Gilpin observer., 1915-03-04
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL
c O L O r A DO
PEOPLE


or the Feast of Esther.
B. F. Stapleton was appointed and
confirmed as postmaster of Denver.
Many Denver business men paid
visit to the Cripple Creek mines last
week.
Investigation into the passenger
rates of twenty-eight common carriers
operating within Colorado was begun
by the State Public Utilities Commits.
sion.
Mrs. Mamie Downey, IS years old,
and her husband, w. E. Downey, 60,
were found unconscious from gas
fumes in their bedroom at their home
in Denver.
DR.. A. 8. Beers of Hygiene, who
shot and killed Will Hopkins, young
Hygiene farmer, Dec. %, was placed
on trial in the District Court at Boul-
der Monday.
Denver Shriners are making prep
arations to entertain Dr. Frederick r.
Smith of Rochester, imperial poten-
tate of the order, who will visit Den
yer in April.
The Denver Trades and Labor AS
sembly voted, after prolonged discus
sion, to withdraw support of the work
mems compensation act now pending
before the Legislature.
Thousands of letters were mailed
March l to friends in other states as
result of Governor Carlsons procla-
nation designating that day as "All
Colorado Letter Day."
DIR. Joseph c. Shattuck, formerly
dean of the University of Denver. was
honored by the congregation of Trinity
M. e. church in Denver on the occas-
ion of his eightieth birthday anniver-
sary.
The First State Bank of Louisville
opened it's doors for business This in
stitution was chartered a few weeks
ago with a capitalization of $4,000 to
replace another bank that had been
closed.
The home of Otto o. Scruggs, train
dispatcher for the Denver & Salt Lake
railroad, was destroyed by fire on his
ranch east of Golden, near Mount
Olivet. The eight-room house is
total loss.
of Ohio, will feast in Denver on the
~4th, and discuss boyyhood and girl
hood days in the native state and
chant the songs they heard their pa
rents sing.
MONDAY Lenten services will be
held every day, except Sunday, for
three weeks beginning March s in
the Tabor Grand theater in Denver
under the direction of the Church Club
of Colorado. \
Suicide as a possible cause of the
death of Ira Nickols, whose body was
found in his cabin at Ward by Charles
Davis of the White Raven mine, has
been eliminated, in the opinion of
Coroner Howe. who believes that Nick
OILS died of heart trouble.
Nearly one year after the death of
Mrs. Lavinia Patterson, who died in
Denver, March 30, 1914, funeral serv-
ices over her body were held in Chat
ham, Mass. During the twelve months
which interviewed between the date of
her death and the time of her burial.
the body was in a vault at Fairmount
cemetery.
The $50 Denver capitalists, business
and mining men who returned from an
! inspection of the famous $1,000,000
treasure chamber in the Cresson mine
in the Cripple Creek district, as well
as other noted mining properties in
that vicinity, declare that the reports
of recent gold strikes have not been
exaggerated.
On the eve of the conclusion of the
trial of DR.. Floyd w. Noble, charged
in the West Side Court with respon-
sibility for the death of Miss Ruth
Merriweather, Mrs Jennie Mason OF
Shelton, H., prepared to journey to
Denver so that she may be near her
husband, DR.. Robert j. Mason, when
he faces similar charges in connection
with the tragedy.
The curtain of time was rolled back
by the Denver Teachers club, pre-
senting at the city auditorium the ro.
| mantle history of Colorado in a grand
| spectacular pageant that spoke to the
children of the present generation of
the hardships and trials undergone by
the builders of the state in discover
ing its natural richness, developing its
unusual resources and making what ii
| is today.
Hundreds of thousands of letters.
bright with descriptions of Colorado
scenery and teeming with praise for
Colorado's matchless climate, were
mailed March by Colorado people to
their friends in other states. II is
estimated that no fewer than 100000
such letters were sent from Denver
alone, while the Boulder Chamber OF
Commerce sent out 5000 and nearly
every commercial organization in the
state joined in the All-Colorado cam
paign.
Secretary II. V. George of the Canon
City Chamber of Commerce. booked