Show HOTCHKISS HERAU SAYS ITS irs TRAGIC i I 1 another tragedy has visited hotchkiss and with it has come a heartrending heart rending indic against the present old age pens pension iori of colorado had luther gelwicks been given an equal opportunity to receive an old age pension which he was entitled to get he might ha have v L gp alive today and spent his 11 lay a ft days happy in the knowledge ge that at his state had permitted him to live without worry before ha wis was called home and replayed him in i part for the work he did to make colorado the state it is today but colorado did not permit luther gelwicks to do this instead his right to participate in a pension he deserved was taken from him because he had an income of approximately per year A mere pittance for a man who had given his life in building up this his country while other men and women because they did hot davd any income were receiving old ag e sion sums of from 45 per nh down luther gelwicks was ta taia a from the pension roll beca because tise he did have an income of per year when he got it or a little over 8 per month to give him life and happiness happi ness in his declining years tired and dis heartened because his fight to get what he was entitled to receive had failed luther gelwicks unable to stand any longer the sufferings which he had borne snuffed out his life and we say again that by doing so he has trag cally indicted colorados old age pension law god speed the day when mans inhumanity to man in colorado can be brought to an end by an understanding admin adain to the needs of those valiant citizens who have given their all to make our state Hoch hotchkiss kiss herald |