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Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02
INGALLS, MINE

The ingalls, Leasing Co., shipped
a carload of screenings to the Globe
smelter, at Denver, that returned 1.56
ozs. gold and S.04 ozs. silver to the
ton. Development work is in pro-
gress on large bodies Of ore, and ere
long the ingalls, will be classed as
one of the great slippers of the coun
ty.
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02

Central City ledge OF Elks will
hold their annual memorial services
in the ledge room Sunday afternoon
at o'clock. There will be an ap'
propriate musical program and an ad
dress by Judge w. C. Matthews The
public is invited to these services.
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02

A beautiful No. SOC Ellington piano
to be seen at the C. o. Richards
Furniture Co. Also, one second hand
II. B. Gilbert upright, early English
finish. $500. Another for $4,000.
Come and see them. You will be
pleased.
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02
NOTICE.

Effective Dec. 3rd, mail will leave
the Central City postoffice at las
p. m. for Denver and all points east
and west. Registered mail and par,
Gel post will not be dispatched on
the afternoon train.
G. I. PARSONS,
POSTMASTER
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02

Ed. Hansen was taken suddenly Ill
on Saturday of last week and for n
day or two his condition was very
grave. He had the symptoms Of
pneumonia. Under watchful care and
attention, he Is doing nicely.
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02

Sheriff Gundy and Deputy Sheriff
Hazard have returned from pros
pectipg trip for molybdenite. The
sheriff brought in fine specimens OF
the precious mineral. and the deputy
brought in a specimen that Doc. Ash
baugh says assays $50 pure grippe.
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02
NOTICE

Don't fail to see VIM. Brady's
photoplay of Robert Warwick in
THE Dollar Mark" at the opera
house Wednesday. December Sth.
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02

F. w. Bertagnolli was confined to
his bed Saturday and Sunday and for
a time he thought he would have to
submit to an operation for apininthe-
seatus.
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02

Frank Branham. the sage Of Silver
Creek, is experiencing severe at
tack OF mineralitis.
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02

Special cut prices on Christmas
goods and candles at Klais' book
store.
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02

A gold retort was placed in the
bank this week from the Eureka mill
weighing 33h ounces.
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02

The First National bank shipped
$500 worth of gold to the Denver
mint this week
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02

Klais' book store will install a new
iceless fountain on the 10th of this
month.
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02

There are several cases of la-grippe
In town this week.
Gilpin observer., 1915-12-02

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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
w ST ERIN.

Ward S. Snyder died from the eff
fects of poison taken after he killed
his wife in the Baptist Sanitarium at
Houston. Tex.
Directors of the jefferson County
Savings Bank announced at Birming
ham, Ala, that the institution had sus-
pended, and its affairs were in the
hands of the State Banking Depart
ment.
Frank T. Crawford, son of the
founder of the National Biscuit Com
pany and an official of that concern.
ended his life by leaping from the
third story window of his North Side
home in Chicago.
Mrs. Frank LaLone. the sixth victim
of family of seven, who were found
dying from an unknown cause at their
home near Hugo, Colo, died at st. An
thongs hospital in Denver, where she
was taken in the hope of saving her
life.
George Baxter, who was recently ar
rested at Ration. n. NJ, on a charge
of cashing forged postal money orders
in Pueblo was brought to Denver by
Marshal A. II. Hudspeth of New Mex.
leo and placed in the Denver county
jail.
Captain Frank II. Ainsworth, award
ed medal by Congress for planting
the first American flag on Cuban soil
after the outbreak of the Spanish
American war, and for five years in
spector of immigration in San Fran
cisco, received notice of dismissal.
Miss Jessie Elizabeth Cope, the
California girl whose white slavery"
charges against Col. Charles Alex
ander, millionaire Rhode Islander, de-
yeloped into bribery indictments
against herself, pleaded not guilty
when arraigned before Federal Judge
Carpenter in Chicago.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D IN G .. ACHIEVE
MENTs. suFFERiNGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

The general headquarters OF the
Fifteenth German army corps at
Strassburg has been destroyed by fire
of incendiary origin, according to dis
patches received at Paris. Important
military documents were destroyed.
A royal decree has been issued call
ing to the colors the Italian soldiers
of the first category, born in 1883, and
belonging to the field artillery, and
also the Alpine troops and the soldiers
of the third category, born in 1891,
1892, 1898 and 1894, belonging to the
Alpine troops.
According to reports received at
Geneva from Innsbruck in the Aus
trian Crownland of Tyrol. Emperor
Francis Joseph is arranging to abdi-
cate, it being said he is unable to
agree with the views of Emperor Will
liam on military affairs. and also be-
cause of the German Emperor's atti-
tude regarding peace.
With the armies in France and
Flanders recuperating after the
strenuous fighting of the earlier days
Of last week and only local actions be-
Ing recorded, interest in the war stu
alton was transferred to the Russian
offensive in East Prussia and the at
tempt of strong Austro-German
army to dislodge the troops of En-
peror Nicholas from their positions in
the Carpathians.
A dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram
Company from Tiflis, the Russian
army headquarters in Transcaucasia,
says: Fifty Greek villages around
Kars. in southern Transcaucasia. have
been laid in ruins by the Turks. The
flight of the Greek inhabitants was
precipitate and the women and chill
dren are said to have suffered intense
ly from the cold weather. 1t is re-
ported that many of the men among
the Greeks were made prisoners and
that some were killed"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
obrcson Rules Mexico's Capital.

Washington.-Genera Obregon rules
at Mexico City in the name of Gen
eral Carranza, First Chief of the Con-
stitutionalists, who is at Vera Cruz.
General Villa is at Aguas Calientes,
General Zapata at Cuernavaca, and
the whereabouts of Rogue Gonzalez
Cara and Eulalio Gutierrez, lately
successive in charge of the executive
power in Mexico City, are unknown.
This is the geographical distribution
of the various cniefs in Mexico, shown
in advices Saturday to the State De.
partment.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
WASHINGTON.

The Supreme Court announced 1t
would take a recess after announcing
opinions Feb. 1, until Feb. %.
During the year ending June 3Oth
last total of 1O.SO2 persons. includ-
ing 265 passengers, lost their lives
in accidents on railroads and in rail
road shops. reporting to the Inter
state Commerce Commission. In ad-
dition, 192,662 persons were injured, OF
whom 15,121 were passengers.
A census of the canal zone just com
pleted shows loss of 14,136 inhabi-
tants during the last year, the present
population being 31,160.
President Wilson and employees at
the White House wore carnations in
honor of the seventy-second birthday
anniversary of the late President VII
liam Mckinley.
Miss Lucy Burleson. the postmaster
generals daughter, again emphati-
cally denied renewed reports that she
was TO Marry Justice McReynolds of
the Supreme Court OF the United
States.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
GEN ERAI-

Orders were issued at Connellsville,
Pa, by the H. C. Frick Coke Company
to Immediately fire 1000 coke ovens
that have been idle year or more.
The Duke of Manchester is not men-
toned in the will of the late Eugene
Zimmerman, railroad magnate and cap
italist, which was filed for probate at
Cincinnati.
Announcement was made at Gala.
sauqua, Pa, by local firm of the re-
ceipt of an order from the Russian
government for 100000 horseshoes
The plant is running day and night
The Bronx county. n. Y, grand jury,
returned two indictments charging
murder in the first degree against
Mrs. Ida Sniffen Rogers, who was
known as the wife of Lorlys Elton
Rogers, and alleging that she pois-
oned her two babies.
A Babylonian tablet, believed to
have been buried in the earth more
than 1000 years, and containing the
earliest law code, recently has been
unearthed and is now in possession
of Yale University, 1t became known
at New Haven, Conn.
While flames which had burst
through the floor at his feet while he
was saying mass, We're creeping to the
hens of his garments, Father ]. Il.
Aylward pleaded with his congrega-
tion in the Roman Catholic church
at Montgomery City, Mo-, to leave the
building in an orderly manner. The
congregation. which had started a
rush for the doors. hesitated and then
left quietly. Members of a nearby
church Joined in bucket brigade and
extinguished the fire, which had de.
stroyed the building.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher was
granted divorce in the Supreme
Court of Boston from a grandson of
the famous New York divine of half
century ago.
A bill repeating the cotton acre re-
duction law enacted at a special ses-
sion of the South Carolina Legisla-
ture last October was passed by the
House of Representatives.
Curtailment of the Presidents s
power by extension of the civil sery-
ice was advocated by William II. Taft
in the second Of a series of three ad-
dresses in the University of Virginia.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
SPORT.

Harry Heilman. outfield utility
man with. Detroit last year, was
signed by the San Francisco baseball
club. 3
The Chicago Cubs are about to be
sold" again. The latest offer was
one of 100000 In real money from
new Chicago syndicate.
Harry Bramer returned to Denver
very pleased young man. He sue.
ceeded in defeating Earl Puryear at
Longmont in a ten-round battle.
Allen Prindiville has Joined the in
door baseball hall of fame member
ship. He twirled his team, the Nc
Hales, to victory at Chicago. by pitch
ing no-hit, no-run game in the X. Of
C. league.
bill to legalize horse racing in St.
Louis and Jackson counties. Mo-, in
cluding Kansas City, was introduced
in the Legislature by Representa-
tive Taylor of Jackson county. The
bill would legalize the pari-mutuel sys-
TEN.
Perry McGilllvray retained the 44O-
yard swimming championship of the
Central A. A. U. at Chicago by making
the distance in 5:26 1-5, four seconds
slower than the American record made
by l.. LANCER in San Francisco last
July.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
SALMON, 81, KILLS SELF
WEALTHY RANcHER AND MINER
OF GEORGETOWN.
Two Minutes After Delivering VIII to
Merchant, Went Into Back Yard
and Shot Himself.
we.tern Newspaper Union New. servIce.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Georgetown, Colo-"Here's my will.
l just made it out, and l want you to
take good care of it. I'm getting old
and something is liable to happen any
minute
This was the brief explanation given
by Ralph Salmon, 81. wealthy rancher
and miner of Georgetown. for handing
over a document to large property
holdings to A. S. Sunstrom. mer-
chant of Georgetown. He then left
the store, smiling.
Two minutes later shot was heard
and employees of Sunstrom rushed into
the back yard to find Salmon dead.
He had shot himself through the heart.
No motive has been ascribed for
Salmon's suicide. He had lived about
five years on a ranch just above
Georgetown.
A brother. Edward Salmon, mer-
chant of Rifle, is the only relative
Known to local authorities.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
FLOODS RoUT ARIZONA FAMILIES.
Enormous Damage to Stock and Prop
erty and Many Lives Periled.

Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 1.-Southern
and central Arizona were visited Sat
urday by a storm and flood condi-
tions approaching those which swept
the same sections with disastrous re-
suits a few months ago. The damage
is estimated at 100000.
Rains, which began Wednesday,
have put under water many produc-
tive acres between here and Bisbee.
rendering homeless scores of fami-
lies and isolating both Globe and Mi
ami. In the Salt river valley dam
age amounting to more than 100000
had been done since Saturday. At 8
o'clock Saturday morning the river
topped its banks at higher flood
stage than any recorded in twenty
years. Ranchers in the lowlands
were caught unpreparco and were
chased to their houses to escape the
waters. They were rescued by county
officials in boats. The homes of sew.
enty-five families were swept away,
according to latest reports. In Phoe-
nix animals in the Zoo worth 100000
were drowned.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
Sixth Poison Victim Dead.

Denver.-The unknown malady or
poison which caused the death of five
members of the La Lone family Of
Hugo. claimed its sixth victim when
Mrs. Frank La Lone died at st. An
thongs hospital. Five members of the
La Lone family OF seven were found
dead in Hugo from the same mystic
rious cause. and Mrs. La Lone was
taken to st. Anthony's hospital for
medical treatment. She never re-
gained consciousness. Gladys La Lone,
l3 years old. is the only living men,
ber of the family.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
FOREIGN.

Gen. Alvaro Obregon, the Carranza
leader at the head of his troops, en-
tered Mexico City.
German manufacturers announce
they are able to accept the usual
American orders this year and fill
them on time.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, who
died in France Nov. IA of last year,
left an estate of 1856, 900, all OF which
goes to his widow and daughters.
General Noriel. the insurgent lead
found guilty of having killed a polit-
ical enemy at a cock fight in 1912,
were hanged at Manila.
The food situation in Mexico is re-
ported to be growing more desperate.
Only small quantities of corn are OBJ
tainable and these are being doled out
to the most needy in pitifully small
quantities.
1t was officially admitted in Rome
that the casualties in the city of Avez-
zano resulting from the recent earth
quake shock were 9,23S dead and q.
O40 survivors, of whom the majority
were injured.
The Paris Chamber of Deputies
adopted bill increasing by s2O0.OOO,-
900 the limit of the issue of treasury
bonds, which had been fixed at $780,
100000. 1t also provides for the issu-
ance of short time treasury bonds.
General Villa is reported at Aguas
Calientes and had planned to leave
soon for Tampico. His forces under
Gen. Rosalia Hernandez are declared
to have captured the Coahuila towns
of Monclova and Cuatra Ciengas and
the Sabinas coal fields. Carranza's
home is at Cuatra Cienegas.
The capital of Mexico is again in
the hands of the forces of General
Carranza, who, while acting as provis-
1onal president of the government, was
forced to leave Mexico City early in
November under the threat of advanc-
ing troops of Generals Villa and Zap
alta, who disagreed with his policies.
The new authorities have re-estab-
lished order and a general feeling of
confidence prevails.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
Cripple Mine output over $4,000, 900

Cripple Creek.-With the news that
the Vindicator Consolidated Gold Min
ing Company had in 1914 the most
prosperous year in its history. and
that the new strike in the Cresson
mine had brought the value of the
recent strikes there at the time the
report was prepared up to $4,000, 900,
Cripple Creek miners were exultant in
the revival of activities in the district.
The annual report of the Vindicator
company, just made public, shows that
the company's production for the year
had been 39.9S1 tons of an assay value
of $1,OS6.067.07. The gross proceeds
from the ore were $S02,279.S0, the
largest In sixteen years. The company
paid out $27O,0OO in dividends during
the year and had cash balance of
$20S,269 Jan. 1. The report that the
second rich strike in the Cresson
would raise the output of the two
strikes In the mine to $3,300,O 900 came
apparently from authentic sources.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
Pomeroy New Assistant Prosecutor

Boulder,-District Attorney Russell
w. Fleming, recently appointed to fill
the vacancy caused by tie election of
George A. Carlson to the governorship.
announced the appointment of Attor-
ney George Pomeroy OF this city as
deputy district attorney for Boulder
county. Pomeroy will succeed Harold
P. Martin, who has held the place for
the last four years. The latter has
been retained as special prosecutor.
and will devote all of his attention to
the strike cases, which will come up
for trial in February.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
Veteran in Jail Puzzles Sheriff.

Cripple Creek.-Teller county au
thorities are nonplused over the ac
tion of George Holderer, aged veteran
of the Civil war. who has been con
fined in the county jail here for the
last year for making threats to take
the life of j. l.. Westover of Victor.
He has informed his keepers that he
will spend the remainder of his life
in jail before he will sign a bond to
keep the peace.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
Autos Carry Mail. to Cripple Creek.

Cripple Creek.-The first morning
mail from Colorado Springs and val
ley points received here in week
came by auto service established over
Ute pass. The service will continue
until the Short Line can repair tun-
mel No. G, near st. Peters Dome. The
tunnel is caved for 100 feet and its
timbers are destroyed as the result of
a recent fire. Noon mails are brought
in over the old Midland Terminal
tracks.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
Woman Saves $1,000 From Burglar.

Denver.-Clad in her nightgown and
armed only with nail file. Mrs. Rose
A. Mann, "a, of 1925 Josephine street,
fought in the dark with burglar who
entered her home and prevented him
from carrying off jewels and silver val
ued at $4,000. When her husband
came home he found her unconscious,
face down and her hands spread over
the tablecloth in which the thief had
placed his loot. A rear window in the
house was wide open and screenless,
indicating the way her assailant es-
capped.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05

Dublin.-The steamer Leinster, from
was chased by a German submarine
for fifteen minutes off the Kish light
vessel, but escaped. The Kish light
vessel is opposite the mouth to Dublin
bay.
London.-The toll taken by the Ger
man submarine U-21 in its raid Satur-
day afternoon in the Irish sea in the
vicinity of Liverpool still stands at
three ships-the steamers Ber Cru
achen. Linda Blanche and the Kilcoan.
the latter small vessel. The crew
of the Kilcoan was landed\on the Isle
of Man Sunday by coastwise
steamer.
This underwater Emden is the same
vessel which last September tor
pedoed, in the North sea. the British
cruiser Pathfinder with loss Of 246
lives, and later destroyed two British
steamers off Havre.
She found numerous vessels in the
waters to which she has centered her
activities. In addition to the three
vessels she is known to have sunk,
~
chased by her.
These include the steamer Graphic,
with 100 passengers and crew OF
forty, and the smaller boats Atreus,
Ava, Kathleen and Endymion. All
these vessels escaped in zig-zaS flight.
Fierce Attack in Carpathian Hills.
London.-For the fourth time since
the beginning of the war the Carpa-
THAN mountains, between Dui.a and
Wyszkow passes. is the scene of
pitched battle. Previous battles were
garians, but in that which is develop
ing the Austrians and Hungarians
have the assistance of the German
armies and are assuming vigorous
offensive.
DesSite this, the Russian reports as
sert the preliminary fighting has
turned to the advantage of Russia and
that prisoners and guns have been
captured.
Except In the neighborhood of La
Bassee and the Argonne where the
Germans have resumed their attack,
artillery has been the only arm en-
gagged on the western front. The Ger
mans again claim to have captured
some trenches near La Bassee, while
the French say that the British have
reoccupied all the ground which had
been temporarily lost.
At that place the British official
eyewitness in description of the bat
tie on Jan. 25. says that after some
of the most desperate hand.to-hand
fighting of the war the Germans were
driven out and suffered severe losses.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
Ready to Submit Annexation Question

Colorado Springs.-All obstacles in
the way of an annexation of Colorado
City by Colorado Springs have been
cleared up by the joint commission
from the two cities and the question
will now be submitted to the people
at the next election.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
UNDERWATER RAIDERS , TOR
PEDo STEAMERS IN CHANNEL
NEAR HAvRE.
WRECK THREE VESSELS
LOSS OF THREE BRITISH SHIPS
IN THE IRISH SEA NEAR
LIVERPOOL CONFIRMED.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Paris, Feb. 1.-The French minister
of marine said yesterday that two
British ships had been torpedoed in
the English channel off Havre by a
German submarine. They were the
steamers Toku Maru and Icaria. The
Toku Maru was bound from New Zea-
land to England. Her crew was res
cued by the trawler Semper. Her
cargo consisted in part of clothing and
a contribution of 1.5OO pounds ($7,500). +.
New Zealand's gift to Belgian refu-
gees. No details are available con-
cerning the torpedoing of the Icaria.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
To Reanportion Legislative Districts.

Denver-A bill to reapportion the
legislative districts of Colorado was in
troduced in the House of Representa-
tives by Representative Mark B. Gill
of Morgan and Washington counties.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05

Painted compilations shouldn't al
ways be taken at their face value.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
PATENTS %::;iss s!;s: ss 3: s:'saiss: :Et:s HE
j - y Auv ] ~ est referenccn- Best results.

Information From Headquarters.
"Jinx has written finer plays than
Shakespeare ever did,
You surprise me! Where were
they produced?"
They never were. But he told me
about them, and he ought to know"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05
Exhausted Itself.

Teacher-Years ago the kingdom OF
Spain ran clear around the world.
Tommy-Who chased It?
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-05

Then Her Mother Butted In.
Don't you think war is the most
awful thing on earth?"
Il used to before l was married"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-13
lman Suffrage Department
Edited by a Suffragette.

ed woman suffrage. They have a
capital of over nine millions of dol
lars which is wholly controlled and
administered by them. When organi-
cations consisting of women of re-
sponslbillty and aims such as the
lMaccabees, recognize the value of the
ballot for women and any man who
essays to dispute the right and pro-
prlety OF such women expressing their
opinions in the government they help
to maintain, is either an egregious
egoist or a presumptious ignoramus.
The graves OF pioneer suffragists
were decorated on Memorial Day in
Philadelphia. Automobiles adorned
with yellow banners drove to GEM
eteries containing the tombs of these
pioneer woman soldiers" Appropri-
ate addresses were delivered, ivy
planted to keep the memory ever
green and flowers profusely strewn in
sweet remembrance of the women
who devoted their lives to the welfare
Of womankind.
Instruction in city and country
schools concerning the rights and
privileges of women under the law,
is being recommended by the Fayette
County Equal Rights association OF
Kentucky. This is very pertinent
recommendation and might well be in
cluded in the curriculum of the
schools of every state. 1t would be OF
practical information to students OF
both sexes.