The Colorado statesman., 1914-03-21
COLORADO NEWS
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All Parts of the State
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS

der of American Mechanics. at CoiO-
rado Springs
July 13-14.-Grand Lodge Session. y
r. o. Elks at Denver.
April General Irrigation Conferenc
at Denver.
Sept. 14-Colorado State Fair at Pu
IsI5.-Last Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver.
Governor Ammons named A. S. Mil
Ter county commissioner of Montezu-
ma county.
l.. B. Walbridge of Meeker has been
re-appointed as a member of the state
highway commission by Governor Am
mons.
President Wilson nominated A. F.
Reeves to be postmaster at Montrose
and C. c. McWilliams for postmaster
at Marble.
The Denver circle, No. /, Lanies of
the Grand Army OF the Republic pre-
sented large American flag to the
Corona school,
Two of the leading club organiza-
tions of Denver, the Denver Athletic
Club and the East Denver Turnyerein,
are planning to build new homes.
William Tehoe, prospector, sixty
six years old, was found dead in his
cabin at the head of Gold Run, near
Breckenridge by Bert Action.
Loveland is putting forth determined
Efforts to get milk condensary and as
a result of the cooperation of the
farmers there is every indication that
the project will materialize.
Commissioner of Property Otto
Thum of Denver who for two weeks
has been confined to his residence
with a severe attack of grip, suffered
a relapse, and an attack of typhoid is
| feared.
Gladys Parker seventeen, former
Denver girl, was arrested at Pueblo in
the railroad yards masquerading as
boy. The fact that she was a girl was
not discovered until she reached police
headquarters.
Miss Margaret Shackleton, for twen.
ty-five years school teacher in Colora-
do, died in the county hospital in Den
yer. Miss Shackelton was seventy
seven years old and came to Colorado
thirty years ago.
Commissioner Hayes began his sum-
mer swat the fly" crusade in Denver
with strict orders to enforce the law
against indiscriminate hauling of gar
bage through the strets by persons un-
authorized to dispose of it.
Two thousand dollars was the sum
fixed as the value of the life of Charles
S. Reno, killed in the Colorado G
Southern railroad yards in the year
1912, by jury in Judge Aliens divi-.
sion of the District Court in Denver.
The trial of Jerome Dreyfuss, who
shot himself while the stage was being
set in the West Side Court in Denver
for the opening of his case. was con-
tinued by Judge Butler until April IA,
the first day of the new term of court.
When the automobile in which she
was riding was thrown into the Cache
river, in Oklahoma, Mrs. G. c. Slaugh-
ter, wife of a Pueblo banker saved the
life OF her seven-months-old baby by
holding the child above her head until
both were rescued by the chauffeur.
There has been such minimum of
crime in Grand Junction during the
past three months, that the city coun-
Gil has cut the police force in two and
the chief of police and one assistant
will handle all protection in the city
without extra assistance, except spe-
cial occasions.
The 1914 Irrigation Congress VIII be
held in Denver, April 7th to 9th, ac-
cording to the announcement of Secre-
tary of the Interior Lane, and invita-.
h,,
of Colorado. Governors and delegates
from all the states dependent upon ir-
rigation for their water supply will be
present.
BILLY" Sunday, widely known base
ball player-evangelist, who was to
have conducted revival services in
Denver during January and February
of 1915, has changed his plans and
will take active charge of prohibit
ton campaign to be waged this fall
in connection with the election by the
evangelical churches of Denver.
The Denver "bootblack trust is
busted" No longer will you have to
pay 10 cents every time you get your
footgear frightened, unless you are in
an exceptionally generous humor.
Greek establishments announced their
prices hereafter will be a nickel job.
On New Year Day the price was raised
from a scent piece to a dime
A cowboy, with his name, B. C. Lape,
tattooed on one arm, is being sought
by his parents on the j. o. d. ranch
near Arroyo, Colo. He left his home
last August, coming to Denver for
short visit. 1t is thought that he went
from there to Cheyenne for the Wild
West celebration. He dropped out of
sight Immediately thereafter, and 10
word or trace has been had of him
since then.