The Colorado statesman., 1916-06-03
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES ron coM.Nc EVENTS

June io-15-Colo. Sunday School Con-
vention at Salida-
June 14-1S-SemI Annual Epworth
League Convention at Colo. Springs.
June 17-Nineteenth annual Strawber-
ry FESTIVAL and Carnival at Glen
wood Springs.
June 22-25-Colo. Christian Endeavor
convention, at Greeley.
aug; 1-Celebration Colorado's Forti-
eth Anniversary OF Statehood, at
Aug. 2--National Convention of Rep
resentatives of Negro Race at Dem
Aug. s-Democratic State Assembly at
Denver.
Aug. 1s-19-Pickle Day and Fair at
PlatteVille
Aug. 22-25-Annual Convention, Grand
Lodge X. of p, at Greeley.
sept 5-S-Frontier Days celebration
at Fort Morgan.
| Sept. 27-29-State Convention B. p. o. e
at Trinidad
A class of 1O7 were initiated into
the new Elks lodge at Sterling.
Boulder tungsten prices range from
$40 to $50 per unit Of GO per cent.
Colorado Springs Presbyterians
raised $4,000 and cleared the church
of debt.
William T. Rogers, one of Denver g
oldest attorneys, died suddenly of
heart disease.
The VIM. Barth estate paid lawyers
$27S,6OO and an inheritance tax to the
state of $64,SS3.
The Florence Chamber of Com
merce has contributed 800 for n
Fourth of July celebration.
Louis F. Bartels, Republican, was
elected president of the new Denver
city council at it's first regular session.
The graduation class of sixty-five
of the Greeley High school gave 500
for the cornerstone of gymnasium
building.
Mrs. Mary Morris, 1851 Galapago
street, leaped to her death from 4
fourth story window at ST. Anthony S
Hospital in Denver.
Society and horse fans alike crowd,
ed Overland park Saturday afternoon
for the first racing matinee of the
season in Denver.
Mrs. Leila Bera Brown, 1S, killed
herself by drinking posion at the
home of her brother, r. S. Stanfort,
of Colorado Springs.
Mrs Rose Ohler, soprano soloist OF
Trinity NJ. e. church in Denver, has
decided to drop her divorce suit
again her husband.
Progress is being made in the plan
| for reorganiZing the MoIIat railroad,
according to information received in
Denver, from the East.
Four generations in uniform cele-
brated in Denver with solemn public
exercises the country's fiftieth Me-
mortal and Decoration day.
Over 5000 have signed a petition
requesting President Wilson to par
don Orson Adams, former president
of the Mera National Bank at Grand
Junction.
lncendiary fires under the stage and
in the box office of the new Isis thea
ter were discovered at Victor by
Night Marshal Jack Burnham and ex-
tinguished with slight damage.
Virginia Higsinson, 6-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Hi.;-
ginson of Colorado Springs, died from
injuries suffered when a porch box
filled with earth fell on her.
More than $1,000 was raised for the
benefit of the humane society at the
matinee given at Overland park in
Denver, under the auspices of the
Gentlemen's Riding and Driving Club.
Thirteen thousand volts of electric
ity shot through the body of Elmer
Spencer, 21, an employe of the West
ern Light and Power Company at
Boulder, setting fire to his clothing
and burning his left side seriously.
Fifteen convicts were taken to Pu-
eblo from Canon City in care of John
5tamm, and immediatel, loaded
aboard big auto-bus for Beulah,
highway which runs parallel to Sauir-
rel creek.
After trying life apart for ten years
DR.. John G. Locke and Mrs. Tessie r
Locke remarked in Denver. They
were divorced by Judge George w.
Allen June 8, 1906. Mrs. Locke
charged non-support in her complaint
field ten years ago.
The first flag to be unfurled at the
dedication of the poles on the Stout
street side of the Federal building in
Denver Decoration Day was one
which flew from the United States
capitol spire when William MCKINLEY
was inaugurated President of the
United States for the second time.
Charles Lamb, 16 years old, was ac-
;identally shot and killed near
Brighton while swimming with a boy
friend in the Platte. Young Lamb had
taken % caliber rifle to the swim.
ming hole with him. AS he was com.
ing out of the water he reached for
the rifle and in some manner dis
charged it into his body.