The Colorado statesman., 1912-05-11

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Hayden, was killed by lightning dur
ing snowstorm recently.
David Howard, former treasurer oil
Arapahoe county and prominent cattle
man, died at Littleton recently.
James Thompson, for twenty-eight
years resident of Denver, is dead at
his home in Aberdeen, Scotland.
The Trout Season Postcard Day
has been set for May Is in an official
proclamation issued by Governor Shat
roth.
Miell Yard. aged seventy-six, one of
the first settlers in the Cripple Creek
district, died of blood poisoning re-
Gently.
Oak Creek, on the twentieth of this
month, will begin the enjoyment of an
electric light service furnished by it's
own plant.
A petition is being circulated to
have the county seat of Clear Creek
county moved from Georgetown to Ida
ho Springs.
The San Juan league made its debut
under favorable prospects for a sue
cessful season.
Denver pastors have decided to hold
union religious meetings in all of the
parks during the summer and also to
hold street meetings.
Nearly 5000 in cash and pledges
have been raised by the Y. NJ. C. A. of
the University of Denver to defray eX
penses of next year.
The Denver park board has paid out
approximately $1,250,0OO for property
in the proposed civic center, leaving
about s1,35O,OOO yet to be disbursed.
A. C. Ellison, who for three consecu-
tive terms has held the office of sher-
iff in Rio Blanco county, has rendered
his resignation to the Board of County
Commissioners.
]. G. Todd of Pueblo, veteran OF
the Civil War, has been appointed ad
jutant of the State Soldiers and Sail
ors' Home at Monte Vista, to succeed
BraZier Hunt, who resigned recently.
A fund of $4,000 is said to have
been started by Denver laundry pro.
prietors to resist the section of the
factory inspection law which requires
the abolishment of the roller towel in
all public places.
Edward Seiwald and Oscar Cook,
charged with the murder of two men
in connection with the attempted hold
up of a saloon in Valverde, Denver,
recently have been placed on trial in
Denver
Directors of the northern Colorado
irrigation district, in which Denver
men are interested, will meet in Gree.
ley to consider proposition to bond
the district in the sum of $2,400, 900
for water system.
Clarence and William Burnett, aged
fifteen and seventeen, respectively,
who were thought to have been
drowned near Pueblo two years ago,
suddenly appeared at the home OF
their parents in that city recently.
The annual state convention of the
Turnverein Societies of Colorado and
Wyoming will be held in Grand juno.
ton June 18th, 18th and 18th, with
500 turner's in attendance. Denver
will send a large delegation.
Miss Myrtle Boyd, waitress, is the
originator of fad new to Trinidad.
1t consists of wearing diamonds in
the mouth. The young woman has
had a diamond set in the gold bridge
in the front teeth.
The state school fund will be en-.
lN,y
Denver. The money will be for eighty.
one and fraction acres lying along
the north side of City park, which are
being purchased as a part of the
civic center project.
Several irrigation projects, which
will reclaim thousands of acres of arid
land, are being planned by we'll known
irrigationists for the Meeker country,
and this summer, it is believed, will
see the beginning and successful con-
summation of most of them
The Commercial Club of Alamosa is
discussing the proposed railroad from
Center to Alamosa and south through
the San Luis valley to a connection
with the Santa Fe or Rock Island
roads. This would make competition
for the Denver & Rio Grande, which
at present is the only road entering
the valley.
While driving from Montrose to Tel
luride the buggy in which Mr.. and
Mrs. Jonathan Murray and their two
children were riding was turned over
just as they crossed Leopard creek,
twenty-five miles west of Telluride,
and their eighteen-months-old baby
was thrown into the creek. The body
was recovered about five miles down
stream.
J. p Smith quit S2-a-day job on the
Green Mountain canal at Kremmling
and left for Fort Collins to establish
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