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# COLORADO NEWS NOTES
Denver. Bolstered by the backing of the Denver Clearing House Association and large deposits of a score or more of prominent business men, the Home Savings and Trust Company kept its doors wide open. This assurance was given by Frank L. Bishop and Michael A. McLaughlin, president and vice president, respectively, of the bank. They are of the opinion, as is most of the rest of the banking fraternity, that the hysteria and apprehension that attended the assignment of the Interstate Trust Company and the failure of the Hibernia Bank and Trust Company is passing rapidly. The peak of the excitement, based solely on the promiscuous spreading of unfounded rumors, was believed reached.
Denver. Work was begun recently to convert the fifty-four mile Farmington, N. M., branch of the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad from standard to narrow gauge, according to announcement by Frank A. Wadleigh, general passenger agent of the Denver & Rio Grande. A report from Durango incorrectly stated that the road was to be converted into a standard gauge. It is now standard gauge, according to Mr. Wadleigh, and the change to narrow gauge is being made to afford a uniform gauge road from Alamosa to Farmington, thereby eliminating transfer of live stock and other freight from one gauge to another.
Colorado Springs. A crumpled packet of five letters, said to contain evidence incriminating the unknown assailant who brutally murdered Mrs. Elsie Jorgensen Suttle, wife of R. H. Suttle, Jr., a few days ago, is believed to have been the cause of the attack which ended in the death of the 17-year-old bride of a month, according to police. A dragnet has been thrown out by the police for a man called "Jack," who is thought to have invaded the girl's room in an effort to obtain the letters, which were found under the pillow of the bed on which she was lying.
Greeley. More than 300 members of the Camp Fire girls from Morgan, Weld, Adams, Larimer and Boulder counties met in Greeley for their annual council fire. One hundred and eight members of the Guardian's Training classes at the Colorado State Teachers' College, under the direction of Miss Gertrude Lee, Camp Fire executive, received their certificates. Miss Edith M. Kempthorne, national secretary of the organization, was a principal speaker at the council fire.
Denver. Coal production for the state of Colorado during the month of July was 689,254 tons, bringing the total for the year to 5,716,658 tons, according to the monthly report of James Dalrymple, state coal mine inspector. The report shows that there has been an increase of 637,761 tons of coal mined this year, compared with a similar period last year. There were 11,472 men employed in the mines of the state during the month.
Fort Collins. Fifteen students received their degrees from the Colorado State Agricultural College here, Wednesday, at the first regular commencement and conferring of degrees ever held in Fort Collins, at the close of a summer session. The students' petitions for degrees were approved last spring by the State Board of Agriculture, with the condition that they fulfill certain requirements during the summer session.
Denver. Important clews indicating that the run on the Home Savings and Trust Company was caused by a Denver woman who wished to revenge herself for a personal grievance against certain directors of the bank were being followed by operatives from the district attorney's office, according to Kenneth W. Robinson, and it was believed that an arrest will be made soon.
Denver. A regional conference between national leaders of the Republican party and prominent Republicans of Colorado, Nebraska, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Montana will be held in Denver in October.
Denver. Colorado's wool clip for 1923 will be the largest on record, according to estimates received by Joseph Passoneau, state director of markets, from the Department of Agriculture. The yield for the year is set for 8,544,000 pounds, compared with 6,839,000 in 1921 and 7,232,000 in 1919. There are approximately 800,000 sheep in the state. Weld and Rio Grande counties are the leaders in wool production, with Larimer and Conejos counties close seconds. The neighboring states of Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico are all heavier wool producers than Colorado.
Pueblo. Approximately 1,000 members of the International Bible Student Association are expected in Pueblo, Sept. 2, 3 and 4, to attend the first convention of the organization
