The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-02-18
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
w..,.r. N.~-pap.r Union New. Service.

| ~~sos SnS A6kUcE Lay.
Frank J. Croke. brother Of Senator
Thomas B. Croke. died 1t Sacramento
Cal. Of heart disease.
Thirty-three indictments we're 70
turned by the federal grand Jury ID
its report tc Judge r. Z. Lewis n Den
yer.
The salaries Of seven employees OF
the House and eight OF the Senate are
held up by the civil service commits.
sion.
Joseph Allesia. two years old. Of Pu.
eblo. plunged into, a bathtub full OF
boiling water and was scalded TO
death.
William T. Hickey. secretary OF the
State Federation Of Labor, and Eli
Gross. vice president. were released
on bond at Pueblo.
More than 1000, 900 books from the
Denver public libraries were read in
the city last year. according to the an.
nual library report.
Chiropractors of the state are max
ing determined effort to have enact
cd their bill regulating the practice of
chiropractics.
The Rev. Ira Callihan. pastor of the
Vona Baptist church. died in ST.
Luke's hospital in Denver after An ILL
cess OF more than month.
1t cost Commissioner Nisbet's de-
partment ~ cents apiece for each
meal furnished prisoner in the Den.
yer city jail during January.
For the first time In three years
Denver public schools celebrated
Abraham Lincoln's birthday anniver.
sary BY closing for the day.
VIM. Dick. = wealthy mining man,
was shot and killed ON the La veta
road, near Walsenburg. as he was TAX.
ing $1,000 to the mines to pay the
men.
Lieut. Ernest John Nupby of the
Royal engineers. British army, who
The dispatches from London stated
vas killed in action, vas known to
many Denver people.
Nathan Dodge. aged 50, died At the
home of his daughter, Mrs. T. D. Shap.
cott. in Denver. He had been CON
fined to his bed for three weeks.
Death was due to old age and paraly-
sis.
The mysterious sleep OF Elmer Mel
ton. government High Line employt
At Palisade, who has been unconscious
for IA hours or six days. 10 pulling
Grand junction and PalisaA> physi-
clans.
Frank L. Andre, eighty-one, are
drsa mining man. was instantly killed
in Denver when he was struck by IN
inbound Lawrence street tramway car.
His skull was crushed and his right
foot was mangled.
Mrs. Harriet J. McAdoo, eighty-three,
the oldest plaintiff in q damage sui,
on record in the Denver District Court,
was awarded = verdict Of $1.S0o by the
Jury which heard her case against the
Denver City Tramway Company.
Colorado horses are finding favor In
the eyes Of the experts sent BY for
e1gn governments to purchase horses
for war purposes, according to c. ".
Rand. Kansas City and Garden City
horsemen. who was in Denver.
The first conviction for white slav-
cry ever returned in the city and
county Of Denver vas brough, in by 4
jury In the West Side court against
lrixie Gaushn, accused Of operating
an establishment at 1928 Market street
during 1914
Requests for = new contract with
the Great Western Sugar Company.
made by committee from the Inter
state Farmers Association meeting in
Denver to Chester g. Morey and other
heads of the Great Western. were re-
fused by the company officials.
Letters advertising scenic and eli
matte attractions of Colorado which.
it is expected. will bring thousands
more Eastern tourists to Colorado dur.
ing the coming summer. who would
ordinarily visit Europe, have been sent
to leading newspapers OF the Eas. BY
the See America First" committee OF
the Denver Chamber OF Cinnerce.
Just as everything apparently was
nicely fixed by the enactment OF leg
| islation exempting legislative en-.
ployes from the classified service and
those employees whose right TO posi-
tions is questioned by the civil ser
vice commission thought they would
get their pay. another obstacle has
| popped up and the civil service mud
| die is as bad as ever
The laying Of the cornerstone for
the Lincoln memorial, which took
place in Washington, is of especial
interest TO the people OF Colorado. rs
the marble of which the memorial IL
to be constructed is from the quarries
Of this state. Already 190 cars Of mar
BILE have been shipped from Colorado
| for the memorial in Washinefon and