Gilpin observer., 1917-01-11
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
Ian. 2o.-Athletic Club boxing contests
Tan. 22-Meeting Colorado Editorial
Association and Banquet to Members
or Colorado Assembly at Denver
Ian. 1S-27-Annual Food Show at Dem
Jan. ao-27-Annual western Stock
Feb. 2-4-Y. NJ. c. A. Annual conven-
tion at Colorado Springs
Golden's mail is now being deliv-
cred by carriers.
The Pueblo irrigation system is to
be greatly enlarged.
The new Mennonite church at La
Junta has been formally dedicated.
The state lost $74,1S3 in revenue
through the adoption of the prohibi-
tion law. effective Jan. /, 1916.
Members of the Denver Bar associ-
tion were hosts to the justices of the
Colorado Supreme Court at lunch
con.
A revenue of $4,000 from the sale
of the new 1917 auto licenses was TAX
en- in by the state during the first two
days Of the year.
The Sherman ranch of LAO acres
near Byers has been bought by Joseph
Dodd of Colfax, Iowa, for 1000, from
Charles Elliott of Marshalltown, Ia.
A half million dollars has been cut
from the debt of the state of Colorado
during the past two years, according
to the annual report of the state treas
urer.
Occupations almost as varied as the
number of dignitaries themselves will
be engaged in by the various state and
county officials who retired from Of
flee Tuesday.
Ralph w. Smith, Denver, must pay
his former wife, Elizabeth Barrett
Smith, $3,S26.50 alleged unpaid ali
mony or carry the matter to the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals.
Agitation to place smelters under
the supervision of the state public
utilities commission was one of the
principal issues discussed at the Colo
RADIO Metal Mining association meeting
in Denver.
The state of Colorado started suit in
the Supreme Court Of New York to col
lect 100000 inheritance tax from
the estate of the late John Harbeck Of
Boulder, Colo. The estate is valued at
approximately s3,OOO.OOO.
Applications for filings on approx
mately 100000 acres Of public land
in Colorado were made In less than a
week after the announcement that
President Wilson had signed the 64O-
acre grazing homestead law.
The hearing for new trial in the
case Of Rienzi c. Dickens, convicted of
the murder Of his father, William H.
Dickens. the Longmont banker, Nov.
80. 1916. was again postponed, but at
torneys say will be heard by the 18th.
Nearly 400 Democrats attended the
Jackson day banquet given by the
Democratic club at Ell Jebel temple in
Denver in honor Of Judge julius c..
Gunter. who Tuesday became governor
Of Colorado, and other state officials
elect.
Sheep feeders In the Arkansas val
Icy will send over 265.O0O head of
lambs to market this month. The
lambs have been fed at the stock
farms in the valley and will be rushed
out this month for fear Of q drop in
price.
Three persons we're seriously in
jured and a baby in the protecting
arms Of its mother escaped unscathed
when the automobile of Thomas Clevel
Of Pueblo turned over on South Santa
FS avenue at the bridge over the Ar
kansas river.
Dispelling his daughters romance
with the startling declaration that
Fred Wallace. with whom she eloped
from Sterling, was already married.
Charles Watson Of Grand Island, Neb,
went to Denver and took the girl from
the Detention home.
The report Of the conditions in fed
eral reserve bank district No. 10.
which includes Colorado. for the jan
uary issue of the federal reserve bull.
letin. serves to confirm the increasing
commercial records Of the year, with
no seriously deterrent features.
Coincident WIN favorable action on
the removal Of the congressional linn
itation Of $4,000 year for the main.
tenance OF the Rocky Mountain Ma
tfonal park in Washington, speakers in
attendance at the national park con.
ference urged the conversion of the
Grand Cafion Of the Colorado into
national park.
The new interlocking switching sys.
tom of the Denver Union station, re-
Gently installed at an approximate
cost Of 100000, went into operation
with marked success. A main switch.
Ing tower in which three expert
switchmen handle ninety-five levers,
controls the signal and switch from