The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-22

sept. 25-2S.-Meeting State Womehs
sept; n, ,2g-Las Animas County NJ
Sept. 2e-2S-Annuai Fair at calhan.
sept 26-29-Yuma County, at Yuma.
Sept. 27-29-Lincoln County at Hugo.
sept. 27-2s-Grand County at Kremm-
Oct. 2-5-Kit Carson County at Bur-
Noy. 6-S-Live Stock Show at Grand
Junction.
A new church is to be built by Meth
odists of Montrose.
Bishop Teahon of Omaha is the
new bishop for Denver.
The board of directors of the Flag
Ter Oil and Gas Company at Flagler
took action toward the early drilling
OF well in the Flagler dome.
The interest of patriotic church
women in knitting has caused the
auxiliaries of the Denver Red Cross to
be increased by nearly 1000 members.
Twelve of Denver's best-known
business men were chosen as the per-
sonnel of the county grand jury for
the September term in the West Side
Court.
10000 acres was entered in Pueblo
county during the month of August.
The sum of $1O,380 was received from
353 filings.
Walter E. Plettner of Denver left
for Austin, Tex, where he will go into
training at once, having received a
commission of first lieutenant in tho
aviation corps.
Former State Senator Edward De
laVergne, pioneer Colorado mining
man, died in his home at Ivywild, near
Colorado Springs. He had been i'll
about six weeks. He was born in
Ohio.
When Colorado's 1924 draft men of
the second national army increment
left the borders of their native state
they did not lack tender memories to
take along to the smoky battle fronts
with them.
Bella Root, 46, jumped from the
third story window of the home of
Nathan Walker in Denver and was
killed instantly. She had been under
medical treatment and is thought to
have been deranged
In less than five months from the
time he left Cripple Creek to join the
United States marine corps at Colo
RADIO Springs, Willard Allen, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Allen Of Cripple
Greek landed in France.
Believed to be suffering from a
temporary fit of insanity, brought
hpp l,,,a limo ar-in a1
la Root, As, tore the screen from
window of her third-story apartment
in Denver, and before the Mortified
gaze of her aged mother, Mrs. A. E.
Root, jumped thirty feet to her death.
Hope that federal government ac-
tion on Colorado roads will be quickly
forthcoming, making possible the COM
mencing of extensive work on high
ways in the state, was expressed by
State Highway Commissioner Thomas
]. Ehrhart following a conference
with Chief United States Engineer
Wilson.
B. B. Greer, assistant to Henry E.
Byram, vice president of the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy railroad, in
charge of operation, was elected vice
president and general manager of the
| Colorado & Southern lines, to succeed
the late Edward S. Roller Mr. Greer
will remove to Denver from his home
in Chicago.
In the Jerry Johnson mine on Iron.
clad hill F. r. Galley is driving to cut
known vein whose ore is worth
dollar pound. The Granite Company
distributed S16,500 to it's stockholders
few days ago. A gold brick valued
at $1,000, the cleanup of the Rubie
mill operated by Kavanaugh, was
sent to the Denver mint.
Despite heavy financial Withdrawals
from Denver clearing house banks,
used at this season of the year to har-
vest crops and start the feeding of
cattle, the banks statements of their
condition on Sept. IL shows total de-
posits of sS1 $40, ,54991, an increase of
10 per cent over last year, so per cent
over 1915, and 20 per cent over 1914.
The ore and concentrate ship
ments from Telluride during August
were as follows: Tomboy, six cars of
concentrates to Durango and forty-one
to Blende; Smuggler- Union and Black
Bear jointly, eight cars of concen-
trates to Durango; Liberty Bell.
twelve cars of concentrates TO
! Durango; Inama, Perino, Franck
& Rees, Carruthers lease, two
cars concentrates to Durango; King,
one car crude ore to Durango. Total,
123 cars against III shipped last
year.
Bootleggers who sell liquor to uni
formed soldiers are to receive rough
treatment, says Harry B. Tedrow,
United States district attorney. The