Gilpin observer., 1917-03-29

day School Association at Colorado
June 21-22-christian Endeavor Con-
Aug. National Convention of Afri-
can Race at Denver.
Sept; 17-22-Colorado state Fair at Pu-
Gunnison county has a new town by
the name of Telco.
Silverton ore shipments for Febru-
ary reached 165 cars.
Moffat road has petitioned for per-
mission to increase passenger rates "a
cent per mile.
Peter T. Dotson was elected presi-
dent of the Southern Colorado Pho
neers' Association at Pueblo.
A national convention of the Afri-
can race will be held in Denver Aug.
1 for the purpose of considering the
matter of citizenship.
An increase in the insurance pol
icies given employees of the American
Smelling and Refining Company, has
been announced by the company.
Virtually all the colleges and tech
ing their men and resources in prepa-
ration for the possible outbreak of ac-
tive warfare.
Denvers Auditorium was filled to
capacity. when music lovers gathered
to listen to the farewell program by
Frederick Neil Innes as director of the
municipal band.
Denver's business and professional
men are responding to the national
call for military training, for volun-
teer preparedness, which is sweeping
over the country.
DR.. A. ]. Argall, youngest son of
Philip Argall of Denver, has received
an appointment as assistant surgeon
U. S. N. reserve forces, and leaves to
take up active service at Norfolk, Va
The Senate passed on third reading
the bill providing for a mill levy of
.01 mill for maintenance of the State
Fair at Pueblo, and an appropriation
of $4,000 for the 1917 fair.
The burial of Mrs. William A. Mel
son and her three children, whom she
killed before taking her own life at
her home, two and one-half miles east
of Boulder, was in one grave.
The Senate passed mill levy bill
providing for 20 mill for the main
tenance of the state insane asylum at
Pueblo. This will give the asylum
fund Of approximately $24O,O00.
Lieut.. w. P. Brown, in charge of
the Denver recruiting station, received
official advices from the Navy Depart
ment directing that no efforts be
spared to recruit its force to the full
quota of enlisted men.
Acting over the protests of Stephen
Knight and Chester s. Morey, the
Hilliard-Jones-Guyer faction of the
Denver school board ousted Carlos NJ.
Cole as superintendent of public
schools and named Harry V. Kepner.
The conference committee on the
bone dry" prohibition bill agreed on
amending the measure so that two
quarts of whisky, six of wine, or
twenty-four of beer would be allowed
to be imported by any household in
any one month.
A letter dated Feb. 20 and stating
that he was safe in Barcelona, Spain,
States, was received in Denver by
Mrs. Cornelius Ferris from her hus-
band, former American consul at
Mannheim, Germany.
Colorado engineers of all classified
tions are to be mobilized for service
in case of war, according to plan
which will be worked out by the en-
gineering corps Of the Denver Civic
and Commercial Association under the
direction of l.. G. Carpenter, chair
man of the group
Richard j. Bolles, "A, millionaire
business man and clubman of Colo
RADIO for many years, died on a rail.
way train at Titusville, Fla, while on
his way from Palm Beach to his home
In Jacksonville. Mr.. Bolles was
stricken with apoplexy and died be-
fore medical aid could be reached.
Ella Frances Yontz, 15-year.old
adopted daughter Of George II. Yontz
and wlfe OF cripple Creek, Is now in
Leipzig. Germany, and because of
strict Interpretation of citizenship
laws she will have to remain there un-
til diplomatic relations between that
country and the United States are
again established.
Senator Billy Adams of Alamosa
was elected president ad interim of
the Senate over Matt N. Lines, Repub-
lican, II to 16, each candidate casting
complimentary vote for the other
That was the last official act of the
Senate and. with the signing of the
long appropriation bill, the last bill en-
crossed, both houses of the Twenty.
first General Assembly adjourned.
Anticipating an order which 1t is
thought will reach Denver soon for
the enlistment OF full machine gun