Gilpin observer., 1917-08-02

Aug. 2s-30.-Annual Convention Is. F.
sank pysSsn; pHeSEs; s.sass .slraias and Rnsais
OF khorassan. at Colorado Springs.
Sept. 4-7-Frontier Days celebration
Sept. 4-7.-Arkansas Valley Fair at
Rocky Ford.
Sept. S-s.-Firemen's State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
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The home of P. F. Stonehouse at
Cripple Creek was struck by lightning.
Police believe gang of automobile
thieves has been broken up at Pueblo.
Over $1,000 in prizes will be Of
fered at Fort Morgan's Frontier Show,
Sept. At.
Operators add fifth group of mines
closed In Leadville district on account
of the strike.
Celeste Numari. timberman in the
Sopris mine, was instantly killed by
fall of rock.
Order received at the new creamery
and cheese factory at La Junta re-
quires that all employees wear white
clothing.
Enoch Blimore, a miner in the Wild
Horse mine on Ironclad hill at Victor,
was imprisoned behind rock fall in
the 5O0-foot level
Good work of leasers this spring
has put the wellington mine at Rico
into the list of shippers. 1t is now
turning out much good ore.
The bank clearings in Denver for
the week ending July ~ aggregated
$12.7s1. .563.s6. as against $1O.547,5SS.67
for the same week last year.
Colorado will be the next field for
l. w. WIS and their work." asserted
Charles H. Meyer, president of the
Western Federation of Miners.
Members of the First Colorado reg
iment are to be presented with bronze
watch fobs by Occidental Camp No. 8,
Woodmen of the World, of Denver.
The net receipts from the national
forests under the Denver Jurisdiction
for the fiscal year ending June 30.
1917, show an increase of $29, 500 over
those of the preceding year.
David Pfieffer, IL. and Clyde Kuth-
line, IT. of Wheatridge, and Solomon
Kern. "a. of Denver, were drowned in
Lake Pettigrew, near Wheatridge.
when their boat overturned.
]. M. Taylor has been elected cap
tain of the Denver Grand Army Vete-
ran Military Company. r. H. McGill
has been named as first lieutenant and
R. M. McElrose second lieutenant
The tourist movement to Colorado
has taken on a tremendous increase in
the last ten days, according to state
ments made by railroad officials and
reports received at the Denver Tourist
Bureau.
A family named East, from Indiana,
camping on the Rio Grande river
aged years, who fell into the river
and was drowned. The body was re-
covered
1t is reported that during the last
month the Tomboy company of Tellu-
ride, which is an English-owned cor
poration. paid s75,S30, or "a per cent.
in spite of the English tax of 80 per
cent for war purposes.
A score or more of the Indians who
have been working in the vicinity of
Lamar during the summer are eager
to join Company ID, but they have not
yet succeeded because of the failure
of the Indian agent to grant the neces
ssry permission.
With the announcement that Fort
Logan athletes, as well as those from
the engineers encampment at Golden.
would participate in the big sport car.
nival at Camp Baldwin Saturday, Aug
4, the meet has taken on the aspect
of an intermilitary clash. which will
draw monster crowd to Overland
park, which would not shame the
masses that once filled the grounds
in the days of the sport of kings.
Echoes of the factional fight in the
German Evangelical Lutheran church
OF Windsor, which occurred last
March. were heard in the District
Court at Greeley in the case of the
Rev William Wilk, discharged pas
tor, against trustees and members OF
the church. Mr.. Wilk is suing for
$4,000 damages on charges OF false
arrest, false imprisonment and mali
cious prosecution
Deputy sheriffs at Trinidad cap
tured the biggest supply of liquor
known to have been in the county
since the state became dry" Three
two-ton trucks laden with whisky,
wine, beer and gin were taken and
drivers of two of the trucks were ar.
rested. The third driver escaped, but
the sheriff claims to have recognized
him. In the haul were twenty-five
barrels of bottled beer. 400 bottles OF
whisky and large quantity of gin
and wine.
Possibilities that the Colorado Nm.
tional Guard now encamped at The
Colorado State Fair Grounds, might in.