The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-12-03
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

for the Belgians.
Denver had an unlimited supply of
turkeys for Thanksgiving this year.
Byron N. Sanford. elghty-eight,
Colorado pioneer. died Thanksgiving
day at his home in Denver.
The National Monument Dealers
Association probably will hold its an
nual convention in Denver in August
Of next year.
The four elections held in Denver
during the current year cost, in round
numbers $4,000. according to figures
compiled by City Auditor Markey.
The Denver Zionists are planning to
do their share in raising 100000
which the federation of American
Zionists will collect to continue with
its work in Palestine.
The fight between Redcliffe and the
county commissioners of Eagle county
in regard to the removal of the county
seat to the town of Eagle has reached
the state Supreme Court.
James C. Kenneth, rs, died in Den
yer after an illness of six years caused
by paralysis. He had been a resident
OF Denver for about eighteen years
and was born in Scotland.
Twenty-six carloads OF flour. rang
ing from $4,000 to $4,000 pounds to a
car, for the starving noncombatants
OF Belgium are assured for the train
that will leave Denver for New York.
w. l.. Smith. seventy-four, pioneer
Of Garfield county and one of the best
known ranchers and cattlemen of the
Western slope, died at the hospital in
Salida as the result of an operation
for kidney trouble.
A freight wreck on the Burlington
miles east of Denver, reduced ten
cars heavily loaded to kindling wood,
according to reports which reached
the Denver officials.
Governor-elect Carlson left Denver
for Greeley to enjoy a Thanksgiving
dinner at the home of his father.
Charles A. Carlson. on q ranch near
that city. 1t was the annual Thanks
giving party of the Carlson family.
While Jerome Dreyfuss. convicted Of
obtaining $29.70O from Denver banks
by fraudulent methods, stood broken
in spirit in the West Side court in Dem
yer. Justice Perry sentenced him to
from two to three years in the peni
tentiary.
Charles CavernO, an alumnus Of the
University OF Colorado. who is now
over so years old. has recently written
reminiscence OF Rufus Choats's
"Eulogy OF Daniel Webster" Caverno
Is now Congregational minister in
| Illinois.
Thomas L. Hayden. who was con-
victed in the West Side Court of Dem
yer of operating a confidence game.
was sued for divorce In the District
Court. Mrs. Lucille Hayden advances
her husbands conviction as grounds
for divorce.
More than ordinary interest will be
attached to the messages to the Leg
islature from the outgoing and in
coming governors, due largely to the
fact that the new administration will
inherit many OF the problems which
have confronted its predecessor.
With the successes and failure OF
the general election now q matter OF
political history; speculation as to
the naming of a successor to Dewey
C. Bailey, United States marshal for
the district OF Colorado. has become
subject OF chief interest among
those who keep an eye on the trend
Of public affairs.
To recover $2O.0OO-a part of $780,
900 in gold bullion alleged to have
been stolen from the workings Of the
Huron Submarine Mining and Con-
struction Company, in Shasta county.
California-Charles Binder. a stock
holder In the concern, named Harry
G. Dubois. Monument ranchman. as
defendant in a suit filed In the United
States District Court in Denver.
Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman, New
York and Washington, D. c., society
leader, niece by marriage to the late
e. H. Hartman and a member of the
federal Industrial relations commits
sion, will attend the commissions in
vestigstion in Denver of the Colorado
coal strike. according to word re-
ceived by George P. West. the organ
ization's special agent at Denver.
A number of old scars, similar In
shape and size to hatpin wounds,
which the Denver police authorities
expected to find on the murderer OF
Signe Carlzen, were discovered on the
body of John Freeze, convicted wife
slayer, when he underwent physical
examination at the Canon City peni-
tentiary. where he is serving a life
sentence That Signe Carlzen died
fighting for her life on the lonely
prairie a mile east of the Fourth Ave
nue. car line in Denver the night of
Aug 9, 1919. was indicated, the police
believe, when her body was found
with the stub of hat pin clutched