The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-18
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.


Jan. 2o-27-Annual western Stock
Show at Denver
Feb. 2-4-Y. NJ c. A. Annual Conven-
tion at Colorado Springs.
There were many exhibits at the
Trinidad poultry show.
Members of the Legislature at
tended the Elks boxing smoker" in
Denver. The boxing bouts were all
fast
Senator Shafroth has nominated
Kenneth c. Caldwell of Grand juno
tion for the Annapolis naval academy,
and Robert E. Milligan of Denver, as
alternate
The Denver Women's committee, or
ganized to make and send surgical
dressings to the warning nations sent
out consignment of 1000 bandages
to France
Former Gov. George A. Carlson has
officially closed a contract with an
Eastern lyceum bureau for a lecture
tour beginning next June, it was an
nounced in Denver.
AS result of an alteration over
trivial matter, Lee Stear, 32. was shot
through the head and instantly killed
on the ranch of ]. l.. Savage, thirty
miles west of Pueblo.
Henry l.. Reno. formerly soldier
in the United States army. has been
engaged by the Denver school board
to aid in the preliminary organization
of the Denver high school cadets.
Rico reports that ore is now coming
down steadily from the Log Cabin
mine. operated by the new Marmatite
Mining Company The aerial tram
way recently repaired is working sat
isfactorily.
Colorado expended $4,075, 500 on her
roads during the period of 1915 and
1916, according to T. ]. Ehrhart, state
highway commissioner Half of this
sum, or $2,O42, 2,765.S1 was used to i'm
prove state highways.
Nearly 200 farmers and sugar beet
men attended banquet given in Den-
yer by the Denver Tramway Company.
in conjunction with the Great Western
Sugar Company. to prospective sugar
beet raisers of jefferson county.
Important questions embracing
wide scope OF activity were presented
for consideration before the forty
third annual session of the Colorado
State Grange to be held at Fraternal
Union hall in Denver, Jan. 16. II and
18.
Two Colorado coal companies will
furnish fuel to operate the state rail
ways of Italy for the next three years
at rate of 10000 tons a month, and
at gross yield for the period of ST.
$4,000. Delivery will be made at Gal
weston.
The appointment of Herbert P.
Sweeney as deputy registrar of vital
statistics and chief clerk in the state
health department, was announced.
He succeeds Willard Peck, who has
been appointed public examiner in the
state auditors office.
1t is stated that the Imperial Oil
Company, Ltd, Canadian branch of
the Standard Oil Company. has OBJ
tanned control of the Midwest Refin-
ing Company, which it will operate as
a subsidiary. with Denver as its head
quarters, and without essential change
in its officers
Immediately after the services at
the Elks' home in Denver Col. Cody's
body was escorted by the Elks to the
Olinger mortuary where it will lie
in vault until Decoration day. At
that time it is believed that the site
for the grave will have been selected
and the sepulchre completed, and the
final rites will be said on Lookout
mountain.
Eli Mace, 27, and Marion Cooley, 10.
who were arrested in Kansas City
and confessed, according to detectives,
to the robbery on Dec. IS of the
Stockmens National bank at Brush.
are in Jail at Fort Morgan awaiting
trial They were taken there from the
home of Mace's sister, Mrs. Hugh
Gavin of Kansas City. where both
were staying At the time of their ar
rest they had about $4,000 of the s4,-
22O.17 stolen, according to detectives
working on the case.
Gold and silver production in the
United States in 1916 fell below that
of the year before by S,719,300 of gold
and 2,077,275 ounces of silver. The
director of the mint announced that
the total gold production for the last
year was s92, 400, and the silver
production 72.SS3.S00 ounces. Cali
fornia led the Union in the produc-
ton of gold with 1.069.5SG ounces,
valued at $22,110.3Oo;. Colorado was
second, with 919,565 ounces, worth
$4,000, 100, and Alaska third with 1885,
72l ounces, worth $16,242,300.
James w. Bruce, who sued Nora
Staley for damages for injuries he suf-
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