Cheyenne record., 1916-12-28
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
Jan. 1-e-Poultry Show at Denver.
ian: S-ll.Ninth Annual Poultry Show
Jan, 11-ls-Poultry Show at Canon
Ian: 2o.-Athletic Club boxing contests
Jan. 20-27-Annual western Stock
| Show at Denver
feD. 2-4-Y. M. c. A. Annual Conven-
tion at Colorado Springs. 't
Frederick is to have a new mill and
| elevator. ~
During the past year, Colorado bank
deposits have increased $14 4,227,023.
The total tax levy for the city and
county Of Denver in 1917 will be II
mills.
The business men of Otis have
raised sufficient funds for the equip
ment Of brass band.
Building permits issued in the city
OF Denver during the last year amount
to over $4.0O0.OOO.
Sugar-beet growers, in Longmont,
are signing 1917 contracts. An in
crease in price of 81 ton is provided.
The ninth annual poultry show Of
the Northeastern Colorado Poultry AS
sociation will be held at Brush, Jan.
8-11.
The Burlington railroad has re-
newed its 1916 subscription of $4,000
to the Denver tourist and publicity
bureau.
With nearly 300 more fires to fight
in 1916 than during 1915, the Denver
fire department reduced the fire loss
$67,055.6S.
Railroad officials report the biggest
Christmas holiday travel for several
years On the reduced round trip rates
in Colorado.
Two miles of the 1S-foot concrete
pavement on the South Golden road
have been completed and thrown open
for public use.
Christmas cheer in the form OF
cash was given to the employees of va.
rious corporations and business insti.
tutions in Denver,
~ Lay, yCdl Olu, d ldIllc1 anu
hotelkeeper of Bennett, threw himself
before Rock Island train at Byers
and was instantly killed.
The Oklahoma Normal basketball
team defeated the Colorado Agricul-
tural College quintet at Fort Collins,
Colo, by a score of 3S to 22.
Idledale, on Bear creek, has been
purchased by the Denver Motor Club
from M. L. Baldwin for $4,000, ac-
cording to Charles F. Roehrig, secre-
tary of the club
The Rev. Irving P. Johnson, who be.
comes bishop of the diocese of Colo
rado in the Protestant Episcopal
church on New Year day, spent
Christmas in Manitou.
Routt county bituminous coal
reached the highest price in the his.
tory of the state when it was ad.
vanced to 81 ton, an increase in the
former price of so cents.
Marked improvement in the condi.
tion of United States Senator John F.
Shafroth, who has been seriously i'll
at Washington, was indicated in a
telegram received in Denver.
There were thirty-five fewer deaths
in Denver during November, 1916,
than in the corresponding month in
1915, according to the monthly report
Of the Denver Bureau Of Health.
The Silverton district shipped 173
cars of ore per month on the average
during the year ending December l. |
The net average monthly return on
the shipments are estimated at $751;,
GOO.
Monsignor P. A. Phillips was Off
cially named vicar general of the
Catholic diocese of Denver by Bishop
N. C. Matz. He succeeds Monsigno1
Brady, who recently resigned from
the post.
Chicago's Mining World, quoting it's
New York correspondent, says the de-
mand for tungsten has been very &C,
tive, with sellers reporting consider
able business done for delivery over
all of 1917 at prices ranging from
$3.50 per unit for ordinary grades to
$1S per unit for high grades
The life OF guardsman on the
Mexican border itsn't nearly so dis.
agreeable as some would have 1t
seem, according to Sergt. Frank
Stark of Denver. who is home on fur
Tough. "The climate is healthful and
bracing all along the border" he said,
"and one cannot fail to benefit by the
military life and discipline"
The annual report of the United
Gold Mines Company of Cripple Greek,
which covers the work accomplished
during the year. was sent to stock
holders with their dividend checks. 1t
shOuS that in tho fret aiobt r,,ontho