Gilpin observer., 1919-03-06
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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Albert ]. Burdick, who shot and
killed Willard Cope last summer, was
convicted of second degree murder at
Akron.
Two machines, driven by NJ. r. Laf-
ferty of Leadville and NJ. J. Hedke of
Denver hold the honor of being the
first to make the trip from Denver to
Leadville this year.
H. M. Watkins and Carl Sherry of
Merino were arrested at Willard,
northwest of Sterling, when they
alighted from q Cheyenne train with a
suitcase. 1t contained thirty-seven
pints
Five thousand dollars damage was
done and ten nuns were forced to flee
hurriedly in their night clothing when
fire caused by an overheated furnace
partly destroyed the school conducted
at Sterling by the Sisters Of st. Fran
els.
A 15-year-old negro boy surrendered
to the police the other night at Pueblo
and asked that he be sent to the State
Reformatory because he feared that
his mania for stealing anything he
could get his hands upon would finally
land him in the penitentiary.
Recruiting for the army is to begin
at once in Colorado and Wyoming.
Lieutenant Barney received instruc-
tions from the War Department to re-
sumo the task of finding men in the
Denver district to fill the standing
army.
In the death Of Fay Gorham OF RI
fle,. who died following an operation,
another Of the pioneer stage drivers
and settlers Of this state, who drifred
in during the early days from the
Black Hills country, have answered
the last call
DR.. Livingston Farrand of Colorado,
recently appointed chairman Of the
Of the national executive committee of
the Red Cross, has assumed active
leadership of that body. DR.. Farrand
succeeds Henry p. Davidson.
Building is on the increase in Den
YER, judging by the number of building
permits issued for the month of Febru-
ary. During the last month permits to-
falling 141 and valued at $219, 800 were
issued. For the same month a year
ago, 1872 permits valued at $173,630
were taken out
Danish the billboards and other un-
slightly advertising signs from Den
ver's mountain parks" is the slogan of
the Colorado Mountain Club, which
has undertaken campaign to coop
crate with city officials of Denver in
an effort to maintain the parks with
out these commercial atrocities.
The Great Western Sugar Company
will build Steffens plant in sonnec-
tion with its Fort Morgan factory
which will cost about $4,000 The
work Of construction will start in
April and material has already arrived
for the building, which will be COM
pieted for the fall campaign.
A. d. Kenyon and associates of Den.
yer have bought in Red Mountain In
cline railway at Manitou from Richard
Clough Of Colorado Springs. The con-
sideration was not made public, but 1t
is understood to be approximately $685.
900. The sale includes the right of
| way up Red mountain, the terminals
and all the cars and trackage of the
company.
| 1t has become known at Leadville
that between 400 and 800 unnatural
lied aliens, most of them Austrians,
intend to return to their native land
as soon as the government lifts the
bars on emigration "The minute the
government raises the bars. between
400 and 500 unnaturalized men in
Leadville district will start back to
Austria and Italy," stated Michael d.
Phillips, local clerk of that city.
Hundreds of residents of Fort Col
Inns turned out to see Lieut.. Otto Il.
Benell, one of their home heroes, deco.
rated with the distinguished service
cross by order of the Secretary of War.
| Sensational developments are ex-
pected to follow threatening letter
received by Thomas Purcell, a young
attorney of Colorado Springs. Purcell
is defending Sydney A. Wilson, on
trial in the District Court for statn-
tory offense The complaining wit
ness is 15-year-old niece Of Wilson.
The letter, which has been turned over
to the postal authorities for investiga-
ton, declares that Wilson must "go to
the pen or die"
G. Loomis Allen, president OF the
Syracuse and Suburban Railroad Com
pany, who 10 in Colorado Springs ne
gotiating for the Colorado Springs and
interurban Railway Company and the
Colorado Springs Light, Heat and
Power Company, is reported to have
secured an option on both utilities
The proposed deal involves consider
alton OF approximately SS,0O0,000 and
should the sale be made Allen declares