The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-15


Denver Il to have . fine municipal
organ.
Ben Hurmore. 1s, formerly Of Butts.
Mont. killed himself in . Denver
rooming house.
President Wilson is reported con
sidering 2. p. Costigan of Denver tos
. place o. the Tariff Board.
A rifle shoot, to rouse interest b
bettsr preparedness along these lines.
will bs held 1t Lttlston on Memorial
Day.
Pueblo police were asked to assist
In the search for an escaped convict
registered at the institution under the
name Of Bridges.
Thomas Hale Potter. one Of the
early settlers Of Central City and for
msrly . prominent banker and mining
man. died In Detroit.
e. R. Harper. who recently resigned
a. state insurance commissioner, loft
for New York, from which place hs
viii sail tor Dutch Guiana.
The Wayside Inn. q roadhouse west
ef Englewood. Will soon close perma-
nently. according to District Attorney
Samuel w. johnson of Littleton.
Pueblo police have been asked to
locate . man who wrote q check on
defunct bank and then had the
nerve to pass It in a business trans
action.
Several Greeley men have organized
company to prospect and drill for oil
in the vicinity Of Greeley. under the
name. the Platte River on and Gas
Company.
Edwin Gaylord. formerly OF Denver.
has secured fivs-ysar lease ON the
Forest Queen group. adjoining the Jsr-
~ johnson at Cripple Greek. and has
commenced work.
At Creeds q four-foot vein OF lead
ore has been encountered ON the 500
foot level Of the Park Regent. which
10 under lease to the Creede Mines
and Milling Company.
Changes are pending in the railway
mail service In and out OF Denver in
pursuance Of the plan Of the Post
Office Department to reorganize the
service throughout the country.
Mrs. Sarah Edwards Quinn. mother
Of Mrs. II. v. Gallaher. one Of the
pioneer settlers Of the Vineland dis
trict. died at the home of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Edward q, Warner. Rock
vale. Mont
Operations in the Portland mine dur
ing the last year have opened up an
ore shoot over 1000 feet in length at
. depth ot 1900 feet. and other large
ore bodies have been encountered in
the property.
At . meeting Of the board Of trus-
tees Of the State School Of Mines at
Golden it was voted to accept the gen
eral invitation to join the federation
Of colleges in behalf Of the war pre-
paredness movement.
The members of Battery B Of the
Colorado National Guard are to be
given . warm welcome at q reception
and dance which the mothers Of the
members Of the battery will give at
El Jebel in Denver on March Is.
At Denver hotel 200 Sons of Colo.
rado gathered for the first of series
Of historical banquets. "A message OF
loyalty was dispatched to President
Wilson. Former Governor Alva Ad.
ANS made the principal address.
Four times around the world and
half way around on the fifth trip is
the achievement Of Bernard Swacken-
berg, the oldest mail carrier of the
Pueblo force. who celebrated his sew
enty-second birthday anniversary.
Fifty per cent net profit is tho rec
ord Of the work done by the Boys and
Girls Clubs of Colorado during the
past year. The net profit on the
things they produced. according to fig
ures issued by the department, was
$5.sO739.
Mrs. James B. Grant Of Denver has
decided to be candidate at the com.
ing election by the national society of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton for the vice presidency of the
order. The election will be held in
Washington in April.
Belief that the limitation of 10000
by Congress for the Rocky Mountain
National Park will be removed at the
next regular session of Congress was
expressed by F. J. Chamberlin, head
OF the Denver Tourist Bureau, who
returned from Washington.
Half lifetime spent in prospecting
in Colorado hills has brought its re-
ward, not In gold or silver, but in OIL
and today Matt Callahan, 6O-year-old
Debeque miner, finds himself owner of
a 3,500-acre tract of oil shale land, the
value of which is estimated at mil
| lions
The Mountain States Lumber Deal
ers' Association has contributed 81 ,O67
4 IN date tn the fund orpo ni,od h,, IIar