The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-12-28
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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DATES ro0 COMING svenrs.
!Aa. i-s-Poultry show at Dsaver.
Jan: s-l1-Ninth Annual Poultry shov
at Brush.
ian; n-ii-Poultry SHOW At Canon
Jan. so.-Athletic Club boxias contest.
ot Denver
Jan, 2o-z7.AnnuaI westsrn Stock
Show At Denver.
Feb. 4-t-Y. n. c. A. Annual Conven-
ttoa At Colorado Springs.
Frederick u to have . new mill and
elevator.
During the past year, Colorado bank
deposits have increased Sl4.227.O23.
The total tax levy for the city and
county of Denver In 1917 will be II
mills.
The business men Of Otis have
raised sufficient funds for the equip
ment OF brass band.
Building permits issued in the city
OF Denver during the last year amount
to over 100000.
Sugar-best growers, in Longmont,
are signing 1917 contracts. An in
crease in price Of 81 ton 10 provided.
The ninth annual poultry show Of
the Northeastern COLORADO Poultry As
sociation will be held at Brush, Jan.
Sill.
The Burlington railroad has re.
nswsd its 1916 subscription Of 5000
to the Denver tourist and publicity
bureau.
With nearly 800 more fires to fight
in 1916 than during 1915. the Denver
fire department reduced the fire loss
Se7.o56.ss.
Railroad officials report the biggest
Christmas holiday travel for several
years on the reduced rosnd trip rates
In Colorado.
Two miles Of the lS.foot concrets
pavement on the South Golden road
have been completed and thrown open
for public use.
Christmas cheer in the form OF
cash was given to the employs Of va
rious corporations and business insti.
tutfons In Denver.
J. r. Hay, 45 years old. . farmer and
hotslkeeper Of Bennett. threw himself
before Rock Island train at Byers
and was instantly killed.
The Oklahoma Normal basketball
team defeated the Colorado Agricul.
tural Collegs quintet at Fort Collins,
Colo, BY 4 score of 80 to 22.
Idledale, on Bear creek, has been
purchased by the Denver Motor Club
from n. L. Baldwin for 120, 1000, 40
cording to Charles F. Roehrig, secre.
tary Of the club. =
The Rev. Irving P. Johnson, who be-
comes bishop Of the diocese Of Colo
RADIO in the Protestant Episcopal
church on New Year day, spent
Christmas In Manitou.
Routt county bituminous coal
reached the highest price in the his.
tory Of the state when It was ad-
vanced to 81 ton, an increase in the
former price of so cents.
Marked improvement in the condi
tion Of United States Senator John F.
Shafroth, who has been seriously i'll
at Washington, was indicated in a
telegram received in Denver.
There were thirty-five. fewer deaths
in Denver during November, 1916,
than in the corresponding month in
1915. according to the monthly report
of the Denver Bureau of Health.
The Silverton district shipped 173
cars of ore per month on the average
during the year ending December /.
The net average monthly return on
the shipments are estimated at $751;
600
Monsignor P. A. Phillips was Off
cially named vicar general of the
Catholic diocese of Denver by Bishop
N. C. Matz. He succeeds Monsignor
Brady, who recently resigned from
the post.
Chicago's Mining World, quoting it's
New York correspondent, says the de-
mand for tungsten has been very ac-
tive, with sellers reporting consider
able business done for delivery over
| all of 1917 at prices ranging from
$3.50 per unit for ordinary grades to
$l8 per unit for high grades.
The life of guardsman on the
Mexican border itsn't nearly so dis.
agreeable as some would have II
seem, according to Sergt Frank
Stark of Denver, who is home on fur.
Tough. THE climate is healthful and
bracing all along the border" he said
land one cannot fail to benefit BY the
military life and discipline"
The annual report of the United
Gold Mines Company Of Cripple Greek,
which covers the work accom- plished
during the year was sent to stock.
holders with their dividend checks. 1t
shows that in the first eight months
OF 1916 10,7S3 tons of ore of a gross
value of $219.215.75 were taken out by