Gilpin observer., 1920-08-26
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Denver high school. He will take
charge Of the school Immediately.
Principal Hill has been superintend-
ent of schools at Colorado Springs for
several years. Miss Susie NJ Lovelace,
who has been principal of the Maple
ton school at Boulder for more than
thirty years, has resigned to become
dean Of women at the Oklahoma State
Agricultural college at Saltwater,
Okla. Miss Lovelace is at present
managing the hostess cabin Of the
Colorado Chautauqua. The arrange.
ments for the Larimer county fair,
Aug 81 to Sept. 3, are nearing compile
tion. This fair promises to be one of
the best that Loveland has'ev had,
as the attractions that have been
booked are the best possible.
Huerfano Post No. 16, American LIE.
gion, Walsenburg, has started a move
whereby they hope to interest, first,
| the American legion posts of Southern
| Colorado, and then of the entire State,
In a plan to have the January session
Of the Legislature consider law
which will require that all juries in
| the State be composed of English
speaking citizens. 1t is aimed to have
the same law contain measure which
will require that all court judges and
officials speak the English language.
Joseph Frederick, GO, and his wife,
Anna, IS, are dead in their home at
Holyoke as a result of an alleged FAM
| lily quarrel said to have extended over
a period of several weeks. Mrs. Fred
erick is said to have died from the
effects of four shots fired by her hus-
| band, who later killed himself in an
other room. Both were dead when
neighbors, attracted by the reports of
shots, arrived at the home. What the
quarrel was about is unknown.
Fireworks, the finest ever seen in
the entire country, will be a feature
each day, and the great feature each
night. Every afternoon the infield will
be enlivened with day fireworks of the
most modern discovered or invented.
Each night the pyrotechnic display will
be given in the form Of distinctive
program; there will be no repetitions
each program will differ from all
others
Marian r. Sylvester, 23 years old,
| employed In the coke oven department
of the Pueblo Steel works, was fatally
gassed while clearing a benZol tank at
Pueblo. Sylvester was wearing a gas
mask supplied by the company, but it
| failed to keep out the gas fumes. Eel
low workmen saw him fall, and for
more than an hour attempted to revive
him by artificial respiration.
Frank Norman, who was helping
tear down the old coal breaker at the
Ruby mine near Floresta, met death
when throwing big beam to the
ground, 30 feet below, and a spike on
the falling beam caught his arm. He
was hurled violently to the ground. His
neck and both of his arms were
broken, but he lived fifteen hours.
| Rico citizens, threatened with losing
the telephone system, as the company
had decided to take out the local Of
flee, have purchased the telephone Of
flee and equipment from the telephone
company and service has been resumed
after short break.
| A. w. Hallock, father Of G. Wiles
Hallock of Salida, sustained a broken
arm while cranking his automobile be-
fore starting on a fishing trip to the
Arkansas river. Other members of his
party bandaged the arm and he con-
tnued his Journey
The Ell Pnso county fair is to be held
at Calhan, Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, inclusive.
Announcement of the fair dates was
made along with the entry and prize
| list, the largest in the history of the
fair.
The Greeley & Denver Railway Com
pany has filed petition with the state
public utilities commission asking for
7-cent fare, effective September 18th.
The present fare is cents.
| Thousands of dollars worth Of fruit
and vegetables are being shipped from
the Grand Valley every day now and
the height of the Elberta peach season
is on. The shipments of peaches will
reach probably 400 to 500 cars. Early
potatoes are going out and the cars
are all being iced this year.
| Nine million trout, of the rainbow
and native varieties, are being put into
the streams Of the state by the state
game and fish department. This, ac-
cording to Il. c. Parvin, state game
and fish commissioner, is the largest
number ever distributed by his de
partment in any one year.
In IA running revolver and shotgun
fight with burglar at Merino, Everett
| Dean oO ypnrs old. shot and instantly
killed Benjamin Fuller, 30, a farmer
living north of Merlno. The duel, 1t is
alleged, followed Fullers attempt to
rob the lumber yard and store of the
| Merino Lumber Company.