Gilpin observer., 1914-03-26

April 9.-General Irrigation Conference
May 12-14-State Council of Junior Or
der of American Mechanics. at Colo
rado Springs.
July 1s-14.-Grand Lodge Session. &.
Sept; 14.-Colorado State Fair at Pu-
1si5.-Last Grand Council OF North
American Indians at Denver.
Governor Ammons has designated
April oath as Arbor Day.
George e. Hosmer of Fort Morgan
was appointed collector of customs Of
Colorado by President Wilson.
State Treasurer M. A. Leddy filed
his report for the quarter ended Feb
ruary 2Sth with Governor Ammons.
Commissioner Otto F. Thum of Den
yer, who has been i'll two weeks with
threatened attack of typhoid fever.
is convalescing.
William Sawyer, who died at Grand
Junction. left his entire estate Of $780,
900 upon the death of his sister, to the
Socialist party.
Little hope is held out for the re-
covery of Henry Lee, aged Denver
tomobile two weeks ago.
A new English Lutheran church
the third to be organized in Denver
was opened with impressive ceremony
at 1850 Williams street.
Preparations are being made to
have the most elaborate automobile
show Denver has yet seen in the Au-
ditorium, March 30th to April 4th.
A paby girl about five weeks old,
wrapped in swaddling clothes. was
found on the doorstep of the George
A. Gano home at 1886 East Colfax ave-
nue. in Denver.
Mrs. Lavina ]. j. Patterson died at
her home, 1439 Williams street, Den
yer, after an illness of five days. She
was eighty years old and lived in Den
yer twenty years.
More than II 900 acres of beets have
been contracted for 1914 by the Great
Western Sugar Company at Longmont
according to statement issued by
Manager N. r. McCreery.
An attempt at blackmail is the an
swer made by George w. Heffner TO
the $4,000 damage suit for assault
filed by Miss Myrtle Trotter in the
District Court in Denver.
Oscar Cook, who was sentenced to
death for the murder of Patrolman
William Mcpherson and given a new
trial by the Supreme Court, will enter
his plea in Denver April 14th.
A mother, her babe and two other
small children were rescued by Wal.
ter Dudley from a fire which de-
stroyed his home in Denver and rem
dered the family practically destitute.
The borrowing gentleman holdup"
who has been operating in Denver for
several weeks is believed by the police
to have been caught in the person OF
Frank Hall. twenty-three years old.
William Reynold, ranchman near
Littleton, was fined $42.50 by Judge
William Stuart at Littleton for killing
a pheasant on his ranch two weeks
ago. He was found guilty by jury.
Sunday, May 18th, there will be .
celebration in Denver in honor of the
hundredth anniversary of Norway's
independence. Church services will
be held in the morning. and the af-
ternoon will be given to patriotic ex-
ercises.
Within thirty-five days from March
23rd all the issues and briefs in the
suit brought by Daniel A. Lord. Dem
yer taxpayer, questioning the legality
of the Moffat tunnel bonds, must b
before the Supreme Court of the
state.
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.
John T.. Field, state engineer, has
sent out letters to all irrigation enter
prises in Colorado urging them TO send
representatives to the irrigation con-
ference to be held in Denver on Arril
7th and 9th at the call OF Secretary of
the Interior Lane.
The 1914 crops Of eastern Colorado
VIII Drlng 10 tnat sectiOn OF the state
one of the greatest returns in its his
tory, SURPRISING by many hundred
thousand dollars the record estab-
lished for last year, according to
George w. Martin.
Charges that he was denied the hos
pital benefits for which he had paid,
are made by George Mendosa, a coal
miner. in a suit for $10,125 damages
for injuries which he has brought
against the Routt County Fuel Com
pany in the District Court.
William J. Bierkamp. Jr.. was given
another week in which to plead to the
charge Of embezzlement brought by
the officers OF the Germania State
Bank. He appeared in the West Side
Court with counsel and asked to have