Gilpin observer., 1914-10-22

Oct. s0-Nov1-Tenth annual Dog Show
at Denver.
Many cattle will be fed in Morgan
county this season.
The Weld county beet harvest is
now on In earnest.
The I. o. O. F. grand lodge held it's
annual meeting in Denver.
The annual meeting Of the Colorado
Sportsmen's Association was held in
Denver.
Ninety thousand persons in Denver
county are entitled to vote at the
election November 8.
1t is feared Ute Indians will cause
trouble in Rio Blanco county this
fall and the state is making prepara-
tions to check them.
Many Masons and knights Of Pyth-
las attended the Billy Sunday meet
ing at the tabernacle in Denver Wed
nesday night.
The Denver mint is soon to start
the coinage of $4,000 in gold and sill
YER for the use of the Eastern banks
during the holiday season.
A banquet of the states was given
by the Daughters Of the Confederacy
in Denver. Seventeen state were rep
resented by as many tables, each one
decorated distinctively.
Eric C. Matthews, brother Of Carl
Matthews, clerk Of the police depart
ment at Colorado Springs, has disap-
peared and fears are expressed that
he has met with foul play.
Fire caused by combustion in pile
of coal in the basement Of the Colo
RADIO Women's college in Denver.
drove 100 girl students from their
dormitories in their night clothes.
E. w. Shine Of Denver was appoint
ed to the city board of engineers ex-
aminers by Commissioner of Proper
ty Thum to fill a vacancy caused by
the resignation Of T. H. Mcdonald.
A full complement of new clothing,
blankets and other military stores ar
rived in Greeley for Company D, First
Infantry, having been sent by express
to meet the demands for immediate
use.
One hundred automobiles, carrying
GOO happy people or pleasure bent, at
tended the Poudre picnic at the pres
ent terminus of the Poudre road at
Hills gulch. twenty-one miles west Of
Fort Collins.
Mrs. Will Porter, daughter of Rod
Benton Whitehead, has purchased and
taken charge Of the Beau Brummel
kennels in North Denver, one of the
largest in the West.
John C. Shaffer of Chicago, editor of
the Denver Times, the Rocky Noun
tain News and other newspapers, pur-
chased the Northern View estate Of
5000 acres near Wolhurst as a site for
new summer home.
George Louis Hames, vice president
| Of the First National bank of Eliza
beth, director in the Kiowa State bank
Of Elbert county and a Denver realty
operator. died Of heart failure at 1he
wheel of his motor car in Denver.
Mrs. Lovinia Wilcox, mother Of
Mrs. R. A. Morrison of Denver, died at
her home after an illness of few
| days. Mrs. Wilcox was born in New
York eighty-six years ago and had
been a resident Of Denver for ten
years.
Thomas NJ. Burkrey was awarded
$4,000 damages against the Kennicott-
Patterson Transfer Company and ST.
mon Smith for false arrest on lar
ceny charge by jury in Judge Tel
ler's division Of the District Court in
Denver.
Conrad Jung, 12-year-old son Of
Frederick Jung, a rancher living five
miles east Of Aurora. was shot in the
mouth when he refused to give money
to strange man who appeared at his
home while he and another small boy
were alone there.
According to letter received at the
Red Cross headquarters at the state
house, $515 has already been collected
from the Red Cross boxes that were
placed in the Denver schools. The
boxes from all the schools have not
been opened. The total collected by
the woman's committee is $4,5Ss.79.
The Denver city commissioners, pre-
siding as a board Of equalization, at
a meeting called for the purpose, flat.
ly refused to saddle the taxpayers Of
Denver with an increased assessment
of $90.0e0,00O as ordered by the state
tax commission. A resolution to that
effect was adopted by the board as
whole.
Early predictions Of a high sugar
content in the beets grown in the
Wellington district are being more
than fulfilled. In fact, some Of the
tests are running higher than ever
known before, and are as good as the
best in the United States. The ton.
mage is also very satisfactory, run
ming well on the average and in many