The state herald., 1917-06-08

,Vehtlon ut Salida.
June is-25.-Red Cross Week.
aug. National Convention of Afri-
eblo.
PUEBLO Is to have home for nurses.
work on tho new park at Rockvale
u being completed.
over 300 city lots at Montrose are
now planted in gardens.
Three sons Of Peter ]. Friedman Of
Boulder. have enlisted in Troop d.
Several cases Of scarlet fever at
Sugar City. San Juan towns are full
Of measles.
The union miners Of Fremont coun-
ty are arranging to hold celebration
ON July 4th.
Denver building permits this year
nave gained over 100000 over same
period in 1915.
People At Rye put In q good part of
Memorial Day In hard work improving
the cemetery there.
r. M. Wagsener Of Berthoud recent.
y purchased 1850 acres of land near
Hudson for 354.1ee.
The boilermakers and helpers sm-
pIoyed at Florence have gone ON
strike and quit work.
A new postoffice called Bassick has
been established Just across the Ere
mont-Custer county line.
Harry @. Miller Of Pittsburx, Pa,
mas purchased eighty acres Of land
near Brighton for 3ls.es0.
Ore shipments from the siiverton
camp during the first twenty-one days
OF May totaled III car,
The permanent organization Of the
Routt County Potato Growers Associ-
ataon will take place ON June Is.
The Mssons had charge of the bur
ial Of Col. W. =. Cody buffalo Bid
On Lookout Mountain ON Sunday.
Mrs. Hannah 8. Brown, widely
known In Denver a. . philanthropist.
died at her homs. She was 70 years
old.
The highest flaspole In the San
Luis Valley was raised at the Msmor-
iai services at Alamosa City Park.
The staff is III feet high.
Articles Of incorporation for the re-
organised Colorado Midland were filed
with the secretary Of state. The new
company y capitalized for $4,000. 900.
More than 5000 pounds Of dandelion
plonts were dug up by boys and girls
OF Grand Junction and brought to city
hall In . prise contest Of oxtermlna.
tion.
Wnfrsd J. Loeffler and Carl wisrum
OF Pueblo. and Walter @. Peak of
Colorado Springs have been named -
altsrnates to the Annapolis Naval
Academy.
Convicts At work In Boulder cafion
during April constructed 600 linear
feet Of road and an equal footage Of
l3-foot wall The cost Of tho camp
was 3l.67s for the month.
Thero arc twenty-five carloads Of
potatoes. purchased at Greeley last
fall. being hold in silos and permitted
to rot. TO keep prices up. according 70
Secretary of State James R. Noland.
A survey Of livestock In otero coun.
ty discloses $4,000 cattle. about $4,000
range sheep. 1000 hogs. 200 goats and
$4,000 chickens. The value Of this
livestock IL estimated At eI.250. 900.
Canon City was the second town
In the state To meet its apportion.
ment In the raising Of the Y. N. G. A.
war fund. Longmont was first and
went considsrably over the amount
that II pledged.
The oil weil On the Edward Jones
place near Byron In producing bs.
tween 70 and 80 barrels Of oil daily.
Gas from the same well forces the
oil out thus doing away with the need
OF = pump for the present.
Marguerite Il. skcrrltt. member Of
one Of the Oldest pioneer families and
tho first girl baby born In Englcwood.
died At the old skerritt home. where
uhe was born. forty.two years ago.
Death was duo TO paralysis.
One hundred Veterans OF Foreign
Wars In Denver dedicated tho recent.
ly erected monument to tho horocs OF
foreign wars at Fairmount cemetery.
The monument. fifty foet high. repre-
scnts = soldier ready for action.
Word was received In Denver that
Roscoe q. Kincaid. n FORMER Colorado
boy. has been selected by the govern.
mont TO accompany tho first American
military expedition to France as sec.
rctary 10 Mai. Gon. J. J. Pcrshing.
John Bussshr OF Frawlcy. few
miles from Lcndviilo, has written a
letter to . friend, using ink mndc
from molybdenum ore. Mr.. Bussehr
believes the ore is useful for many
purposes besides tho hardening OF
steel.