The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07

John Evans, provost marshal OF
Colorado, now is member of the
State War Council.
A contribution of 100000 to the
American Red Cross war fund is an
nounced by the American Bell Tele-
phone Company.
All the girls in the fifth national
service school at Loretto Heights were
in their quarters at the camp by $3.50
O'Clock Sunday night.
The Uncompahgre river left its old
channel and cut new one at the
bridge about ten miles below Ridg-
way, leaving the bridge useless.
The Colorado National Guard will
be mustered into federal service on
Aug. 5th, according to announcement
made by Secretary of War Baker.
The Producers and Refiners Corpor-
alton, $2O,0000OO oil company with
125,000 acres of oil field property, has
been organized at Colorado Springs.
Twenty-Five women attended the
luncheon and meeting of the state Of
ficers of the National Womans par
ty at the Elks' Club at Colorado
Springs.
On July 4th, a big American flag
floated over a quiet grave in Riverside
cemetery, marking. the resting place
of Katrina Wolf Murat, the Betsy
Ross" of Colorado.
Five men are dead as the result
of the explosion which took place at
the Du Pont De Nemours Powder
Company at Agusta and which wreck
ed two buildings.
The Stevens ranch near Sedalia, one
of the best known stock ranches in
the state, containing 1851 acres, was
sold to A. Cuba, well-to-do stock man
of Ramah, for $4,000.
In addition to what many members
previously had contributed as indi-
viduals, fifty-four church congrega-
tions in Denver July 1st donated
S6,S00 to the Red Cross.
One of the large conventions of the
year has been secured for Pueblo
the Old Trails Road Association will
held its next convention in Pueblo,
on August 10th and 18th.
Refine Beauprez, a young farmer.
died at the Longmont hospital as a
result of two gunshot wounds received
while he and his brother, Cyril, were
on their work in a hay field.
Ira Clawson, aged 25, is under ar
rest in Albuquerque, N. NJ, and is
being held for Pueblo county officials
on several charges preferred against
him during the past month by Pueblo
business men.
Colorado has given to the United
States 1856 men during the first
three months of recruiting, according
to grand totals announced by the COM
manders of the three federal recruit
Ing stations in Denver.
Ivy Baldwin, pioneer aeronaut of
Denver, probably will see service in
an army balloon at the front Bald
win has enlisted in the United States
aviation corps and has applied for
lieutenant's commission.
Accelerated by the announcement
of the date of Denver's next stock
show-Jan 1926, 191S-plans for the
proposed subway, eliminating the
track crossings at Thirty-eighth
street, are being pushed by the mem
bers of the livestock bureau of the
Civic association.
Willis Earl Young, 20, who, accord
ing to federal officers, is a profes-
sional hobo and admitted Stacker, ar
rested in Brighton on charges that
he had hastily decamped from Nebras-
ka in order to dodge the draft regis
tration, was held by United tSates
Commissioner Wilbur Stone in Denver
for the October term of the Federal
Court, district of Nebraska.
In the person of Miss Louise Maui
rell, Ouray has a woman mine oper-
ator who is fast acquiring fame and
fortune in the local mining field. Miss
Maurell lately purchased for spot cash
said to be five thousand dollars
two partly developed claims on
Mount Abrams, from two prespectors,
and since she took hold development
has progressed to the point that a car
shipment of high-grade copper ore is
now about ready for the packers.
The pleasure of celebrating the
twentieth anniversary of the forma
tion of their organization in Denver
will be dispensed with by the Ameri
can Mining Congress, due to war ac
tivities. The annual convention OF
the congress, organized in 1897, will
not be held during 1917, but instead
the officials say, the organization will
bend every effort toward assisting
the government to bring about
speedy and successful termination OF
the present war.
Denver forestry officers announced
in connection with their recruiting
campaign for the forest engineer reg
iments, that Henry S. Graves, chief
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