Gilpin observer., 1920-09-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.


COMING EVENTS.
Hugo, Colo.-The Lincoln County Fair
viii be held at Hugo. Sept. 1890.
Oscar Lagrow, "a, overseas war hero
of Morrison, was crushed to death
when he fell into huge stone crush
er at Troutdale resort, where he was
employed.
Denying a motion for new trial,
Judge George H. Bradfield, in District
Court ut Greeley, sentenced Alex Mil
Ter, deaf mute, convicted Of killing
Adam Shank, his wife and four chill
dren at Gilcrest, Dec. 21. 1919, to life
Imprisonment.
Duncan Harrison, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. B. Harrison of Golden, was
seriously injured at the annual School
of Mines freshman and sophomore
rush at Golden. Harrison received a
blow on the head, which knocked him
unconscious.
In preparation for the buffalo bar
becue, which is to be the feature of the
closing day of the Douglas county fair,
September Doth, the animal was
slaughtered at the Radcliff Dillon
ranch six miles south Of Sedalia on
the Perry park road.
For the first time in the history of
the Pixies Peak Cog Road, a motor
car made the ascent Of the famous
peak over this cog route, when Ralph
Mulford, driving Paige automobile,
and with five passengers, climbed the
entire distance without a setback.
L. A. Gent, pioneer ranchman Of
the Maybell neighborhood, killed him.
self by putting soft-nOsed bullet from
a 25-35 high-power rifle through his
brain. Mr.. Gent, who was one of the
best-known ranchers in that country,
had been despondent for some time.
The Otero Gas Company, supplying
gas to La Junta, Rocky Ford and
Swink, has applied to the state public
utilities commission for the privilege
of disseminating service. 1t is contend
ed that for the last three years the
company has been operating at loss.
Ralph X. Milford made an unsue-
cessful attempt to lower his own record
tablished in 1916 when he used Hud-
son car and made the climb in 1S min
utes "a seconds. Using a Paige ma
chine, he made the trip in 20 minutes,
81 % seconds.
OF the $36,0OO,0OO worth of tires ex-
ported from the United States in the
eleven months ending with May, 1920,
S2,333, 1873 worth went to France, $2,.
100000 worth went to Great Britain,
S2.00O,0OO worth went to Cuba, and
about $4,0OO,OOO worth went to South
America.
Principal Rutledge of the local
schools has announced that four-year
lished in the Olathe high school, with
federal aid under the Smith Hughes
act. This course will be under the di.
rection of Prof. Ralph Wilson, who has
had several years of actual farming
experience.
il. NJ. Benson, a Denver real estate
dealer, was severely cut and bruised
when the automobile he was driving
went through bridge rail and into the
creek below, two miles north of Colo
RADIO Springs. The accident was wit
messed by Merton Robbins, who pulled
Benson from underneath his over.
turned car.
The Denver & Rio Grande railrond
passenger and freight depot at Wal
senburg burned to the ground from
fire of unknown origin which broke
out in the freight room. The loss IL
estimated to be $1,000, exclusive of
freight stored in the building. Three
men were in the building at the time,
hut escaped and saved the railroads
records.
Hugh Il. Dempsey of Colorado
Springs, was accidentally shot and
badly wounded by John ID. Ryan while
duck hunting near Limon. Dempsey
was taken to n hospital at Colorado
Springs and twenty-one buckshot were
removed from his left thigh and leg.
Eighty-six lodges of the brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen have been ex-
PEELED for participating in the unau-
thorlzed strike of switchmen last
spring, w. G. Lee, president, an
nounced Mt Cleveland, to members Of
the brotherhood's board of directors.
Mr.. Lee said that the brotherhood and
the Switchmen's Union of North Amer
lea were not considering any merger.
Affldavlts denying that public SEN
tlment is against Rienzi Dickens in
Boulder county and that 1t would be
impossible for him to get fair trial
in the District Court. were filed by
twelve Boulder residents and five citi-
zens of Longmont. The affldavits
mark the first step of the district
attorney. Russell w. Fleming of Fort
Collins to retry Rienzl Dickens on
charge of numbering his father, w. II.