Gunnison news-champion., 1916-10-27
COLORADO NEWS IN Brief

----e u setA sI-p Oscl al
OF Fort Collins paS ed stress has 5eei
forbidden
Colorado Springs citizens have pro
tested agains; the proposed ab:idge
ment of the street railway service
Next month Loysland expects to "a.
$4,000 on the electric bonds, Shiei
will leave s2s.50n stil. outstanding
Gree-ey is infested with a Jack th.
peeper" who snnoys women o. tn,
city by visiting their homes al nigga
and peering into the windows.
The annual report OF tee Co!oraG,
Fuel and Iron company shows gross
earnings for the year ending June 81
OF s25.e26.G05. an Increase OF nearl,
$s.050.09
Because of the war, Fort Collins hai
been unable To obtain q high test
hypoGhlorite used IN the filter hash
and Consequent! the water has no
teen up to standard.
Stoueham's State bank opened IT.
doors for business, being the ninti
bank 10 begin operations in We!l
county in the Fast year. The bank &
capitalized for 3I0.n90.
Secretary Lane announced that IL
September more than $4,000 acres IL
Colorado were designated. under III.
enlarged homestead act, chiefly II
Bent and Prowcrs counties.
Merchants ana manufacturers
Denver will spend $4,000 in preparing
for the monster Industrial rarad,
which will pass through the streets
Oct rs, parade day Of "buy-at- home
week.
A claim for compensation under tn,
workmen's compensation act has beer
filed with the industrial commission
by the Mountain States Te.ephon,
company for Mrs. Robert ". DUNLAP
OF Greeley, asking $500. the ful
death compensation. for the death o,
her late husband.
Delay of man. Greeley creditors o
the Denver. Laramie and Northwest
ern railroad to send TO the Fedora
Light and Traction company theiI
claims along with other creditors wa,
responsible for the adjournment of the
sale OF the railroad to the traction
company to Nov %.
Means of meeting the requirement.
OF the Adamson eight hour law are te
be considered at meeting OF the
American Railway association In Den
yer. Nov. II. Propo. ed methods oi
meeting the extra expenses and Its
distribution are expected to be an
aounced at that time
Three more school districts in Wee
county have realized the advantages
Of consolidation whereby they can Sc
cure rural high school and operate
at saving to all three districts. ano
have VOTED to consolidate This Il
the fourth consolidation OF school dis
:ricts in Weld county this year.
A movement is on foot to have the
next legislature pass a bill providing
for the organization Of state hail in
surance company along the same lines
as the present workmen's compensa.
ton law. and circular letters are be
ing sent out endeavoring to secure
pledges of Legislative candidates to
vote and work for such . law.
Section 10 OF the state prohibition
law. which provides that shipments OF
liquor into the state can be seized un.
less they contain the words: This
package contains intoxicating liquor
written in large letters and in a con
spicuous place on the package. was
dclared unconstitutional by Judge r.
f. Lewis in the federal court at Den.
YER
Frank Jones . twelve-year OLD boy
who attempted to wreck Union Paci
DC passenger train at Ault by putting
. railroad spike between the rails
and Gaping It with big two-inch iror
nut, was sentenced to the reformatory
but sentence was suspended during
good behavior. The obstruction on
the rail was discovered just sixteen
minutes before the fast train for Den
YER was due at Ault.
NJ. P. Capp. warden Of the state re-
formatory at Buena Vista, announced
that he will appeal to the supreme
court the decision rendered by Judge
Cooper that Carp has no right to the
wardenship. The court held that Capp
has no rights under the civil service
hw. But It also held that Warden
Capp was within his rights in contest.
ing the governors orders in the courts
and. therefore. refused to impose upon
Capp the fine Of $1,000 for which the
governor had asked.
The Pueblo police have been com.
pletely baffled In their efforts % ind
, motive for the double killing in the
family Of Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Swartz. bride and bridegroom OF six
months. Mrs Swartz seemed in the
best of spirits lust few moments be
fore she shot her husband and took
ser own life The young people
ceemed to be completely happy. Mrs.
Swartz was twenty one years Old and
her husband two years younger. They
eloped April II and were married in