The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-20
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Newspaper Union News Service.

WY. o-o-LiVe Stoch ShoW a. Ni"N
Nov. 12-1S,-Automobile Show at Dem
Nov. 22-24-Rural School Conference in
Denver.
Palisade fruit shipments. to date to-
tai 76S cars.
Herd of elk in mountains near Rye
growing larger.
The Denver blind have decided to in
itiate their pension bill.
Beet digging has started at many
places on the western slope.
Mesa Verde National Park had 2,169
visitors and tourists this season.
Saguache county's contribution to
the American Red Cross was s3,S20.
]. Vaught Sickman, Denver attor- 4
ney, was run down and killed by auto
list.
Burglars stole $3.50 from trunk
in the home of ]. W. Manis, of Dem
yer.
Sixteen messenger boys in Denver
went out on strike, but later returned
to work.
Pueblo county farmers are taking
keen interest in every move to regu-
late prices.
Four persons were injured and as
many machines smashed in two auto
crashes in Denver.
Nearly million and a half raised in
Denver on opening day of drive for
Liberty Loan funds.
The golden wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. jeremiah d. Lago was
celebrated in Pueblo.
The foundation has been completed
for the new church at Wetmore, to be
bui!t of concrete blocks.
Samuel Newell, a farmer of near
Ault, is being sued by his father, who
is S5 years old, for s4,339.9S.
The barn on the C. G. Green ranch
on Fourmile creek, near Glenwood
Springs, was destroyed by fire.
Vice President Marshall will speak
in Denver Oct 2Sth; at Ault, Oct.
Colorado citizens will pay taxes on
a total assessed valuation of s1,309,-
7SS,903, at the rate of 3.12 mills.
The contract for building the new
Hyle bridge over the Platte river east
of Greeley will be awarded for $41,-
415.67.
Colorado enlistments in the regular
army since the recruiting campaign
started April 1st, have reached total
of 2,021.
The Denver Trades and Labor AS
sembly ovted to purchase $500 Lib
erty bond at a meeting held in Den
yer Sunday.
Colorado Springs allotment of Lib
erty bonds, as nearly as can be de-
termined without official notification,
will be nearly $1,000,000.
The $S,OOO,000 bonds voted by the
city of Denver for the construction of
a municipal water plant were declared
valiG by the United States Supreme
Court.
Lodge of Pythian Sisters was Or
ganized at Rocky Ford by Mrs. Nolan
of Pueblo, grand excellent chief. About
60 persons were initiated in the new :
society.
William R. (Buck) Seay, acquitted )
of murder in the West Side Court,
where he was tried for taking the life
of Edward C. Green, left Denver for
Lebanon, Tenn, his old home.
Funeral services for Harry B. Null
nix, son of Harry e. Mulnix, former
state treasurer, who died after an i'll
ness of nearly year, were held from
the Elks' home in Denver.
Three men were killed and two in
jured when the boiler of a freight To-
comotive on the Santa Fe railway ex-
ploded at Orsa, small station near
Castle Rock, forty miles south of
Denver
Stockholders of the Dry Climate
Tire Company who met at Arvada,
placed themselves on record as favor
ing the plan for placing the affairs
of the company in the hands of three
trustees for five years.
The food conservation committee
that will map out plans for the pledge
card drive in Denver county during
the week beginning Oct 2Sth, was Sc
lected by Ralph w. Smith, food ad-
ministrator for Denver county.
Mayor Speer of Denver has been
asked to attend the annual convention
in st. Louis of the American Civic As
sociation, Oct. 22nd to oath, and speak
on municipal improvements and the
need of keeping these improvements
during the period of the war.
w. E. Hough, 40 years old, a hobo"
who has all the earmarks of an l. w.
w. agitator, is in the Windsor jail
charged with firing eighteen tons of
hay on the DIR. George Nelson ranch
situated five blocks from the business