The Colorado statesman., 1917-02-24

The c. & s. will construct new
freight depot at Aguilar.
F. w. White, the dramatic critic
who died in Denver, left an estate
worth $4,000
Peter Chiolero, longtime resident
of Denver and prominent in the ltal-
ian colony, died of uremia.
Robert E. Palm, 32nd degree Ma
son, died of paralysis at the home OF
Andrew Misner in Castle Rock,
A record price for non-irrigated land
for the northern part of the state was
set in Loveland when 160 acres sold
for $50 per acre.
Beautifying Denver by planting
trees in streets will form an import
ant part of the improvement plans for
the coming season.
The State Inheritance Tax Depart
ment has broken a record by the col
lections of S3,753.79 on inheritances
during a two-week period.
George C. Beckley, wealthy sugar
man of Honolulu and brother-in-law of
Princess Kawananakoa Of Hawaii,
will make his home in Denver.
The jewels of Mrs John A. Savage
were officially appraised for assess
ment purposes at $1,700 by the board
of county commissioners at Denver.
A coroner's jury found George Bel
cher, alias Tip Williams, 35, guilty of
feloniously causing the death of
George A. Russell during street
shooting affray which occurred at
Denver.
Gen. ]. ]. Pershing, who succeeds
the late General Funston in command
on the border, is well known in Den
yer and has a number of relatives in
that city whom he has visited fire.
quently on his trips to Denver.
Word has been received in Denver
of the death of John ]. Buel, the man
who selected the site of Denver. He
also plated the site of Boulder and of
Central City, and later founded the
city of Quinnesec, Mich. He died
there.
A plea for the fair assessment of
metalliferous mines was made by AS
SCISSOR ]. C. Ferril of Teller county at
the annual conference of the Colorado
Tax Commission and county assessors
at the State Museum building in Den
yer.
Deputy District Attorney Paul Nc
Govern of Denver has filed an infor-
nation against Homer Ware, charging
him with robbery and assault with in
tent to kill Dr. d. B. Mcmahon, pro-
prietor of a drug store. Mcmahon was
shot by holdup.
A deadlock of the six members of
the State Board of Charities and Cor
rections, on the appointing of an as
sistant secretary and an investigator,
failed to show any sign of weakening
at an adjourned meeting, and the
places are still untitled.
Lying unconscious for more than
twenty-four hours, suffering from a
severed artery at the base of the brain
and badly fractured skull, d. B. Free
man, aged 70, of Virgins, is not ex-
pected to live as the result of an auto
mobile accident just south of Platte
vile.
Colorado has the opportunity for be-
coming the greatest poultry raising
state in the Union, according to an au-
thoritative statement in a booklet just
issued by the State Agricultural Col
lege The. information contained in
the booklet was compiled by Prof w.
e. Vaplon.
According to a Cripple Creek report
a new and rich ore shoot for the Aca-
cia Gold Mining Company has been cut
on the Shurtloff vein at the 1,350-foot
level of the South Burns shaft, and the
screenings resulting from breaking
the vein three feet wide are grabbing
from $50 to $50 a ton.
Building trades employees in Den
yer are seeking an increase in wages
to conform to the recent increase of
from so cents to 81 made in the pay
of plumbers, steamfitters and timers.
The demand will be made in behalf of
carpenters, plasterers, painters and
structural iron workers.
Secretary Huston of the United
States Department of Agriculture will
visit Denver next June, with the pri-
mary object of studying opportunities
and possibilities in connection with
the development of the Mount Evans
region and the general mountain parks
system in the vicinity of Denver.
With about 100000 subscribed and
in sight, 200 volunteer workers who
have been active in the campaign to
raise $4,000 for the support of Den
ver's seventeen Federated Charities in
the next fifteen months met and voted
to continue the solicitation of funds
until the needed sum is obtained.
A small fire in the Oakdale Com
pany's mine at Oakview, six miles
west of La Veta, caused considerable
excitement Monday morning. At 10