The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-27
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A $4,000 warehouse will be built at
Grand Junction.
The Geo. A. Moore residence at Oak
Creek was destroyed by fire.
w. G. Hubbell has been appointed
postmaster at Fort Lupton.
Extensive development of coal mines
near Cedarredge is promised.
More than $50 has been raised in
Pueblo for the Italian earthquake re-
lief fund.
Some of the beet growers of Colo
rado and Montana now plan collective
bargaining.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Yardley of Den
yer celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary.
1t is estimated that cantaloupes will
be raised on 70 or so acres near Lafay-
cite this season.
The Bartholomew Lumber Com
pany's mill on Crosho lake, near Oak
Creek, was badly damaged by fire.
Word was received in Denver of
the death Of Oscar Mayo, former dean
of music of Denver university, at
Modesto, Cal.
The police are searching Denver for
some trace of Mrs. Ed Shumway OF
Alton, Okla, whose husband is re-
ported near death
LIB Ranch No. /, National Order OF
Cowboy Rangers, gave a Washington's
birthday patriotic entertainment at
| Odd Fellows hall i'm Danvar
On April La Junta will vote on a
proposition to issue $4,000 in bonds
for the purpose of building a munich
pal electric light plant.
Seven prisoners confined in the
| Washington county JUL, three negroes
and four white men, cut through the
| iron bars to freedom at Akron.
OF total of 62G bills introduced in
| the House, about two-thirds, or 400 or
more, will be cast into the limbo where
all bad and Indifferent measures go.
Major Thomas Daugherty, said to
have been the first public school
teacher in Colorado, died at Allen
town, Pa. He was seventy-eight years
Did.
Send a Letter Day" will be OBJ
served on March l by the citizens OF
Colorado who wish to advertise the re-
sources, climate and advantages OF
this state.
Nearly 10000 people Witnessed the
patriotic celebration at the Auditori-
um in Denver in commemoration of
George Washington and Abraham Lin
coin.
Eel Wheeler OF Erie is suffering
from fractured rib, a sprained
shoulder and several body bruises, as
the result of load of hay falling on
him when his wagon overturned.
Miss Ruth Nelson, daughter of
James Nelson, known as the Western
slope cattle king" and one of the
most expert horsewomen on the West
ern slope, having ridden wild horses
since she was a child is to be mar
ried shortly to Boyd Simmons,
young chauffeur of Grand Junction.
Sam DeJohn, a former striker ar
rested in connection with the La Veta
mine murders, testified for the prose-
cution at Pueblo. In his story on the
witness stand DeJohn said that he was
member of the party that attacked
the automobile party, killing four. He
implicated five of the defendants.
The payment of strike benefits to
union miners in Colorado has ceased
according to the district officials of
the United Mine Workers of America
Now the organization will supply only
the absolute necessities, said President
John McLennan. The union has paid
approximately $4,OO0,OOO in benefits
since April 1910.
August Warenbourg, a member of
the ways and means committee of the
Louisville Coal Miners Union, is at.
his home at Louisville in critical con-
dition, as the result of knife wound
inflicted in a row in Bodhaine's sa-
loon at Louisville, and Fills Chausart,
also of Louisville, is in the county Jail,
charged with assault.
The resignation of Joseph H. Har.
rison, postmaster, will be in the hands
of the Postoffice Department at Wash
instcn not later than Feb "a. If Ben
jamin f. Stapleton's name is not sent
to the Senate and confirmed before
that time Charles F. Trottor. assistant
postmaster will look after the duties
of the office.
Mining men returning from Lead
vile insist that the progress made in |
that camp in the last few months has |
been almost as important, if not so |
spectacular, as in the big producers of |
the Cripple Creek district and presage |
year of prosperity, especially if pres
ent prices for zinc hold up. Enorm- |
Gus bodies of ore are constantly being |
discovered, and while most of it is of |
low grade as regards the precious
metals, it is of high value considering
the price the baser metals command |
and the quantities taken out.