Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-11-12
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS,

Fort Collins is to have Chautauqua
next June.
The Colorado fishing season closed
November LIST.
Fruit shipments SO far this season
from Palisade total 945 cars.
A census of Colorado manufacturers
is being made by the United States
government.
The house of DR.. Fred G. Hunt in
Arvada, valued at $1,000, was de-
strowed by fire.
Attorney General Farrar has filed a
reply in the Supreme Court in the
Denver home rule" case.
Giant ore bodies have been discov-
cred in the Vindicator mine. accord
ing to Cripple Creek reports.
Work on the Hoover oil well on
South Boulder has been temporarily
suspended pending the arrival Of cas-
ing.
w. Bradford of Denver printing COM
missioner, to succeed II. w. Risley. re-
moved.
The Rev. Charles B. Allen, known
throughout the United States as
most successful evangelist, died in
Denver
1t will require s1.567.O9O to operate
the Denver schools the present school
year, according to an estimate of the
school board.
The state land board has granted
gas and oil leases on approximately
$4,000 acres of land in Saguache and
Alamosa counties.
DIR. George E. Holt, who was injured
by the discharge of revolver at Du-
range, will recover. according to physi
clans attending him.
Bondsmen of former State Treasurer
Leddy have been formally requested
to make good the s9,S6S shortage dis.
covered sometime since.
A proposal to close moving picture
theaters on Sunday was defeated by
decisive majority in the municipal
election at Grand Junction.
A tremendously effective factor has
beeA recruited for the proposed extern
sion OF the national park system in
Colorado. in that 100000 club wom-
en- will lend active support.
A field rich In tungsten and gold ore
which may be a sensation in the min.
ing reports of the year has been dis
covered in Boulder county, according
to Abner Graves, veteran mining engi.
neer
Encouraged by its record of accom-
plishment during the tourist season
just passed, the Denver Convention
Bureau is planning an enlarged pro
gram and a much broader field of la
Dor for the future.
The jurisdiction of the Juvenile
Court In Denver to try adults charged
with crimes against minors, irrespec.
tive of the nature of the crime, was
denied in decision handed down by
the State Supreme Court.
E. ]. Sims, globe trotter and for
merly an employe of the Young Mems
Christian Association in Denver, COM
mitted suicide while in a fit of relig
ious frenzy, according to word re-
ceived from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
the dark with bandit for the posses
sion of a revolver. II. II. Hess, for
mer California stockman residing in
Denver for the last three months, lost
his hold on the weapon and was shot
in the leg by the robber
Bishop A. J. Schuler of the Sacred
Heart church, who was a few years
ago consecrated to the FL Paso dio.
cese, has been presented with a check
for $500 to defray expenses incidental
to the purchase of vestments. ETC., re.
quired in his new work.
DR.. George A. Moleen and DIR. How
ell T. Pershing, alienistS. both testi-
fled in the West Side court in Denver
that Thomas. F. MCGUIRE, on trial for
the murder of Harry r. Montgomery,
July >, is sane and was sane at the
time of the killing.
Labor is face to face with the big
gest problem in the history of the
world" said Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, while in Denver. 1--WE must
prepare to meet the conditions result
ing from the war in Europe"
Word has been received in Denver
that a son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen Maurice Edgell in the East
a few days ago. The baby is one of
the richest heirs in this country. Mrs.
Edgall is daughter of the late Nelson
w. Aldrich. The baby is a nephew of
Mrs. John d. Rockefeller. Jr. Mr.. Ed
Edgell is a daughter of the late Nelson
ern Sugar Company in Denver.
The farm woman is changing from
down-trodden, hard-worked woman
to butterfly" This is the statement
made by Mrs. Hetty Corbett. a woman