The Raymer enterprise., 1918-09-12
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

able to excellent progress In thrash
Ing, fall plowing and seeding. The
cutting Of the third crop Of alfalfa has
begun In localities with prospects for
a fine yield. Corn is filling well ex-
cept In some southeastern counties,
where the weather has been too dry.
Corn is beginning TO dent In localities
and gives promise Of maturing earlier
than common. Potatoes, while only
fair stand in localities, are very good
In others; the quality is excellent.
The casualty list Sept 4 contains,
among those severely wounded. the
names OF Ivan ]. Rocker OF Fort Col
lins and Gerand Howard Beckwith OF
Blanca. Frank Z. Whitcomb OF Pu-
eblo is reported wounded. degree un'
determined. Rutherford B. Kinds.
son Of Walter Kinds OF Rocky Ford,
is reported dangerously wounded.
Kinds is 22 years old, enlisted year
ago and was a member OF the l57th
infantry which trained at Camp
Kearny. Cal.
Mrs. A. Hungerford. Mrs. George
Eames and J. A. Padgett OF Denver. Mr..
and Mrs. A. T. Bagby, A. p. Luper, o.
Beyer and AL Strausbury Of Montrose,
Benny Salazar Of La ,Baca and Mrs.
James Slattery OF Durango were Be-
yerely injured when Denver & Rio
Grande train No. I, Montrose to Tellu.
ride, was derailed one mile east OF
Vanadium. the baggage car, smoker,
day coach and parlor car being over
turned and badly wrecked. Spreading
rails caused the mishap.
Seventy per cent more coke than
ever before will be available this year
to help solve the fuel shortage. This
supply will be further increased by
the development OF tar, coke oven gas
and other by-products newly dignified
In war time as available fuels. These
were some new facts presented to the
American Institute OF Mining Engi'
neers, In session at Colorado Springs,
in their effort to fill some of the coun.
try's needs.
The concluding official act In saw.
Ing the Moffat road to the West and
keeping open the great Routt county
coal fields occurred In the District
Court when formal order was en-.
tered by Judge Harry S. Glass for the
issuance OF 31.500.000 In receiver,
certificates to cover loan for that
amount which the government agreed
TO Issue upon his recent visit to Wash
ington. The feature of the hearing
was the complete acquiescence OF the
bondholders in the proceedings.
Mary Thompson. 13.year-old foster
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ruth
OF Dillon. who died In Denver at St
Luke's hospital as the result of a self
inflicted bullet wound, is the young
est suicide on record In Denver, SO far
as can be learned The girl, In her
delirium, called for her soldier poy.'
without naming him, and wept be
cause he was going away.
A shortage of radium was forecast
by DR.. Richard b. Moore Of the United
States Bureau OF Mines In an address
he delivered at Cripple Creek before
the annual meeting Of the American
Institute Of Mining Engineers. Ra
dium is largely being used on the
faces OF watches and clocks and for
other similar purposes, the speaker
said.
Three Colorado boys are reported
missing in action in the casualty lists
made public Friday by the War De
partmert. They are Oliver NJ. Dan
iels. Sterling; William II. Arnett, Pad
roni. and Julian Polaco, Edith. 10
seph Rosheck. Denver. is wounded,
degree undetermined, as also is Fred
L. Tibbetts, Dolores.
Senator John F. Shafroth took up
with the Food Administration In
Washington the matter OF allowing
prospectors and mine operators to
carry into the hills sufficient provis.
ions to last them during the winter
months. during which time they can
not get down to the markets.
General Auditor L. |. Grenfell and
Purchasing Agent w. c. Weldon OF
the Colorado & Southern Railway
Company have been appointed to i'll
the same offices with the Denver &
Salt Lake railroad (Moffat Road, ac
cording to an announcement made by
Acting General Manager W. F. The
hoff.
Paul Muska, A years old, and his
wife, Elizabeth Muska, 33, lie at III
point OF death at the Denver county
hospital as result OF an attempt at
killing his wife and self by Muska at
their home in Montclair.
Denver railroad employees will re.
ceiye wage increases amounting to
nearly S90O (l00 month as a result of