Gunnison news-champion., 1916-04-21

COLORADO NEWS IN BRIEF

The scale Of wag.-s Tor al. emp o.
ees Of Iea4sa.e m.a~s has BEEN a.
Yahrai ln per cent
The IoaEsrowu STATE bank. rec-lr
" lrsUruo rIsd Tor 10000 cap.r-
vas ned for business Saturday
l.-a -.." e 90 ng after the So
appropriated by the state hlzAu
commission for road building in i.
COMFY
On his own confession that be "a
WHISKY away n Sterling Edwin /,
,hr0p Was hEed $40 and costs /
Js-ce E~a.re
!. FT-t r'ez.r. one OF the best know
Of Gr". rs l!Oneer citizens. dle4 D.
his Eome aver in illness OF only
few days from pneumou
Albcr'a, lew town northeazr--r
Mr.- y.u,.. has g commercial cLg.
vA.r- Is ere ting club building and
has a m"ma"rzhlp of l5l men.
The sum OF s22.ss5 will be avaUabl.
from the county treasury for The
raIa'. .E4nr.. Of Pueblo and Puel.c
county s.hu".s for ;hr last quarter
Mr. Eliza Ann Cover dleu at rhs
family hon" N Canon ,Ity from nor
'o.s col1rs" ro..owlng the tragic
trR'h OF Ter husband IN runaway
'Ho Has.- ago
Three N,.rasRa rauchmeu. " c
Huahol \ lanre. 4 4 Lowe. Hyan
MS and Charles Tuncy. Lakeside
have plr' based the + VI Davis Iron
Vorss at Denver for 100000.
Two persons wero killed and rvc
w"r" .ulur, when Denver BOu'der
int"rIrbaU "a: struck an automohil,
near Denver The dead are VI +
Brannau ard his wife OF Boulder
Marshal Hu-rIs departed from Pu
eblo for I.aycnWorth having lr
Chare" six prisoners sentenced in the
federal coIrt by Judge Lewis after
pleading gIIIty to oT"usrs against the
government.
Compau, y OF the So, ond Infantry
with headquarters al Prim"ro has
been mustered out hy Adiutant Cen
eral Gamble The company showed
about sixty men on It's books. but only
a few Of those ATTENDED drills
In honor OF the rev aI'I'art gen
eral. IIarrF p Gamble and %, Gem.
John Chase. who enE been re' 200
officers OF tie Deuvcr comga~ .s o
the Colorado national g0arI ra
dinner al thc Ka'scrho8 ho'"'
Farmers in the viCiurs OF - 10
are complaining Of tho dnmrrr rn
done 10 growing Crorz r} t.a pa,
ants that have mu'tn' Of go fnei d ,
Ing the tine they hu @ been nrore-'c
by law that they have become a pest
The tungsten boom In Boulder coun
y has resulted In she orern eht
growth OF number Of Mushroom
towns. To take care @. the suddenly
acquired wealth in stems camp. the
Miners and Merchants State bank
has been Incorporated
r l. Whitehead. released from the
state peuiicrlIary after serving seven
years for a murder which the board OF
pardons says there IS grave doubt he
ever committed, Is the third person
serving under murder charge to
have been -eleascd since Jan. l.
Arguments on the medical bilr
passed by the last legislature vert
heard by the supreme court. Petition
ers attempted to refer the bill. which
grants full license to osteopaths and
other practitioners who have been ex.
amined by the state medical board.
Sheep shipments from northern Col
orado feed rens for this season are
being made in large Quantities daily
and men who keep posted on the mum
ber in feeding estimate that less than
200 cars yet remain 10 be sent TO mar
ket from the section north OF Denver
and east TO Fort Morgan.
Whether the omission OF notlce to
the holder OF mortgage on land that
had been sold for taxes, that the pur
chaser OF the tax receipt intended TAX
Ing treasurer's deed for the property
invalidateS the sale, will be decided In
the supreme court, when a case from
Weld county is heard by that body.
The richest ore and most valuable
shipment OF tungsten concentrates
that mas ever been sent from the San
Juan basin came down from Silver
ton. 1t vas shipped to the Crucible
Steel company OF Pittsburgh This
car OF ore contained seventy-one
sacks. weighing 7,SlO pounds. and Is
valued by the shippers at s22 600.
The state public utilities commits
sion has ordered all the railroads in
the state 10 appear through repre-
sentatives or May 10 in formal in.
vestigation begun by the commission
of the condition Of all railroad cross
ings in the state. 1t is the desire OF
the commission to establish and en-.
force a uniform standard of safety al
all crossings in Colorado.
Ben Edwards is mourning the loss oil
friend and a $50 bill The friend
died at Leadville several days ago