The Colorado statesman., 1918-05-04
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

with a statutory offense against the
17-year-old sister of his wife, has been
found guilty, and faces penitentiary
sentence. Benton eloped with Ora
Peterson from a small town near Colo
RADIO Springs. They came to Denver
and were married. They were arrest
ed a few days later on charge OF
passing worthless checks. While In
the matron's quarters at the city jail
Mrs. Peterson attempted suicide. Her
young sister, hearing of her plight,
sold her saddle pony and brought the
proceeds of the sale to Denver in or
der to help. Mrs. Peterson, in the
meantime, had been taken to the
county hospital. 1t was while she was
recovering that Benton is said to have
committed his offense.
Americas output of potash in 1916
is placed by the United State Geologi-
cal Survey at 10000 short tons, valued
at $3.50 per ton, or $3,500,000 for the
year And now comes A. E. Carlton,
president of railroad, sugar, banking,
mining and ore reduction companies
and also a member. of the board of
trustees of the Colorado School of
Mines, with an assurance-sent out
from Colorado Springs--that the Col
den Cycle Mining and Reduction Com
pany, after careful experiments at
Colorado City, is prepared to produce
yearly an amount of clean potash
which will exceed Americas total pro-
duction in the second year of the war.
Joseph w. Boyd of Denver was
placed in the awkward matrimonial
predicament of having two wives when
District Judge Robert G. Strong in the
Arapahoe County Court at Littleton
rendered the decision that the decree
of divorce obtained by Boyd from his
first wife, Mrs. Nello May Boyd, in
1911 was procured on forged sigma
lures of Mrs. Boyd and was conse-
quently held for naught and annulled.
This case has been pending before the
Littleton courts for seven years.
Louis Seeley, who was arrested in
Denver by Patrelman Gently, in the
presence of Chief CT Police Armstrong,
r. L. Euler of Boulder, sheriff; w. w.
Stretcher, undersheriff of Boulder;
George Pomeroy, deputy district at
torney of Boulder county, and United
States Postal Inspector C. l.. Booth,
made a confession in which he says
he killed Fred E. Bill, postmaster at
Crescent the night of Feb. 16.
Several promotions, with corre-
spending increases in salary, were an
nounced by State Auditor Charles H.
Leckenby, following the departure Of
Willard D. Peck, chief public ex-
aminer, who has enlisted in the
United States army. Those advanced
were James Kirwan, Roy Parr and
Herbert B. Gee. Auditor Leckenby
also appointed Mrs. Peck a member
of his force of examiners.
An early-day killing in the Leadville
mining camp and one of the most in
teresting criminal trials in the history
of Colorado were recalled by the
death of Mrs. Adaline H. Havens at
her home in Denver. Mrs. Havens
was the widow of Gilbert L. Havens.
1t was over the jumping of one of Mr..
Haven's claims in Leadville that a
man named Arbuckle was killed by
Jim Bush in 1880.
United States internal revenue
agents, searching the farm of John
Obrecht, Brighton road farmer, arrest
ed for operating the largest illegal
still ever discovered in Colorado, un-
earthed 5000 pounds of flour, 1000
pounds of corn and 500 pounds of
sugar stored beneath the caves of the
farm .house-the greatest amount of
boarded food yet found in Colorado.
Following recommendations by Lieut..
Col. H. s. Graves, chief forester of the
United States forest service, after an
investigation made while in Denver,
the expenditure this year of SIG, 900 on
a road to be constructed to Mount
Evans by the federal government in
conjunction with the city and county
Of Denver has been approved by the
secretary of agriculture.
An auto truck carrying convicts of
the road gang back to camp upset in
the Poudre canon, when the steering
gear broke. Seven of the men were
bruised and hurt, and two were badly
injured.
Major w. ]. Cameron, sent by Col.
r. c. Marshall, Jr., chief of the
quartermaster's building staff at
Washington, arrived in Denver to be-
gin the construction of the $1,700,000
recuperation camp.
John d. Ryan. appointed director of
aircraft production, resided in Denver
three years before going to Montana,
where he had acquired copper inter
ests.
Bertha Chamberlain, aged z, was
burned to death in a coal shed within
half block of the Salida fire depart
ment.