Gilpin observer., 1917-06-07

June 1S-25.-Red Cross Week.
Aug. l~National Convention OF Afri-
can Race at Denver.
Sept. 17-22-Colorado State Fair at Pu-
eblo.
A tungsten refinery is being built
in Boulder.
Over 800 city lots at Montrose are
now planted in gardens.
John R. Lawson has accepted a Do
sition as labor agent for a mining
company.
Several cases of scarlet fever at
Sugar City. San Juan towns are full
of measles.
The union miners of Fremont coun-
ty are arranging to hold celebration
on July 4th
In burning outbuilding belonging
to c. M. Hall of Florence, $50 young
chickens perished.
Memorial Day in hard work improving
the cemetery there.
The boilermakers and helpers en-
ployed at Florence have gone on
strike and quit work.
Reports show that Colorado's crops
are in good condition except being
delayed by cool weather.
Ore shipments from the Silverton
camp during the first twenty-one days
Of May totaled 121 cars.
The Masons had charge of the bur
ial of Col. w. F. Cody buffalo BID
on Lookout Mountain on Sunday.
Two carloads of high-grade ore have
been taken out Of the new strike in
the Doctor mine, Gunnison county.
Mrs. Hannah S. Brown, widely
known in Denver as philanthropist,
died at her home. She was 79 years
old.
A company is being organized at
Las Animas for the purpose of build
ing an alfalfa meal mill at Melina
station.
The labor shortage in Colorado is
becoming acute in all lines of indus
try and will be intensified when con-
scription goes into effect.
More than 5000 pounds of dandelion
plants were dug up by boys and girls
of Grand Junction and brought to city
hall in prize contest of extermina-
tion.
Canon City was the second town
in the state to meet its apportion-
ment in the raising of the Y. M. G. A.
war fund. Longmont was first and
went considerably over the amount
that it pledged.
The Garbutt property on Breeze
hill continues to be one of the heav-
lest producers in the Leadville district
with an output OF $50 tons daily, part
of which is being extracted through
the Ibex No. shaft.
The oil well on the Edward Jones
place near Byron is producing be-
tween 70 and 80 barrels of oil daily.
Gas from the same well forces the
oil out thus doing away with the need
of pump for the present.
One hundred Veterans OF Foreign
Wars in Denver dedicated the recent
ly erected monument to the heroes of
foreign wars at Fairmount cemetery.
The monument, fifty feet high, repre-
sents soldier ready for action.
Manager r. w. Coates of the Fanny
Rawlings mine at Leadville reports
that high-grade gold ore is still being
extracted from Che rich vein that was
encountered in the property two
weeks ago and that two shipments
have been made.
A guard will be stationed at the
grave of Buffalo Bill until the monu-
ment In his honor is raised on Look
out mountain. Night and day force
of police will be maintained to pre-
vent curio and memento seekers from
committing acts of vandalism.
Mrs. c. l.. Palmer of Golden was
the victim OF the only automobile ac-
cident which attended the gathering
OF thousands of motor cars on the
Lookout mountain road for the Buff
falo Bill memorial ceremonies, accord
ing to police reports. Mrs. Palmer
who was passenger In the car or
Charles Risden. lost three fingers
when G. B. Gardner of Wheat Ridge
backed his machine against the Ris-
den car
On confession of error by the attor-
ney general, two of Colorados famous
murder cases were reversed by Su-
preme Court decisions. The action of
the court practically releases John r.
Lawson, charged with Staying John
Nimmo in 1914. The other man. who
was convicted of murder during the
trouble in the southern Colorado coal
fields was Louis Zancannelli who was
accused of Staying detective hired
by a coal company. Zancannelli's case
was reversed because the attorney
general confessed errors.
Information from the extensive fruit
DISTRICT extending southwark from Du-
range counties to indicate an i'm.
mense and first-class yield.
Horace Bonine, for three wears