The Colorado statesman., 1916-12-02

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Jan. 2O-27-AnnuaI western stoch
Show at Denver.
Feb. 2-4-Y. NJ. c. A. Annual Conven-
tion at Colorado Springs.
Stockyards are under construction
at Strasburg
A federal farm loan association was
organized at Harmony.
The machinery has been installed
in the flour mill at Nucla
L. e L. Young sold 800 acres of
mountain land near Fruita to d. w.
Lynch for $1,5OO.
The farmers in the neighborhood of
Cheyenne Wells are doing consider
able building this fall.
A total of $1,547,153 will be
raised by direct taxation in Denver
for school purposes next year.
Gun experts at Gunnison are taking
interest in the organization of
branch of the National Rifle Associa-
ton.
The total enrolment of the State
University at Boulder is now 1922,
an increase of fiftyfour over the same
period of last year.
Abe Cohen, "a years old, a cattle
trader, was instantly killed in Denver
by the police patrol at Speer boule-
ward and Acoma street.
The State Tax Commission has
been retained by $500 votes, accord
ing to figures which have been given
the commission by county officials.
A telephone line from Grand Lake
through the Rocky Mountain National
Park to Estes Park has just been COM
pleted by Forest Supervisor L. c. Way.
Dr. Walter White, dentist, who died
at Greeley at the age of 35 years, was
the son of one of the original Union
colonists and was born in Greeley.
Fred Linemeyer, an expoliceman,
was fined $100 and costs by Judge
Rice in Denver Police Court. He was
charged with violating the prohibi-
ton law
Impressive and solemn exercises
marked the fiftieth anniversary cele-
bration of Colorado Commandery No.
1, Knights Templar, held at Temple
Ell Jebel in Denver.
The county commissioners of Delta
county have acted favorably upon
plans requesting federal aid in the
construction of road over Grand
Mesa from Delta to Newcastle.
Members of the state legislative
board of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen met in Denver to devise a
legislative program for the coming
session at the State Legislature.
Fifty-eight Denver autoists paid
$500 in fines in Police Court follow
ing their capture for speeding, despite
the fact there had been two serious
accidents, one resulting fatally during
the week.
Fourteen thousand dollars is to be
spent for the improvement of the Red
Mountain road near Bear Creek Falls.
The State Highway Commission has
pledged $1,000 and Ouray county is
to produce the balance.
The Great Western Sugar Company
announced that it will contract for the
1917 sugar beet crop on the basis of an
average price of S675 per ton to the
farmer, an advance of $1.00 per ton
over the contract price for the 1916
crop and soc per ton over the price
actually paid the farmers this year.
Gordon Smith, whose dual life was
revealed when it was discovered that
he was $500 short in his accounts
as cashier of the Woods-Rueby Nation.
al bank of Golden, was sentenced to
a five-year term in Leavenworth pris.
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United States District Court in Den
yer.
The third suicide in Denver in as
many days occurred at Denver hotel,
when George w. Hill, 6S, resident
of Loveland, after remarking that he
had lived long enough to satisfy any
one man, locked himself in BATH
room on the third floor and sent a bull
let into his head. He was dead when
attaches of the hotel broke into the
room.
If there are any families dependent
upon men of the Colorado National
guard now in need in any part of the
state, the condition can be remedied
Immediately by writing to "the man at
the front" and asking him to present
his application for help to the secre-
.ary of war. Congress has voted $2,-
100000 for this specific purpose and
the money due to each dependent
family is forwarded, with all arrears,
by the War Department just as soon
as the application of the national
Ruardsman previously responsible for
the support of that family is received
N Washington.
A new record for bank clearings in
Denver was established for the week
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