Gilpin observer., 1919-03-06
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


tillery training school and $250,OO0 in
equipment will be sent to Fort Col
lins. The school will open with the fall
term In. September and the work will
be compulsory q certain number of
hours week with all men except SEN
lors. This action of the War Depart
ment follows conferences between
President Lory and A. A. Edwards,
president of the board, with Brigadier
General Danforth and Col. Thomas
Sloan, and a recent visit of inspection
to the school by Colonel Sloan. The
battery equipment for the school will
consist of five guns, including how
itzer and French rs, two tractors,
two trucks and ninety-six horses, with
number of noncommissioned officers
and instructors.
Five employees of the Denver & Rio
Grand6, Walter E. Robertson, Ira Da-
Wis, Harold Foster, Ray H. Bartlett
and Alva Brown, are prisoners in the
county jail at Grand Junction ON
charge of robbing a merchandise car
Of a large amount of whisky December
18th. Robertson, 1t is said, confessed
his part in the robbery, duplicating the
others. The men are charged with bur-
glarizing a car of whisky en- route to
California According to the confess
sion Of Robertson the car was entered
through an end door, the head was
knocked out of a barrel of whisky and
the men carried the whisky away in
milk cans, later bottling it.
The Bigelow House bill regulating
the practice of dentistry in Colorado
was the subject of lively debate
when efforts were made to amend GER
tain of its provisions Senator w. F.
O'Brien, who introduced an identical
bill in the Senate, took the lead in sup
port of the measure. He is dentist
The bill amends in a number of re-
spects the present law regulating den
tistry, bringing under its provisions
dental hygienists as well as regularly
licensed dentists, and providing legal
machinery for procedure in cases
where licenses are revoked by the
State Board of Dental Examiners.
DR.. George A. Norlin, for the past
two years acting president of the Uni
versity Of Colorado in the absence of
President Farrand, was elected presi-
dent by the board of regents of the
university, filling the vacancy caused
by DIR. Farrands resignation. The
resignation of Dr. Farrand came as a
result Of his appointment by President
Wilson as national director of the
American Red Cross, necessitating Ills
presence in Washington.
Clifford Sproules, aged "a, a negro,
must hang for Staying w. w. Green.
turnkey at the Pueblo county Jail, Oc-
tober 18th, when Sproules endeavored
to make his escape from the jail.
Green died after being shot twice by
the negro in the corridor Of the jail. A
jury brought in a verdict of first de-
gree murder, with death penalty rec
commended.
Unconvinced that the plea of "priv-
Rged occasion" should exempt unscru-
pulous newspapers from accountability
for malicious attacks upon the charac-
ter Of individuals, the Colorado Sem
ate gave its final approval, on third
reading, to the Andrew libel bill. The
measure was adopted by a vote of %
to ID and went to the House without
the emergency clause.
The Allen bill to submit q constitu-
tional amendment exempting the prop
erty Of civil war veterans Of the Union
army or navy from taxation to the
extent Of $4,000, has passed the House
as was also the Colgate bill to estab-
lish department Of social diseases In
the state board Of health.
The La Junta Industrial Association
staged a record get-together meeting
recently. More than 100 were present.
Plans were discussed for the better
ment of the city. Among these Is one
for a new high school building, which
would include an auditorium suitable
for public gatherings.
Blue-sky legislation to be considered
by the Senate Is confined to one meas
ure. 1t is Senate bill No. and was
reported out of the judiciary commit
tee by Senator Henry o. Andrew,
Chuirnldn lhe Dill DeHTS tne names
Of Senators Knauss, Peterson, Dun
klee, Tobin and Andrew. The measure
il composite bill representing what
the COMMITTEES believes y be the best
features contained In several submit
ted by Republicans and Democrats. 1t
Is not designed to interfere with spec
ulative securities that have merit, but
does contain provisions that will drive
the "wildcatter" from the state and
provide penltentiary terms for those
who misrepresent facts.
The establishment in Colorado of an
immense hospital for discharged sol.
diers by the United States public
health service is an assured fact. Word
has been received from Washington by
the officers Of the Colorado Develop