The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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COMING DvBNTS.
.Xsssciation annual convsntion at
July B'n:;I :.;iI;-n...,at National A..oe..-
Sept ss-ss-c6iorado state Fair a
Boy Scouts sold over $4,000 worth
Of Hbsrty Bonds In Pueblo.
Denver Elks bought over @20. 900
worth Of the Third Liberty Bonds.
II 10 reported that valuable OIL
shsle beds have been discovered near
Fowler.
Up to May approximately e3.000.-
900 worth OF Thrift Stamps had been
sold In Colorado:
Every county in Colorado went
over the top" ON Its quota for Third
Liberty Bonds.
A rich strike II reported made at the
600-foot level Of the Longfellow mine.
ON Bull hill at Victor.
Men OF the Santa Fe railroad shops
at La Junta are now creditors OF Un-
Gle Sam for over $4,000.
On the Brighton highway the state
maintenance outfit has scarified and
reshaped the entire road to Brighton.
Eagle, Jackson, Lincoln and Pitkin
are now the only counties in which
there are no Women's Councils Of De-
fense.
Widening and Improvement Of the
Floyd Hill road in Clear Greek and
Jefferson counties will be undertaken
this season.
The annual spring cleanup of stray
dogs in Denver was begun under the
direction of DR.. w. H. Sharpley, man
ager Of health.
When the Third Liberty Loan drive
closed at Cripple Greek. the total
reached 1926. 700. while Teller county's
quota was only s2sO.sO0.
Colorado topped her loan quota by.
81 per cent-156.sS7 subscribers TAX
ing bonds totaling s27.766,s5o. Denver
people took S1o.122.1o0.
The production made in March from
properties OF the Granite Gold Mining
Company on Battle mountain, closely
appropriated $500 tons.
In Adams county work is nearly
completed on the new bridge over
Clear Creek ON Boulevard F just
north Of the Denver city limits.
Brisk recruiting continues at the
Denver marine office. fifty-six men
being transferredsduring the last week
and fifty asseptances are pending.
The body Of an unidentified woman.
about IS years Of age. was found
floating on the surface Of City Park
lake. near the boat. house, in Denver.
Workers ON the Moffat tunnel in
Park county received orders to quit
drifting and start . winze at point
1900 feet from the .adit Of the tunnel
A memorial service for the late Col.
William Guthrie, who died at Camp
Taylor. KY. April 8. was held at st.
Peters Catholic church at Rocky Ford.
It Ii stated that Richard +. Ryan.
assistant attorney general of Colo
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District Exemption Board No. .. In the
state house. by Roady Kenehan, secre-
tary OF the board.
State inheritance tax collections for
nineteen estates administered during
the last half of April amounted to SAL.
S31.63. This makes total of $4S9,.
255.91 to date for the biennial period
ending next December.
A new OH well derrick is being
erected near Appleton station, five
and one-half miles northwest of
Pueblo. The old Reed artesian well
which il located at this spot will prob
ably be utilized as far as possible.
Four Colorado boys are named
among those who have successfully
completed the course of training at
the third officers training camp at
Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL.,, in list
issued by the adjutant generals office
at Warrington. ... tr,
The Modoc Consolidated Mines Com
pany. operating the Modoc incline on
the saddle between Bull hill and Bat
TIC mountain, ID sh1pplng at the rate OF
from six to eight cars month, while
filling Slopes with ore for future ship
ment.
As soon as some 1000 acres of land
near Boulder. says Boulder dispatch,
can be obtained, C. e. Stubbs of Bill
ings, Mont, and ]. T. Hurst of Grey.
buls Wyo.. will, begin digging for oil
by putting down large number of
test wells.
Colorado must supply 2,079 more
men for the national army May rs, &C
cording to advices received by Adjt.
Gen. Frank d. Baldwin from Washing
ton. This states quota Of the May rs
draft for 233,000 men was s.803, but
the War Department officials credited
Colorado with 6.552 men who have en-