Gilpin observer., 1916-07-27
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union New. service.


Aug. 1-Celebration Colorado's rorti-
eth Anniversary of Statehood. at
Aug. 2-National Convention of Rep
resentatives OF Negro Race at Dem
Aug. s-Democratic State Assembly At
Aug. s--Meeting Colorado Editorial AS
sociation at Denver.
aug. lO-Republican State Assembly at
Aug. I1-Progressive State Convention
at Denver.
Aug. 10;12--woman's Party Conference
at Colorado Springs
Aug. 14-Grand Lake Yacht Races.
aug. I4-Colorado Federation of Labor
meeting at Colorado Springs.
aug. 1S-i9-Pickle Day and Fair al
Aug. 21-celebration of the opening of
the new State Highway between Del
Norte and Pagosa Springs. at Du-
Aug: 22-25-Annual Convention. Grand
Lodge X. of p, at Greeley.
Rifle
Sept 5s-Bouldsr County Fair at
Sept. -8-Frontier Days celebration
at Fort Morgan.
Sept. Injecting Midland Trail Assn
Sept. l5-16-harvest Festival at Num-
Sept. 2729-State Convention b. p. o. E
at Trinidad.
Mrs. Marion Shaw was fined $50
and costs for deserting her baby in
Denver.
The state collected tax of $29,-
569.O6 on the estate of Delos A. Chap
pell Of Denver.
Heirs OF Mrs. j. S. Brown of Den
yer paid $4,000 inheritance tax on
100000 estate
Simplicity characterized the funeral
services of United States Senator
Thomas M. Patterson of Denver.
Mrs. John Ballard was badly burned
when she lighted fire with gasoline
in her home at Colorado Springs.
The Colorado state convention of
be held at Pueblo in St. Patrick'5
hall, on Sept. l and 2.
Work rebuilding the five towers of
the Kittimac tram. at Silverton, re-
Gently destroyed by the big forest
fire, is progressing satisfactorily.
Although he fell from the fourth
floor of Denver creamery com
pany's plant, Albert Benson, 20 years
old, a negro hodcarrier, escaped un-
injured.
Genuine enthusiasm is indicated
throughout the state in the first an,
nual convention of the grain men of
Colorado to be held in Denver Aug.
l and 2.
The Progressive party will hold Its
convention for nomination of candi-
dates for state offices at the primary
election Tuesday, Sept. IL, in Denver,
| Friday, Aug. IL. Lis
Mesa Verde National park is the
Mecca this year for great many
automobilists, home and foreign, who,
for the first time, are touring the San
Juan section of Colorado.
Harry A. Brilliant of Denver was
killed and four daughters were seri-
ously injured. two perhaps fatally, in
an automobile accident near Mum,
twenty miles north of Greeley
Thomas M. Patterson, formerly
United States senator from Colorado,
editor and lawyer of national reputa-
ton. died suddenly of apoplexy while
asleep In bed at his home in Denver.
A military mass. the first of its
kind to be held in the West, with
elaborate ceremonies attending, will
occupy the attention of the soldiers
at the mobilization grounds near
Golden on July 30
The Western Light & Power Com
pany will spend 100000 within the
next few months on improvements in
its properties in Colorado, according
to II. U. Wallace of Boulder, vice
president of the company.
Twenty thousand dollars in dam.
ages is demanded by Miss Ida Winn
of l. c. Howard Boulder business
man, also married man, for alleged
breach of promise to wed. She filed
suit in the District Court in Denver.
Judge Henry S. Glass, sitting in the
District Court at Golden, annulled the
marriage of George II. Mills, dream
millionaire of Newton, Ia, and Miss
Jean Lange. manicure of Denver. who
attempted suicide when she learned
her husbands wealth stories were un-
true.
Eight persons are believed to have
lost their lives in a wreck of Denver
& Rio Grande freight train No "a,
eastbound, six miles west of Pueblo.
Two persons are known to be dead,
but 1t is believed that at least six
others perished in the flames which
consumed the wreckage.
Attacked by two automobilists, Gus
and X. o. Peterson. brothers, along
the highway near Morrison, and left
by the roadside with fractured skull,
Samuel G. Pollard of Denver, former
deputy sheriff and recently appointed
special policeman to patrol the foot
hill parks, is dying in the County hos.
pital at Denver.
Colorado conyicts working on tho