The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-16

init of Pixies Peak.
Aug. 1-National Convention of Afri-
can Race at Denver.
Sept; 17-22-Colorado State Fair at Pu-
eblo.
Boulder is to have a big tungsten
plant.
Crop conditions in state are report
ed better.
The total registration in Denver
was 1S,4GS.
Pueblo county's registration shows
over 5000 names.
The college at Colorado Springs
graduated eighty-nine.
Fifty-eight Rocky Ford young men
enlist for service in war.
Colorado's total registration as Off
cially reported, foots up 83,03S.
Samuel w. Knott, 76, a pioneer res
ident of Colorado, died at Edgewater.
Louis Color, 43, attempted suicide at
a street religious meeting in Denver.
Fifteen hundred Pueblo boys en-
rolled in garden clubs to increase food
supply.
The San Juan section is getting
busy in mine and mill as snow leaves
the mountains.
A strong company has been formed
to operate mines in the Cave Basin
district near Durango.
Troop L Ranch of the National Or
der of Cowboy Rangers was instituted
at Longmont on the 9th.
Colorado City, the original capitol
of Colorado, has been merged into
greater Colorado Springs.
The casualty list in the Canadian
overseas force lists H. A. Whitmore,
Denver, among the wounded.
The merchants of La Veta are 60
ing to hold an old-fashioned basket
picnic on the Fourth of July.
Six slackers have been arrested at
Trinidad by Federal Agent Craft of
Pueblo, assisting the Trinidad sheriff.
President Wilson will be invited by
the Sons of Colorado to visit Denver
as the guest of honor Colorado day,
Aug 1.
Governor Gunter announces that he
is going to call an extra session of
the Legislature to consider war rev.
enue measures.
At Fort Collins Battery A of the
Colorado battalion of field artillery is
being recruited up to it's full war
strength of 100 men. sra
Greeley will be host to Colorado and
Wyoming on July 4th, with another of
its great celebrations where every
thing is absolutely free.
Work has begun on the trail lead
ing from Beaver Brook, the new sta
tion that will connect with the Den
yer mountain park system.
Between May and June 8, about
$4,000 worth of gold bricks were
shipped from Breckenridge to the
United States mint at Denver
Denver is expected to contribute
$4,000 of the $3,O00,O00 to be spent
by the National Board of the Young
Womens Christian Association in war
work.
Seventy seven arrests of men
charged with failure to register for the
army draft were reported from Den
yer, Leadville, Trinidad and Pueblo
June -.
Mayor Speer, of Denver, issued
proclamation urging the observance OF
June IA as flag day-the140th anniver-
sary of the Stars and Stripes as the
flag of our country.
Four hundred teachers and yrospec-
tive teachers are enrolled in the
Third District Normal Institute, which
opened a two-weeks' session at East
Denver High School.
In the interest of the general vel
fare and health of the citizens of Den
ver Mayor Speer and his cabinet be-
gan an investigation of the high cost
of living problems confronting con-
sumers.
More than 600 motion picture the
aters of the Rocky Mountain region
will flash on the screen at every per
formance next week a slogan of war,
a summons to service. 1t will be:
"Fight-Or Give"
Now that radishes, lettuce, and in
some sections peas, spinach and other
early crops are being harvested, home
gardeners should be making their
preparations to utilize the freed space
by planting other crops, say specialists
of the United States Department of
Agriculture.
The City Council of Denver granted
to Mrs Mayme Green, widow of Ed
ward C. Green, city highway commits
sioner, who was shot and killed by
William r. Seay, compensation of ST.
500 for herself and children under the
provisions of the workmen's compen-
sation insurance act.
Thomas Jones, 61, the hermit of
Clarke Lake. seven miles from Park
er, was attacked by two thugs and
brutally beaten with claw hammer.
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