The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-11

Oct 1,S-State w. C. T. U. ConVen-
| ton at Fort Collins
oct. 7-12;--Meeting Society of Ameri-
/ - can Indians, at Denver;
Oct; 21.-Colorado State Baptist Asso-
citation at Pueblo.
Oct. 30.-Nov. 1-Colorado Kennel Club
Show at Denver.
l9l5-Last Grand Council of North
| American Indians. Denver.
Morton Rendahl of Longmont was
killed by an explosion near Golden.
Broncho busting will be one of the
attractions at the Las. Animas fair
this year.
The Methodists of Platteville cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of the
organization. of church in that city.
Death by drowning of ]. R. Cress,
until recently resident of Rocky
Ford, was reported from Monrovia,
Cal.
A Mexican bull fight, including all
the thrills except the shedding OF
blood, is a possibility for conclave
week in Denver.
Clarence Allen, nineteen, son of ].
G. Allen, of Loveland, was drowned in
Lake Loveland, in the presence of
about thirty boys.
All available garage room in Denver
has been engaged for conclave week,
August 1917, by knights Templar who
will motor to Denver at that time.
Property valued at s25O,OOO, which
originally belonged to Warren Cur
rier of Greeley, will be divided among
1S grandchildren, following the death
at San Diego of H. F. Currier
The minimum wage bill has been
placed in the fourth class. This
means there will be no money avail
able for it this year. The women of
the state disapprove Of this action.
Funeral services over Mrs. Rebec-
ca Clark. SO, sister of Ex-Governor Ell
bert of Colorado, who died at the
home of her son, w. E. Clark, were
held from the Washington Park
church in Denver.
State Auditor Roady Kenehan has
started a contest to the finish with
the civil service commission, or at
least until that body makes decisions
in the cases of sixty employees whose
salaries are being held up.
The body of Maize Kennedy Bailey,
the Denver actress, who was shot and
killed in a Kansas City hotel by her
husband, Frank Bailey, who then
killed himself. arrived in Denver,
where the funeral was held.
Mrs. Luverse Williams was granted
q divorce by Judge Fred w. Slower, in
the County Court at Fort Collins at a
secret hearing from her husband, Cap
tain c. E. Williams. Mrs. Williams
made as correspondent their eighteen
year-old adopted child.
Colonel Jarib l.. Sanderson, one of
the sturdy pioneers who entered the
West when Indians were to be reck-
oned with, celebrated the ninety-third
anniversary of his birth at Boulder.
He was born at Chesterfield, N H.,
July Z, 1920.
Rocky Ford was picked for the seat
Of the next convention of the Rocky
Mountain district of the National AS
sociation of Letter Carriers at the
meeting held in Colorado Springs.
The convention will be held during
the last week in August next year.
"Open the postoffices on Sunday"
is the demand at the head of pet
tition signed by 100000 people sent
to Washington through the United
Commercial Travellers Association
and theatrical organizations. Colora-
do has contributed 5000 signatures.
Colorado will see more active, work
ing-at-the-job governors on August
26th than the state ever saw at one
time before. Forty chief executives
of the various commonwealths will ar
rive in Colorado that day en- route to
Colorado Springs, where will be held
the fourth annual convention of gov
ernors.
Mrs. Eva NJ. Blanchard and Frank
Caldwell were placed on trial at La
Junta on a charge of having poisoned
Mrs. Blanchards husband, Clyde
Blanchard, who died from the effects
of poison December l, 1912 Mrs.
Blanchard and Caldwell are charged
with killing Blanchard to get $4,000
life insurance.
Sheriff Buster has been requested to
search for Alice Orchard, 16-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Orch
ard of Longmont. The girl disappeared
from her home at Boulder