The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-13
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

DATES ron tOM.Sf: EVENTS.
May 1s-Democrat,c State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
May 2O-Progressive State Convent on
in Denver.
| June 17-Nineteenth annual Strawber-
ry Festival and Carnival at Glen
wood Springs.
Aug. National Convention of Rep
Iesentatives of Negro Race at Den
Aug. s-Democratic State Assembly at
Denver.
Pueblo marksmen have organized a
rifle club.
The Boulder May fete increased
the college fund over $1,000.
President Wilson nominated J. o.
Miller for postmaster at Boulder.
The First Presbyterian Church at
Greeley is arranging to build $780,
900 church.
Six-year-old Andy Urban fell into
the Bessemer ditch in Pueblo ami
was drowned
Governor Carlson appointed Rev.
F. E. Cain, of F'ruita, chaplain at the
Canon City Penitentiary. aS-
More than twenty families day
took up homesteads in the Pueblo
land district in April.
Edward p. Pitkin, 81. Civil war vet
eran, and member of Byron l.. Carr
Post. G. A. r., died in Denver.
NJ. L. Mowry. of Virgins. was bad
ly crushed beneath his wagon, which
was loaded with wheat and logs.
The largest ''melou" ever cut in the
West by corporation will be dis
.tributed in July by the Great West
ern Sugar Company. say Denver re,
ports.
William G. NJ. Stone. "a years old,
well known throughout the state be
cause O: his work on behalf of Colo
rado forests. died at his home in
Lcngmont.
NJ. r. Bates, a Golden and Jeffer.
son county pioneer, killed himself at
his ranch three miles east OF Golden
IN the Middle Golden road by shoot
ing kLmself.
A tanefit concert to assist in aid
ing 20V. Wl homeless orphans OF
France W.T., Se given In Denver by
the Society OF fatherless Children OF
France
The Denver Motor Club will not
instead will lease quarters at Morri'
son for use as rest rooms and social
quarters.
According to an inventory filed by
Mrs. Sallie NJ. Lee. the estate of
'orn,er Mayor w. S. Lee, OF Denver,
$ only s7,25O. with special bequest,
amounting to $1,000.
Frank Winters. %. machiiists
helper at Pueblo. was thrown from
plunging motorcycle with such force
that his skull was fractured and he
died at st Mary's hospital.
Eleven banks in Denver. including
national and state banks and trust
companies. had deposits on May ag-
gregating $92 100000. These were
the largest deposits In the history of
Denver banks.
Walter, the 9-year-old son of Henry
Mall. of Fort Morgan. was smothe:ei
20 death when the bank of the San
Arroyo irrigation ditch slid down
on the cave in which he and his lit
The sudden death of Mrs. Rather.
inc Noble Bradley, mother of Georgs
| T. Bradley. member of the State Pub
lie Ut lities Commission, was IN
nounced in telegram received by
| Mr.. Bradley from East Orange. N. J.
While practicing at the school yaro
for track and field meet, Ovio
Plumb. son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. B
| Plumb of Kersey, was struck in the
head and seriously injured by dis
Gus that slipped from the hand OF
| Paul Crist.
A new ore, valuable for fluxing
| purposes in the manufacture of iron
and steel products, has been discov-
cred in the vicinity of Cortez, Monte
yuma county. 1t is called "hallarite"
after its discoverer. and. although its
exact composition rs held secret. II
| is said to contain 10 per cent of an
acid compound never found before.
DR.. Lucien l. Blake, inventor of a
submarine signal system in use in the
United States navy. constructing en-
gineer of the United States light
house board and scientist whose
experiments In the recovery of ore
values added millions of dollars to
the wealth of Colorado. died in Bos-
ton. Death followed an operation.
Two Grand Junction high school
seniors on geology class picnic was
seriously injured when they fell from
q cliff in Nothorofare canon. Arthur
! Groves, is, is in St Mary's hospital
with both ankles badly sprained AMI
his right arm broken, and John Lave.
10. is suffering from bump on the
head that threatens concussion and a
sprained ankle and wrist, as well as
many abrasions.