The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-08

Association Show at Denver.
Jan; 19-24.--National Western Stock
Jan'~Meeting Colorado Good Roads
Association at COLORADO Springs; or,n
American Indians at Denver.
A rehearing in the midnight clos
ing case" was denied by the State Su-
preme Court.
Col. ]. e. Johnston, assistant adju-
tant general under Governor Peabody,
who was injured while hunting, died
at st. Luke's hospital in Denver.
Mrs. Cora Kinsman, forty years old,
wife of J. E. Kinsman Of Denver, was
found dead in Pullman car at Chey-
enne. Death resulted from heart fail
ure. 4
Arrangements Gave been completed
for the refinancing of the Nevada-Cal-
ifornia Power Company and its con-
solidation with the Southern SierraS
Power Company.
The commissioners Of Denver au-
thorized City Attorney Stevens to
draw an ordinance forbidding the
skip stop" system of tramway sched-
ules on the Colfax lines.
Ralph Arnold, a seventeen-year-old
Denver boy, twice arrested in that
city for burglary, was arrested in Kan
sas City for stealing diamond ring
from Mrs. S. A. McCool.
Mrs. Norman Pumphrey, convicted
and sentenced to nine months in the
county Jail for the Staying of her hus-
band, Charles Pumphrey, was made
trusty at the jail in Denver.
The farmers of the Fort Collins dis
trict will feed more cattle and sheep
this year than for several years past
This is due largely tC the success of
the alfalfa crop in that section.
Harry E. Hillen pleaded not guilty
10 nine charges, including four of
robbery, three of assault to rob, one
Of assault to kill and ono of murder,
N the West Side Court in Denver
Rosemary Sunday, the day devoted
annually to the memory Of those men,
bers who have died the previous year,
was observed at the Woman's Club
in Denver with elaborate commemora-
tive exercises.
AS a solution for their marketing
problems the fruit growers of the
Grand valley are attempting to ANAL
gamate all the shipping associations,
or at least combine them into one
marketing agency.
Public Health and It's Relation to
Social Problems" and SIS Juvenile De-
linquency Increasing?" will be the two
topics at the semi-annual conference
of charities and corrections in the
Senate chamber at the capitol build
ing.
The parents of Edward A. Roades
and Miss Elsie M. Neal appeared with
them at the marriage license office
in Denver and got their license. Miss
Neal, mere slip of a girl, gave her
age at sixteen, and Roades gave his
as nineteen.
A long shining desert, infested with
Arabian pirates, dangerous to trace,
but holding out the reward of sight
end, was crossed by 200 adventurous,
prospective Shriners in Denver. 1t was
the day of the annual initiation.
Charles Vetter, aged five, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Vetter of Koenig, is
in critical>condition from scalds re-
ceived by falling headlong into a tub
of boiling water which his mother had
placed on the kitchen floor. The boys
head and shoulders are severely blis-
tered.
Commission form of government
and the preferential system of voting
were upheld by the Supreme Court of
Colorado. Five justices signed the ma
jority opinion of the court, written by
Justice w. A. Hill. Justice S. H. White
wrote a dissenting opinion, in which
Justice Garrigues concurred.
Coal prices are soaring in Denver.
In the past forty-five days jump of
50 on bituminous coal per ton and
$3.50 on Ignite has taken place and
and increase of at least 81 per ton
on each is expected soon. Operators
attribute the increase to strike ex-
penses. Miners claim 'frameup."
John e. Godding, Rocky Ford bank
er charged with permitting his insti-
tuition to receive deposits after he
knew it was insolvent, will have to
stand trial on felony charge. The
Supreme Court reversed the decision
of the District Court and remanded
the case with instructions that it be
reinstated and overruled the motion
to quash the information.
The broad-gauging of the Denver &
Rio Grande tracks between Salida and
| Montrose, a distance of 1876 miles, in
volving an expenditure of nearly 3d.
| 100000, soon will be undertaken as
Dne of the first Of the extensive i'm
| provements planned for the Denver G.
Rio Grande and the Western Pacific
railroads, according to announcement
by President Benjamin F. Bush, while
| in Denver.