The state herald., 1917-03-23

Notices were posted calling for an
election April to decide whether the
town Of Estes Park shall be incorpor-
ated.
Loveland churches and Sunday
schools have started . campaign to
have 500 men in the Sunday schools
by Easter.
Announcement was received in Den
yer that E. L. Brown has resigned as
president Of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis railroad.
Thorndike Deland will vacate tho
position Of secretary Of the Denver
Civic Association April TO engage In
private business.
Loyal Irishmen throughout Denver
and the state will Join in feastlng and
celebration In honor of st. Patrick. pa.
tEon saint of Ireland.
A convention of the United Mine
Workers OF America for District 10,
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 week regularly at the
military headquarters In Denver.
April 7th has been decided upon
for the annual state meeting and elec
ton Of officers for the Colorado divi
sion. Travellers Protective Associa
tion.
A coroner's jury in Littleton re
turned verdict ordering John Peter
Whitson Of Logantown to he held fol
the murder of his wife, Mrs. Allie
Whitson.
Last month was the banner month
for the Rico mining industry as there
has not been such q large amount Of
ore shipped from that city in one
month for twenty-four years.
James e. Tressel OF Denver dice
In the county hospital of injuries in
flicted six hours earlier. when he wa,
mistaken by alleged bootleggers for &
police stool pigeon" and beaten apt
strangled.
Mrs. James B. Grant, society nnt
club woman Of Denver. has beer
named by the state chapter of tn,
Daughters OF the American Revolu
ton, to succeed Mrs. Charles Thomas
as national vice president, resigned.
The women of Ouray, dissatisfied
with ticket placed in nomination foi
| city officers by men Mt a caucus, have
made up ticket Of their own. Mos
OF the candidates are men. but thu
women call II their own ticket"
The Indians OF Colorado, remark
ably abstemious, have a clean recort
for the past year as law-abIding resi-
dents. according to the annual repor
| OF the commissioner OF Indian affairs
n copy Of which has been received b.
Henry Larson. special inspector II
charge OF the Denver Indian Bureau
Despite the fact that the secon,
contingent OF Colorado troops wer,
four hours late In arriving In Denver
the reception accorded them was sucl
as to put real zest into the cheer,
given by the troopers for the recep
tion committee at the conclusion o
the dinner served at the state house
Corporal James r. Logsdon, mem
Der Of the signal corps OF the Colo
rado National Guard, has been highl,
praised for his bravery In saving tn,
life OF woman entrapped In a blar
ing hotel and probably will be recon
mended for medal by Gen c. q. Nor
ton OF the United States border forces
The mill record Of the United statei
Gold Corporation. Boulder county
shows that In 1916. lG.459 tons OF or,
were treated. The average recover,
OF values was So per cent, with tn.
product In the form OF bullion, OF
which there were no further deduc
tions. ms II was turned directly int
the mint.
III people In Denver general,
knew how to grow potatoes they coul,
save themselves. In the aggregate
100000 this summer" said r. l.
Clarke. principal Of the Bcrkele,
school. suburban agricuiturist ant
garden expert and enthusiast. who 4,
nj present engineering n number Of
horticultural schemes for iowcrins
tho high cost of llving-summer iiv
Ing at lcast-in Denver.
Lcadville. the leading ore district
OF Colorado In both tonnage and val
ucs. opens tho season OF 1917 with n
strike OF rich ore. described M the
largest In the district during the last
ten years. not forgetting the wonder
ful body OF gold-coppcr ore revealed In
the Ibes-Garbutt groups. by the Cat
tellini lease. in the spring Of 1915
The scene Of tho new strike is the
Ontario tunnel. near the head OF Iowa
gulch.
humber Of senators expressed
their Indignation In Denver upon
learning that the prov OF the cruiser
Colorado given TO Colorado by the fed