Gilpin observer., 1914-01-15
WEEKS EVENTS
COLORADO
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS


Pioneer Printers Society at Denver
Jan. 19-24-National Western Stock
Show. at Denver:
July 13-14.-Grand Lodge Session. b.
P. O. Elks at Denver.
Sept; 7.-Colorado State Fair at Pu-
1s15-Last Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver.
Montrose voted to establish COM
mission form of government by ma
jority of 172.
Manitou lost it's title to part of the
scenic rocks comprising the Garden OF
the Gods by decision of the Colora-
do Supreme Court.
Captain Dorm, in charge of the
militia in the Oak Creek district, took
possession of two of the saloons
that of William Doyle and Ray M.
Spears.
Julian Wilensky, forty-four. opera
singer in Europe and New York for
more than twenty-five years. died at
st. Anthony's hospital in Denver, the
result of an operation.
Mrs. c. w. Douglas, seventy-siX,
resident of Colorado since 1871 and
well known in Longmont, dropped
dead at her home, heart disease being
the cause of her DEATH
Mrs. Peter Romero, Grand juno
tion bride of three weeks, had her hus-
band arrested because, she alleged, he
beat her when she asked for money
with which to buy groceries.
After years of suffering from can
Ger, Sister Robertine. for twenty-five
years a member of the Order of st.
Joseph, died at st. Joseph's hospital
in Denver. She was forty-two years
old.
The most unusual Christmas tree
ever seen in Pueblo, appreciated, al
though trifle tardy, was prepared by
the kindergarten pupils of the Mime
qua school, and the birds were the
beneficiaries.
Petitions for charter amendment
providing for semi-monthly paydays
for Denver city employees were filed
in the office of the city clerk and for.
warded to the election commission for
certification.
E. E. Shumway, fifty-one years old,
died at his home in Denver after an
illness of two weeks. Shumway be-
came ill shortly after taking charge
of rescue work following the Vulcan
mine disaster.
State Auditor Kenehan has told
Greeley citizens that he does not see
how the report of the investigation of
charges against DR.. 2. X. Snyder, pres
ident of the State Teachers College
there, can be made ready in less than
five months. ~.
That there will be another con-
densed milk factory in the Arkansas
valley is no longer doubted. While
the exact location of the plant is still
matter of conjecture, Rocky Ford,
1t is believed, will be selected as the
point of location.
Informed several days ago by his
private physician that he had not long
to live, Richard ]. Bruner, wealthy
pioneer and philanthropist of Pueblo,
ended his life. He sought the garage
of his home and fired bullet into his
mouth. Death was instantaneous.
John German. twenty-seven, a strike
breaker employed at the Cameron
mine, one mile from Walsenburg. was
shot through the stomach and killed
by sentry Of company +, First in
fantry, during struggle for posses
sion of the infantryman's rifle.
Mining Commissioner Thomas r.
Henahan has issued call for coun-
ty convention of mining men to be
held in the chamber of the House OF
Representatives in Denver, Jan. H..
The convention will select five dele
gates and five alternates to the state
convention of mining men to be held
Feb. 10.
Without sign of emotion Harry E.
Hillen, convicted of killing Thomas
Chase in an attempted holdup, re-
ceived sentence at the hands of Judge
Butler in the West Side Court in
Denver. The court confirmed the
sentence of death imposed by the jury
and decreed that the young self-con-
fessed bandit shall hang during the
week of April 20.
Miss Wilma Meyer, the girl in the
case of ]. r. Dew, whose letters were
discovered in Dew's pocket when he
was arrested by the Denver police
for attempting to impersonate Adolf
phus Busch, ILL.,, millionaire heir of
the st. Louis brewer, broke the 81
lence she has maintained at her home
in Portland. Ore, since Dew's arrest
and admitted their engagement.
Since the announcement of the plan
proposed by A. c. Carson, for round
ing up a herd of the 10000 starving
elk in Jackson's Hole, Wyo., and plac
ing them in Colorado foothills, the
governor. state game and fish com
missioner, the Colorado Publicity
League, several hundred Influential
citizens of Colorado and three of the
largest motion picture concerns In the