The Elbert County tribune., 1916-03-03

yorces were granted in Denver.
Five leap year marriage licenses
were issued In Denver on Feb 20.
Denver Charter petitions have over
$500 names. enough to call an cleo
tion.
The funeral of NJ. d. Thatcher, Col
orado's richest citizen, was the larg-
est ever held in Pueblo.
Since the middle of February the
price of spelter in the Colorado camps
has advanced s32 per'ton.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Phipps. Jr., of Denver.
This is the second girl for the fam
lily.
An election will be held at Fred
erick March 27, to determine whether
the several schools of District 7G shall
be merged.
Grand Junction is preparing for the
meeting of the Western Colorado
Teachers Association in that city,
March 1912.
Charles Hazen was made defendant
in an information charging white
slavery preferred by Miss Ora De Lee
of Denver
Mrs. Maricl Simonson, wife of
widely known cattleman OF Hugo,
died in Denver in st. Anthony's hos
pital from the effects of an operation
two weeks ago.
The dropping of spoon in the
home of A. NJ Johnson, in Denver.
cangpd thar danuhtar MIC,
to make an investigation that resulted
in the rout of a burglar.
Frank Peterson. who was convicted
of assault to kill his wife, Stella
Peterson, was sentenced by Judge
Wright in Denver to serve one year
in the county jail. the limit of the
law
John p. Broderick, for more than a
quarter of century an employee of
the Denver postoffice. and for many
years Superintendent of Finance,
died at the family home, at the age
of g.
Denver went on record Feb. 30 with
a crop of leap year babies that total
an even dozen These babies will
give their mothers the joy of provid.
ing birthday parties only once in
every four years.
Reinzi Dickens probably will stand
trial in the District Court in Boulder
county for the alleged murder of his
aged father, w. H. Dickens, who was
shot at his home in Longmont ON the
night of Nov. 30.
The work OF restocking Colorado
with elk. which was begun in 1913, by
shipment of seventy-five to the Du-
range, Sopris and Colorado National
forests, Is being carried forward on q
larger scale than ever before.
Bond was fixed at $4,000 for DR..
Noble o. Hamilton. charged with the
murder of Mrs. Ada Williams, who
died as the result of an alleged IL
legal operation, by Judge Wright in
the West Side Court in Denver
Denver building operations doomed
in February and the total permits for
structures issued at the city hall ex.
ceeded in total figures any month
in 1915. In all building permits for
business houses and homes totaled
s472,3S0.
A posthumous child. who will be
one OF the heirs to an estate that is
valued at between $S,O00,00O and
sl0.000,00O, was born in Denver to
Mrs. Rose Martin Cosgr!ff. widow OF
the late Thomas A. Cosgriff, Colorado
and Wyoming capitalist. Mr. Cos
griff died Oct. IA last, after brief
illness of typhoid fever. The baby,
which is boy, has been named
Thomas A, Jr.
The following dividends of record
were paid by Cripple Creek mining
companies in February. Portland
Gold Mining Company. 100000, a
quarterly Dividend of cents a share;
Vindicator Consolidated G. NJ. Com.
pany, $4,000, Quarterly dividend of 3
cents; Golden Cycle Mining and Re-
duction Company, $4,000, monthly
dividend of cents a share. The divi.
dends of the close corporations are
not made public
According to word received by
friends in Colorado Springs. Eleanor
Painter of that city, who has been
starring in Princess Pat In New
York. is suffering from a nervous
breakdown and is now In a sani-
tarium in White Plains. N. Y.
Official recognition has been given
the San Luis Central Railroad Com
pany as the one railroad in Colorado |
which may have headlightless loco.
motives and switches without lights.
Recognition of this right was given
in an order issued by the State Pub
lie Utilities Commission.