Cheyenne record., 1916-01-06

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Jan. 1s.-sixth Annual Convention Of
=, Colo good Roads Assn at Denyer:
Feb. i2-Meeting Republican state
Feb. is.isSsports Carnival at Steam
March 2o.Apsii 2.-colora Retail,
Industrial IMPOSITION at Denver.
The new Denver postoffice building
Is now being occupied.
The Prohibition penalty law be-
came effective Jan. 1.
The railroads have made a half-fare
rate for the Western Stock Show at
Denver.
The Denver Tourist Bureau has
opened it's campaign to raise $4,000
tor advertising Colorado.
The Woman's Club Of Denver held
special services New Years to cele-
brate Colorado's first DRY" day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John @. Naylor, pio-
neer residents of Denver, celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary.
The State College at Fort Collins
will invest $29,500 of its $1S8.00O Ag-
gle endowment fund in state securi-
ties.
The members Of the Presidents
Colorado coal commission began
studying the present conditions in the
coal mines of the state.
J. Will Johnson of Pueblo was
;x,;~ r.; ,1
an Irving place car collided head on
at Tenth and Greenwood streets in
Pueblo.
Banks, corporations and various
other incorporated interests in Denver
paid out thousands in dividends to
interest coupons.
William A. Jameson, we'll known
pioneer Denver man, has received the
appointment of announcer and mes
senger for Judge Robert E. Lewis of
the United States District Court.
Mrs. Ella Monk Mayo, wife of Dud-
ley Mayo and an early-day society
belle OF Denver, died at her residence
after an illness of ten months, which
resulted from a fall On the icy pave
ment.
Pueblo. Colorado Springs, Boulder.
Cripple Creek and all the mountain
and other Colorado towns went dry
at midnight Dec. 81 without cere.
mony. Most saloons closed doors be-
fore the final hour.
Joseph Kuykendall, 80, first mayor
of Leadville, died at his home there.
Grippe, resulting from a cold he con-
tracted several days ago, was pro
nounced by the attending physicians
as the cause of the death.
The Public Utilities Commission
will issue orders compelling all pri-
vate and public owned corporations
to install the same system of book
keeping in order that the business OF
the companies may be gone over
quickly and without so much red
tape.
Miss Myrtle Comstock, who went
abroad several years ago to continue
her musical studies, died Sept. "a
near Paris. The news was received by
friends at Colorado Springs. Pneu.
monia, contracted when working in
the Red Cross service, caused her
death.
Though under the laws Of Colorado
the maximum amount Of damages that
may be allowed for the death of a
person is $4,000, the Denver District
Court is asked by Henry ]. Kech, a
North Denver man, to give him judg.
ment for $4,000 for the death of his
wife, Elizabeth Kech.
Liquor shall be considered any
liquid which person can drink and
retain long enough and in sufficient
quantities to become intoxicated"
This is the general construction of
the prohibition law given by District
Attorney John A. Rush of Denver,
after prolonged study of legal de-
cisions on the subject.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
in Denver by the jury which sat in
the United States District Court and
listened to the evidence in the trial
Of John S. Cusack of Fort Collins,
former cashier of the First National
bank of Wellington, charged in thirty
separate counts with embezzlement,
false entries and misapplication of
funds.
A UNIQUE way of bringing an ex-