The Colorado statesman., 1924-01-26
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COLORADO

'elecleu president OF the Colorado
Made Goods Club at the annual meet
Ing of the organization.
GlenwoOd Springs.-W. p. Bates,
pioneer railroad man of Colorado,
whose home was at Basalt, died at the
hospital at Glenwood Springs of
Brights disease.
Loveland-John Griffith and his son
Charles, of Estes Park, shot a large
mountain lion near the top of Park hill
after trailing the beast with dogs more
than mile.
Colorado Springs.-State and fed
eral law enforcement officers from all
parts of Colorado attended the ses-
.sions of the annual convention of the
State Sheriffs Association, at the
Antlers hotel.
Greeley.-Developme of the Stone
ham Oil dome in eastern Weld county
probably will be started before spring
according to local and Sterling men
who hold a controlling acreage of the
dome under leases.
Lamar.-C. NJ. Lee, 60 years old,
president of the Lamar National bank
and pioneer and one of the big fl
nancial figures of southeastern Colo
home here last week
Colorado Springs.-Charles ]. Olson
said to be a member of an interna-
tional rum smuggling gang operating
between Denver, Colorado, Springs,
Cheyenne, Wyo., and Mexico, was found
guilty of Illegal possession of liquor
in District Court here after forty min
utes' deliberation by the jury.
Denver. - Former State Senator
Walter f. O'Brien of Leadville was
elected president of the Colorado
Game and Fish Protective Association
for the ensuing year at a meeting of
the organization here. o. ]. Clark
was named vice president and John
Hatton secretary and treasurer. Clark
and Haitian are Denver men.
Walsenburg.-Su Surrounded in the
ranch house of Gaetano Sampit in the
hills near Apache canon, twenty-four
miles west of Walsenburg where he
had hidden, Louis Donati cheated the
law of its due course by firing bull
let into his head with the same pistol
with which he killed Chief of Police
Jack Rose and Henry G. Robart.
Greeley.-Sheriff II. L. Corder and
Deputy w. L. Reece Wednesday won
a verdict in the District Court here in
a suit for $4,000 damages brought
against them by Frank II. Waite of
Denver, federal narcotic inspector and
son of former Gov. Davis II. Waite of
Colorado. Waite charged false arrest
in connection with liquor search.
Fort Lupton.-Fire of unknown
origin, which for time threatened the
business district of Fort Lupton,
caused $4,000 damage in the Win
bOurn building on the main corner of
the downtown section a few days ago
The fire destroyed the roof of the
building and destroyed practically ev-
erything in the rooms of the Ameri-
can Legion, on the second floor. The
lower floor is occupied by the Neil &
Wyrick Mercantile Company, whose
stock was badly damaged by smoke
and water.
Denver.-Another chapter in Den
yer banking history, marked by the
consolidation of the Denver National
DdIlh anu lllt NdllOudl
bank, was written with completion of
an agreement whereby the American
Bank and Trust Company took over
the resources and liabilities of the
Union State bank, one of the most pro-
gressive of the clty's smaller banking
institutions. Announcement of the
consolidation of the Home Savings
and Trust Company and the Mer-
chants bank was also made.
Denver.-The sum of S353,9O574,
representing the last six months earn
ings of the state school fund will be
distributed to the various counties, 1t
was announced here by State Auditor
Arthur NJ. Stong. Distribution Is
made on the basis of school popula-
ton. The amount is $4,000 less than
was collected the previous six months.
ver-Announcement was made
here last week that the Burlington
railroad has taken the lead in reduc-
ing freight rates on certain iron steel
and tin items between Chicago and
Colorado common points. The usual
dlfferential is to be given on ship
ments from st. Louis and common
points, and Peoria ana coHLnon polhls
10 Colorado common points.
Pueblo.-Pueblo police received
telegram from police at Dallas, Texas,
informing them of the arrest at that
place of H. B. Jones and Lee Dougan,
wanted In Pueblo in connection with
the disappearance of Margaret Par
sons, 81 years old, of Denver who dis
appeared sometime during the night of
JAN from the state insane asylum.
Miss Parsons was not taken into Gus
tody with the men, but is believed to
hn In hiding in nr around Dallas.