Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19

s. s. Walker, fifty-five, Mason and
Shriner. died in Denver from Bright's
disease.
The Denver Teachers Association
objects to school janitors receiving
more pay than school teachers.
The second Japanese to be charged
with murder in Weld county within n
year was placed on trial in the District
Court
Edward Kelly and John Peyton were
arrested in Denver in the act of hold
ing up c. L. Gilbert, guest at the
Oxford.
B. F. Montgomery, lieutenant-gover-
nor-elect, who underwent an opera
tion at st. Luke's hospital in Denver
is reported slightly improved.
During the month Of November, 56,-
3S3 pieces of mail, weighing 6,479
pounds, were carried by the five rural
mailmen out of the Greeley postoffice.
Members of the Oldest civilized In.
dian tribes in the world will probably
assist in making Denver's 1915 festival
the greatest Indian congress of all
time.
The funeral of William F. Robinson,
one of Colorado's most widely known
newspaper men, who died in Denver,
was held from st. Marks Episcopal
church.
Fifty-eight years of welded life was
rounded out at Ault by Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Hulse, and they entertained
number of friends in honor. of their
anniversary.
Impressive ceremonies in memoriam
to Mrs. Julia Won de Leith Welles, one
of Colorado's most notable women,
were held at the Woman's Club build
ing in Denver.
Mrs. Lizzie Smith, aged go, resi-
dent of Westminster, in Adams coun-
ty, narrowly escaped death when she
was run down by an electric automo-
bile in Denver.
The scene for the legal struggle for
the possession of Marion Ethel Pearse,
five-year-old adopted daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank A. Parks OF Mesa
county, shifted to Grand Junction.
The Denver G Salt Lake Railroad
Company. with $10,OO0.OOO capital, has
been incorporated under the laws of
Colorado with power to acquire all the
properties and franchises of the Den.
yer, Northwestern & Pacific.
The State Court of Appeals ruled
/ that the destruction of property where
liquor is sold in prohibition territory
is unlawful, when it upheld the $2;4O0
judgment awarded the Canon City La
bor Club in the Fremont county Dis
trict Court recently.
Deacon George F. Chase, one of the
Oldest pioneers of Boulder, was elect
ed treasurer Of the Columbia Lodge
of Masons for the forty-first consecu-
tive year. and Charles c. Bromley was
elected treasurer Of the same lodge for
the twenty-first consecutive time.
An urgent request made by other
members of the state civil service
board that he remain to assist in solv-
ing various questions expected to arise
in the civil service amendment passed,
resulted IN the withdrawal Of Horace
N. Hawkins resignation, which was to
have taken effect January l.
Orders have been issued by the War
Department in Washington transfer
ring the Quartermaster's department
located in Denver to San Francisco.
The change becomes effective on jan
uary /. The local department spends
more than $1.O00.000 year. more than
half of which goes to local trade.
Mrs. Anna Station, wife of James A.
Station. the alleged horse and cattle
thief who sawed his way out of the
Brighton Jail with Frank L. Smith,
self-confessed murderer Of Jesse F.
Stingley. has written letter to Dep
uty Chief of Police Leyden in which
she denies the truth of her husbands
charges that she furnished him with
the saw which enabled the two men to
cut their way to freedom.
An automobile party consisting Of @.
H. Lloyd, ]. b. White. D. r. White and
]. II. Dyer, all of Denver, are believed
to be lost on the Arizona desert. The
motorists left Denver for California in
an automobile Nov. 8. The last mes
sage received from them was dated
Santa Fe, Dec. s, and stated that they
were en- route to Phoenix. Their names
canot be found on hotel registers
there.
Alva A. Paddock. son of l. @. Pad
dock, commissioner and secretary of
the State Board Of immigration, has
been elected to the general manager.
ship of the Associated Students, Of the
University Of Colorado at Boulder to
succeed Herman Weinberger. who re-
signs January /. The election was held
by the board Of control, consisting of
seven members Of the. faculty and
eight student commissioners.
The rules and regulations which
have formulated to govern the par.