The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-08

sept. 27-2s-Grand County at kreihh
Oct. 2-5-Kit Carson County at Bur-
lngton.
Colorado Springs parties are drill
ing for oil east of that city.
Pueblo's labor temple was dedi-
Gated with fitting ceremonies.
Pueblo's Labor Day celebration sur
passed anything in the city's history.
Julesburg citizens gave banquet
to the boys drawn in the national
draft.
The first 5 per cent of Colorado's
draft quota, 23S men, left for Fort
Riley.
One thousand soldiers acted as an
escort in the Pueblo Labor Day
parade.
State Ways and Means committee
Is abolished and war council is en-
Iarged.
The town of Paonia has put all
sorts of peddlers and solicitors under
the ban.
Sterling citizens gave a reception
for the Logan county boys who left on
the first call.
e. j. Wolmagood of Colorado City
has raised a large amount of broom
corn this year.
John, 2-year-old son of Lee Croddy,
a Salida miner, was fatally shot in
room in his home.
State immigration commission asks
farmers for exhibits for permanent
display in state capitol
Thrift study will be undertaken in
the public schools of Denver for the
first time this winter.
Gov. ]. C. Gunter distributed $40
gold pieces to the soldier boys at
Camp Gunter at Pueblo.
Output of Cripple Creek mines in
August totaled 102,26s tons, with a
gross value of $1,137,32396.
An explosion, caused by prank
of boys, shook residences and stores
and frightened residents of Denver.
Frank Adams, of Denver, has been
appointed by Governor Gunter as su-
perintendent of the State Department
of Safety.
Hawkeyes living in Colorado will
have number of extra features Sept.
s, for their annual Iowa day celebra-
ton, at Washington Park, Denver.
The personnel of the governors
new war council and it's committees
was announced with the exception of
two or three committee vacancies
which will be filed later.
School attendance should be main
tanned now that America is at war
the same as during times of peace,
according to an appeal from Gov.
Julius c. Gunter to the teachers Of,
Denver
]. F. Enright, superintendent of mo-
tive power of Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad, died at his home in Denver
after an illness of approximately
eight months. He is survived by his
widow and daughter
The fall of Riga is as great blow
industrially to Russia as it is in a
military and political sense, accord
ing to Axel Palmgren, a prominent
business man of Stockholm, who has
been in Denver the past few weeks.
Governor Gunter, it was announced
will preside at the Auditorium when
the French commission headed by
Monsieur Edouard De Billy visits
Denver on Sept. II and 12. Rev.
Charles L. Mead is scheduled to de-
liver the address of welcome on be-
half of the state.
The names of PSI drafted men who
have failed to answer the call to the
colors and who have not been located
by state authorities were forwarded to
the adjutant general in Washington
by Provost Marshal John Evans, act
ing for Gov. ]. C. Gunter. These men,
If found, will be courtmartialed
Union labor of Denver observed the
thirtieth anniversary of the official
recognition of Labor Day in Colorado,
but only small proportion of the
scores of locals participated in the
parade, scheduled as the opening fea.
ture of day crammed with events
covering a wide scope and culminat-
ing with speaking at Lakeside Park.
Oil has appeared in Arvada in such
quantities that it has ruined the well
water for domestic purposes. An in
vestigation brought the verdict of
eeologist that there is little doubt
that oil can be located in the Den
yer suburb beneath the stratas OF
coal and other deposits.
State officials, officers of the
guard, the Civic Association and
prominent citizens of Denver and Colo
RADIO paid a farewell tribute to tho