Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
'estern Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES roR COMING EVENTS.


Industrial Exposition at Denver.
April 13--Democratic State Convention
at Pueblo
May First Congressional District
Republican Convention at Colorado
Springs. M
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 1S-Democratic State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
Aug. S--Democratic State Assembly at
Denver.
There are 7.4OO automobiles in Den.
yer.
Boulder miners are busy and pros
porous
Strawberries are on the Denver
market
President Wilson nominated w. A.
King postmaster of Sterling.
A grape juice plant is planned to
be running in Denver by Aug. 20.
In the recent reports, Colorado
banks show large increases in depos-
its.
r. w. Speer has announced him.
self candidate for mayor of Den.
yer.
Mrs. M. e. Crowley. 81. of Lead
vile, claims to be the original pioneer
woman of the west.
The summer home of Clifford Davis
of Berthoud, at Estes Park, was de-
stroyed by fire.
1t is stated that many farmers are
being 'stung" in the purchase of seed
for spring planting.
AT Leadville pumps throwing out
1000 gallons of water per minute
started the work of unwatering
Fryer Hill.
Denver bank clearings for the week
ending March 16 were $11 ,641 900, an
increase of 40.5 per cent over the
same week in 1915.
Only three arrests for drunkenness
were made in Colorado Springs dur
ing February, according to Chief Of
Police Howard Stark's report.
Despite the general advance in
prices of articles used in construction
there is increased interest in new
building in Denver this spring.
John Boiler, II, was killed eight
miles east of Fort Collins when his
automobile failed to turn and plunged
into the Eaton ditch.
Stephen w. Dorsey, formerly
United States senator from Arkansas,
died at Los Angeles. Mr.. Dorsey
lived in Denver six years, from 1891
to 1897.
DR.. Edward f. Eldredge. formerly
OF Denver and Grand junction, died
in San Diego, Cal, where he had
been living for the last two years. He
was GO years old.
Nearly 100000 trees will be plant
ed in the national forests of the
Rocky Mountain district this spring,
under the supervision of S. d. Smith.
Planting will begin April 1.
Sioux Indians from the Pine Ridge
agency. South Dakota, arrived In Den
yer to go on the WAR Path" at the
Pure Food Show at the Auditoriul,
which opens in Denver Monday.
Claude Maddox, self-confessed burg
lar, pleaded guilty to two of three
charges in Criminal Court in Den
yer and was sentenced to serve from
five to eight years in the penitentiary.
A committee of fifty women was
Denver by the advisory board to con-
duct membership campaign to in
crease the number of members to
1000.
Five thousand children are reported
to be working in the beet fields OF
Colorado during the growing season
of each year, according to figures
given out by the national child labor
committee.
A jury in the County Court in Den.
yer awarded DIR. William H. Heisen q
verdict for $2,750 against the estate
of Alonzo Thompson, octogenariau
spiritualist, for medical fees. Dr.
Heisen asked $4,000.
An inheritance tax of $9,032.70 was
paid State Inheritance Tax Ap-
praiser Hubbard on the estate of the
late William II. Dickens, the Long
mont banker, who was assassinatel
in his home the night OF Nov. 30 last.
Bernard Cummings Of Denver, a
member of the Signal Corps, will be
the first National Guardsman of Colo
RADIO to receive instruction in ayIa
ton preliminary to the establish
Ill
ice In Colorado.
May will be election day in Den.
yer, not only for the charter amend
ment now on file with the city clerk
and certified to by the election com.
mission. but for all other amendments
and propositions to go before the
voters this spring.
A full and unconditional pardon was
granted by the governor to Sherman