Gilpin observer., 1915-06-17

sept. .lS-1S,-PueblO, COLO.
Sept. 21-24.-Trinidad Colo.
Sept. 2S.-Oct. 1.-Raton, New Mex.
A fishing excursion by rowboats in
the swollen Gunnison river proved IA
tai to Frank r. Williams, leading
young merchant of Gunnison.
Colonel George S. Newman, aged
Denver mining man, owner of Mac
Rose stock farm, and reputed million
aire, is dangerously i'll at Hot Springs,
Ark.
Declared both constitutional and un.
constitutional by judges of the district
and juvenile court, the non-support
law will be tested in the Supreme
Court.
At the thirty-eighth annual COM
mencement exercises of the Univers-
ity of Colorado at Boulder, President
Livingston Farrand conferred 22S
degrees
The Thousand and One Club"
campaign of the Bible school of the
First Christian church reached its eli
max at Greeley when LOIS persons
attended services.
The discovery of what is believed to
be platinum in ore taken from the
Sueno de Orc mine in the La Platas.
has aroused intense interest among
mining men at Durango.
James H. Crawford, the pioneer who
discovered Steamboat Springs and
built the first cabin in Hot Sulphur
Springs, and his wife, celebrated their
golden wedding in Steamboat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Penrose of
Colorado Springs have announced
that they will construct large swim
ming pool in Monument Valley Park
as gift to the children of that city.
The K. Of P. monument was un-
veiled at Crown Hill cemetery. in
Knights from the various lodges
present Congressman Hilliard made
the principal address.
A man, believed from correspond
ence found in his pockets to be
Charles REVERE of Lincoln, Neb..
dropped dead at South Broadway and
Louisiana avenue in Denver He was
about eighty years old.
Mrs. Grace Turnipseed, arrested in
Agent Hendricks while trying to
smuggle, morphine into the county
hospital to her husband, Thomas, was
fined $1OO and costs.
The libel suit brought by District
Attorney John A. Rush against John
C. Montfort and conducted by Special
Prosecutor Greeley w. Whitford was
thrown out of court in Denver with
directed verdict of not guilty.
Early season indications point to
bumper crops of grain, record-break
ing yield of sugar beets and the big
gest crop of potatoes for many years
in Colorado, according to leading ag
ricultural experts who have received
reports from various districts.
Eighty-five prominent business men
of the Trinidad Chamber of Commerce
met for the first time since the strike
in booster session "to get their feet
all factions in the booster spirit and
to forget the past" according to Pres
ident A. l.. Branson of the chamber
Recommendation for the appoint
ment of Mrs. ]. u. Vigil as postmis-
tress at Trinidad, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of her husband.
has been made to Postmaster General
Burleson by Congressman Edward
Keating. The position carries sal
ary of about $4,000 year
Live stock men of Colorado are be-
ing warned by government experts to
examine carefully the feed on their
ranges this summer, as there is con-
siderable increase in the growth of
the poisonous plant commonly known
as death camas." Animals almost in
variably die after eating this plant.
Statewide good roads, including a
permanent paved highway between
Colorado Springs and Denver. to cost
81 100000, a reciprocal plan for. han.
ding tourists and a general policy of
cooperation in the matters of mutual
interest dominated the big get-togeth-
er meeting OF the business men OF
the two cities in Denver.
William II. Sharpley, newly elected
mayor of the city and country of Den
yer, made his first public appearance
when he welcomed the delegates of
the National Association OF Sheet
Metal Contractors for their annual
meeting.
The Middle Western division of the
engineering bureau of the United
States Department of Agriculture will
establish headquarters in Denver un-
der the supervision Of Loren w. Page
Of Washington, the director OF the
public roads branch Of the depart.