Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-18
coloaADo NEWS 4. saIEf

Of mining ~ Creede On . large scale.
involving . million or more dollars. Is
uncer way between Denver and Neu
York capitalists.
Mrs. Huldah B. Redding, aged sixty
Two. = pioneer Of Montrose, died aftes
an operation for appendicitis. Mrs
6eooing was vice chairman Of the
Republican county central committee
Peas ~ large ~ marbles. In pods
aaif . foot long and bigger around
than your thumb. have been developed
BY J. w. Price on his mountain ranch
at Shawnee. up the South Platte from
Denver.
The Black chasm Of the Gunnison
has not finally Won out yet. For the
expedition of Ellsworth C. Kolb, which
was defsatel In an effort to explose
the canon recently. IL determined to
Try again
Harry Cox. the Denver fireman whe
vas injured In = collision between the
hose motor and Seeing Denver
truck. died 1t the county hospital six
hours after ths surgeons amputated
bis left leg.
Recruiting men for the navy has pro
crossed in Colorado 20 well that the
navy department has decidd to opn at
least two new recruiting stations In
the state. one at Trinidad and anoth-
Or At Leadville.
w. K CundiR, one Of the best known
OF the younger railroad men OF the
west, has been named to succeed the
late Robert g. Ruble as assistant gen
eral passenger agent Of the Union Pa
ci6c railroad in Denver.
Yola Pearl Jeffreys, fourteen.year
old daughter OF Mrs. Mana Jenreys,
vanished from the streets Of Salida
last week and the police are urable
to obtain even tho slightest clew. The
mother declares the girl was kidnared.
An unsigned letter. purporting to
reveal the details OF hitherto undis.
covered murder. committed near
Granite In 1891. c.me to Chief Of
Police Armstrong Of Denver through
the mail. An investigation now is in
progress.
A definite plan OF roadbuilding. CIV
ing in detail the highways proposed
for construction and . bond issue Of
| $25.000.00O to construct boulcvards.
loom ~ propositions which may be
submitted for the approval Of the Col
orado voters.
Investigation by Sheriff McBrcom
Of Arapahoe county into the circum.
stances surrounding the death OF Jo-
seph Miller. Littleton ranch hand. has
| convinced him that the murder theory
advanced by friends is faulty. but the
manner OF his death Is still . mystery.
During the fiscal year ending June
30. forest officers on the national for
ests under tho jurisdiction Of the Den.
yer once destroyed 965 predatory ami.
mails. Including 81l coyotes, noun,
tain lions. ~ lynx. - bears. SO wild
cats. . wolves. IL wolf pups and
foxes.
Because h,y wife. from whom he had
been separat ID . year. refused to be-
come reconciled and return to him.
George Moore. aged twenty six. drew
. revolver from bis pocket In her
presence at ranch six miles from
Montrose and blew out his brains. His
mother resides at Ouray.
Sept ~ has bcen fixed ss the date
for the hearing Of the suit filed by the
Colorado Fair Rates association and
the public utilities commission Of Col
orado against twenty-nine railroads Of
the west, in which . complete read.
justment Of rates into Colorado and
points in adjoining states ID asked.
Not . bidder put in an appearance
when the Denver. Laramie and North
western railroad was offered for gale
at Denver under q foreclosure decree
from the district court for the fourth
time within . year by Manager OF
Safety Bailey. Sept. Z was hxcd as
the day when tho road viii again be
put on the block.
C. w. Ryan and R. G. Wood, two
husky youths from Hughes, Colo.
were set upon at Omaha by = couple
Of thugs. both Of whom were armed.
They did not like the idea Of being
robbed. 10 they turned on the robbers,
took their guns away from them, beat
them up and LET them 20. but kept the
guns a. souvenirs.
Inheritance taxation Of the estates
Of prominent Colombo residents who
have died within the last nineteen
months hss nstted the state II ,007. .6Sl.
or more than has been collected in
any thrce.yeAr period previously. Re
turns to the state Cor the scynn
months. beginning Jan. 1. 1916. and
ending July 81. are larger than fer
any like period since Inheritance tax.
alton has been q law.
Fearing that DON p. Blaclwood
and his wife, Bernice, were plott.ns
to take the life OF District Attorney
John A. Rush. and possibly his wife
also, wien they shall have returned
from their vacation "trip to the Prcife
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