The Elbert County tribune., 1915-01-15

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Entries for the baby show at the
stockyards in Denver are coming III
thick and fat.
Frank Ratchford. a Pueblo hotel
clerk. will receive $4,000 in cash as
the inheritance from an estate of a
relative.
Gilbert M. Edmondson, Al, a we'll
known insurance man, died in Denver
from pleural pneumonia, after an i'll
ness of one week
Blake Nichols, a young farmer re-
siding east of Boulder, sustained a
broken leg when his motorcycle col
lided with another machine
A surprise party was held in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Aldred
at Pueblo. The sixty-fifth birthday
anniversary of Aldred was the incen-
tive.
A meeting of the Kansas Society of
Colorado was held in Denver to make
arrangements for the annual dinner
dance to be given in Denver January
20.
Mrs. Julia A. Bishop, S4 years old,
c. Bishop, in Denver. from an attack
of pneumonia She came to Colorado
in 1863.
c. C. Northup. secretary to Cover
nor Ammons, has been appointed to
the office of division clerk by District
Judge Wright. Northup succeeds
Philips Buell.
F. M Harsin of Rocky Ford a mem
ber of the board of county commits
sioners states that the board paid the
last of the bonded Indebtedness and
that now otero county is free from
debt
The need of a new and better city
jail in Pueblo is emphasized in re-
port of the county visiting committee.
made to Judge f. G.. Mirick. The pres
ent jail is 'intolerable," the report
says
Organized labor, as represented by
the Colorado State Federation of La
Dor, will indorse the industrial rela-
tions commission and the workmen's
COMPENSATION laws as outlined by Gov.
Carlson.
The usual business meeting of the
Denver district of the Mothers con-
gress was displaced by tea" with
Mrs, George Carlson, wife of the gov
ernor-elect, and the first mother" of
the state, as guest of honor.
Henry ]. Christ, vice president of
the Bank of Georgetown and one of
the best known residents Of Clear
Creek county, died at his home in
Georgetown following an illness of
two years. Christ was GA years old
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
is defendant in 100000 damage suit
filed in the United States court at
Jasper, Mo-. by Joseph Cole, 16, who
lost both legs above the knees when
he was run over in Pueblo, July IS.
Charged with embezzlement of
funds from the National Guard COM
pany at Fort Collins. Capt. Williams
of that company was arrested at the
convict road camp above Boulder,
where he has been employed as a
guard.
Two trials for homicide are to be
heard in the District Court at Pueblo
during the January term. Mike Sajno-
vich will be tried for shooting his
nephew. Peter Lalich. Albert Goetz is
awaiting trial for the death of his wife,
who was shot.
George Hughes. Dale Mitchell, T. d.
Bowman and Claude Timbrel, cattle.
men, indicted by the grand jury in
1913 and charged with the murder of
Peter Swanson, a sheepman, in 1907,
We're released from custody on order
of Judge Thomas j. Black in the Dis
trict Court at Grand Junction.
Mrs. Matthew Fitzsenry of Denver
will receive $1.023 from the govern
ment for the death of her husband,
through the operation of the act of
1908 which permits the Department of
Labor to pay for one year the daily
wages of the person killed in the serv-
ice of the reclamation and other bu-
reaus.
That the taxpayers of FL Paso coun-
ty lose thousands of dollars annually
as result of the careless, unbusi
nesslike, unsystematic, inefficient and
irregular manner" in which the county
commissioners conduct the business of
the county. is the finding of the grand
jury, which reported to Judge j. W.
Sheafor of the District Court at Colo
RADIO Springs.
mothers kiss. fathers hand
shake and formal introduction to his
own wife were the first things re-
ceived by Governor Carlson when he
returned to the executive offices at
the state house, following the inaugur
al. His wife was first to greet him,
Maj. Williams introducing her form
3 ally, and then the governor affection
ately greeted his proud parents.