Show OLDEST CITIZEN or OF G COLORADO HONORED I Unique Celebration H Held ld for Pat Murphy on StPatrick St. St Patricks Patrick's 8 Day DayDE DE DENVER DEER YEn Colo Cob March 26 Menu lonu Monument ment meat In tn the hills of or southern Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado near Colorado Springs Spring had a unique c celebration St. St Patrick's Patricks day in honor of Its oldest citizen n Pat Fat Murphy Monument lays the tho claim that Pat is the oldest man In rado and the Rocky Hock mountain re re- re glen gion He lie Is 10 years of age On the heels of or the Murphy birth birth- I day how however ver comes word that two more towns may celebrate In honor honorof of ot old citizens citizen who will celebrate their centenaries s this month falling taIling h ihy hy only two years ears of tying Pat pats pat's s mark for tor longevity These men are A A. A B. B of ot Grand Junction Colo Cob and AbrAm Abrain Joshua Randall of Colo Cole both of whom were born on March 31 31 1823 Colorado Colorados oldest woman Is la Mrs Elizabeth Jones of I Dalta eIta who was wall born at Teen Tenn on Oil November November No No- vember 29 9 1853 1823 Pat Murphy who was born In Ireland and and Is the oldest member of ot the tho Knights I of Columbus In the United attributes his hla old age to his outdoor life lire Only recently Pat lat walked to Colorado Springs and once he ha walk walked d to Denver lI seventy venty or more miles In support of his hla theory theOry theory the the- ory that walking makes the man maD He lie Heban has ban a constitutional dislike for tor oh vehicles ides PUTS ZUI J IN si HUnS uns Last year ear Murphy urphY put in his en entire entire entire en- en tire crop of ot potatoes and dug the tubers himself lie has baa never married mar mar- ried but refuses to discuss his hia bachelorhood bach bach- Ills His home Is a cabin on a ranch anch near here Pat Is as halo hale as a man 40 years his junior despite the fact tact that he has baa Just emerged from a S siege of or pneumonia which has hu attacked him hint several se times Umu durIng later lat r years yeara At Murphy Murphys s party there thue was n a threefoot threefoot threefoot three- three foot layer cake cako crowned with candles ct and one to gr grow w on He has been a citizen of this country since 1870 While Abram Joshua Randall and A. A B. B HIldreth have resided In the same state and celebrate their one hundredth on the same caine date neither has probably heard of or orthe the other Randal for many years yenn an educator educator educator tor Is Js active and strong and is a a. leading figure in the community life lire of or Georgetown His son eon J. J IH ll Randall Ran Ran- dall IJ 75 76 years old lives with him and andIs andIs Is the editor of ot the Georgetown Courier The father was born in s N. N Y 1 and was a member of the class of 1843 laU of HamIlton HamIlton Hamilton Ham Ham- ilton college He lie was forced to give up the last year of or college work on account of ot ill m health In 1868 he Came rame to Georgetown and a few years later Inter made a n trip to New Mexico and wrote an line SOO poem entitled Pecos Randall la 8 s not the tho only member of or his family to reach the year lOO-year mark his mother having ha died at at the age uge of ot OLDEST OrnEST ELK IN U. U S. S A. A B. B the oldest member of ot the Elks' Elks lodge In the nation Is planning a celebration in honor of or his birthday He was born at Mount Moun Vernon Ohio March 31 1823 H He started West est In 1869 1859 with an ox team He lIe is also a veteran of th the civil war and Is la one ono of the oldest survivors of that conflict He lie Ie fought In the battles of or Shilo- Shilo hand band and also at tho the siege of ot Corinth Hildreth has the ap appearance appearance appearance ap- ap of a man of 70 He re returned returned returned re- re turned to Colorado after the war scouting scouting- t with I General 1 Custer He Wh Jf was within two miles o of Little Big BigHorn BigHorn Horn when Custer was killed an and his forces wiped wined out He has lived In Grand Jun Junction Uon fifteen years Mrs Elizabeth J Jnes nes lives on a I ranch near Delta She has een jeen a aI resident of or Colorado since 1874 She SheIn Is In the mother of three children Re- Re she fell and nd broke her hip I but recovered and now enjoys good health |