The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-06-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


DATES EOU COM:NG EVENTS.
Aug: 1-Celebration Colorado's Forti-
eth Anniversary of Statehood. at
resentetives of Negro Race at Dem
Aug. s-Democratic State Assembly At
AUG. 1s-is-Pickie Day and Fair a.
Platteville.
Aug. 22-25-Annual Convention, Grand
Lodge X. of r.. at Greeley.
Sept. 5-S-Frontier Days celebration
sent at R7oga3nsa Eogt Morgan; convsn,,o, RpoE
at Trinidad.
A. l.. Babcock and wife of Denver
ce'eh"ated their golden wedding ami
vsrsary.
~. Long, chief of the Victor fire
department, died following an oper-
alton for appendicitis.
Congressman Ben Hilliard, acord-
ing to court ruling, is member
of the Denver school board.
Preparations are being made for the
annual exhibition OF the Denver Ken
mel Club, to be given at Lakeside,
July 2.
The triennial head camp session OF
the Woodmen of the World will be
held in Denver during the week COM
mencing July II.
In the case OF Mrs. Geo. Jackson
at Pueblo, Judge Essex decided that
sales of liquor within Colorado made
to persons outside the state we're
valid.
Dr. Noble o. Hamilton. convicted
in Denver of causing the death of Mrs.
Ada Williams, was given the mini
mum sentence of from ten to eleven
years.
Oil and gas have been encountered
at 3,13O feet in Well No. 1 at Aurora.
according to report given out by
Thomas B. jefferson, drilling super
intendent.
Two prizes were awarded to Den
yer drill teams in the team drill con-
test OF the annual council of Knights
and Ladies' of Security, held in To
ledo, Ohio.
The summer school of missions,
conducted by the interdenominational
committee of the Rocky Mountain
region. will hold its tenth session at
Boulder July 8 to IL.
A jury in the West Side Court in
nenver found DR.. bennett Graft
guilty of murder in the .econd degree
N having caused the death on Feb.
Z. of Mrs. Ruth Camp.
The Great Western Sugar Company
has organized department of re-
search for the purpose of promoting
efficiency in the thirteen factories
Gow owned by the company.
After they had kept the secret for
nearly two years, the marriage of
John Thorpe or Denver and Miss"
Eveline M. Stephens of Boulder. on
Nov Is, 1915. was announced at Boul-
der.
The Epworth league biennial con
vention that closed its sessions in
Colorado Springs was one of the
strongest ever held in the state. from
the standpoints OF institute and plat
-orm faculty.
The railroads in Colorado are facing
shortage Of section hand labor. and
some of the officials frankly admit
| hat should an exodus Of Mexicans to
Mexico take place the situation will
become serious.
There is a shortage of men in Weld
| county and some farmers are handi-
sapped seriously. 1t is estimated that
more than 400 farm helpers can find
employment at good wages, as the
call comes from over all the county.
Doc Ottoman Ear Adusht Hanish
'ounder of the Mazdaznan cult of sun
vorshipers and recently prominent
resident of the Cook county Jail in
Chicago, has returned to Denver
bringing with him five followers, two
middleaged women, two young men
and boy.
Immediately following his acquittal
on a charge of removing mortgaged
property upon which the Mercantile
National bank, of which he was presi
dent, was alleged to have held lien
William B. Slaughter left Pueblo fol
his home in Dallas. Tex. accompanied
by his attorney. Joseph w. Bailey.
Describing in detail the met ods by
which it is said Swift & Co., packers
we're defrauded out of more than $2S,
900 by E. Fl. Pettigrove. Max Pepper
md John B.. Dunning, an amended
complaint in the suit to recover this
'um was filed by the attorneys fol-
the packing company in the District
| Court in Denver.
| Fully recruited, the strength of the
| Colorado National Guard. when mobi
lized according to War Department
| orders, on account of conditions in
Mexico, will be approximately eig /
| companies of infantry. numbering $50
men: four troops OF cavalry, 400 men;
two batteries of artillery, 300 men;
-ignal corps of rs men; two engineer
ing companies, 200 men; field hospi