Gunnison news-champion., 1917-04-20

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Elizabeth is TO have a cheese fac
tory.
Husky men OF Fowler are organis'
/ ing a home guard
Potatoes sold in Denver at $3.50 per
cvt and flour al IS 65d SIS.
Colorado Federation of Women's
Clubs urges governor to veto dry law.
Mexican miners moving from Boul-
der toward Mexican border is report.
Farm lands in the vicinity of Limon
have been selling in large blocks re-
Gently.
New independent telephone COM
/ pany being organized in Morgan
county.
wiped out by majority vote OF the
/ people.
Grand Junction has published call
for payment of bonds of that city to-
falling sis.s5O.
Governor Gunter recommends plant
ing seeds as well as trees on Arbor
day. April goth.
New school house to be built to re-
place the one burned in January at
Grand Junction.
A free aviation school in Denver
would make Colorado one of the great
oenters of usefulness in the matter of
war preparation.
The city OF Ouray has issued a call
for bonds numbered to 10 OF the
refunding bonds OF the city OF Ouray,
totaling $4,000.
The Denver Jewish Congress has
| passed resolution pledging the 10y
atty and service of its members to
| President Wilson and the nation.
Convention called at Boulder to
take preliminary action toward a com.
mission form of government, which
was adopted at the city election.
Concentrating the 1i2nd anniver.
| sary of The firing of the first shots
in the American revolution, the Sons
OF the Revolution in Denver will az.
semble
United Mine Workers Of America
will hold mass meeting at Ludlow
on Sunday. April 22. when several
| prominent labor leaders will be on
the program
That portion Of Colorado City
known as the South Side" seems dis
posed still to resist annexation and re-
sort to legal aid to exist as an indie.
pendent town.
The governors ways and means
| committee continues to receive scores
OF letters from over the state asking
help to get seed and tractors to aid
the big crop drive
The investment Of Denver estates,
aggregating many million dollars, for
the purchase OF part of the $7.0O0,OO0.,
900 American war loan. is proposed by
County Judge Ira c. Rothgerber Of
Denver.
Current dividend of the vindicator
Consolidated Is 3 per cent, the usual
amount. which means $4,000 for the
quarter. $4,000 thus far in 1917. .
grand total OF $3.G22 500 or AZ per
cent on face value
The first car OF ore shipped from
the Eta NJ. on Chief mountain, Fris-
CO. under its operations by the Mid.
west Company. brought $55 a ton,
running 40 per cent lead, few
ounces Of silver and little gold.
A telegram. pledging the support Of
$4,000 members representing the
fourth degree Of the Knights OF Colum.
bus. to which none but American citi.
Gems may be admitted, has been sent
to President Wilson by John H. Red
din. supreme master Mr.. Reddin ID
the governing head Of the fourth de-
gree and . member of the national
toard of directors Of the order.
Gaily-garmented ladies slid through
windows and fashiona clad gentle.
men scrambled through transoms
when q squad Of police raided the a.
| legged "bootlegging" establishment at
1919 Grant street. in Denver. Four
patrons. and q girl. said by the police
to be the barmaid. who failed to use
The windows or transoms, were
rabbed and taken to police headquar
iers.
Lawrence c. Phipps. former chair
ian OF the Denver chapter of the
american Red Cross and one Of the
lost active workers in the Denver or.
anization. has been invited BY Presi-
ient Wilson to meet with group Of
Their leading citizens OF the United
states for a conference at Washing.
on on April 81 to consider ways and
cans OF fin lncing the Red Cross for
IS responsibility toward soldiers and
-on-combatants
Another offer in the cause of aerial
preparedness for Colorado was made
shen Edward L. Bloom and Charles o.
ixford. owners of flying machine
/ Sable. said they would turn over