Gilpin observer., 1917-02-08
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
Feb. Bismarck Carnival of Mid Win.
ter Sports at Steamboat Springs,


Feb. 2s-March Carnival of Mid Win
ter Sports at Steamboat Springs
Over $121. 900 tax was paid in Jan
uary on estates worth St, ,464, ,4779O.
Th9 Red Cross membership contest
closed in Denver with 1864 members
enrolled-making 1912 new members.
A joint celebration of the birthdays
of Washington and Lincoln will be
held in Denver on Feb. %. by the Re.
publicans OF Colorado.
A ban has been placed on potatoes
and cabbage by the, Housewives
League in Denver, as means of re-
ducing the sky prices.
Auto thieves kept the Denver police
department busy last month, stealing
an average of about two cars day
for the entire thirty days.
William McGrath and his wife, Mrs.
Goldie McGrath, victims in the double
tragedy in Denver, were buried side
by side in Fairmount cemetery.
The Senate of the Colorado Assem-
bly, passed resolution endorsing
diplomatic relations with Germany.
Nearly 200 naval reserves in Colo
rado are awaiting a call to service in
the event of a declaration of war by
the United States against Germany.
A test case to determine the consti-
tutionality of the farm loan act
adopted by the voters at the election
last November will be filed in Den
yer.
One hundred miners Of the Huerfano
Coal Company in the Ludlow district
went on strike because the company
refused to grant an increase of wages
demanded two weeks ago.
Fear that attempts might be made
to destroy the Du Pont de Nemours
Powder plant at Louviers, Colo, has
led officials of the company to place
extra guards at the works.
A score of prominent Denver physi-
clans are expecting to be notified to
prepare for summons in the service of
the United tSates army They belong
the United States army. They belong
serve corps.
Testimony introduced in the hearing
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission tended to show freight rate
discrimination against Denver began
when the first railroad line
entered the city.
In common with every other state
In the Union, Colorado has on file in
Washington a complete list of the in
dustries in the state with facts, fig
ures and statistics as to their use or
availability in the event Of war.
DR.. Paul Ritter, Swiss minister to
the United States, who took charge of
States as soon as Count Won Bern
storff received his passports. is we'll
known to many persons In Denver.
While feeding large steer on the
Mccall ranch near Arvada, F. ]. Reid,
Of Denver, was knocked down and
gored by the enraged animal, and as a
result is at Mercy hospital in criti- .
cal condition. Reids chest is badly
The late Bon l. Look left an estate
worth approximately $65,OOO, accord
ing to preliminary estimates contained
in a petition filed with his will in the
County Court in Denver. The tesla
tors two children will receive the en-
tire estate
Women's patriotic societies and
n ha of hn tntn
shalled for relief duty in the present
crisis, and, in the event of war, in the
organization of the Colorado branch
of the League of Women's Service, a
national body formed in Washington.
About fifty members of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars held smoker
In Denver commemorating the eight
eenth anniversary of the outbreak of
the Philippine insurrection in 1899. A
program of music and boxing was ar
ranged.
Topics of rare interest and vital con.
Germ in connection with the develop
ment of the national forests and their
relation to the growth of the adjacent
communities were discussed at the
Denver conference Of forest supervis-
ors. The program was devoted to
public service"
The receipts of the Denver postof.
flee for December showed an increase
OF twenty-five per cent. over the cor.
responding month OF last year. This
is the second largest increase in the
history of the office. Last October
there was gain of thirty-two per cent
over October, 1915.
patriotic demonstration In which
more than 1000 school children, fra.
ternities. teachers and members of pa
triotic organizations will unite, is be.
ing prepared under the auspices of the
Washington Lincoln Memorial Associ.
alton. 1t will be held Feb. IL in the
municipal auditorium in Denver.