The Colorado statesman., 1916-05-27

An $4,000 milk condensery is be-
ing planned at Greeley.
The Mesa Verde National park is
now open for the summer season.
A number of real estate deals, in
volving large sums, are being made
at Greeley.
The Holy Name Society of Denver
will hold an outing at Dome Rock on
Decoration day.
Fred Watson, II, fell 260 feet down
No. shaft of the Madonna mine at
Monarch and was killed.
Girl students at the University of
Denver have captured the scholarship
honors for the past year.
Some rich ore has been taken from
the old lines mining property near
Sawfit. in the Ouray district.
A meeting of the stockmen was held
at Rifle. and vigorous protest made
against the proposed herd law.
The Woman's Relief Corps of the
G. A. F., at Pueblo presented TWEEN
ty-four loot flag to the county.
The body of Fred H. Mcleod, %
years old, a tungsten miner, was
found in the bottom of shaft on
Alton hill at Nederland.
1t is stated that rich tungsten
vein containing pieces of ore as large
as a teapot has been discovered
twelve miles south of Victor.
One hundred and fifty fathers and
sons attended the banquet at the Y.
M. C. A, given under the auspices of
the Boys Club of that institution at
Pueblo.
w. r. Howland, chief deputy III the
Denver treasurer's office, reports that
s741, ,01S in taxes have been received
by the office during the first sixteen
days Of collection. g
Charles A. hammers will be dep
uty city clerk and recorder under the
administration of Mayor Speer of
Denver. The appointment was made
to become effective June l.
J. d. McCurdy. 60, of Windsor, was
taken to Greeley and placed in the
county Jail, charged with non-support
and desertion. This is Beamer's sec
ond offense of that kind within less
than year.
The government, which controls
the Rittman process of extracting
gasoline, has given the Midwest Re
filming Company permission to expert.
ment with the process upon it's pro
duction of oil.
report by James Dalrymple, state
coal mining inspector, gives the coal
production of Colorado this year to
May l at 2,514,131 tons, an increase of
lO9,960 tons over the production OF
he same period in 1916.
June II has been set as the date on
which Denver, assisted by the other
cities and towns of the state, is plan.
ming to hold big preparedness parades
following the lines and purpose of the
Die recently held in New York.
The hearing on charges preferred
by the governor against NJ. p. Capp,
warden of the State Reformatory at
Buena Vista, which was postponed un-
I'll Monday, June 3, at 10 a. m, be-
cause of the illness of the governor.
Work is now under way on the con-
struction of the $4,000 tungsten mill
of the Tungsten Metals Corporation at
the Red Sign property in Boulder
Canon. Work was begun on the
foundation and the plant will probably
be finished by July 1.
C. NJ. Pulliam of Loveland, who is
operating a lease on the Spradley
estate one mile west of Camp Love
land, in the Boulder tungsten fields.
has uncovered vein of tungsten ore
that is six inches wide and tests show
values of so per cent and better.
Word was given out at Denver
seemingly from an authentic source,
that the S4,456,000 of common stock
of the Great Western Sugar Company,
now having a market value of Sill.
100000, would be distributed among
the present holders of common stock
at the July meeting of the board of
directors
David Franklin Tyler, the 17-year.
old bandit who terrorized the drug.
gists of Denver for a month, holding
up many of them night after night
and who became known as the
Candy Kid" through his exploits
and love of sweetmeats, with a sen.
tence of from five years to life i'm.
prisonment staring him in the face.
has asked Judge Wright OF the West
Side Court in Denver for new trial.
John Baker, a fireman, was arrest.
ed on statutory charge at Carduff,
and at a hearing at Leadville was
held under $1,000 bonds.