Gilpin observer., 1916-06-15

Aug: 2.National Convention of Rep
resentatives of Negro Race at Dem
Aug. S-Democratic State Assembly at
Denver.
Aug. !s-ls-Pickle Day and Fair n
G. Lodge X. of p. at Greeley.
Sept. 5-8-Frontier Days celebration
at Fort Morgan.
Sept. T,z9-State Convention B. P. o. E.
The Slaughter trial at Pueblo is set
for June 10.
A hail storm at Englewood did con-
siderable damage to flowers, vege.
tables and fruit.
The G. A. r. men of Colorado and
Wyoming were welcomed at Pueblo for
their annual meeting.
A company has been formed to
operate a lease on the Prince Albert
mine at Cripple Creek.
Scarcity of men is the only handi-
cap in the Nederland tungsten dis
trict, according to S. T. Weller.
The fourth annual session of the
Colorado Sociological Conference was
held in the state house in Denver.
]. G. Crobbe, formerly of Kentucky,
has been named head of the Normal
school at Colorado Springs to succeed
Prof. Snyder.
The legislative prohibition law
cannot be referred to the voters,
under decision of the State Su-
preme Court.
Motor trucks are to be used to
carry beets to the sugar factory at
Fort Collins when the harvest shall
open next fall.
Frederick Won Holdt, an expert on
forestry matters. is advocating the
planting Of a grove of walnut trees on
the plains of Colorado.
The school board of Arvada has
been authorized to call a special
bond election for $4,000 bond issue
to provide funds for a new high
school building.
Nearly 1000 persons are camped
in Rocky Mountain Park in North
Denver at the thirty-fourth annual
of the Colorado Seventh
Day AdVentists.
Unconscious, his nostrils clotted
with blood. d. d. Collins, clerk of
Camp No. 5, w. o. W., of Colorado
Springs, was found in his office by
his sister and mother.
Vegetation is making fair progress
on the Eastern slope. according to the
weekly report made by District Fore
caster F. w. Brandenburg of the
government weather service.
The Boulder Commercial Associa-
ton urges Boulder. business men to
encourage their clerks to attend the
citizens" military training camp at
Fort Douglas, Utah, next month.
Clearings of the Denver banks for
the week ending on the Sth broke all
records when they advanced to $15,-
$4,000. marking an increase of APT
per cent over the corresponding week
of last year.
Mystifying circumstances surround
the discovery of body. believed to be
that of William Waddell, marooned in
the brush on a small island in the
Platte river at the foot of Eighteenth
street in Denver
j. II. jenkins, named as commits
sioner of the State immigration
Board called a meeting of secretaries
of commercial organizations through
out the state to be held in his offices
in the statehouse.
Be careful of eating game out OF
season, for Uncle Sam might "getchu
ii you don't watch out" So says Wal
ter b. Fraser. state game and fish
commissioner. when he talks enforce
ment of the game laws.
The Loveland Cherry Growers AS.
sociation, independent of the Loveland
Fruit Growers Association, was or.
ganized at a meeting of orchardists
held at Loveland for the purpose OF
solving marketing problems attending
the probable harvest of $4,000 crates
of cherries in the Loveland district.
William c. Lyons. known from
coast to coast as Billy" Lyons re-
ceived his appointment as assistant
sergeant-at-arms at the Democratic
convention in st. Louis. He has
served in that capacity at every
Democratic national assembly since
Cleveland was named to head the
ticket in Chicago in 1880.
An appeal for assistance of $50, 600
was presentedrto the county court al
Littleton in behalf of Mrs. Edna r
Newman, The plea was based on the
claim that she has been reduced to
the state of a pauper through the ac
tons of relatives. who seek to pre-
vent her from securing the estate OF
the late Col. George S. Newman, val
ued at $500000..
Delegates representing 1900 lodges
Of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen listened with
bowed heads at the Denver Audi
torium whfla N roaoIutiop ,ou,,o1~..