The Colorado statesman., 1914-03-28
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May i2-i4Gstate' Council of Junior Or
rado Springs.
July 13-14.-Grand Lodge Session. B
P, o. EllSs at Denver.
Sept. 14.-Colorado State Fair at Pu-
1s15.-last Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver.
Governor Ammons has designated
April oath as Arbor Day.
The run on the German American
day.
George L. Hosmer of Fort Morgan
was appointed collector of customs of
Colorado by President Wilson.
William Sawyer, who died at Grand
Junction, left his entire estate of $780,
900 upon the death of his sister, to the
Socialist party.
William Alexander Platt, fifty-nine
years old, for six years state commits
sioner of painting, died at his resi-
dence in Montclair.
The Norwegian residents of Denver
will observe the Tooth anniversary OF
the independence of their native land
on Sunday May II.
Mrs. Lavina j. j. Patterson died at
her home, 1899 Williams street, Den
yer, after an illness of five days. She
was eighty years old and lived in Den
yer twenty years.
More than Il 900 acres of beets have
been contracted for 1914 by the Great
Western Sugar Company at Longmcnt,
according to a statement issued by
Manager N. Il. McCreery.
One thousand of Denver's represen-
,ative business men and leading wom-
IN will participate in the city-wide
canvass to raise 100000 for main
.enance of the twenty-five local char
ties during the year.
The threatened uprising in Ulster,
ireland, in which 100000 Protestants
lave denounced home rule on the eve
0f its final passage, is characterized
1y Denver's leading Irish clergymen
as a purely religious move.
Within thirty-five days from March
23rd all the issues and briefs in the
suit brought by Daniel A. Lord, Den
yer taxpayer, questioning the legality
of the Moffat tunnel bonds, must be
before the Supreme Court of the
state.
Governor Ammons has appointed
Mrs. Katherine Williamson, Mrs.
Hattie Slothower and w. H. Kistler
to constitute the state wage board
that will investigate the salaries OF
women workers and recommend a
minimum scale.
A movement to dissolve the State
Tax Commission and restore the
former powers of the State Board Of
Equalization is under way on the part
of county assessors throughout the
state, led by Assessor A. l.. Mumper
of Weld county.
The wireless reached out over the
Atlantic and located the Rev. Edward
C. Cameron. the missing Baptist min
lister of Palisade, aboard a liner bound
for Liverpool, according to a report
which has reached those interested in
apprehending him.
Fear of disgrace, the nature OF
which is a mystery, caused Edwin R.
Cannon, quartermaster sergeant OF
troop b of the First Colorado cavalry,
stationed at Camp San Rafael, to
end his life at Trinidad with bullet
in his left breast.
John i. Field, state engineer, has
sent out letters to all irrigation enter
prises in Colorado urging them 10 send
representatives to the irrigation con-
ference to be held in Denver on Arril
7th and Sth at the call of Secretary Of
the Interior Lane.
Under terms Of a decision handed
down by County Judge Ira C. Roth
gerber, bona fide fraternal and social
clubs organized and operating by vir-
tue of state laws are exempt from the
license provisions of the city liquor
ordinance in Denver.
Charges that he was denied the hos
pital benefits for which he had paid,
are made by George Mendosa, coal
miner, in suit for $10.125 damages
for injuries which he has brought
against the Routt County Fuel Com
pany in the District Court
The will of John w. Sawyer, So
cialist, was filed at Grand Junction
for probate. The estate comprises
mostly real estate valued at $4,000,
to be used for the advancement of the
cause of Socialism, contingent upon
the death of his sister, Laura B.
Sawyer who is to enjoy a life interest
in the estate.
C. A. Spencer. president of the
Englewcod school board, entered
confession of Judgment in the County
Court at Littleton. Mrs. Maloney,
superintendent of the Englewood
schools, who filed suit for $3.50, the
amount due her for salary, is one OF
the contenders. DIR. John Simon, sec
retary, declared that he will take
steps to have the judgment set aside
and Ilrpe n sneedv trial