Gilpin observer., 1914-03-05

l.. o. l9lks at Denver
at Denver.
Sept. 7.-Colorado State Fair at Pu-
eblo
1915.-Last Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver.
Colorado is fifty-three years old.
The annual Denver automobile show
will be held in the Auditorium the
last week in March.
Edward Cline, fifty years old, a min
er at the Golden Cycle. was killed at
Victor, while at work in the mine
Mrs. Mary Russell Wheeler, eighty
two years old, died at St. Luke's hos
pital in Denver. Her death followed
severe fall three weeks ago when she
broke her hip.
j. w. Sawyer, who was candidate
for state treasurer on the Socialist
ticket, died at Grand Junction. He was
once a candidate for governor of Ken
lucky on a Prohibition ticket
A carefully concealed plant of
whisky proved to be nothing but
"sassafras tea" when the police went
to arrest Tcny Ginther on charge OF
bootlegging at Grand Junction.
According to the meteorological
summary for the month of February,
out of the 900 possible hours of sun
shine the sun shone 1874 hours, which
was 61 per cent of the greatest possi-
BILE.
Mrs. Ann Fraherty, a resident OF
Denver since 1861, died at her home,
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useful life devoted to church work and
charity. She was eighty-three years
old.
Scientific experiments are develop
ing the uses to which the radioactive
springs of Colorado may be put. Thir-
teen of such springs have been ana
lyzed by Professor Russell d. George
of the University OF Colorado.
With thirty-three members of his
immediate family about him, E. ].
Warner, who is eighty-two years old,
and his wife, seventy-nine, celebrated
the fifty-ninth anniversary of their
marriage at their home in Denver.
Eugene Mendicelli, who was SEN
fenced to the state penitentiary from
Pueblo county on Sept. IA, 1907, to
serve a life sentence for murder, was
released on parole March l because
of action taken by the State Board of
Pardons.
The search for Will (Kid) Harper,
who escaped from the penitentiary
farm, a few miles east of Pueblo, has
been fruitless, although there Rre
number of men in addition to the state
and city officers who are after the
$100 reward
A declaration that ne had sold dyna-
uite to striking coal miners and that
he had sold guns to strikers and coal
operators alike was made before the
House investigating committee al
Trinidad by Claude Shy, hardware
dealer of Trinidad.
Three Colorado pioneers died at
Fort Collins within week. r. o. Rob-
erts, eighty-five, died Sunday; Loren
Giddings, seventy-two, succumbed to
dropsy Tuesday, and Joshua Mccoy,
seventy-five, was instantly killed by a
kick from horse.
The following men have been chosen
by Loran T. Peters, coach of debating
at the University of Colorado, to rep
resent the university in the debate
against the University of Oklahoma
next April: William A. Rauck, Boul-
der; Burtis II. Shattuck, Boulder and
Charles Swindler. Dawson Springs,
Kentucky.
A press report states that the San
Miguel Development Company has
completed surveys and locations for a
railroad to connect the carnotite, or
radium. ore fields in San Miguel
county with the narrow gauge line of
the Denver G. Rio Grande at Placer
vile. The road, seventy-six miles
long, will cost s2,OOO.O0O.
Forty-two members of the Montrose
company of the Colorado National
Guard, who saw service in the south
ern coal field, have not received any
pay for. their services during the last
two months according to a message
received in Denver. The militiamen
are indignant and demand that they
be paid without further delay.
Mrs. Mary Joe Heberton, society
belle of Denver and Colorado Springs,
was granted a divorce from DR..
Charles NJ. Heberton by District Judge
Teller of Denver. She was also award
ed 500 month alimony and given
the unconditional ownership of fifty
shares of Denver Tramway stock. a
former gift from DR.. Heberton.
Denver's first free municipal clinic
formally opened with public inspec-
ton and reception in Euclid hall, op-
posite the city hall on Fourteenth
street. Mayor ]. M. Perkins, DR.. Os-
car Hayes, deputy health commits
sioner; DR.. William II. Sharpley of the
county hospital, and DR.. Asa Y. Hall,
secretary of the clinic, were in the re-
ceiving line.