Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

June l1--Nfr eteenth annual Stra W ber
ry Festival and Carnival at Glen
Aug. 2--National Convention of Rem
Iesentatives of Negro Race at Dem
Aug. s-Deniocratic state Assembly at
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 a $780,
600 church.
Six-year-old Andy Urban fell into
the Bessemer ditch in Pueblo and
was drowned.
Governor Carlson appointed Rev.
F. Il. Cain, of Fruita. chaplain at the
Canon City Penitentiary.
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.
M. l.. Mowry, of Virgins, was bad
ly crushed beneath his wagon, which
was loaded with wheatband logs.
The largest melon" 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, s4 years old.
we'll known throughout the state be
cause OF his work on behalf of Colo
RADIO forests. died at his home in
Longmont
NJ. r. Bates. a Golden and Jeffer-
son county pioneer. killed himself at
his ranch three miles east of Golden
on the Middle Golden road by shoot
ing himself.
A benefit concert to assist in aid
ing 100000 homeless orphans of
France will be given in Denver by
the Society of Fatherless Children of
France.
The Denver Motor Club will not
own country home this year, but
instead will lease quarters at Morri-
son for use as rest rooms and socia!
quarters.
According to an inventory filed by
Mrs. Sallie NJ. Lee, the estate OF
former Mayor w. S. Lee, of Denver
is only $3.50, with special bequests
amounting to $1,000.
Frank Winters, %, a machinists'
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 $92,30O,0OO. These were
the largest deposits in the history of
Denver banks.
Walter. the 9-year-old son of Henry
Mall, of Fort Morgan, was smothered
to death when the bank of the San
Arroyo irrigation ditch slid down
on the cave in which he and his lit.
tie brother had been playing.
inc Noble Bradley. mother of George
T. Bradley, member of the State Pub
lie Utilities Commission, was an.
nounced in a telegram received by
Mr.. Bradley from East Orange, N. ].
While practicing at the school yard
for track and field meet, Ovid
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 is held secret. IL
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 n 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
a cliff in Nothorofare canon. Arthur
Groves, IS, is in St. Mary's hospital
with both ankles badly sprained and
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.
In a wheat field near the corner
Of West Ellsworth avenue and Sheri.
dan boulevard in Denver, the body
of an unidentified man annaro,ti,,