Gilpin observer., 1917-05-31

| EnQ0avOr Con-
| vention at Salida.
Aug. 1-National Convention of Afri-
| . can Race at Denver.
sept ssiio. .7-s'-c'l0rado State Fair at Po-
Sterling Elks bought $1,000 Liber-
ty bond.
Ore production 10 steadily gaining
at Aspen.
Former Mayor c. B. Goddard Of
Sterling is dead.
| Brig. Gen. Hurd, former Puebloan.
died in Los Angeles.
The ban on trading stamps becomes
effective July Goth.
Colorado wheat and other grains re-
ported in good condition.
Fat lambs brought $50 per cwt. on
the Denver market Friday
Many trained men from Colorado
are wanted for army service.
The membership campaign of the
Pueblo Y. M. c. A. netted TIT.
Colorado must raise million dol
lars for Red Cross relief work.
President of University of Colorado
to head French health commission.
Grand Junction is putting up a de-
termined fight against the dandelion
pest.
Organization OF many new National
Guard regiments to be undertaken
soon.
Call for volunteers is issued by
John A. Martin, authorized to act by
governor.
The funeral of John R. Champion.
who died at his home in Arvada. was
held in Denver.
Denver Typographical Union No. 40
held its annual Memorial Day services
at Riverside cemetery Sunday.
A $25,OOO bond issue for the con-
struction of new high school build
ing at Grover has been registered.
Two daylight robberies in the Cap
itol Hill district in Denver resulted in
the loss of jewelry worth $1,000.
The Cody Memorial Association has
completed arrangements for the Cody
funeral on Lookout mountain, Sunday,
June Sd.
The death in St. Joseph's hospital
of Miss Mary E. Delehant of Longmont
marked the passing Of another of
Colorado's well-known women.
The Custer County Metals Products
Company, subsidiary of the Tri-
State Mining and Investment Com
pany, has been organized at West
cliffe.
An information charging William r.
tBuck) Seay with the murder of Ed
ward c. Green in the office of Man
ager of Parks w. r. R. Mills in Den
yer was filed in the West Side Court.
Company A of the North Side High
School, under Capt. Karl Eppich. won
the American flag offered as first
prize in the competitive drill by the
Denver High School Cadet Battalion.
George w. Bruce of Delta was Joint
l.. recommended for receiver of the
federal land office at Montrose by
Senators Shafroth and Thomas, ac-
cording to dispatch from Wash
ington.
Fifty years of married life with
more than the usual amount of sun
shine in spite of cloudy days is cred
tied to Mr.. and Mrs. l.. d. Fenton of
Denver, who celebrated their golden
wedding.
Col. J. p Boggs, II years old-but
talking, walking and thinking like a
man of half that age-is in Denver to
pay his last respects to Buffalo Bill.
when the body of the world-famous
scout is laid to rest on Lookout
mountain
The American Smelling and Refin-
ing Company has advanced the price
of lead in Colorado ores to $40 per 100
pounds, or $50 per cent in excess of
normal the latter being 81 per 100
| pounds In such camps at Leadville,
| Silverton and Ouray.
Matt Edwards of Victor and E. G.
Fink of Canon City, who recently Sc
cured prospecting permit with lease
option on the Ramona property, on
Bull hill, Cripple Creek, have decided
to exercise their option and have COM
menced active work.
Basing his claim on twenty alleged
errors said to have been made by the
court in his trial April Sd in the Arap-
ahoe County Court, Philip Frederick,
found guilty of contributing to the de-
linquency of Marie Rasmussen, IT, has
appealed for new trial.
In the Breckenridge district the
Wellington Mines Company. now cap
italized at $1,OoO.Oo0. has paid quar-.
terly dividend of 100000. or 20 per
cent on the full value of the shares.
This company is heavy producer OF
zinc and lead concentrates.
Cooking laboratories of thirteen
public schools in Denver will be
pressed into service this summer by
the National League for Womens
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