Cheyenne record., 1916-06-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
BATES F"R COMING EVENTS.
June i3-l6-Colo. Sunday School Con-
Vention at Salida
June l4-1S-Semi Annual Epworth
League Convention at Colo. Springs.
June I1-Nineteenth annual Strawber-
~ & FESTIVAL and Carnival at Glen
June 22-25-Colo. Christian Endeavor
convention, at Greeley.
aug l-Celebration Colorado's Forti-
Han sn anniversary OF Statehood. at
Aug. 2-National Convention Of Rep
resentatives of Negro Race at Den
Aug. s-Democrstic Stat. Assembly a,
Aug. is.ls-Pickle Day and Fair at
Aug. 22-25--Annual Convention. Grand
Lodge X. of p. at Greeley.
| sept. 5-8-Frontier Days celebration
at Fort Morgan.
Rocky Ford is to have new city
hall
The two banks at Callbran have
consolidated
The Sun and Moon mine at Idaho
Springs will open soon.
Taylor B. Geer has been selected
for postmaster at Delta.
VIM. d. Prey dropped dead in his
office at the Denver stock yards.
Frank H. Graham. of Georgetown,
was killed by rock falling on him
in the Mendoza mine.
| The Florence Chamber of Com
merce has contributed 500 for a
Fourth Of July celebration.
The American Automobile Associa.
tion has, for the sixth time, named
Ralph W. Smith of Denver vice pres
| ident 81.
A ban was put on grocers' and bak-
ers' cats by the Housewives League
at its last monthly meeting of the
season in Denver.
A grand total of 27S members was
rolled up by the workers in the Y. M.
c. A. campaign. according to a COM
pilation of reports.
Through a confession made by Ed
ward Ives. 80, Denver police found
nearly $1,000 in loot in rooms of
three bandit suspects.
Frank James O'Neill, contractor
and builder of the first cable street
car line in Denver, died at his resi-
dence at AL South Lincoln street.
F. D. Rice, who conducts the Ben
nett ranch east Of Glenwood, is
charged with furnishing weapon to
convict in complaint made by the
| district attorney.
Jefferson county authorities have
granted franchise for the estab-
lishment Of a trackless trolley sys-
tenn in Bear Creek Cafion to connect
Denver with Evergreen.
| Denver Typographical Union, No.
40, held it's annual election of officers.
Robert F. Jones and Frank ]. Pull.
yer were selected as delegates to the
convention at Baltimore in August.
J. d. McCurdy, 60, of Windsor, was
taken to Greeley and placed in the
county jail, charged with non-support
and desertion. This is Beamer's sec
ond offense Of that kind within less
than a year.
Denver played it's part in the world.
wide celebration of the Shakespeare
tercentenary and paid tribute to the
master who presides Immortality over
the language and literature of two
great nations.
Increases in wages, made generally
on a profit-sharing plan, which will
effect approximately 5000 metal min
ers, will be made by leading Colorado
metal mine operators. effective for
the month of June.
Half a hundred bequests, ranging
from 500 to $4,000, are contained in
the will of the late Michael ]. Ahern
of Montclair, who died on May 16.
Four church organizations and Craig
Colony will benefit.
The Arkansas Valley Smelter at
Leadville handled sixty-ounce gold
ore-$1, 200 to. the ton-from the Con.
nors lease in the seventh level of the
famous Ibex ("Little Jonny") gold
mine, which was developed in 1894.
Colorado is piling up wealth every
day In her banks. The abstract Just
completed by the State Bank Commis.
sioners Department from the call sent
out May l shows an increase in the
total resources since March Z, Of 81
93,831S9.
At Grand Junction, the county com.
missioners passed resolution author.
izing Road Overseer James H.
Bertholf to arrange for sprinkling the
state roads in. the six road districts
beginning at once at a cost not to ex-
ceed 500 month for each district.
Policeman John A. Schumacher, OF
Denver. who shot and killed Daniel
Baldasari. while he was trying to es-
cape with a stolen automobile on the
Fourteenth street viaduct, May If,
was found not guilty Of the charge OF
murder by jury in the West Side
Court on verdict directed by Judge
Wright .-.