Gilpin observer., 1917-02-15

eblo.
A new 10O-foot turntable has been
put in at Salida.
Beet growers have protested against
the passage of the bill before the Leg.
fslature limiting child labor.
Colorado this year will get 1857.
3S0.2S from the federal appropriation
to aid in constructing post roads,
During recent clay mining opera
tions ino Golden a three-foot vein OF
high grade coal was opened up.
1t is estimated that the payrolls of
labor-employing concerns at Florence
have doubled within the past year.
Thousands of Denver people. men.
women and children, visited the infor-
NAL opening of the new Children's hos
pital.
David Baumart. 70 years old, who
had lived in Colorado since 1860, died
at the Denver county hospital of pneu-
monia.
The Grand Junction Fruit Growers
Association declared dividend of 10
per cent, the total payments amount
ing to $14,4S3.
Miss Marjorie Barnard, II, and
Leonard Eagan, 20. of Longmont. were
married at Littleton by Justice of the
Peace Chatfield.
Frederick William White (F.W.W),
dramatic editor and critic of the Den
yer Post for the last twenty years,
died in st. Joseph's hospital In Den
yer.
Contracts have been closed for the
sale of 10000 tons of Huerfano coun-
ty bituminous coal per month for
three years to the Italian govern
ment.
Four women were badly bruised and
cut. and one man was slightly injured,
when car driven by Sherman Cox of
Denver went into ditch two miles
from Golden.
A coroner's jury of six Denver men
exonerated H. w. Ridgway from all
blame for the death of Mrs. Julia A.
Sager, who was killed near the Den
yer City park
history of Methodism was given by the
Epworth League of the Warren Memor
ial Methodist church in Denver. Forty
persons took part
The city Of Florence has applied for
a tract Of land in the San Isabel Ma
tional forest on South Hardserabble
creek to be used as a municipal camp
ing and playground.
A growing conviction that Logan
county contains, oil deposits is respons
sible for the proposed sinking of sew
eral test wells in the neighborhood of
Tiff, Padroni and Stoneham.
A Denver company is reported to
have purchased the Malachite mine
located about eight miles southwest
of Golden. 1t is a copper proposition
and was first worked in 1860.
Grief for his dead wife is said to be
largely responsible for the death of
Frank Edward Conboy. veteran rail-
road man. who died at his home at
2243 Julian street. in Denver.
Northwestern Colorados fourth an
nual mid-winter carnival, the event
which has attracted international at
tention, will occur in Steamboat
Springs on the first and second days
of March.
Donald Bartold Knight, alias Harry
Harrison. an ex-convict, was arrested
In Denver following his attempted rob-
berry Of the home of G. ]. Ryan. He
confessed to half a dozen recent Den
yer burglaries.
The Missouri Society of Colorado,
composed Of former residents of Mis-
souri,, will give dinner and entertain
ment in Denver, March 3. All former
residents Of Missouri, their families
and friends, are invited to attend.
Leonard vogel, an employee at the
Golden matted milk factory, was seri-
ously injured when his arm was
drawn into n mixing machine. The
flesh from wrist to elbow was badly
lacerated and the bone was splint-
ered
| Probably few persons realize what
a scene of marital activity the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College at Fort Col
Inns is these days. More than coo
prospective soldiers are busy going
through all sorts of drills and maneu-
vers. staging sham battles and learn
ing all the tactics of military science.
With the scions of five of Denver's
most prominent families already con.
nected with the affair and with the
certainty that as many more will be
implicated, federal. state and city au.
thorities have inaugurated an investi.
cation Of a series OF orgies held in
various parts OF the city and ada.
cent resorts. which promises sensa.
tion.
The annual skiing tourney OF the Es
tes Park Outdoor club opened at Estes
Park with the prelimlnaries I'm thu