Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1916-12-07

Jan. 1-6-Poultry Show At Denver.
Jan; l1-13-Poultry Show at CafioT
Jan. 2O-Athletic Club boxing contest.
Jan. 2o-27-AnnuaI western stoch
Show at Denver.
Feb. 2-4-Y. M. C. A. Annual Conven-
ton at Colorado Springs.
Delta will have community Christ
mas tree.
Milk has been raised from TIC to
S1ac per quart in Denver.
A pre-Christmas sale of goods made
by the blind will be held at Denver.
Judge Tully Scott delivered the
eulogy in the Elks lodge of sorrow at
Sterling.
Alex Park and Harry Wilcox were
injured in two automobile accidents
at Pueblo.
Fifty-one thousand tourists visited
the Rocky Mountain National Park
last summer
The skating fad which has been re-
spread to Denver.
The postoffice at Ladore is to be re.
established. Mail will be carried from
Sunbeam to LAHORE once a week.
The sum of $3O,295 will be expended
in Colorado Springs during 1917 for
park maintenance and improvements.
Frederick A. Bigler, Denver con-
tractor, died at Cheyenne as the re-
suit of injuries sustained four weeks
ago in a fall
A game of football, played as only
young boys can play one, nearly re-
suited fatally for Wilbur Stark,
years old, in Denver.
The third annual course for pros
pectors will be given by the Colorado
School Of Mines in Golden for four
weeks. starting Feb. 5.
The commissioners of Crowley
county have purchased the holdings
OF the Crowley County Agricultural
Fair Association for 1000.
A farmer in Pueblo county who
raised twenty acres of beans threshed
$4,000 pounds, which brought him
1000 in cash for his seasons work.
j. E. Gauger of Swink. during the
past season, marketed 100 acres of
honeydew melons His net revenue,
including returns from 5000 pounds of
seed, was $500 per acre.
The right to sign petitions placing
a candidate on the official ballot at
an election cannot be limited to regis
tered voters, under decision an
nounced by the State Supreme Court.
A gold brick was received at the u.
S. mint in Denver valued at $4,000,
and representing the eleventh clean
up of the year of the U. S. Gold Cor
poration mine and mill at Sugar Loaf
The jury in the case of W. s. Van
SAINT, former manager of the Copeland
Ore Sampling Company, on trial in
the District Court at Cripple Creek
for alleged embezzlement, was dis.
charged
Denver merchants whose property
was damaged by the Cherry creek
flood four years ago will not be able
to recover damages, according to an
announcement from the State SUI
preme Court
Ninety thousand dollars in extra
ticket sales were realized by railroads
cooperating with the tourist and pub
licity bureau of the Denver Civic As.
ISOLATION in exploiting the scenic at.
fractions of Colorado for the 1916 sea
son, according to dispatch received
from Chicago.
Henry Huston. AZ, was arrested at
Sugar City on bench warrant is
sued by Judge Robert Il. Lewis of the
Federal Court in Denver on a charge
cruising the mails to defraud. He was
taken before United States Commits.
sioner b. Yates in Pueblo and later re-
leased on 81 1000 bond.
Comprehensive plans for the devel.
opment OF the national Fairgrounds in
Colorado were outlined by Stephen r.
Mather, assistant TO Secretary of the
Interior Franklin X Lane, in charge
of national parks. at a luncheon held
in Denver under the auspices of the
Denver Civic Association
William n Vale. formerly first lieu.
tenant in Company A. Colorado Ma.
tional Guard infantry. has resigned
from the army service and has re-
turned to Denver. 1t is understood he
will be appointed to the vacancy on
the District bench caused by the eIe.
walton of Judge George w Allen to
the Supreme Court.
Exclusive and original jurisdiction
in all cases involving rate-making and
service of public utilities rests solely
with the State Public Utilities Com.
mission. under a decision of the State
Supreme Court which denied rehear.
ing in an important case brought by
the Denver & South Platte Railway
Company against the city of Engle-
wood.
CressOn mine directors nj ,hot,