The Colorado statesman., 1913-03-22
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May'-State council, j. U. U. A M, at
Colorado Springs.
June.-National Press Assn Meeting at
Colorado Springs.
June.-German Turnfest at Denver.
June.-Northern Colo. Sunday School
Convention at Greeley.
Aug-Thirty-s second II Triennial Con-
Aug. 25.-Conference of Governors at
Colorado Springs. ~
Oct. 21.-Colorado State Baptist Asso-
citation at Pueblo.
D. W. Mullen is candidate No. LOG in
the race for city commissionerships in
Denver.
B. F. Harsh, fifty-six, for thirty-three
years a resident of Weld county, died
at his home at Greeley from dropsy.
Governor Ammons has sent in the
appointment of Harry w. Risley as
state printing commissioner to the
Senate
Edward Lawrence Shevnin who left
Denver a month ago for a trip along
the coast, died of pneumonia in Los
Angeles.
A federal grand jury has been
called to meet in Pueblo, April IA.
petit jury will assemble there at the
same time.
Mrs. John Atkins of Denver, during
her travels five years ago, was guest
of King George and Queen Olga when
she was in Athens.
The Colorado Single Tax Associa-
tion was organized at a meeting held
In the juvenile courtroom in the
courthouse in Denver.
Fort Collins adopted the commission
form of government by a majority Of
337 votes. There was G73 votes in IA
vor of the proposition and 1886 opposed.
When informed that King George
had been assassinated, the leaders in
the Denver Greek colony were TEN.
porarily rendered speechless with real
grief.
James A. Edgerton, formerly editori-
al writer on a Denver paper, has been
appointed purchasing agent of the
Postoffice Department by President
Wilson.
A wallet in heap of burning rub.
bish at Greeley was saved by Clay
Emerson, a workman, who discovered
that he had rescued $1,5OO in bills and
some silver.
Governor Ammons will invite DR..
Frederick Franz Friedman, the Ger
man tuberculosis specialist, to make
tests in Colorado of the serum which
he says will cure tuberculosis.
Peter Christensen, seventy, who was
run down at Twentieth and Lawrence
streets in Denver, March by laun-
dry wagon driven by T. Otsuki, Jap
anese, died at the county hospital.
L. A. Toms smoked cigarettes in
bed in Denver until he fell asleep.
When he woke up about o'clock his
bed was in flames and excited roomers
were tugging at his bed clothes and
throwing water on him.
Several of the towns of northwest
ern Colorado, dissatisfied with the
rates and service of the Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, are contemplating the establish
ment of independent systems.
Sherman Coolidge, a full-blooded
Arapahoe Indian and president of the
Society of American Indians, will be
in Denver soon as the guest of the
Colorado Publicity League to discuss
plans for bringing thousands of In
dians to Denver for the big 1915 In
dian festival.
Already an effort is being made to
cash in on the work to be done in road
Improvement by advertising the attrac-
tions of Colorado for automobile trav-
ell next summer. The Colorado Good
Roads Association has started to raise
fund for an active publicity cam
paign along this line.
Deposits in the postal savings de-
partment of the Denver postoffice
have reached total of $290,000, an in
crease of $12,595 being shown for the
month of February. Five per cent of
the depositors have reached the limit
of $500 for deposits. There has been
an increase of $35.0OO since the close
of the fiscal year September /.
| Gruesome details as depicted by the
district attorney and witnesses con-
cerning the shooting of Samuel TRULY
Nov 10, 1912, weakened C. c. Graham,
one of the jurors, to such an extent
that he tainted in the jury box. He
failed to revive for several hours and
it was necessary to postpone the hear
| ing, which was being held at Durango.
The Northern Colorado Teachers
Association, which closed it's annual
session in Fort Collins, adopted resolu-
tions favoring increased efficiency in
the rural schools. A copy of the reso-
lutions will be sent to the State Legis-
lature Professor Merton of Greeley
was elected president, Miss Carrie
Sashbaugh of Greeley secretary, and
Miss Pearl L. Moore of Fort Collins
| treasurer.