Gilpin observer., 1916-04-27
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union New. service


DATES rom COMING EVENTS.
May 1,-First Congressional District
Springs.
April 2s-Annuai Convention western
Colorado !. o. o. F. at Grand juno
April 2s-May e-Food show at Colo
RADIO Springs.
and Fourth Congressional District
convention at Pueblo.
May 1s-Democratic State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
May 20-Progressive State Conventio
June 17-Nineteenth annual strawber-
ry Festival and Carnival at Glen
Aug. 2-National Convention of Rep
resentatives of Negro Race at Dem
Aug. s-Democratic state Assembly at
Morrison is to have new $4,000
water plant.
Nearly $4,000 voters are registered
for the Denver city election.
The Missouri Society Of Colorado
will meet in Denver May II.
Rienzi Dickens was placed on trial
at Boulder on the charge of killing
his father.
The new fixtures have arrived for
La Junta's new postoffice building,
and it will be dedicated
Mrs. Harry Mulnix was elected
chairman of the social science depart
ment of the Denver Woman's Club.
1t is announced that the Santa Fe
will expend $155,000 for a new freight
and passenger depot at Colorado
Springs.
Denver not only set new stand
ard for sartorial display, but broke
all records for Easter contributions to
its churches.
By municipal proclamation the
week from April 30 to May 6 has been
designated Clean up and Paint up
week in Denver.
The Republican county convention
for Denver will be held April 29th
and the First District Republican Con-
gressional convention on May A.
w. B. Slaughter, president of the
defunct Pueblo Mercantile National
Bank, was acquitted of the charge of
misapplying the funds of the bank.
Lake City has had but five ship
ments of intoxicating liquor since the
first of January, and therefore claims
it is the dryest territory in the state.
Denver's gang of accomplished
cracksmen forced its way into five
offices in the Denver Gas and Elec-
trio building and stole 1854 in cash,
negotiable paper and stamps. =.
Robert Schrader, pioneer mining
man of Leadville, resident of Den
yer since 1887, died at his home in
Denver He had been ill almost two
years.
James F. Hadley was elected presi-
dent of the Denver chapter, Colorado
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution at the annual election of
officers in Denver.
The Colorado Bar Association has
begun its campaign among lawyers in
the state to propose by election six
candidates to fill the coming vacan-
cies on the Supreme Court bench.
Three members of the family of
Israel Goldberg of Denver were se-
verely injured when a fractions colt,
which Goldberg was driving to Morri-
son kicked in the dashboard of the
buggy.
Miss Bessie Armstead bought three
lots in Nederland few days ago for
$3.50 each, and five days later was Of
fered $1,000 for them, which illustrates
the rapidly increasing values in the
mining camp town.
Saul Epstein, former insurance com
missioner, must pay Henry w. Single
tary, an insurance agent, Sl,9l6 dam
ages, according to verdict returned
by a jury in Judge Glass division of
the district court in Denver
BY the terms of jury verdict re-
turned in District Court. Clarence
Moore was awarded Judgment for
$4,000 against Conrad Liebsack for in
juries sustained when the two collided
on the road south of Loveland
The murder charge filed against
Dr. Robert Mason prior to the charge
of completely in the death of Miss
Ruth Merriweather, on which he was
recently convicted. was dismissed In
the Criminal Court of Denver
Harry Lamont and Lola Willows,
wanted by the Adams county authori.
ties in connection with the robbery
and free-for-all fight which occurred
April in the Sand Creek road house,
were taken from Santa Fe train at
Colorado Springs while en- route to
Kansas City.
Mrs. Katherine Sharkey. as the ad.
ministratrix of the estate of her late
son. John Sharkey. filed suit in Den.
yer against the Burlington Railroad
Company to recover $4,000 damages
for the death Of her son, which. she
alleges. was caused by the negligence