Gilpin observer., 1917-03-22

Notices were posted calling for an
election April to decide whether the
town of Estes Park shall be incorpor-
ated.
Announcement was received in Den
yer that E. L. Brown has resigned as
president of the. Minneapolis & st.
Louis railroad.
A convention of the United Mine
Workers of America for District Is,
which John r. Lawson had called for
Pueblo, has been abandoned.
Seventy-five men are now enrolled
in the citizens training class and are
drilling twice a week regularly at the
military headquarters in Denver.
A coroner's jury in Littleton re-
turned verdict ordering John Peter
Whitson of Logantown to be held for
the murder of his wife, Mrs. Allie
Whitson
All railroads operating through
on perishable goods and live stock
when the rail strike threatened, lifted
them Monday.
Charles Plank, with score Of 95
per cent, was high gun at the weekly
shoot Of the Denver Trap Club. B. E.
Moritz pushing him close for the hon
or with 80 per cent average.
Mr.. and Mrs Martin Treseder Of
Denver, celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary. Eight children and
eighteen grandchildren were with the
couple on the occasion.
Mrs. Susan Lord Mussey, widow Of
the Rev. Charles F. Mussey. and one
of the Oldest residents of Colorado,
died at the home of her son, William
o. Mussey, in Denver. She was "a
years old.
James E. Tressel of Denver died
in the county hospital of injuries in
flicted six hours earlier, when he was
mistaken by alleged bootleggers for
police stool pigeon" and beaten and
strangled.
Mrs. James B. Grant, society and
club woman of Denver, has been
named by the state chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, to succeed Mrs. Charles Thomas,
as national vice president, resigned.
The Indians of Colorado, remark
ably abstemious, have a clean record
for the past year as law-abiding resi-
dents. according to the annual report
of the commissioner of Indian affairs,
a copy Of which has been received by
Henry Larson, special inspector in
charge of the Denver Indian Bureau.
Despite the fact that the second
contingent of Colorado troops were
four hours late in arriving in Denver,
the reception accorded them was such
as to put real zest into the cheers
given by the troopers for the recep-
ton committee at the conclusion of
the dinner served at the state house.
Corporal James F. Logsdon, a men,
ber of the signal corps of the Colo
RADIO National Guard, has been highly
praised for his bravery in saving the
life of a woman entrapped in blaz-
ing hotel and probably will be recon-
mended for a medal by Gen c. G. Nor
ton of the United States border forces.
The mill record of the United States
Gold Corporation, Boulder county,
shows that in 1916, 16.459 tons of ore
were treated. The average recovery
of values was s5 per cent, with the
product in the form of bullion, on
which there were no further deduc-
tions, as 1t was turned directly into
the mint.
The first squadron of Colorado>cav-
airy, Troops A, B and c, arrived in
Denver from the border Monday, and
were feted and banqueted as planned
during their stopover in Denver, de-
spite the orders issued by the War de-
partment suspending the mastering
out of national guardsmen and holding
them at their rehabilitation posts un-
til futrehr notice.
The Dairy Show held annually at.
is likely that two days will be devot-
ed to the show in the future instead
Of just one. Last Thursday the second
annual show was held and 1t was
twice as large as the first one in
March, 1916. This shows the increased
interest being taken in the subject, OF
dairying and the increased number OF
dairy cattle being raised.
'If people in Denver generally
knew how to grow potatoes they could
save themselves. in the aggregate,
100000 this summer" said p. l..
Clarke, principal of the Berkeley
school. suburban agriculturist and
garden expert and enthusiast, who is
at present engineering a number of
horticultural schemes for lowering
the high cost OF living-summer liv.
ing at least-in Denver.
Attorney General Leslie. e. Hubbard
and Assistant Attorney General Ralph
G. Kerwin have filed briefs In the
State Supreme Court in the case of