Gilpin observer., 1916-02-03
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES E0R COMING EVENTS.

DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
Feb. 11..12-Annual convention Colo
rado Metal Mining Association. at
Feb. Injecting Republican state
Central Committee in Denver.
Feb. 14-Meeting Colorado Progressive
Feb. l6.lSIsports Carnival at Steam
March Msn,i. iSo-April 2:-Co olora9o Retail
Industrial Exposition at Denver
| April 13-Democratic State Convention
at Pueblo.
Denver's estimated fire losses Of all
kinds in 1915 total only $244.S54.33.
President Wilson nominated James
A. Rutledge postmaster at Woodman.
Con" Cunningham, IS, pioneer
miner. died at Leadville from
paralysis.
Funeral services for Judge G. A.
Wilkin, Yho died in Canon City, were
held In Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. E. Edom of Dem
yer celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary last week.
Orders have been issued by the War
Department for extensive improve.
ments to be made at Fort Logan.
Mrs. Emily Lyman, 60 years old,
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
F. B. Clark, in Denver, of heart dis
ease.
John l. Mullen was elected presi-
dent and Z. w. Bray secretary Of the
Metal Miners Association at tho
meeting held in Naturita.
Pueblo has the lowest death rate OF
any city in Colorado, according to u
Census Bureau report. The death
rate was 10.5 thousand.
John ]. White, former state public
examiner and active Democratic poll
tician, who was found nearly frozen
to death at Castle Rock, may recover.
William Scott Lee, head Of the
Colorado state free employment Of
fice and former mayor OF Denver, IS
critically III in st. Luke's hospital.
The nineteenth annual convention
Of the Colorado Osteopathic Associa.
tion. in Denver. elected DR.. F. A. Lue-
dickie president for the coming year.
Just four weeks before the date set
for her wedding. Miss Tillie Sachter.
21, died at st. Anthony's hospital in
Denver following an operation for ap-
pendicitis.
Keen interest is manifest among
residents Of the park region and thou
sands of travellers in the program for
the improvement of the Rocky Noun.
tain National mark
Fifty-four arrests for drunkenness
In January were made against 223 ar
rests for the same offense for a cor
responding period in 1915. according
to the Denver police.
Removal Of the district headqua--
ters OF the United States bureau Of
mines from Denver to the Colorado
School Of Mines, Golden. was author
lied by Secretary of the Interior Lane.
Robert Gabriel Richville, 92 years
old, a native of France, and for twelve
years resident of Colorado. died at
st. Anthony's hospital from injuries
sustained several weeks ago, from a
fall.
John Hebdon, 7S years old, died at
st. Luke's hospital in Denver from
blood poisoning caused by an ulcer
ated tooth. He is survived by thir-
teen children and a number of grand
children.
Fermented malt liquors which have
been masquerading under the name of
malt tonics" have been placed under
the ban of the state prohibition law
by John Lynch. state pure food in
spector.
The Colorado Springs Chamber of
Commerce has sent letter to Con-
gressman C. b. Timberlake asking
him to support the campaign to Sc
cure government war munitions
plant for Pueblo.
Dynamite crews were sent out Mon
day from Durango by the railroads in
southwestern Colorado to open their
lines. The wet snow Of the past week
solid walls of ice block transpOrta.
tion.
January set several new mining
records in the Cripple Creek district
and during the month a total of $685.
900 in dividends was paid out by the
three largest companies. The Golden
Cycle paid out 100000. the vindicator
$4,000 and the Portland $4,000.
There were 1874 tons Of ore taken
out with bullion valued at $1.2O7..
543.66.
While Charles Levinus Thompson,
81 years old. veteran Of the Mexl.
can and Civil wars, is approaching
death in the Littleton hospital his at
torneys are battling for possession of
q $1.000.000 island in the Hudson
river. nine miles from the city Of AL.
bany. N. Va legal fight which has