Gilpin observer., 1918-01-10
COLORADO
I STATE NEWS
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COMING EVENTS.


Jan, 22-23-Conference of food Off
ciais at Denver.
Jan. is-2sLLive stock show at Denver.
Jan. 2s-Kansas Club banquet in Den
Feb. 22-2s-Annual Winter Sports Car
nivai at Steamboat Springs.
Routt and Moffat counties have, dur
ing the past year, shipped out 10000
cattle.
A flock of Angora goats, 1.400 in
number. is being quartered at Palisade
for the winter
High food prices in Denver prob
ably Will be one of the subjects for m
vestigation by the grand jury.
The county commissioners of Weld
county have arranged for an agricul-
tural agent for the coming year.
The Pythian lodge room in the Gen.
troll block at Las Animas, will be re-
modelled into a dance hall and club
rooms.
Alamosa Mining and Leasing Com
pany has been organized by residents
of Alamosa to develop rich gold mines
at Idaho Springs.
De Witt Harrison of Goldfield,
former Canon City boy, has been COM
missioned captain in the United
States national army
The Mesa flour mill at Grand juno
ton is now grinding kiln dried mill
ing corn, in order to relieve the local
shortage of corn meal.
A total of thirty-three men were re-
cruited in the Denver army and navy
stations Saturday. OF this number the
army received twenty-five men.
1t is reported at Loveland that 4
well for the possible discovery of pc
troleum will be drilled on the H. r.
Chalfant property just outside the city
limits.
The manufacturing industries OF
Colorado during the year 1917 turned
out products valued at more than
$200.000.O0O. This is almost double
that of any previous year.
Clark G. Mitchell Of Denver was
notified of his commission as a second
lieutenant in the signal corps of the
aviation service, and for the present
will be stationed at Washington.
Following the walkout of the ele-
vator pilots in five large downtown
buildings in Denver, local union has
been formed which will be known as
the Elevator Conductor and Starters
Union.
Frank p. Gelvin. the first Denver
man who was effectively treated for
cancer by radium, died at the Denver
Rio Grande hospital at Salida. His
death was caused by dropsy and heart
trouble.
Robert ]. Grant, executive manager
in the Colorado division of the United
States food administration, departed
for Washington to attend the two
days conference of state food admin
istrators.
The people of Colorado paid out
more than seven millions of dollars in
1917 for fuel to operate their automo-
biles. farming machines, freight
trucks. stationary engines and other
gas-driven devices.
In line with the general reduction of
train facilities not necessary to main
tenance of traffic transportation, the
Rock Island railroad win take off a
yer and Chicago.
Fred Gorshe, age II years, of Pu.
eblo was killed at Laramie, Wyo.,
whten he was struck by passenger
train as he crossed the tracks on his
way to work. He was employed in the
railway shops there.
Carrying out the wishes of the
Twenty-first Legislature, the first
company of the Colorado State Depart
ment Of Safety, comprising fifty men
from different parts Of the common.
wealth. was mustered into service at
the capitol.
A food show, demonstrating Colora.
dos ability to furnish foodstuffs to
the world, will be held some time next
month at the Auditorium by the manu-
facturers' bureau Of the Denver Civic
and Commercial Association and the
Colorado food administration.
Developments Monday in the rob.
berry of Mrs. Irene Nolan. wife of
Harry T. Nolan of Denver, at the
Model roadhouse resort, resulted in
the issuing Of a warrant charging City
Detective Frank H. Mulligan with
grand larceny and his subsequent ar.
rest on the charge by Sheriff George
Rucker OF Brighton.
Lee Smith. the colored soldier
charged with having committed an as
sault on an Austrian girl two weeks
ago. was given his preliminary hear
ing in Pueblo before Justice M. e
Corson, and was bound over to the
District Court. Smith did not ask fol-
bond and was turned over to Under
sheriff Sam Thomas.
Plans are under way to hold con
ference OF state food administrators
from the states OF Nebraska, Wyo