The state herald., 1916-12-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News ssrvleA
DATES Fon COMING EvENTs.


DATES Fon COMING EVENTS.
Jan. l.s-Poultry Show At Denver.
City. saw
Jan; 2o-Athietic Club boxing contests
Jsn; .o-s5.Annuai wsstsrn stock
Feb; s-4.T. n. e. 4. Annual convsn-
Denver's expenses for the recent
election were about $4,000.
Over 500 fancy chickens were stol.
len from poultry ranch at Pueblo.
The Intermountain Livestock Show
will be held at Grand Junction. Dec.
Q and Z.
There 10 lot of development work
In the mines at Ophir and some few
shipments have been made recently
to the smelters.
Bids for contracts on legislative
printing. amounting to about $4,000.
will be advertised in . few days BY
r. w. Bradford. state printing COM
missioner.
A fortune In diamonds and jewelry
was awarded to q dozen friends Of
the late Maria e. Brind by . jury in
Judge Aliens division Of the District
Court in Denver.
The Rock Island lines have with
drawn from an agreement for tbs
Joint use Of the tracks Of the Denver
4 Rio 0rands between Colorado
Springs and Pueblo.
Morris L. Smith. manufacturer Of
slides for motion picture theaters and
widely known as Smith. the Slide
Man." committed suicide In his home
at Denver by cutting his throat with
q razor.
Almost 100000 was paid to Weld
and Larimer county beet growers. OF
this amount 100000 was paid at
Greeley, 3a2s.OO0 at Windsor. S250.O0o
At Eaton. S401. 900 at Loveland, and
100000 at Fort Collins.
An Idaho Springs report states that
the mining output In the old reliable
camp Of Gibson sulch Is brighter.
and more work II being done on the
old mines In the District than has
been done for several years.
Denver detectives instituted q
search for R. w. Morgan. . glib-talk-
Ing youth. wanted In Denver for OBJ
tanning 500 on q worthless check. and
In Steamboat Springs for forgery. oh.
tanning money under false pretenses,
and wife desertion.
Julius G. Gunter. governor-elect, car
ried Denver with q plurality Of 1888
over Governor Carlson. his Republican
opponent, In the recent election, &C.
cording to figures tabulated by the
election commission in the canvass Of
the Denver vote. Gunter polled 40, 1856
votes IN Denver.
Not an idle house in Breckenridge,
kokomo, Robinson or Montexuma is
Summit county's response TO the pres.
ent fair prices for zinc. silver. copper
and le,d. As winter approaches the
need Of houses to shelter the in
creased forces OF mines in all OF
these camps is very keenly felt.
Walking without a word to the bed.
side OF his wife. who lay very III In n
rooming house At Pueblo. Charles
N.oce. a railroad switchmsn 81 years
old. drew revolver and shot himself
through the heart. dying instantly.
The wife received such a shock from
her husbands suicide that, II is said.
she probably will die.
The Consolidated Mines Develop.
ment Company. operating the Yukon
group at Alice. have good ore In
three headings on the upper or l3O.
foot level. One drift shows six to
eight inches Of smelling ore. assaying
$50 per ton. and one and one-half feet
OF mill dirt which assays from SO to
3l2 gold per ton and four to six
ounces silver.
DenvG: post0ffice inspectors and
police authorities Of Denver and JET.
ferson counties are conducting q
search for . band Of ysggmen who.
broke Into the postoffice At Edge.
water. Just across the jefferson
county line from Denver. blew open
the safe with two charges Of nitro.
glycerin and escaped with stamps.
currency and money orders totaling
more than 600.
Thanks to the Cripple Crock dis.
trict. Colorado holds an important
place In the dividend disbursements
from American mines In the month Of
October. The list Of the known Tor
opsn) dividend payers. according to
the New York Engineering and Mining
Journal. contained forty.three names
In October. These companies paid out
in that month ei2.s20.7os. compared
with S5.si1.7si. paid by thirty-one
companies In October. 1918. showing n
gain Of ec.4l4.sil. or 40 per cent.
Cripple Creeks contribution 10 the
known October list Is e373.4li. Out
side Of Cripple Crock tho Wellington
Mines Company at Breckenridge paid
100000. making 100000 thus far In