Cheyenne record., 1916-02-17
COLORADO.
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
March 44:-Democratic State Central
Committee Meeting in Denver.
March 9-11.-Meeting Western Colo
rado Teachers Association at Grand
Merchants Associations Food and
Industrial Exposition at Denver.
April pos p5SmspIemocratic State Convention
May First Congressional District
Republican Convention at Colorado
May 2.-Republican State and Third
and Fourth Congressional District
Convention at Pueblo.
The Y. W. C. A. is celebrating its
fiftieth anniversary.
At public sale on farm near
Center. yearling heifers brought
$64.50.
Allison Stocker, state treasurer,
formally announced his candidacy for
governor.
Charles D. McPhee, a resident of
Colorado since 1869, died at his home
in Denver.
There were 714,33O books loaned
from the Denver public library and
branches in 1915.
Samuel K Young, 81, pioneer busi-
ness man of the San Juan country,
died in Denver.
Many Denverites would change
from the commission to the mayor
form of government
The body of Delos A. Chappell,
Denver capitalist was taken to Kala.
{,,ko
Mr.. and Mrs. James Magee, old-time
residents of Denver celebrated their
golden wedding anniveI sary.
The death of Thomas Addison
Lewis Of Pueblo occurred at Holly
wood, Cal, a suburb of Los Angeles.
The Missouri society has made ar
rangements for a get-together dinner
and novel salmag gundi party in Denver
Feb. 1S.
Mrs. Adele Overton Brown, &C
years old, widow of ]. Sidney Brown,
pioneer merchant, died at the family
home in Denver.
The Colorado Equal Suffrage Asso-
citation, assisted by the Susan B. An
thony League, celebrated the birthday
of Susan B. Anthony by holding re-
ception in Denver.
A Cheyenne dispatch says that be-
tween $4,000 and $500 worth of beer
and other alcoholic liquors have been
sent to Colorado points daily during
the past two weeks.
An Inheritance tax of $17,743 will
be paid within the next few days up
on the estate of the late James Will
son, pioneer Denver citizen, who died
a year and a half ago.
c. E. Adams, of Montrose, was
elected president, and S. A. Crcary.
vice president, of the Republican Ed:-
torial Association at the meeting in
Denver on Lincoln's birthday.
The funeral of Franklin E. Brooks,
former Congressman from Colorado,
and one Of the most widely known
lawyers in the state was held in Colo.
rado Springs from the First Baptist
church, Sunday afternoon.
A total of 500 men and women were
received and cared for on the county
farms Of Colorado from July 1, 1914.
to June 80. 1915, according to figures
which have been compiled from an
nual reports by the State Board Of
Charities
Judge Glass, sitting in the County
Court at Littleton, fined Frank and
Lulu Kehoe, -proprietors of the Way
side Inn at Petersburg, $1OO for boot
Logging and ordered them to close
their place of business and leave
Arapahoe County within thirty days
Former Senator Joseph w. Bailey
from Texas was in Monday en-
route to Pueblo. where Monday he
appeared as counsel for the defense
in the trial by the state of William
B. Slaughter, charged with the misap-
preparation of funds of the Mercantile
National Bank.
In celebration of Lincoln's birthday
in Denver. all the public buildings
and hanks were closed. Celebrations
were held by patriotic and civic so.
cieties all over the city, probably the
largest demonstration heing the dedi.
eating of the new steel flagpole at
the capitol.
The cattle receipts at the Denver
Union Stock Yards for January
showed an increase of 1850 over
January, 1915. The total receipts
were S4.49S. The number of calves