Gunnison news-champion., 1916-09-15
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Arthur Henson. = Denver plumber
snatchsd . revolver from the rocked
ot mounted policeman at Chicasr
ana shot himself 10 death.
More prospecting for oil has com
menced in the vic,:,ity OF Carr, vhess
the report vas circulated that . pay
ing well had been s1ruck and cappst
some weeks ago.
Grand Junction bakers have an
aounced an increase Of so per cent OF
a. saxing goods excepting bread.
they blame the increase On the val
Price Of materials.
Orders were issued from the centrI
department Of the army ordering mus
tesing out Of the federal service com
pany A. Colombo engineers. and bat
terry A Of the Colorado field artillery.
Walter Baker. employed by thu
American Beet Sugar company OF
Rocky Ford. and VINO said he had .
vile and daughter living in Denver
was killed by IN automobile in e
Paso.
c. A. Earring OF Basin has gone tc
Denver. where he IL one Of the coun
sci for the Valentine Oil company
whose famous case involving lands ir
the Grass creek district comes up IL
the court of appeals.
Because he was unable to break
himself Of the liquor habit, Sergeant
John C. Wilburn. f,rty-two years old
committed suicide in his quarters al
Fort Logan by shooting himself
through the head with . revolver.
President Zehrung of the Western
Baseball league announced that the
Wichita team would be transferred tc
Colorado Springs this week for the re
r'ainder OF the season The games
scheduled at Wichita will be played
at Colorado Springs.
For the third time. the public sale
Of the Denver. Laramie and North.
western railroad that was advertised
to be sold last week, has been post
pcned.. The cour. set Oct. II as the
next date upon which an effort will
be made to dispose of 1t.
William Lloyd. telephone lincman
was hurled thirty feet through the all
when the motorcycle on which he was
riding colpded with an automobile
driven by Q travelling man. at Clifton.
Lloyd is In the hospital at Grand
Junction in q serious condition.
Leaders Of the Denver civic asso
Citations received information from
Washington which makes them be
lieve that Denver Is sure to get one
OF the twelve branch farm loan banks
to be established by the government
as a means Of aiding the farmers Of
i the country.
Walter Murphy was arrested ir
Denver shortly after he had sold in
Larimer street pawnshop watch
stolen in a burglary al the home Of J
G. Rinehart. Longmont. Other Jew
elry stolen from tho Rinehart home
wss found ON his person and he ad
mitted the robbery.
After saying that che was going tc
meet her husband. who died many
years ago." Mrs. Magdalene Miller
eighty-three years old. for long time
an inmate Of tho old ladies' home al
Denver. leaped from window in the
second story Of the institution and
was found in dying condition.
The case Of James C. Bulger. whose
neck has been saved from the gal
lows five different times by an elev.
enth hour reprieve, will come up fol-
inal hearing before the state board
Of pardons this week. At tho last
meeting Of the board In June u re
prieve was granted Bulger unit! the
week beginning Sept. II.
Albert A. Nostrum OF Colorado
Springs died Of injuries received In
the collapse OF section OF the grand
stand at the White Welsh night. 10
seph Badie, carpenter. startled
those present at the coroner's inquest
by testifying that he bad been dis.
charged by his foreman for ''using toe
many nails" in putting up the bleach
ers.
Colorado. candidates for congress-
have reported to the clerk OF the
house Of representatives under the
federal corrupt practices law that the!i
expenditures have been as follows:
Ben C. Hilliard. s124.25; W.. T.
vaille. $242 80: Fl. L. Ritter. moth.
ing; G. D. Timberlake, nothing; E.
r. Taylor. $219.s0; George e. Nc
Cleiland, $3.50.
Mn. Edith Gilpatrick Of Denver
and Charles Mason of Masonville
near Loveland. have given Testimony
before government officers regarding
their connection with oil land loca
ti0ns in the Nort: Midway fed In