The Elbert County tribune., 1913-12-05
COLORADO NEWS
GATHERED FROM
All Parts of the State

ls15.--Last Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver.
Red Cross Christmas seals are on
sale in Colorado cities.
Eight women were arrested when
the police raided Market street in
Denver.
Women. with clubs. meet non-union
men at Ludlow. They were dispersed
by the militia
Ben Bridgeford of Pueblo was SER
iously injured, and four women had a
narrow escape in a runaway.
A SON has been born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Sarcino. OF Concrete, the first
boy born in that town in four years.
Daniel ]. Mckay. pioneer mining
man of Colorado. died at st. Joseph's
hospital in Denver following an op-
Grafton.
The Cripple Creek district produc-
ton of gold in November totaled ss,-
I92 tons. with a gross bullion value OF
u.25s.14s.
Every citizen of Colorado is to buy
at least one Red Cross Christmas seal
II the plans of the Red Cross Society
are fulfilled.
Albert Martin. a Wyoming stock
man, was the victim of the game of
matching dollars" in Denver. He told
the police he lost sS5.
Peter d. Graham, one of the oldest
resident of Blaekhawk, and pioneer
of Gilpin county. died at his home Ho
was eighty-five years old
The Mesa County National bank.
the Oldest in that part of the state.
was forced to close its doors by order
Of the controller of currency.
Secretary of Labor William B. VIII
son left Denver for Washington, and
will make report upon the southern
Colorado coal strike to President VIII
son.
Judge Sheafor, in the District Court
at Colorado Springs, has named Eric
A. Swcnson as receiver for the Foun-
tain Valley Land and Irrigation Com
pany.
The Rev. David Utter, speaking at
Unity church in Denver on ways OF
settling the coal strike, suggested that
either the state take up mining or
that the union incorporate.
The conference between coal mine
operators and mine workers, arranged
with a view to settling the strike in
the southern Colorado coal fields, was
ended officially without result
For the second time in the history
of the thirty-nine years of organization
Of the Colorado State Teacherhs' Asso-
rSu
the office of president.
A twenty-pound rock, crashing loose
from a blast on the Short Line tracks
near Colorado Springs. struck John
Cameron, miner. in the face, crush.
ing his head and killing him instantly
Charles w. Rich was re elect
ed clerk of Book Cliff Camp No. 81 OF
the woodmen of the World at Grand
Junction for the sixteenth year in
which he has served in that capacity.
Two bandits. a man and women,
held UP DR.. William HALEY and wife
of Rouse. Colorado. visitors in Denver,
on Lafayette street. obtaining SIS. The
robbers carried pistols but were un
masked
The Rev. A. ]. Finch of Denver,
president of the Colorado Anti-Sa,
loon league. announced al Fort Col
Inns that the fight for statewide pro
hibition would be taken up at the next
general election.
The rebellion of the two-wife men OF
the Navajo tribe at the Shiprock, n.
NJ. agency. which began in an armed
encampment on Beautiful mountain
two weeks ago has ended, according to
to a Durango dispatch.
One of the few cases in Colorado
where a man has bccn sent to the
penitentiary for failure to support his
wife is that OF David M. Hoover. fifty. |
five. Hoover was sentenced at Pueblo |
by Judge Charles S. Essex to spend
from eleven months to one year in the |
prison
Ernest Strohmeyer OF Peetz, seven
teen years old. is champion corn
grower of Logan county. under the |
rules OF the Boys Corn club set-forth |
by the department of agriculture. This
entities him to be the governments |
guest at Washington this winter. with
the champions of other states
The referendum vote for officers of
the Colorado State Federation OF La.
hor resulted in the election of John
McLennan for president, over John
Dinwiddie OF Victor. BY vote of 15,.
$50 to 1o,5o?. w. T. Hickey was re-
elected secretary. over Thomas P. |
Rodgers of Denver. by vote of IA
s7s 10 11.2ie-
After two-day conference of the
state executive committee of the Pro
gressive party at the Auditorium hotel |
Costigan and Griffith were declared |