The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
CRISP
COLORADO
NEWS

Colorado Springs.-Eugene ID. Pres
ton, attorney, was elected commander
of Colorado Springs post No. 8 of the
American Legion.
Golden.-ln n motion filed before
Judge Samuel W. johnson in the Dis
trict Court, Herbert NJ. Munroe and
:. II. Crump, attorneys for 4. IL.
Mitchell, who was found guilty recent
ly of the Staying of Mrs Georgia Bry-
an and Andrew Sherie, asked for Il
new trial for their client
Denver-Thc l.. r. Steel depart
ment store has closed permanently.
The residue of the stock of merchan-
disc from the sale conducted during
the past two weeks was sold in lots
to several Denver merchants, and the
Steel building was turned over to its
new owners, the RitZ-CarltOn Com
pany. which consists of Horace n.
Bennett and Charles Boettcher.
Colorado Springs.-Three workmen
were injured, one of them probably IA
tally, when the scaffold upon which
they We're working on the new gymna-
SUM unit of the Colorado Springs
high school collapsed and hurled them
from a height of fourteen feet To the
ground. L. Il. Norwood, who was un-
conscious when rushed to the BETHEL
hospital, was found to have sustained
a concusSion of the brain. Hospital
attaches held out little hope for his
rprnNarp Roam pnnthnr
man, incurred a number of broken
bones in his left heel. and Walt John
son n fractured left ankle
Greeley-With registration for the
winter quarter. students training at
Colorado State Teachers College to be-
come school teachers will pass the l.
200 mark for the year, considerably
In excess OF the total enrolment for
the full three quarters of the college
year for 1922 %. In the midst of
preparation for the winter quarter ad.
minlStratiOn officials have been MAX
ing extensive preparations for the next
summer quarter. An innovation will
he extensive registration by mail. This
was attempted in small way last year
'hl ili' i'islll was SNill ltu lult-lbp lait
to accomplish much. A complete
working plan for mail registration will
he put into effect early this year
President Crabbe expects to return to
his office soon after the opening of
the winter quarter. He has been con
fined to his home ever since his return
from Oklahoma, where he was taken
seriously sick early in November.
Fort MorGan.-The holiday season
this year marks the opening of an era
Of prosperity in Morgan county which
will prove to be one of the best in
n decade, is the opinion of Ray White,
secretary of the Morgan County Credit
Rating Association. Merchants bank
ers and farmers are optimistic, which
Is the first indication of better times
Mr. White says. "The factor that has
cleared the air more than anything
else is the settlement of the cOntrO-
vcrsy between the beet growers and
Mr.. v hite asserts. Growers gener-
ally arr talking of improved prospects
for their beet crop next year and many
have already declared their intention
of Increasing their beet acreage 1t
looks as though 1924 Will witness a
new record so far as the beet crop
Is concerned. Il find that bankers are
making final arrangements with the
farmers to provide backing for the
rOming year. Bankers predict that
next year will find the farmers in
good financial condition. Merchants
report that the debts contracted the
past year which have not been set
lied, are the exception rather than the
rule. Practically the only debts
which will be carried over are long
standing ones which, for the most
part, have been materially reduced"
Denver.-Removing screen from II
bathroom window .on the second floor
of the county hospital while an Off
cer stood guard outside the door, cling
ing to the window sill in sub-zero
temperature and finally dropping
twelve feet onto fire escape chute
and sliding to the ground, were the
means used for escape from the Gus
fody of the police by Raymond Mccoy,
D., who was arrested Dec. %, on n
charge of robbing the collection box
Mt the Cathedral of the Immaculate
Conception.
Boulder-One hundred and six men
enrolled in the University of Colorado
last year were denied re-admission for
| failure to make good during the first
term of the university. A number of
women also will be denied re-admis.
sion, it is said. How many "flunked"
has not been made public by univer-
sity officials, who declared that they
would only give information as to the
number denied re-admlssion on peti-
ton. A great many ''flunkers" did not
make application. OF the men denied
admission, eighty-one were students In
| the college of liberal arts, twenty