The Colorado statesman., 1916-07-15
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

July 2S-2s-Strawberry Day OF Steam
boat Springs.
Aug; 1-ceieb:ation Colorado's Forti-
eth Anniversary of Statehood. at
Aug. 2-National Convention of Rep
resentatives OF Negro Race at Den
aug. s-Democratic State Assembly at
Aug. 14-Colorado Federation of Labor
meeting at Colorado Springs.
Aug. lS-l9-Pickle Day anu Fair a.
Platteville.
Aug. 22-25-Annual Convention, Grand
Lodge K. OF p. at Greeley.
Aug. S1-sept. Apple Pie Days at
Sept. 5-s-FrontIer Days celebration
Sept. 15-16-Harvest Festival at Num-.
Sept. "a 27-29-State Convention b. +. ". K.
at Trinidad.
Work is in progress at the Lillian
mine in Russell Gulch in Gilpin
county.
bou Company at Nederland are work
ing full blast.
The work of unwatering the Fed
eral and Becky Sharp mines in Gil
pin county is in progress.
The "All Nations" mine in Chase
Gulch, near Central City, is being put
in shape for development work.
The Missouri Society of Denver,
will hold its annual dinner pail pic
mic" at Washington park, July Is.
The Victor city council appointed
George Wayland, chief of police to
succeed Jerry Halloran, who resigned.
Colorado will get 100000 of the
S150,000,O00 appropriated by Congress
for good roads in the next five years.
Denver banks have agreed to take
s2,0OO,00O of the s6,000,000 bonds
necessary to provide funds to build
the Moffat railway tunnel.
Steps have been taken to insure
concerted action of all interests in the
preparation of the ordinance to abate
the smope nuisance in Denver.
Paul Lee Ellerbe, chief naturalza-
ton examiner, Denver, has been
called to attend a naturalization-ed.
ucational conference at Washington.
Arapahoe, Montrose and Garfield
counties have made application for
cooperation in road building under
the provision of the new bill just
passed by Congress.
Denver's bank clearings for the
week ending July 6, as compiled by
Bradstreets, amounted to s11,479,0 900,
an increase of "a per cent over the
same week of last year.
Denver is entirely free from any.
thing that even resembles infantile
paralysis, according to statement
issued by DR.. w. H. Sharpiey, man.
ager of health and charity.
Abe Diamond, a Denver cigar sales.
man, was crushed to death under his
new auto, when it skidded from the
road and overturned down a high EN-.
bankment near Monument.
Urgent orders to recruit the Colo
rado militia units up to full war
strength, received at the Golden rifle
range, have resulted in the reopening
with increased vigor, of the recruiting
campaign.
G. Kirke Drury, one OF the best.
known hotel men in the West. and
one of the best-loved by travelling
men, fellow workers and friends
died at st. Joseph's Hospital in Den.
yer after an illness of week.
Mona, disease rarely seen nova,
days, exists in the case of a 4-year.
old boy at the Denver County hospital.
One whole side of the child's face
was almost gone, and he was in in,
tense pain when taken to the hospital
for treatment
After prolonged illness Mrs. D.
Bryant Turner, for many years promi.
nent in society circles in Denver and
especially well known for her mum.
erous charitable and philanthropio
activities, died at the Bethel Hospital
in Colorado Springs.
With its fine sunlight and climate
Colorado should be one of the first
states in the nation to adopt and sup
port the more daylight" movement,
in the opinion of William T. Radcliffe
of Detroit. manufacturer and visitor
in Colorado each summer for the last
thirty years.
The romance of Jacob Keller pros.
porous Baden merchant, who gave up
his business and left his wife and
child in Switzerland to come to Amer
lea with Frieda Schneider and after.
ward married her in Denver, will not
be interrupted by deportation by Unit.
ed States authorities, according to
a court ruling.
A complete check of the accounts
of Thomas Bailey, clerk in the Den.
yer county treasurer's office wbo
mysteriously vanished three weeks
ago. was concluded, showing the
clerks books to be balanced perfectly
throughout his seven years of city
and county service. No trace of
Bailey has been found. Nor has his
| wife received any word from him