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Show uu i BUYS PARK, BUT COP WONT LET HIM MANAGE IT (By International News Service ) DENVER, May 15. Denver's civic T centre, including several acres of velvety vel-vety greensward, an artistic open air Greek theatre and thousands of ornamental orna-mental lights that cost the taxpayers of Denver several million dollars to create was worth the entire bankroll of Mr. Joseph Six, sixty-six, of Ther-mopolis, Ther-mopolis, Wyo. Joseph decided after an extended conversation with two suavo gentlemen who Introduced themselves to Mr. Six as he sat on a park bench feeding the sparrows. Mr. Six had just arrived from Thor-mopolis Thor-mopolis and his roll, aggregating $180, was turned over to the two strangers in exchange for an Impressive sheaf I of documents that contained the "bill of sale" of Denver's beautiful downtown down-town park by the "Denver Civic Centre Cen-tre Co,, Inc.," to Mr. Joseph Six for" the "sum and consideration of $1S0." Tho 'real estate transaction was made public when Police Officer Reno asked Mr. Six whore ho got tho authority au-thority to order all tho people "ofi the grass." "I guess I gotta right to tell 'em to got off my grass if I want to," retorted retort-ed Mr. Six. "I own it, don't I?" "Don't try to kid mo," the officer N replied; "you know you don't own the Civic Centre." Q "Huhl don't, don't I?" and Joseph drew himself up proudly "Well, just glance at this bill of sale; an' everything." every-thing." Mr. Six produced the auspicious looking folio which proclaimed 'To Whom It May Concern" that Mr. Jos-oph Jos-oph Six was the sole owner of the Denver Civic Centre, and that he had purchased it uat very day. At police headquarters, Mr. Six explained ex-plained how ho had affected the offer of the two strangers and "purchased" the park for $180. He said it was all tho money he had, and was held until friends In Wyoming could forward carfare car-fare back to tho ranch near Thermop-oils. |