The Arvada enterprise., 1913-02-20

| Mrs l.. f. Clark, seVenty-three' uieu
at Carr after an illness OF less than
! twenty-four hours.
William L. Step, pioneer resident
of Ralston, died at his home in that
place, aged seventy-fiVe years.
George N. Finn, aged eighty-four,
who crossed the plains in 1853 ana
lived in Golden, Denver and Loveland'
died at Lamar.
Mrs. Martha ]. Kidd, seventeen,
bride of less than three months, got
divorce from Clifford c. Kidd in the
| County Court in Denver.
Miss Rebecca Baron of the fresh
man class won the first prize of $40
in the Cranston prize oratorical con-
test, held at Denver University.
AS a result OF the civil service exam
ination held on January %, H. F. Bed
ford of Platteville, will, it is stated, be
appointed state printing comml5-
| sioner.
The Civic League introduced an or
dinance in the council providing for a
permanent city planning commission
to encourage development of Colorado
Springs.
]. B. Williams, briCklayer, blew the
top OF his head off with a shotgun III
a rooming house in Colorado Springs.
He leaves a wife and two children IN
! California.
Rolla A. Huff, John Gallagher and
James C. Vaught, all under twenty-one,
were arrested at Grand Junction,
charged with the robbery Of two gro
Gerry stores.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
at Brighton in the trial of Howard
Ross, the Denver messenger boy
charged with the murder of his father,
Emil Ross.
Debating teams Of the University of
Colorado will meet teams from the
| Universities of Texas, Missouri, Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Utah during the
month Of April.
Mrs. Della B. Houle, wife Of Frank
| s. Houle of Colorado Springs, turned
open the five gas jets on the kitchen
| dllSt anu sat hON IL " hlts OhS wac
| found unconscious.
/ Conrad Strausheim, a beet tender,
| died at the Greeley hospital from in
| juries received when his wagon col
lided with an automobile owned and
driven by Daniel Straight.
The four branch libraries now being
constructed in Denver are being built
of Denver material, and Denver artists
are at work on paintings that will be
| features of the interior decorations Of
the various structures.
The Supreme Court has been asked
| formally to determine which of the
| two eight-hour laws for miners and
smelter employees, passed under the
initiative and referendum at the No.
yember election is valid.
The Rocky Mountain conference
meet which will be held at the Audi.
torium beginning March l will open
with the crowning Of the queen of the
meet, who will be Miss Bessie Am.
mons, daughter of Governor Ammons.
Martha Pugh, sixteen, Christmas
bride of Harvey NJ. Pugh, a Denver
University student, instituted suit in
the District Court against her youth.
full husbands parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles II. Pugh of Denver, for $4,000
damages.
Miss Helen Brown, Denver society
favorite and heiress to millions, is to
marry George Benziger, millionaire
New York publisher, according to rum.
ors prevalent in Denver. Miss Brown
is the daughter of Mrs. J. J. Brown,
heroine of the Titanic disaster.
Lost for more than twenty-four
hours in the mountains along the low
er course of Wilson creek, eight or
ten miles from Canon City, Russell
Jeffrey and Marshal Lewis, two Canon
City school boys, made their way home
just as a large searching party was
leaving town for the purpose of trying
to find them.
Prof Saul Eppsteen, head OF the
mathematics department Of the engi
neering school at the University Of
Colorado, Boulder, will probably be ap
pointed state insurance commissioner
OF Colorado as he ranked first in the
examination for the office conducted
by the state civil service commission
under the new law.
Commission government by initiated
amendment swept Denver by a major.
ity of I,S9O on tho face CT official re-
turns from III out Of $50 precincts
and unofficial returns from the re.
naming three precincts. The non-par
tisan system Of elections carried by u
majority, on the same TCturns, of A..
G52. The proposal for a charter CON
voution has been rejected by a major.
ity of 1891, and the Brown telephone
ordinance has been adopted by a vote
of 25,729 to 5,O5G.
According to reports from San Luis
Potosi, Mexico, Karl J. Link, son Of
Frank Link OF Denver, was wounded
in a battle with Mexican brigands
when the latter completely looted the
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