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The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-30
Minor M ention.

A total of sl,547, 1880 will be
raised BY direct taxation in Denver
for school purposes next year.
The State Tax Commission has
been retained by 1850 votes, accord
ing to figures which have been given
the commission by county officials.
Theodore Nelson, charged with kill
ing Roy J. Knapp in an automobile ac-
cidcnt, appeared before the West
Side Court in Denver and gave a
bond of $1,000
Impressive and solemn exercises
marked the fiftieth anniversary cele-
bration of Colorado Commandery No.
/, Knights Tcmplar. held at Temple
FL Jebel in Denver.
Morris L. Smith, manufacturer of
slides for motion picture theaters and
widely known as smith. the Slide
Man" committed suicide in his home
at Denver by cutting his throat with
a razor.
Fifty-eight. Denver autoists paid
$3.50 in fines in Police Court follow.
ing their capture for speeding, despite
the fact there had been two serious
accidents, one resulting fatally during
the week.
An Idaho Springs report states that
the mining output in the old reliable
camp of Gibson gulch is brighter,
and more work is being done on the
old mines in the District than has
been done for several years.
A new record for bank clcarings in
Denver was established for the week
ending Nov. 20, when the total clear
ings reached Sl9,l5l 900. The increase
for the week over the same week last
year was Gl.i per cent. The clearings
also gained Sl,iSl.OO over the previ-
Gus week
The Great Western Sugar Company
announced that it will contract for the
1917 sugar beet crop on the basis OF an
farmer, an advance of $1.OO per ton
over the contract price for the 1916
crop and soc per ton over the price
actually paid the farmers this year.
Not an idle house in breckenridge,
Kokomo. Robinson or Montezuma is
Summit county's response to the pres.
ont fair prices for zinc, silver, copper
and lead. As winter approaches the
need of houses to shelter the in.
creased forces of mines in all OF
these camps is very keenly felt
j. NJ. Brycn of South Chicago, 80
years old, was found dead in his room
at Greeley. A bullet hole in his head
indicated that he had killed himself.
Mr. Brycn was a brother OF Photion
Bryen, in Jail at Greeley charged with
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COLORADO STATE NEWS

killing J. E. Jackson, a ranchman,
quarrel over wages.
Walking without a word to the bed
side OF his wife, who lay very i'll in
rooming house at Pueblo, Charles
Niece. a railroad switchman 81 years
old, drew a revolver and shot himself
through the heart, dying instantly
The wife received such a shock from
her husbands suicide that it is said
she probably will die.
The Consolidated Mines Develop
ment Company, operating the Yukon
group at Alice, have good ore in
three headings on the upper or 13O-
foot level. One drift shows six to
eight inches of smelling ore, assaying
$50 per ton. and one and one-half feet
of mill dirt which assays from $40 to
ounces silver.
The social season of Colorados
most exclusive poultry will open Jan
| at the Denver auditorium and for a
"''h ii'iouSlDi'u NHlNhtHS, utHS,
roosters, turkeys and rabbits and the
whole aristocracy of the barnyard will
contest for ribbons, cups, premiums
and prizes under the auspices of the
Colorado Poultry Fanciers' Associa-
tion in the seventeenth annual cham
pionship show.
Members and representatives OF
more than thirty organizations in
spred by patriotic motives met at
Trinity Methodist Episcopal church
in Denver under the auspices OF the
Washing gton-Linc Memorial Associ-
alton to formulate plans for the Wash
ington-Lincoln pageant TO be cele
brated in Denver next February. The
Knights of Pythias, Boy Scouts and
other bodies attended in full regalia
OF their orders.
Denver postoffice inspectors and
police authorities of Denver and JET
ferSOn counties are conducting a
search for a band of yeggmen who.
broke into the postoffice at Edge
water. just across the jefferson
county line from Denver blew open
the safe with two charges of nitro
glycerin and escaped with stamps.
currency and money orders totaling
more than $50.
Abe Cohen, "a years old, cattle
trader, was instantly killed in Denver
by the police patrol at Spccr boulc-
ward and AComa street.
Virginia Blanda, Pucblos youngest
. bride, was granted $50 per month ali
mony by the County Court in her suit
for separate maintenance against her
/ husband, Charles Blanda The girl
married Blanda last summer when
, she was few days past II years old.
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General

w. A. Ramsey, SO, who made for
Woodrow Wilson his first long trous.
crs, when Wilson lived in Atlanta as
a boy. died in his home in Atlanta.
Ca.
Final certification to the election of
Democratic presidential electors In
California was made at the office OF
at Sacramento, Cal.
Preliminary plans for the rough
riders of Spanish war fame to build
and endow Commons hall" at Nor.
wich University, Mortified Vt, were
announced in New York.
Resolutions opposing conscription In
ireland and favoring abolition of mar
tial law and immediate operation OF
the home-rulc act. were adopted in
New York at special conference OF
the United Irish League of America.
Negotiations were closed at Pitts.
hurgh. Pa. in the sale of the Kansas
Natural Gas Company to II. L.
Dohorty and Company. Forty dollars
"A share was paid and about 1000
shares are said to have been de.
posted
Roald Amundson, south polar cy.
poror. was in New York to buy two
hydro a"roplancs for use in his 1918
expedition into north polar regions, he
said on his arrival on the Danish
steamer Frederick VII from Copcn.
hagen.
Complete official returns. including
tn" soldier vote, received by the sccrc,
tary Of stat" at Madison, Wis. show
that United States Senator Robert NJ.
LaFollct,c, Republican. received n
plurality OF llS.lG2 over his Demo.
cratic opponent, william +. Wolfe.
Financial assistance which the gov.
crnm"nt OF the city OF New York gives
annually to charitable. religious. cdu
cational and kindred private institu
tions amounts to approximately sl3,
9O2 .Ggg. according to rcpor, sub
mittcd TO Mayor Mitchell by Leonard
NJ Wullcns'ctn, commissioner OF &C
counts.
Further steps In national stop
lho.wur" campaign, designed to crys
uliao scntimon, 80 that any peace
move which may be- made by Prcsl
dent Wilson will receive the support
of the nation, were taken here by the
orFapizatiou OF the New York branch
OF tho American National Conference
committee similar branches are ,c
be established throughout the coun
'ry
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1aby's Eyes.

The value Of $4,000 Is placed by n
child. destroyed through the careless
ness of an attendant ut the child'S
birth. "A pair Of baby's eles nre
priceless" said the court.
And SO they are-thcy cannot be pur-
chased at any figure. The mere none
tary recompcnSc to the parent Is moth
ing. For what mere money will atone
To the mother in her brief that her
child must be doomed to life
Of night?
The eyes are priceless; they thrive
on care: they suffer from Indifference,
cnrclcssncss ovcrwork, ovcrstrain.
And when they go they never return.
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Mai. Williams Quits Border Service,

Maj. A. II. Williams, assistant adju,
tant general of the Colorado National
Guard, who has been stationed at
Camp Deming, New Mex, ever since
the troops were ordered from the
mobilization camp to the Mexican Dor,
der, has been mustered out OF federal
service. Advices state that he will re.
turn to Colorado. Maj. Williams re,
lease was one of several important
changes just announced in the head,
quarters staff of the Fourth separate
brigade at Deming. Maj. T. l.. Jenk.
ins of the Massachusetts medical
corps and Capt. G. c. Robinson of the
First Virginia infantry, also were
mustered out.
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Another Elk Shipment to Colorado.

survey, Denver gun clubs and city and
county organizations. Denver officers
of the federal forest service are con.
t'mplating importing another large
shipment of elk from the Jackson Hole
country into Colorado. Last year
three shipments aggregating 100 head,
We're brought into the state and dis.
tributcd at Pueblo. Colorado Springs
and Idaho Springs. This year the same
number will be liberated at Salida.
Boulder, Canon City and perhaps
other points where conditions are IA,
yorable.
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PLANS FOR MT. EVANS
DETAILS FOR ROAD AND CAMP
ARE GIVEN OUT.
Highway Will Lead to Site eigh,
Miles From Base of Peak.-WilI
Furnish Wonderful View.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Detailed plans for the
highway and public camp to be con
structed by the United States Forest
service, linking the Denver Mountain
Park system with the Mount Evans
region and providing camping
ground for next seasons tourists with
in eight miles of Mount Evans, have
been given out by Smith Riley, dis
trict forester, in Denver. For several
weeks officers of the Forest service
have been conducting an investigation
in the Mount Evans region, looking
toward the development Of this area
for recreative purposes in connection
with the Denver Mountain Park sys-
TEN. This investigation has brought
out the necessity for public camp
grounds for the use of the travelling
public.
If the plans of the Forest service
are cons minated, one of these camps
will be located at a point approx
mately forty.five miles west of Denver
and eight miles in general north.
easterly direction from Mount Evans
in the hart of the area which is pro
posed for development. This camp
ground will be located at what is
known as beaver dam meadows on
Bear creek at the foot of the pictur-
esque sleeping camel rocks.
That this camp ground may be made
readily accessible for automobile
travel, plans made by forestry Off.
cials contemplate an extension of the
present Bear creek road from Ever
green to the proposed camp site. An
investigation OF this highway has re
Gently heen made by engineers of the
Forest service.
The plans contemplate the con
struction of standard double-track
road with maximum grade of six
per cent.
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PUT BUSINESS LESSON FIRST
Youngster Had Excellent Defense
When Hauled Before the Parental
Tribunal for Fighting.

"My son"
YES, pop"
"Do you remember what your
Sunday school teacher told you about
hghting?"
Yes. sir"
"Then why did you strike that Hem
mandhaw boy with your iiSt:"
"IIc struck me first
"But what about your Sunday school
lcsson?"
Il thought about your lesson first"
what lcsSOn:"
"Iour business lcsSonT'
Il am afraid do not know what
you mean"
you told me always to do every
thing in II strictly business way
Yes"
well. when he delivered II wallop
On my nose | just had to give him
receipt. pt."-Ioungsto Telegram.
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THANKSGIVING DECREE
ISSUED By GOVERNOR GEORGE
A. CARLSON.
Colorado Executive Tells Of BountifL.
Harvests Causing Unparalleled
Prosperity.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denvcr.-Governor George A. Carl
son issued the following Thanksgiv-
Ing proclamation:
With the coming OF the Thanksgiv.
ing season we contemplate spiritual
educational and material advancement
during the past year which should be
source of grateful appreciation
among all our people. Our fields are
laden with bountiful harvests. our
mineral resources are yielding In gen
erous measure their most precious
treasures; industry and commercial
enterprises are experiencing unparal-
leled prosperity. We are free of
devastating epidemics and ours is the
only great nation not cmbroiled in
war.
In accordance with the custom of
the Pilgrim Fathers. and that we may
turn from our daily pursuits and fit
ungly celebrate the rich blessings
and raise prayers of thanks to Him
who has so endowed us and given us
guidance, !. George A. Carlson. Gov
ernor of Colorado, do hereby desig-
nate Thursday. November 30, 1916,
thanksgiving Day.
Let the spirit of this day be one
OF glad but not exultant appreciation.
Let us remember our war-strickcn
brothers and sisters across the seas,
and then pray God to touch with rca-
son. humanity and mercy the souls OF
those guiding the nations at war Let
us pray that the hope and faith which
lightcncd the cross and cascd the tor
lures of the Son of Man may fill the
hearts of the grief stricken and
maimcd OF Europe, and their anguish
may be lessened and made more bear
able.
''ln this season of charity and good
will let those better endowed with
material things extend "A strong arm
OF help to the poor and needy. Let
us comfort and aid our sick and un'
fortunate"
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About the War

villa Is reported moving on Juaroz
after driving Trevino out OF Chihua-
hua City.
Rumanians reported still in flight
along the Wallachian plains. burning
villages and supplies behind them.
Austrians vigorously Smelling the
Italians east of Gorilla. Italian losses
estimated at 10000 in fight with
Turks.
Entente allies have met with Sc
we're check north OF Monastir, Berlin
reports. Attack over front OF sew
entccn miles rcpulscd.
Russian drcadnought lmpcratritsa
Maria sunk by an internal explosion
off the Rumanian Black sea coast.
with loss otN200 lives.
Britannia. former white Star liner
OF 1880 tons displacement, destroyed
BY bomb or torpedo in the Aegean
sea. with the loss OF fifty lives.
Berlin statement announces cNpcc.
tation OF new offensive on grand
scale by the allies In France. dcclar.
Ing preparations indicating such u
move have been observed
Russians and Rumanians have taken
the offensive In Dobrudja, north OF
the TChcrnavoda Constanza railway
The Rumaniuns advance on tho
whole front and occupied five towns
fifteen miles north OF tn" railway.
The entire lin. of the AT river now
Is In the hands OF tn" hustro Germans
and convorEiug armies are making
rapid progress IN their drive toward
bucharest. Armies cross TOpOlOE
river. Mackcnscn captures Alexandria.
Near Orsoya. Rumanian army has
bsen caught between two German
forces and 200 men. besides u large
amount OF war supplies, have been
captured. Four hundred men taken
In similar action near Tigycnl In the
AT region.
Continuing their pursuit Of the de.
fcatcd German and bulgarian troops
on The Macedonian front, the Scrbians
captured tho villages ot Mukoyo, ora.
hovo, Nfanuyisi. Rlharlai, Hllyanik.
Novnk and Suhdol. all Yves, and north.
west OF Munastir In addition to
many prisoners the ScrbnnE are said
to have taken field guns, consider
able number OF machine guns ana a
great quantity OF other war materials
Washington
The transcript in the case OF the
Missouri. Oklahoma \ Gult railroad
chosen to tcst the conp,itutionAlity OF
She hdamson law. was received at the
puprcmc Court.
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oun,er Away Until Inauguration.

Argument OF tn" case OF the State
OF Wyoming against Colorado, the
Laramio.poudrc Reservoir and lrriga.
ton Company and the poudro lrriga.
ton District. set BY the United Stated
supreme Court for the week OF Dec.
I. viii keep Goyornor"loct Guntcr on,
OF the state until shortly before his
Inauguration. Goyornor.clcct Guntor
will represent the Laramic.poudrc
Reservoir and Irrigation Company. At,
tornoy General farrar the state, and
DELPHI L. Carpenter the Poudro lrriga.
ton district of Greeley.
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Forests Used by 6o5,o4s Tourists.

One-third of all the visitors TO Colo
rado last summer visited the rccrea
ton regions of the Colorado national
forests. according to a report of the
forestry service of the government
They numbered 6,J,04S and rode
drove. walked. hunted. fishcd and
camped in every national forest of the
state. Some built homes. In autos
2Gi, ,T5l went to the forests. or these
lSG,50O visited the Pike forest. at Den.
vcr's door; 59,556. of whom 57.4OO Wis
tied Pike, were pedestrians; 2l4,il2
were travellers by wagon and by
horse, of whom Pike attracted l97,5OO.
OF the total, Pike forest won 47l,53O.
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Election Conducted ny Women.

Boulder-ColOrado refuses to be be
hind Wyoming in the matter OF doing
honor to the fair sex. Recently Cum
bcrland Precinct No | OF Lincoln
County. Wyo.. claimed the distinction
of being the only precinct in which
the last election was conducted by
women alone. The distinction Is
shared, however. by Boulder county.
Sunshine Precinct No. 10 was pre-
sided over by an election board com
posed entirely OF women. The judges
were Mrs. Emma Van Keuren, Mrs. +.
Ella Jones and Mrs. Gretta Brown.
The clerks were Mrs. Henrietta Clio
yer and Miss Bertha A. Jones.
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Want Gates Installed at CROSSING,

The State Board of Public Utilities
was asked by four members OF the
Boulder Commercial Club to install
gates at the Twelfth street crossing
OF the lnterurban and the Colorado &
Southern track, in Boulder, The pres
ont wigwag signals are not sufficient
protection. the Boulder men claim. II
was at this crossing that Mrs. Emma
Iioylc and her daughter were killed In
an automobile smash.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-30

The secretary OF state and Mrs.
Lansing entertained at dinner in hon.
or of the German ambassador and
Countess Won Bcrnstorff
President Wilson has decided to go
to New York and take part In cXcr-
ciscs incident to inaugura,ing the il
Illumination of the Statue OF Liberty.
A warning to private investors and
to banks which are members of the
federal reserve system not to tie up
their funds by investing too heavily
in foreign loans was sounded by the
federal reserve board In an official
statement.
The net inward gold movement for
the twelve months ending Nov |, was
estimated at siGs. 500 900. In depart.
mcnt OF Commerce statement. Total
imports were sjSGOOO,O0O. and sll7..
0OO. 900 in gold was exported. During
the previous year tLo gold balance
was only 1926, 500 OOO and during the
year before that imports were smaller
by slG7 100000 than exports
Foreign
Charles Booth, chairman OF the
Booth Steamship Company, died in
London.
Greek provisional government under
Ncnizolos reported to have declared
war against Bulgaria.
The Norwegian steamers OiUcld and
Trym are reported to have been sunk.
according to an announcement made
by Lloyd's In London.
Tho British government has refused
to grant 4 safe conduct to tn" newly
appointed Austrian ambassador TO the
United States. Count TarnowskL
Rear Admlrals Wurmbach, Jasper
Hcbbinghaus. Mauyc and Bch"nkc.
have been promoted to vice admirals
says an Overseas News agency an
nounCcmcnt from berlin
A llayis dispatch from LimoEca
says the city h about to take a cen
sus OF It's inhabitants with view to
instituting family cards for various
items OF household consumption
Albert T.. Kemp at Ottawa, ont, be.
came minister OF militia and defense,
succeeding Lieut. Gen Sir sam
Hughes Kemp has been minister
without portfolio since It's formation
In 1879.
Tho fortified town ot RamHEaic on
the English coast WAS bombardod by
cial announcement nsuod nt Berlin.
Tho German craft sank the only hos
~" vessel, British patrol ship,
which was encountered. the Germans
] returning safely to their base
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-30
Ban on Nebraska Stock.

Denvcr.-A rigid quarantine against
shipments of cattle and hogs from Ne
braska and Kansas has been estab-
lishcd by the State Board of Stock
Inspection as the result of reported
case of foot and mouth disease in
Kansas City stockyards.
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Routt county, about twenty-five miles
north and west OF Steamboat Springs.
and Is known as the Ham creek basin.
1t is described as high rolling land
consisting chiefly OF grass land and
scattered wood land. OF little value for
national forest purposes, but easily
adapted to short see son agriculture.
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Odious Comparison.

81 have seen potatoes worth their
weight In gold" said the man from the
klondikc.
"Thc idea" exclaimed Miss Cayenne.
"of comparing anything so precious as
II potato To mere jcwclry."
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-30
Mrs. Morse Succeeds Her Mother,

Mrs. Anna Reynolds Morse Of Den.
yer was rcappointrd n member OF the
board OF control OF the State Homo
for Dependent Children. TO succeed
her mother. the late Mrs. a. T.. Royn.
olds. h. Writ Markham OF Lamar has
been roappointcd member OF the
state immigration board
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-30
FlasIcr Becomes Incorporated Town.

Dcnver.-A new town was born un-
der the seal of the secretary of state
when the application of Flagler. Kit
Carson county, was approved. Flag
Ter, according TO the application. has
population of iS7. most of whom
signed the application to become an
Incorporated town of the state.
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Routt National Forest Lands Open

Steamboat Springs.-Twcnty thou
tional forest has been thrown open to
settlement through an order issued by
President Wilson in Washington. The
land. which under the order IL now
thrown open to homestead entry, IL
located in the northeast corner OF
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Boulder Teacher Dies in India.

Bouldcr.-W Word has been received
here of the death al Madura, India, of
Miss Mabel Chase, daughter of Alder
man and Mrs. A. T.. Chase of Boulder.
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The world makes way for the man
who knows where h, Is going.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-30
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

Twenty thousand French civilians
from the occupied districts of France
are about to be returned to France
from Germany. Trains, each carrying
500 persons, will effect the transpor-
tation before Christmas. A Berlin dis.
patch OF Nov. 2i reported completion
of negotiations for the exchange OF
10000 interned civilians between Ger.
many and France.
Western
Joseph Diovardi. grocer in Little
Italy" in Chicago. lies dead, the thirty.
fifth victim this year of the sawed-off
shotgun OF the BLACK Hand"
symptoms of foot and mouth dis.
ease were discovered In one animal in
the stockyards at St Joseph, Mo
Several experts from Washington will
aid in handling the situation.
A nationwide movement for an in.
crease in wages for the 800 900 rail.
road employees not recognized in the
Adamson cighthour law was initiated
at meeting held at Denver.
The youngest railroad director In
the world lives In Aurora. III. The
distinguished yomgstcr Is Henry Her.
bert Evans. lG years old. son of
Arthur Evans. grandson OF col. H. II.
Evans.
Francisco Villas forces have cap,
tured chihuahua and now hold that
city as well as parral, according TO the
statement OF Mexican at Douglas,
Ariz. who claimed to be affiliated
with the L"gaIistas. and to have re-
cciycd a mcssaE" TO that effect
The body OF Dennis Scarlcs. san
Francisco capitalist. was found neat
Saratoga, cal. beneath his automobile
at the foot OF seventy five foot
prccIpIcc Mr Soarlos. who was a
years old. WAS formerly associated
with + NJ smith. the burax king"
Sporting News
Purdue won the annual cross.cuun
try run o. the Western Conference at
Lafayette, Ind.
students a, tho University Of Colo
RADIO are preparing to turn their foot
ball field into skating pond At IN,
conclusion OF IA" rridiron season.
Wiretapper have enriched them
selves by $500 within the last two
weeks through operations %, Knnaa.
CITY, according TO q statement Of on,
OF their Victims to the police
\ meeting OF hoayywuirhts was dis
cuasrd between jess willard. heavy
weight champion, and "TuN Richard
boxing promoter Of New York. and th,
appointment was made that Willar,
looks fayorably upon match sur
seztod by the New York.
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By giving NIL II square deal you give
nll around.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-11-30
Washington

The transcript, in the cas-" OF the
Missouri. Oklahoma 4 Gult railroad,
chosen to tcst the conatitutionality Of
She hdamson law. was received at the
uuprcmc Court,