The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-27

Nov 6-s-Liye Stock Show at Grand
Junction.
Nov 12-lS-Automobile Show at Dem
Nov. 22-24-Rurai School Conference in
Denver.
Denver newsboys subscribed $2,o5O
for Liberty bonds.
An automobile show will be held in
Denver Nov. 18th to 18th.
1t is proposed to build paved high
way from Denver north to Greeley.
The new sugar factory at Brighton
will probably be started in operation
by Nov. 18th.
The Colorado Board of Equalization
placed the 1917 levy for state reven-
ues at 3.12 mills.
A movement is under way to replace
the central fire station at Colorado
Springs by a new building.
Five farmers of Delta county will
purchase 1900 sheep from New Mexi-
co for raising on their respective
farms.
The county commissioners of Crow
ley county will pay half the expense of
maintaining home guard for duty in
that county only.
Plans for a chapel to be built at
Craig Colony, the non-denominationa
tubercular sanatorium have been COM
pleted in Denver.
A civil service examination for the
purpose of filling a vacancy at La
Sale as postmaster will be held at
Greeley, Nov. 18th.
William Swartsman, rancher, OF
near Pawnee, was killed near Grover
when his auto turned over on him,
breaking his neck.
The town of Buckingham is petit
tioning the State Utilities Commission
to force the Burlington railroad to
give them depot and an agent.
L. E. Karnes, of near Timnath, who
has made a specially of onions this
year, took from one acre OF land 500
sacks of onions worth So per sack.
Bids for the construction of the Den
ver-Littleton concrete highway were
asked by the State Highway Com
mission They will be opened Nov.
5th.
John w. Springer of Denver has Of
fered his S000-acre country place in
Douglas county to the United States
government as a site for base hos
pital.
Four of the Teller county boys who
went to Camp Funston with the first
crowd have already been promoted
three to be corporals and one ser
geant.
H. C. Nevius of the State Dairy
Commission, is in Wisconsin for the
purpose of purchasing blooded dairy
stock for the farmers of Garfield and
Fremont counties.
Although at the beginning of the
long mountain winter the town of De-
beque is growing right in boom,
on account of the increasing activity
of oil shale development.
w. ]. Galligan of Denver received
from Coal Administrator Harry A.
Garfield in Washington, a telegram
officially confirming his appointment
as coal administrator for Colorado.
Farmers of La Plata and Montezu-
ma counties have filed orders with the
county agricultural agent to the extent
of almost a carload of purebred boars
and sows, which will be ordered from
outside breeders.
Everything from a flivver's rear
lamp to five-ton war truck will be
on exhibit at the Denver auto show,
Nov. 12 to IS, if the plans of the Den
yer committee in charge are carried
out.
Nov. 4th will be go to Sunday
School day all over the United
States. The Sunday School Associa-
tion of Colorado AS been making ex-
tensive preparations for its celebra-
tion in this state.
Mrs. Emily Riley, who shot and
killed her husband, Patrick Henry Ri
ley, in their Denver apartment, Sept.
goth, was held to be sane by lunacs
commission which examined her al
the county hospital.
State Highway Commissioner T. ].
Ehrhart has awarded the contract for
steel and concrete bridge 900 feet
long across the Platte river on the
Lincoln highway, between Greeley and
Kersey, on a bid of SAL 400.
The United States Geological Sur
vey, in its 1916 report, shows that
Fremont county has eleven producing
metal mines and that these produced
in that year S7S6 in gold, 1929 ounces
of silver, 1O1, ,401 pounds of copper, 81
10 pounds of lead, these products hav-
ing total value of S30,S10.
A special Sunday train is to be
put on the Arkansas Valley railroad
so that milk can be delivered seven
days a week to the new .condensary
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