The Raymer enterprise., 1918-03-21
CKMTENNIAL STATE ITEM

Bombed hy German var planes.
shellsd BY Han artillery. Bishop Fraa'
cis J. Mcconnell. head of IL Metho-
dists Of Colorado, has crowded into .
few weeks III the excitement Of . nor.
NAL lifetime since be left Denver last
January In company with william z.
Sweet TO answer . call from the Brit
ish foreign office for representative
American men TO speak 10 the Britain
and American troops on the western
front. Letters received By Mrs. Nc
Connell from her husband indicate
clearly that Bishop Mcconnell has on
several occasions been In serious dan.
ger.
Though the members OF most school
classes gradually drift apart and lose
trace Of each other through the years.
the extraordinary manner in which the
sixteen living members out Of the orig.
inal twenty.four Of the class Of 1880
1t East Denver High school havs
chung together for forty-four years
was sisnalized BY the attendance Of
twelve OF the survivors at the funeral
Of Miss Emily Miles. who for nearly
half century was associated with the
Denver public schools - student or
director Of drawing.
Under new instructions issued by
Frank Adams to the state constabu-
larry regarding the stopping Of automo-
biles on the Cheyenne road. no mem
Der Of the force is hereafter TO shoot
unless fired upon. The men are to
rely rather On a new plan OF first
erecting . Stop" sign In the path OF
the oncoming automobile and leave II
TO spiked boards placed across the
road TO bring the machine to halt in
case the driver. refuses to do so.
Frederick Gigax, one Of the two old
soldiers In Denver holding personal
letter from Abraham Lincoln thanking
them for services rendered in the Civil
War, was buried from q Denver NOR
tuary. Private Gigax died OF acute
pneumonia. He was an infantryman
OF One Hundred and Fffty.Ninth Ohio.
He was "A years old, resident Of Den
yer for thirty years and was q mem.
Der Of Farragut post No. l, @. A. r.
John Harrigan, l7-year-old brother
Of Ray Harrigan. who was killed two
weeks ago BY officers Of the state con-
stabulary. and brother.in-law Of Ray c.
Young. who was convicted Of violating
the prohibition law at Greeley. was
arrested In Denver pending investisa-
tion Of his alleged connection with .
gang Of bootleggers operating In the
neighborhood Of Seventeenth and Wei.
ton streets.
Tunnelling the mountain to shorten
the Moffat road will be begun a. soon
as Secretary McAdoo approves the
project. according 10 reports In Den.
yer financial circles. II IL said that
one man stands ready 10 finance the
project, which. II approved. will take
eighteen months and cost 100000.
Gov. J. C. Gunter will attend . meet
ing Of governors and other state and
federal officials In Washington April
3 In response to an invitation from
Franklin X. Lane, Secretary Of the In
terror. Efficiency In Industrial and
agricultural pursuits are among the
topics TO be discussed.
Twelve mines in the bituminous
coal fields in Colorado. having total
production Of $500 tons Of coal daily,
ceased operations a. a result OF the
Fuel Administration order reducing
the price Of coal, according to reports
made to the Colorado division OF the
Fuel Administration.
A total Of s.0s8 surgical dressings.
including $500 gauze dressings, 100
slings. lO5 oakum pads. 2l0 body bind
ers. 260 T-binders, 800 tampons. 1870
cup covers. 81 small pillows and 40
pillow cases. were shipped by the Red
Cross Of Colorado Springs.
Colorado will be virtually out Of
flour on May !. according to the state
ment OF Robert ]. Grant. executive
manager Of the State Food Admins
tration.
Washington accounts place Colora-
dos quota for the first Increment Of
the second draft at 323.
The American Red Cross Society Ii
just 32l. 300 richer owing to an auction
that was held at Merino, when a calf
was sold, the proceeds to 60 to the
society. During the sale more than
ninety persons we're the owner Of the
calf, each In turn. after buying II. turn.
ing 1t back to be sold over again. The
prices paid for the calf ranged from
IS to $3.50.
Miss Lesta Bennett Of La Junta, ID
station agent for the Santa Fe rail-
road. replacing an employ6 who went
to war She is one Of the first women
to be employed In this capacity by the
railroad.
st. Patrick's day was observed gen
orally In Denver this year. a. former
ly. with the exception that there was
no parade.