The Raymer enterprise., 1917-03-15

Denver is to have a fine municipal
organ.
Ben Hurmore, IS, formerly OF Butte.
Mont, killed himself in Denver
roomlng house.
President Wilson is reported con.
sidering f. P. Costigan OF Denver for
a place on the Tariff Board.
A rifle shoot, to rouse interest in
better preparedness along these lines,
viii be held at Littleton on Memorial
Day,
Pueblo police were asked to assist
in the search for an escaped convict
registered al the institution under the
name Of Bridges.
Thomas Hale Potter, one of the
early settlers of Central City and for
merly prominent banker and mining
man. died in Detroit.
L, X. Harper. who recently resigned
as state insurance commissioner. left
for New York. from which place he
Will sail for Dutch Guiana.
The Wayside Inn. a roadhouse west
OF EngleBood, will soon close perma.
nently, according to District Attorney
Samuel W. Johnson of Littleton.
Pueblo police have been asked 10
locate a man who wrote check on
delunct bank and then had The
nerve to pass II In business trans
action,
Several Greeley men have organized
company to prospect and drill for oil
In the vicinity of Greeley, under the
name, the Platte River Oil and Gas
Company.
Edwin Gaylord. formerly OF Denver,
has secured a five.year lease on the
Forest Queen group, adjoining the Jer.
ry Johnson at Cripple Creek, and has
commenced work.
At creede a four-foot vein OF lead
ore has been encountered on the 500
foot level Of the Park Regent, which
is under lease 10 the Greede Mines
and Milling Company.
Changes are pending in the railway
mail service in and out OF Denver In
pursuance OF the plan Of the Post
office Department to reorganize the
service throughout the country.
Mrs. Sarah Edwards Quinn, mother
of Mrs, NJ, " Gallaher, one of the
pioneer settlers of the Vinelans dis.
tfict. died ali the home Of her daugh,
ter, Mrs. Edward S. Warner. Rock.
vale, Mont.
Operations In the Portland mine dur.
ing the last year have opened up an
ore shoot over 1000 feet In length at
a depth of 1900 feet, and other large
ore bodies have been encountered in
the property.
AT a meeting of the board of trus.
tees OF the State School of Mines at
Golden 1t was voted TO accept the gen,
efal invitation to join the federation
OF colleges In behalf OF the war pre-,
paredness movement.
The members of Battery b of the
Colorado National Guard are TO be
given warm welcome at reception
and dance which the mothers Of the
members of the battery will give at
FL Jebel in Denver on March Is.
AT a Denver hotel 200 Sons Of Colo.
rado gathered for the first OF series
Of historical banqueta. A message oi
loyalty was dispatched 10 President
Wilson. Former Governor Alya Ad
ans made the principal address.
Four times around the world and
half way around on the fifth trip Is
the achievement of Bernard Swacken
berg, the Oldest mail carrier Of tht
Pueblo force. who celebrated his sev
enty-secont birthday anniversary.
Fifty per cent net profit Is the rec
ord Of the work done by the Boys ant
Girls Clubs Of Colorado during tht
past year. The net profit ON III,
things they produced, according to fig
ures issued by the department, was
s5.Sa7.ag.
Mrs James b. Grant OF Denver ha.
decided to be candidate al the com
ing election by the national society o.
the Daughters of the American Reyo
luton for the vice presidency Of ths
order. The election will be held il
Washington in April.
Belief that the Limitation of $4,000
by Congress for the Rocky Mountain
National Park will be removed at th,
next regular session Of Congress wa!
expressed by r. J. Chamberlin, head
Of the Denver Tourist Bureau, who
returned from Washington
Half lifetime spent in prospecting
in Colorado hills has brought its re
ward. not in gold or silver, but in oil
and today Matt Callahan, 6O-yearo old
Debeque miner. finds himself owner oi
3,5uQ-acre tract of oil shale land, the
value Of which is estimated at mil
lions,
The Mountain States Lumber Deal
ers' Association has contributed 81 06;
| In lain Ia thn fund nrranirn.I L.. II.