The Holly chieftain., 1916-04-07
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Republican Convention at Colorado
Springs.
April 26-Annual Convention Western
Colorado l. O. o. F. at Grand juno
May 2.-RepublIcan State and Third
and Fourth Congressional District
Convention at Pueblo.
May l8-Democratic State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
In Denver.
Aug. s-Democratic state Assembly at
Denver.
The Grand Junction Women's Club
will offer prizes for beautifying the
city.
For the first three months OF 1916
more than $1.000.O00 was invested In
Denver'c building activity.
The annual meeting for the election
of officers of the Denver Dumb
Friends League will be held April 2s.
The fourth annual dance of the
Denver Policemen's Protective Asso-
ciation will be held in the auditorium
April 26.
Mrs Margaret Rees. who was 95
years old. died of pneumonia at the
home of her son-in-law. William
Schmidt in Denver.
Because of the high price Of lead.
the American Smelling and Refin-
ing Company has increased the pay
Of all its employees.
A campaign to raise $4,000 with
which an addition to the BETHEL hos
xryf1 la hui DO
started at Colorado Springs.
Donald MoGregor. shot to death by
Villa in Minaca. Mex, is believed to
be Don P. McGregor, formerly en-
ployed on Denver newspaper.
The Rev. John G. Blake. for ten
years chaplain of the Colorado Peni-
tentiary at Canon City. died Of heart
disease. following an attack Of indl-
gestion.
A new athletic league was organ
lied in Denver at a meeting at the
First Baptist church. It will be com
posed Of representatives of the Bap
tist churches.
With 22.054 names ON the petitions
the campaign to get signatures for
the recall Of Ben B. Jones and DR..
Clarkson N. Guyer from the school
board closed in Denver.
DR.. George H. vosburgh of Dem
yer University delivered the COM
mencement address to the graduating
class of the school of agriculture &C
the Fort Collins College.
Receipts from the sale Of stamps
and money orders at the Denver
postoffice for March were $128.497.17,
an increase of $6.264.0S over those for
the corresponding month Of 1915.
More than 100000 acres of gov.
eminent land in Colorado was taken
up by settlers during last year. &C
cording to figures compiled In the
general land office at Washington.
The new state civil service COM
mission unanimously Endorsed the
proposed constitutional amendment,
which would take the state civil serv-
ice out of the power Of the general
assembly.
Distribution of wage earners
through the free employment office o:
the United States immigration Blu.
reau in Denver is meeting with unpre-
cedented success this spring. Farm
positions filled In March Of this year
total 125, which monthly record was
first set in February.
For having loved and lost q wooer.
Miss Ethel Grubbs of Denver thinks
she should be paid $4,000 cash. She
has submitted an itemized bill
through the Boulder courts to George
B. Sale, mining man OF that city, in
a suit for breach of promise, alleg-
ing breach Of promise to marry.
Tired Of eluding federal officials,
from whom he has been a fugitive
for two years, H. g. Estes, who robbed
the Hilltop. Kan, postoffice in 1918,
and escaped from jail before trial,
gave himself up to government Off
GERS at Pueblo, where he had been ar
rested on another offense.
James B. Whalen, for many years
district manager, with headquarters
at Leadville, Of the Mountain States
Telephone & Telegraph Company
died suddenly while in physician s
office, which he had entered a few
minutes before to receive treatment
A clot of blood in the heart Is said
to have caused his death.
Prof. Cecil F. Lavell. found In Colo
rado Springs after being lost to him