Gunnison news-champion., 1916-04-28
1-:-:: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES :.
COLORADO NEWS IN BRIEF


The cause '4gze Of Als death.
The FANNY OF George BlddIck.
EaucL.r hung le4r Grand Junction
sat enjoying their breakfast when .
Il. 81 .Or G-aael n and ted them I-e.I
hOIsv Was -urniHs down The struc
ture burned 10 the ground Loss
s. y0y.
The ,L.r! attack within a month OF
she Rocks in Mssa and Delta couU
tie by mashed night raiders tooh
place last Friday HsgHt when more
tLas g. H. worth OF pure-DrsdE
belong [. u Z. Baker were shot
and Killed
The le-auS team OF the UniveTsi
y Of Texas defeated the team OF the
University Of Colorado at Boulder
wlnIiag the championship OF the TH
angular DsUar.ug league. consisting OF
the .rt.ra Ties 0! Texas. Colorado
and Missouri
Thr ,oruH,rs Jury at Dearfeid
returned a verdict -uat John Wczley
Rowe samv 10 bus death as the result
OF a g-IushUr wuuud yv the hand OF +
{ Charry. and raar ~" shooting was
done With .e.0u.o4s intent All the
parr.r- arn .olored
j The j. and Groy. Racing assOcia
tiou as g4r, OF the Northern Colora
do Fair ami Baciug association, was
orEan.sed ~ Greeley and machinery
set ia motion for putting on a two OF
three DAYS racing meet in Greeley in
the latter part OF August
Judge Lewis Of the federal court
at Denver discharged the trustee in
the recciyc-sAjp OF the Northern Col
or,IO Goa company, X. y. Adams
and prepared to turn the property
over to tho reorEluiza'ion committee
which recently purchased 1t at the
trustees sale at Denver
Preliminary survey OF winter
auto highway that will be Of great
benefit TO san Luis valley has becD
completed by l. 4. WhItsit OF the for.
est service In Denver The proposed
highway Includes IL" opening Of the
Mosca pass trail in the San Isabel n,
tIonal forcs, at a cost OF $4,000
a census is being taken OF the IA
tories and plants in Colorado III.
could be used In the manUflrtuTg o.
munitions for the government In th
event OF war. The worE ia r0a
the direction ~ the Cc'ora'o con- n.
tee OF the naval consulting 10 Z g.
which Thomas A Ell on IS r,a.ralat
The drainage rob On i1 60 CA
was discussed at a hanq"Ct Al t.
/ Auditorium hotel. DaUrcr, eonc.uG.u
. the thirty-hrst annual IA ct NJ OF tht
/ Co orado State For stry asso iatiCu
Some of the farmers Il the state ir
ricate too much and others not
enough said State Engineer A. a
Weiland.
Officer \. /. Haligan. Grand June.
tons largest po iceman. If not the
LARGEST in the state celebrated the
forty.third anniversary OF his arrival
in Colorado In 1878 he arrived in
Denver. weighing eight pounds. Now
he stands six feet three inches tall
and weighs just 32i pounds. He
blames II on Colorado climate.
A warrant charging Ernest II. Pet,
tigroye. invoice clerk for the Denver
branch OF Swift & Co, with the EN-
bezzlemeut of $1,000 was Issued by
District Attorney Rush. Pettigrove
lett Denver three weeks ago. While
the Information only charged that
shortage OF $1,000 was found. 1t was
said that the amount would run as
high as $4,000. Others are said to be
implicated.
A brief was filed by the public util-
itieS commission OF Colorado asking
the interstate commerce commission
to establish. for the first time in forty
years, freight tariffs that are not dis
criminatory. both from the east to
Colorado and from Colorado to the
east. Such rates would not only les
sen the burden on Colorado shippers.
but would also permit Colorado mer-
chants to compete in the east.
Plans for an organization OF water
users along the South Platte river in
Colorado were formulated at an In
formal conference Of water-users and
state officials at Denver A meeting
to perfect the organization Is to be
held April IS at Fort Morgan, when
plans of procedure also are to be dis
cussed relative to the suit brought by
the western irrigation district OF Ne
braska seeking an equitable adjust
ment Of distribution of water from the
South Platte.
Two hundred thousand trout fry
were placed in trout ponds on Bear
creek above Morrison by the state
game and Ssh department under the
direction of Commissioner Fraser.
The ponds have been constructed by
the park department of Denver on
the land owned along Bear creek by
the city. During the summer the lit
tie fish will be kept in the ponds. but
next fall. when they will be about four
inches long, they will be distributed
throughout Bear creek.
A crowd estimated at 1000, squad
Of police and mounted cowboy Joined