The Springfield herald., 1913-05-30

AuF.. Zo.-ConIefence OF 0ovss"
Aug. as.%KnfEhss of Pyth!as Grand
Lodge MsetinE At Trinidsd. r.,r At
SEPT; .hI -2o.-coiorado state
seps.@Nstional Association Of First
Oct a.; sssass fGsssTssssr, w. T. 4 8.
Oct, si.Mcolorado stat. Baptist Asse-
1si5.@Lsst Grand Council Of North
American Indians. Denver.
Twenty indictments were returned
by the county grand jury in Denver.
Sunday, May z5. marked the open
ing Of the 1913 Trout fishing season.
Burglars, who broke into the Union
Pacific depot at Fort Lupton got five
pounds OF butter, which was sent to
Mayor A. g. johnson, gun and Ii
cents.
Plans are being made to hold . g.
gantic celebration in Craig, to begin
on the day the first train IL run over
the Denver q Salt Lake railroad and
to last full week.
Timber wolves have begun to raid
barnyards and hencoops throughout
the valley. and 1t is reported they arc
pulling down full-grown cows In the
Meeker neighborhood.
Joseph Finley, one OF the first men
to enter the Cripple Greek district in
search Of gold. died at the home Of
his daughter. Mrs ]. Smith in Dem
yer. Death was due to heart disease.
Sulphur Springs, on the Denver 4
Salt Lake road. 109 miles from Den.
yer, is to have . $4,000 hotel. pro-
vided S2b,e0e ID raised with which to
erect lighthouses and improve the
town.
Lee Yancey was found guilty by
Jury in Denver of secreting Mrs.
Agnes Massey and her daughter. Eth
el shannon. witnesses in the case OF
]. H. Gardiner. the nissing grand
juror.
President wilson has appointed
Mark A. Skinner former state senator
from Ell Paso county, to the office OF
internal revenue collector for the dis
trict of Colorado. on the recommends
| ton Of Senator Joha F. Shafroth.
R. d. George, state geologist. has
filed suit to compel Roady Kenehan,
state auditor. and N. A. Leddy, state
treasurer, to issue warrants for $3.50.
The complaint recites that George pre-
sented bill for twenty days work on
reports.
8. M. Leeper. assistant for the past
year to Secretary Vernon McKelvey
Of the State Teacher COLLEGE at
Greeley, has been notified Of his ap-
pointment as private secretary to
| Congressman Seldomridge Of Colora.
do Springs.
Raleigh Davis Of Boulder was In
stantly killed and his partner. Judson
Lee. proprietors Of Boulder billiard
hall, was 30 badly injured that he
died as a result Of = .cave-in In the
| Croesus vein of the famous Logan
mine. at Crissman.
More than 400 present employees OF
the city Of Denver must take civil
service examinations to retain their
positions under commission form of
government. in accordance with an or
der issued by President Chamberlin
Of the civil service commission.
Mancos may come into the lime
light through being the home Of the
richest man in the United States, not
excepting Rockefeller, II the, contests
started by Martin N. Molenaor to. re-
cover 5000. .O0O.o 900 worth of property
in the heart Of New York city IL sue
| cessful.
Miss frankie Catherine Smith and
Carl F. West Of Longmont were mar
ried in Denver. The Rev. B. T. Vim
cent, who officiatsd, also officiataA at
the wedding Of the bride's grandpa
rents forty-eight years ago. The BRIDE
was born and raised near LonSmont
and is q granddaughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. N. Smith. who have lived in
that vicinity since 1855. and with
whom she has made her home the
greater part of her life.
| A midsummer meeting of the Colo
RADIO Editorial Association 10 to b.
held June 16 at Colorado Springs. A
three-day session Of the National
Press Association follows.
cahon City's annual flowsf fes-
| val was celebrated In the presence OF
thousands Of spectators, who lined
Main street for ten blocks ~ over
thousand school children bedecked in
vartcolored flowers and costumes
and representing historic scenes and
| characters, marched to the state park
opposite the penitentiary whore . pe-
| triotic program WAS rendered.
The funeral of Willis v. EIiiott,
Denver attorney and former prosscu-
tor. who died suddenly ut Virgins
Of heart failure, was held from the
Elliott residence
The annual good roads day" was
\ observed at Leadvflle. The day was
devoted to highway improvement. and
participated in By almost the entire
| population. There were about l,5o0
persons working with pick, shovel and
drag on the highways leading to Gran
ite. Tennessee park. Mount Of the
Holy Cross and boulevards about the
| city.