The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28

Forty-three years ago Friday, June
"a, 1870 the first railroad train
steamed into Denver.
Alfalfa cutting began in the vicin-
ity of Loveland, and enc of the
biggest crops on record is being har-
vested.
Members of the National Editorial
Association and the visiting Turner's
were entertained at the Denver Audi
torium.
With the influx of Turner's to Den
yer, came the record day in marriarge
licenses, which indicates that cupid is
at work among the Turner's.
The body of Glare Ward, domestic,
who committed suicide in Denver af-
ter firing a bullet at Mrs. Renetta S.
Van Setback, will be shipped to her
brother, Curtis Ward, at Keosuqua,
Iowa.
Assistant Coach McFadden of the
University of Colorado has been Of
fered a position as athletic director
school at Huron, S. D., with about 500
students.
The jury in the case of the Farmers
Life Insurance Co., VS.. John D.
Wehrle, editor of the Center Post-Dis-
patch returned a verdict in favor Of
Wehrle at the June term of the Sag
uache county District Court
The John w. Springer ranch, near
Littleton, one of the largest and fin
est country places in the West, will
be taken over by Col. William =
Hughes, Springer's former fatheA =
law, and millionaire cattleman.
Semi-official notice was served upon
Governor Ammons by the executive
committee of the Colorado Bankers
Association that the now hank code.
adopted by the Nineteenth General
Assembly and signed by the governor,
will be referred.
A large number of teachers from
various parts of the state are enjoy
ing the time of their lives at Greeley.
They are attending the State Teachers
college and, while all are engrossed in
their studies several hours each day,
yet there is time for recreation.
The stupendous sum of s2,000,000,-
900 was named by Governor Ammons
in an address to the directors of the
Chamber of Commerce as the increase
in the value of Colorado lands which
would results from watering all irri-
gable lands in the state. Henry l..
Doherty and Frank w. Frueauff
were guests of the meeting
While brass bands were giving a
noisy welcome at the union depot to
delegations of Turner's, and while
much cheer prevailed throughout
Denver, there assembled in the Audi
torium hotel in Denver sad-visaged
delegates to the sixteenth annual con.
vention of the Colorado Funeral Di-
rectors' and Embalmers' Association.
State Dairy Inspector Charles E.
Cochran is entitled to serve in that
capacity and draw salary from the
state until the expiration of the term
for which he was appointed, regard
less of legislative acts or the COVER
nor's veto, according to the ruling OF
Denver.
Work on the Grand Valley High
Line irrigation project of the United
States reclamation service will begin
Immediately, according to a dispatch
from Washington. A contract has
been awarded the Reynolds-Ely Con-
struction Company Of Springville,
Utah, for the excavation of the
Canyon division of the main canal at
price of s109,56S.
The Denver Union Water Company
must either sell it's plant to the city
OF Denver for $7,000,000 or the city
must construct its own water distri-
buting system, according to a letter
sent to the Water company by the
Denver water commission. In the let
ter the commission defined its powers
and purposes and advised the maxi
mum price that S7.000,000 was the
maximum price it was authorized to
pay.
The parents of Miss Lucy Smith of
Fort Collins, an attractive girl who
was graduated from the School of
Agriculture a few weeks ago, are con-
vinced that their daughter is being
held by white slave agents. No news
of her whereabouts has been received.
John Dalsant, timberman helper in
Camp Bird mine, at Ouray, fell from
shaft bucket at the sixth level,
crashed through a two-inch plank in
to the sump, dropped los feet and suf-
fered only few bruises and cuts on
the head The doctor sewed up the
gashes to stop the flow of blood.