge. the
petition states. lie has been arrested
three times for the same offense.
Dcnver.-Postal receipts for the
year have passed S3OOO,OOO, according
to Postmaster Frank l.. Dodge, after
the heaviest mails in the history of
the Denver postoffice had been expe-
rienccd before Christmas. 1t was
necessary for thirty-flve men to work
eight hours each on Sunday in order
to cope with the tremendous volume
Of first-class letter mail, amounting
to more than 100000 pieces, received
during three days.
Denver.-GovernOr Sweet will de-
liver an address in Pittsburg on Feb.
90, and following that will spend Il
few days in New York city with Col
f. VI. House, famous silent man" OF
the Democratic party, he said in Il let
ter sent to Edward A. Filene. promi-
nent Boston man and owner of Il large
department store in that city. 1t is
planned to schedule other addresses if
sufficient time may he spared from
,Necutiye duties, the letter added.
Wellington.-Days of effort. rebuffs.
and careful planning met success for
the Union Oil Company when work
crs gained control of the terrific pres
sure of its phenomenal gasser here.
The valves. constructed at the new
well after hours of difficult labor,
were closed, shutting off the flow of
oil and gas, to conserve the pressure
for an expected production of 500
barrels day from other wells soon
TO be drilled. News of this feat at the
well was watched for by people here
momentarily since construction of the
concrete forms for the valve mechan-
ism began.
Dclta.-Authorities here have noti-
fled sheriffS and police throughout the
state to he on the lookout for J. c.
Porter, who came to Delta recently
from California and represented that
he was going to install potato flour
mill. passing a number of worthless
checks on the strength of his story
Porter skipped after purchasing car.
diamond ring and groceries with al
legged spurious checks. He left behind
n bride of three weeks whom he mar
ried here.
Colorado Springs.-Dirt soon will
begin to fly for Manitou's new 81 ,G5O,-
600 amusement pavilion and hotel pro-
ject sponsored by n group of Chicago
capitalists headed by w. II. Darrach,
president of the Pixies Peak Hotel
Company, which has acquired $780,
600 site just across from the Cliff
house and bathhouse in Manltou. In
commenting on plans for the future,
Mr.. Darrach declared that he ex-
pected representatives of the Rapp
Brothers, Chicago architects Collins
Brothers, Kansas City, Mo, cOntrac-
tors, and bonding company soon
after the first of the year, when the
deal would be closed.
Pagosa Springs.-The public schools
of Pagosa Springs are closed down un-
iii Ian and all indoor Chris q