Gunnison news-champion., 1916-07-28
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Paul Weiss OF Denver has . So, ,0oo
erder from The British government for
Geld glasses
The United States government
safety nrst" train will be in Denyer
Aug ! and s.
The only case o. infantiIe paralysis
reported in DeNer has been pro
Dounced by the city health department
70 be cured.
Head camp officers were elected at
Denver oy the " oodmen Of the World.
Pacific Jurisdiction. l. !. Boak, Den
yer. was reelected head consul.
A. H. Peterson who for the past
Ave years Las owned q 5.6O0-at-e
Sanch at Gsuit. sold his property to J
H Eaton Of Denve. for Sl5O.0oo.
Several hundred grain dealers from
eli parts OF Colorado will come to
gether Aug. At Denver for . tive
days convention Of the Denver Gral
Exchange association.
A bear weighing 375 pounds va.
killed by Harry Ho!linEsworth, age
seventeen. in Unaweep canon. Tia
lad was attacked by the bear and
Jumping behind . tree. opened Ore.
Demand for Colorado state bonds
has been SO heavy since the first OF
the year that State Treasurer Stocker
has on hand $4,000 which he II un-
able to invest in these bonds - re-
CURED by law.
A financial scandal II brewing q.
Q result of the recent Fourth Of July
celebration held in Georgetown. Open
charges are made that some OF the
leaders in the movement succeeded m
appropriating to their own use $500.
John Francis Campion. widely
known capitalist Of Denver. is dead
after . long illness. Mr.. Campion
came to Colorado from California
and Nevada In 1879 and was identified
with mining development in the west.
DR.. Allen Bell. former member OF
the state ASSEMBLY. suffered severe
burns when he endeavored to save
valuable furnishings Of his home In
Lincoln park from a fire. He was
taken TO . Canon City hospital. His
homo was destroyed.
An Inheritance tax Of 0,933.75 On
the estate OF Mrs. Adele o. Brown,
widow Of J. 8. Brown Of Denver. was
paid to the state treasurer by heirs OF
the estate. The total estate amounted
TO $797.S50. The property will be als
tributed among the four ci.i dren.
Four stepchildren are cut on be-a-s.
there Is no will.
Mrs. Mary c. Bradford. state su. Q
intendent Of public instruction. 49,
elected first vice president o. ,..e ~.
tional Educational association ~ La
annual meeting held recent, n New
York. Miss Anna Laura. forcc. pa in
cipal Of the Columbian schoo. oi Len
yer, was elected . member OF the
board Of directors.
An attempt was made to destrov the
homo Of Charles o'Neill. superintend
ent Of the Colorado Fuel and lion com
pany mine at Starkvilie, near Trim
dad. IT Is estimated that twenty
pounds Of dynamite were used. No
one was seriously injured. One SIDE
Of the house was partially wrecked
There were nine persons in the house
at the time Two women sustainec
minor injuries from flying pieces oi
glass anl plaster.
The dis .,nce from the Atlantis to
the Pacific coast by rail is to be short.
ened by seventy-three miles. To ac
complisa this the longest tunnel In the
western hemisphere IL to be drilled
through the continental divide sc
cording to plans now being formulat.
ID. The tunnel, 6.n4 miles In length.
u to be drilled through James peak.
one Of the lofty p,cmontories OF the
Rockies, ffty miles west Of Denver
Walter Leo, Nederland transports.
tiion driver, spent one and onehalf
hours in the Icy waters Of Boulder
creek with his nose just one-half inch
above the water. as the result or .
backward plunge over . twenty.foot
embankment Of his touring car. He
was finally rescued by the canon road
crew. Lee was caught under the steer.
ing wheel and was barely able to keep
his nose above water until help ar,
rived.
While e.,nrad KRAFT and wife of
Grover were at Windsor. their house
and barn caught IRE. Neighbors suo
ceeded IN saving the house in Which
the Kraft children were sleeping, tut
they were unable to extinguish the
flames Of the barn On the following
evening. while Mr.. Kraft and family
were It the home Of his brother In
law. J. H Myers, his residence wes
burned to the grcrnd. Circumstances
are said to Indicate incendiarism.
Tho campaign for recruits for the
national guard 10 now moving at .
rate which promises the early COM
pletion Of the companies. Batteries
A and B have been mustered in. and
only the Colorado Springs battery.