The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-06-07
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Unsuccessful after seven years d
litigation to obtain the custody Of hel
son. Gordon Hugh Craig. the 1o-year
old son of Roy H. Craig Of Denver
from whom she 10 divorced and to
whom the custody Of the boy wa
awarded by the courts Of Georgia. Ars
P. o. Pickrell. the wife Of . wealthy
broker In Omaha, was the subject OF
a nationwide search on the part OF
police officials as the result Of the dis
appearance of the boy while on his
way home from the Wyman school in
Denver. She was arrested o. a train
at Reno. New.
In its decisions the Colorado Su-
preme Court gave Pete Soto. sen
.enced from Larimer to pay the death
penalty for killing his son-in-law. Er-
nesto Mondrano, a new lease on life
pending another trial; held that
George w. Schell OF Denver COM
mitted bigamy when he married Helen
Baber. and gave Nellie Engle Kelley
of Colorado Springs $4,000 damages
for personal injuries. The defendant
in the latter case was the Colorado
Springs Interurban Railway Company.
In Larimer county the road through
Estes Park to Grand Lake is now all
under contract save for a six mile
stretch at the head of the Poudre
river. which can be very readily COM
pleted when the other contracts are
done. This will complete the road
from Estes over the divide to Grand
Lake.
In Jefferson county work has been
in progress for the last two seasons
on the Guy Hill road and good de
OF progress has been made. Gilpin
county has put its end of the road in
to good travelable condition as we'll
as the highway leading from Contra
City to Nederland.
A reception in honor OF Miss Anna
B. Dunham, national president of the
National Alliance of the Daughters OF
Veterans, was held in Denver by Jane
c. Denver tent and Ida Mckinley tent
OF the Colorado department Of the
Daughters of Veterans.
Charles Levinius Thompson. 80
years old, veteran of the Mexican and
civil wars. known to large number
OF Denver residents as Uncle Charlie,
died at the residence of his son. $500
South Clarkson street, from illness
incident to old age.
Not many years ago the COW pony
was the sole means OF travel In Baca
county excepting half dozen old
wagons used for the annual cook
camp at the round up. Today the
county has 637 registered automo-
biles.
Three hundred members of the @.
A r., the Woman's Relief corps. the
Daughters of Veterans and the Sons
of Veterans met at Colorado Springs
for the annual encampment of the
Colorado Wyoming department.
The road from Brighton to Greeley
and from Greeley to the Wyoming
state line, has been graded and sur
faced Work will be in progress this
year and the road will be kept in good
shape.
A daily average Of nearly 1000 men
are being outfitted at Fort Logan and
sent to cantonments for training. &C
cording to a statement by Col. D. L.
Howell, commanding officer Of the
fort.
The naval appropriation bill in
cludes provisions for an appropriation
to cover the cost OF erecting another
OF the National Naval
hospital at Fort Lyon near Las AMI
mas.
Jerry Diehl, a coal miner from Wal
senburg. arrived In Denver with $217.
his winters savings. took a room at
1904 Lawrence and went to sleep.
When Diehl awoke his money was
gone.
The Royal Gem mine at CARIBOU.
which has been idle for many years,
has been acquired by New Orleans
who plan to reopen the
mine for active operation.
Sheriff's officers raided a cabin In
the southeast portion Of Victor and ar
rested two men charged with high
grading" About $1,000 worth Of ore
was found in the cabin
The Stranahan tungsten property.
lying between Dry Lakes and Victor
Camp, has been taken over by the
Tungsten Products Mining Company
Of Boulder.
In Boulder and Larimer counties
the road from Lyons to Estes has been
graded and drained and put into first
class shape by the state and the two
counties.
Twenty trucks are now employed in
daily hauls Of carnotite ore
from the Standard Chemical Com
pany's mine in the Paradox valley.
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