The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
COLORADO NEWS
HERED FROM
All Parts of the State

eler of Fort Collins, died of paralysis
of the heart.
Louis Sacco, victim of the numbering
frenzy of Paolo Rigo, was buried in
riverside cemetery in Denver
-Four separate contests all bearing on
the recent Huerfano county elections,
| VIII be heard in the County Court at
| Walsenburg, Feb. 25.
Beekeepers from all over the United
States arrived in Denver to be present
at the first session of the National
Beekeepers convention.
Rumors of an impending change in
the personnel of the Civil Service
Commission have been current at the
state house for the last week.
Lieut.. Ernest John Munby ~of the
Royal engineers, British army, who
the dispatches from London stated
was killed in action, was known to
many Denver people.
A dog show will be the next under
taking in the aid of the Federated
Charities of Denver. Cecil Cox is ar
ranging the show, which will be held
in the Auditorium, April %, 23 and "a.
Every citizen of Colorado will be
asked to aid in a publicity campaign
to be carried on by letter for the pur-
pose of advertising Colorados scenic,
climatic and business advantages.
A bill to put practically every state
and city appointive officer and en-
ploye under civil service was intro
duced in the House of Representatives
by Republican Floor Leader Sabin.
Cutting and slashing of salaries of
various city officials was a little game
indulgegd in at a recent regular meet
ing of the city council of Telluride,
| $4,000 being cut from the yearly sal
aries of thirteen officials.
Three Mexicans, who gave their
names as Pete Lopez, 2S; Pedro Salto,
3S; and Isaac Ortego, 81, are being
held by the Pueblo police, charged
with the theft of a horse, saddle and
bride from Tom Flynn.
Il left my husband and my home
because | wanted to better my condi-
tions," declared Mrs Lucille Gerard,
| 20, when arrested in Denver with Earl
l.. Frisbee, wanted in Chicago on
charge of wife abandonment.
One of the principal questions to be
taken up at the meeting of the board
of governors of the International Dry
Farming Congress will be that OF in
cooperating the organization and
changing the name in so doing.
At the first anniversary of the Den.
yer Housewives League, held at the
Woman's Club, a plan was launched to
boost Colorado made products by es-
tablishing large evaporating plant
for drying native fruits and berries.
A jury in Judge Buffers division of
the District Court in Denver gave John
A. Mcintyre a verdict for S3,750
against Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Kemper.
Mcintyre was knocked down by the
Kemper automobile on the 10th of last
May.
A reward of 5000 for the arrest and
conviction of the murderers of Will
| lam Dick, merchant and mine owner
| OF Walsenburg, was offered by Frank
j. Hayes, international vice president
OF the United Mine Workers of
America.
| thtpoito llOHI DduhS III various sec
tions of Colorado, received by George
L. Wells, published in bulletin form,
indicate the most prosperous condi-
tions Colorado has ever faced. With
out exception the reports of these
Colorado bankers are optimistic. both
as to present conditions and the gen
| eral outlook
With smile on her lips because she
had been permitted to see her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ida F. Mercer, convicted of
| killing her son-in-law, Carl Gregerson.
last May, left the county Jail in Dem
yer to begin serving her life SEN
tence in the penitentiary at Canon
City. Three others prisoners were sent
from the Jail TO begin penitentiary SEN
| tences.
The death rate IN Denver, computed
from the City Bureau of Vital Statis-
| tics, shows remarkable decrease dur
ing the last six years, dropping from
1911 per 1000 inhabitants in 1909 to
1926 in 1914. If the number of deaths
from tuberculosis contracted outside
| the state We're subtracted from the TO.
tai deaths, the rate would be lowered
to 11.25.
March l, 1915, is the day set on
which everybody all over the state, no
matter in what business or what occu,
patton, is expected to write to every
body in every other state all about our
own Colorado; all about the many at
tractive features in which Colorado ex.
cels-our clear atmosphere, sunny
skies, our crops, mines, factories, live.
stock, healing springs, fishing, hunt
ing, camping, matchless scenery, good
roads, the new Rocky Mountain Ma.
tional park, which comprises 213,OOO
acres, and which is the most acces-
sible of all the national parks.