The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL
C O L o r a DO
PEOPLE
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

| May 12-14-State Council of Junior Or
der of American Mechanics. at Colo
May i4-Is.MRace Meet Durango.
5ny 5nne iYRace 1sIuY Mees Pset PSebld Denver
July 9.-Cherry Pie Day. Manzano1a.
July 13,l4-Grand Lodge Session. B.
July 22-2s-Cattlemen's Day, Gunni-
AUG AUG G9 Fais as Ha%ss
Aug. 27-Santa Fe Trail Day, Las Ami
Sept. 1-4;--A, k as Valley Fair.
Sept. watermelon Day. Rocky Ford.
Sept. 2-2;-Earmers' a IN stockmen's
Sept. f-4.-Morgan Co. Fair. Fort Nor
Sept. 1-4.--Larimer Co, Fair, Loveland.
Sept; s-11.-crowley Co. Fair, Sugar
Sept. iO-sugar Day. Sugar city.
Sept; 14.-Coiorado State Fair at Pu-
SEPT is5SRSce Meete Sste Beaver 5aE rue0i0'
Sept. 22-25.-Western slope Fair. Mont
Sept. 22-25.-Trinidad Fair. Trinidad.
Sept. 23-26.-El Paso Co. Fair. Calhan.
Sept. 2S-30.-I n err County Fair and
1sI5.-Last Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver.
The President nominated Edward H.
Krutchen postmaster at Flagler.
The San Luis valley faces one of the
most prosperous years in its history,
with heavy crops and apparently the
best prospects for satisfactory market
conditions.
Plans for three new Denver apart
ments, to cost approximately $105,00O,
have been completed by Denver real
estate men and work on one of the
structures has been started.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mclaughlin we'll
known resident of Lincoln, Neb, died
suddenly of pneumonia in Denver at
the home of her son, Charles E. Nc
Laughlin, whom she was visiting.
Oscar H. Hill, a painter, is suing
| William NJ. McNulty, a retired ranch
man, for 100000 damages in the Dis
trict Court at Colorado Springs, charg-
ing alienation of Mrs. Hills affections.
Advices from the chief of police of
Pueblo declare that a band of gypsies
headed by Fred Burro left there re-
Gently for New York. With them was
child the Pueblo police suspected
was Catherine Winters.
Mrs. Alberta Revell, whose husband
is in the state militia and on guard
duty in the southern strike field, was
sentenced by Judge Butler in the West
Side Court of Denver to a term of
from one to one and one-half years
in the penitentiary on her plea of
guilty of forgery
Lodgepole pine, of which there are
abundant stands in Colorado and Wyo-
ming, when treated with preservatives
ought to serve in the place of red
cedar as a pole timber, says the De-
partment of Agriculture in a bulletin
just'issued on Rocky mountain woods
for telephone poles.
Plans for the remodeling of the
| Denver union depot and the construc-
tion of new yards, trainsheds and cleo
trio interlocking plant have been ap-
proved and were given to the public.
The new project will require the ex-
penditure of S4,000000 and will give
! Denver one of the finest stations in
| the West.
Mrs. Carl Heinrich, wife of the man.
ager of the Social Turner hall of Den
yer, was carried out of the burning
| Whtn llIe ue-
stroyed the structure Mrs Heinrich
was asleep in her apartment on the
second floor of the building and was
almost suffocated when Truckman
Kitterman rescued her
J. Ogden Armour, head of the great
Armour packing interests and allied
industries, while in Denver made a
statement of capital Importance re-
garding the opportunities of Denver
and it's territory for development
that Denver is the center of a terri
tory with the greatest growth ahead
of it of any part of the country"
The output of the mines of the Grip
pie Creek district for the month of
March totaled 79,505 tons, with the
gross bullion value of $1,121,3 ,3SO.4O.
3 The average value per ton of all ores
treated was $19.10. AS compared with
the preceding month an increase OBJ
tains of S,212 tons and $132,SO3 in val
uation. The average value of ore per
ton also shows the slight increase of
2S cents per ton.
Miss Hazel Ruch, young and attrac-
tive, known in Denver as a woman
of mystery" was arrested in Evan
ston, Wyo., on charge of forgery aft
er she had been traced through three
states by members of detective
agency. Immediately after her arres,
she attempted to end her life by drink
ing carbolic acid. Quick action by de-
tectives, who knocked the bottle con-
tanning the acid from her hand, pre-
vented her from succeeding. Miss
Ruch is wanted in Salt Lake City,
Cheyenne and Laramie for forging the
name of Miss Nellie Smith of Roul-
der, Colo, to three checks and obtain
ing more than 5000.