Gilpin observer., 1916-08-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
DATES Fon COMING EyENT,,


aug, sl-sspt. Apple Pie Days q,
Sept. 5-s-Boulder County Fair .,
Sept b-s-Frontier Days celebration
at Fort Morgan
Sept 11-Meeting Midland Trail Assn
Sept l5-1s-Harvest Festival at Num-.
Sept 18-23-State Fair at Pueblo.
sept. q .29-State Convention b. =. o. e.
at Trinidad.
Valley and Southern Ute Indian Fair
ut Ignacio.
Jan; 2o-27-Annual western stock
Show at Denver.
Thos. Donovan, 67, and Peter Winnie,
IS, two Denver pioneers, are dead.
At Greeley, William E. Gore, a
the left temple, dying instantly.
The establishment of a relief fund
was among the topics discussed at
the meeting of the X. P. grand lodge
at Greeley.
Oxygen helmets, such as are used
in mine rescue work, were used by
the Golden volunteer firemen, ex
tinguishing a fire recently.
E.. G. Hoyt, farmer living three
miles from Buckingham, had a valu
able horse shot by some one while the
animal was in the barn lot.
Strenuous field practice for the ar
tillery and cavalry will be continued
daily at the Golden rifle range until
orders arrive to entrain for the border.
Mrs. James Doyle, wife Of James ].
Doyle of Denver, was dangerously
and perhaps fatally injured in an
automobile accident near Tie Siding,
Wyo.
At Pueblo, Charles O'Connor, a me-
gro, shot Emmett Wins three times
after a quarrel. Wins will recover.
Two women were arrested as wit
nesses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Klinker of
Arvada were injured near Brighton
when their auto collided with car
driven by party of miners from
Frederick.
Three women were injured in auto
accidents and runaways at Fort Col
Inns. Two men were taken to hos
pitfalls and numerous other persons
escaped with bruises and cuts.
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Jones, aged
respectively 81 and 81 years, of
Buchanan county, Mo-, have been mar
ried II years and are visiting their
7O-year-old son in Denver
Efforts of the Woman's party to Sc
cure the cooperation of the Colorado
State Federation of Labor in its fall
campaign were defeated in the con-
vention at Colorado Springs.
A new president and five new pro
fessors, with freshman class enroll.
ment double that of 1915. is the pro-
mise of the renaissance that will in
spire the Golden School of Mines this
year.
Colorado is going to benefit from it's
crops this year much earlier than
usual as a result of the prevailing
high prices. AS consequence the
crop money is already going into cir
culation.
Mrs. William H. Porter, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon V. Johnson of
Denver, and a niece of the late Sena-
tor Thomas M. Patterson, died at her
home near Byers, following a severe
attack of indigestion.
A party of sixty-five agricultural
colonists arrived at the Union station
in Denver en- route to the southern
part of the state, where they will
settle on the Costilla estates in the
San Luis River valley.
Frank Chamberlin, 10, may lose the
sight of both eyes, and Charlie Hans
chow, IL, suffered serious burns
about the hands and face, by the ex-
plosion OF can of powder with which
they were playing at lone.
Heralded only by mass of dark
clouds and terrific roar, freak hail
storm swept down on the Montclair
and Aurora districts Monday night,
flooding many Easements and wreak-
ing havoc with gardens and flower
beds.
A "Tilden" banquet will be held in
Denver Sept 2 in honor of the sew
enty-seventh anniversary of the birth
OF Henry George. Single takers are
cndeavoring to make 1t the greatest
celebration of the kind ever held in
&C dorado.
The department of agriculture has
decided to place a representative of
the bureau of markets and credits in
Denver to collect and distribute in
formation on perishable crops and
receipts and quotations
on foodstuffs.
Playground instruction at the
twelve municipal parks this year, CO.
operating with the chlldren's depart.
ment of the Denver public library in
teaching handicrafts to children at
the parks, has resulted in the making
of some excellent raffia work, bask.
cts, embroidery, bird houses, doll