The Arvada enterprise., 1918-08-01
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Churchill and w. K. Loekhart fol
lieutenant governor; James R. holland
Tor secretary of state; Chas. H. Leck
enby for state treasurer; Thos. T
Barnard and John w. Mcmahon for
state auditor; Leslie e. Hubbard and
Chas. E. Friend for attorney general: :
Mrs. Mary c. c. Bradford for superin.
tendent of public instruction; Ernest
Morris and Arthur King for regents,
and Chief Justice VIM. A. Hill and
Justice 8. Harrison White for Su-
prone Court judges.
James J. Manuel. a negro clerk in
the State Auditors office, has been
appointed q member of the Commit.
tee Of One Hundred organized by the
federal government for patriotic or.
ganiEation and education of negroes.
J. N. Redman and associates, leasing
on the Wheeler mine at the head OF
the South Platte in the Consolidated
Montgomery mining district, near
Alma, Park county. have uncovered .
promising body Of ore and are now
working on = fourteen-inch streak Of
80 per cent lead ore and . ten-ipch
streak Of $50 gold ore.
New sugar orders were issued BY
the Federal Food Administration for
Colorado. Families viii be allowed
two pounds = month for each person
in the family: candy makers and max
srs Of non-essentials, like soft drinks.
will get two-thirds of their July allot.
ments: manufacturers of essentials
will get full amount: hotels and
public eating places will get two
pounds for each ninety meals; bakers
will get 70 per cent Of July allotments.
The agricultural output Of north.
western Colorado this year will be the
largest in the history Of this section
Of the state. according to Howard D.
Sullivan, statistician Of the State I'm.
migration Department. who has re-
turned to Denver from a trip thru
Grand, Routt. Moffat and Rio Blanco
counties, collecting data TO be used
by the department in its work OF
bringing new settlers and investors to
the state.
1t may not be generally known that
the Colorado School Of Mines gives
to each accredited high school in Colo
rado q scholarship Of the value Of
3175. The holder Of the scholarship
10 exempted from the payment of all
laboratory fees for the four-year
course on the recommendation Of the
high school faculty.
C. A. Kendrick. Of the State Council
Of Defense. has been appointed BY
Governor Guntsr chairman Of q spe.
cial committee organized by the Dem
yer Civic and Commercial Associa.
ton which will soon launch q cam.
paign to aid home industries BY great.
er purchases of COLORADO raised and
made products.
Mrs. Mary o. Barbss. - years old.
and In her younger days = famous
Kentucky beauty. died at her homo in
Denver. She had lived in Denver
since 1880. She was born In Danville,
KY. and was married when 20 years
old to Samuel P. Barbee, a Mexican
war veteran, and who later served in
the Civil war.
The grand lodge Of the Knights Of
Pythias. colored. held its thirteenth an.
nual session In Denver. William H.
Bess. the grand chancellor. presided.
The lodge adopted resolutions affirm.
ing loyalty to the United States, and
offering every support In the present
war.
All Denver men classified BY the
nine draft boards - being eligible for
active service and who were placed
In Glass l will b. In some branch Of
tho army or navy when the calls for
August have been filled, according to
the announcement made by practical.
ly all Of the boards Of Denver.
Altho the crops Of Colombo this
year are reaching tho bumper stage
In magnitude. reports Of county asri.
cultural agents to the Colorado Do.
tense Council for the week sndina
July Is show no serious labor short.
age.
Near Idaho Springs . very impor.
tant ore strike Is reported from ths
aunburst lode. which 10 worked thru
the Scepter. About 100 feet below the
Grant level about SIX inches Of ore has
been opened that carl1ps polybasits
and gray copper and ~ worth in sil.
ver alone $4,000 per ton
John clifford Ferguson. who was
the first Trinidad boy that enlisted In
the navy after declaration Of war, was
on the cruiser San Diego when that
vessel was sunk by 4 submarine and
was among the thousand rescued.
The Modoc Company. operating the
mine Of the same name. through the
deal closed In Chicago. will assume
the operating also Of the Last Dollar.
according TO Cripple Greek officers
the company.
Charles Hustled More. former cash
Ter of the United States mint In Den.
YER. and at one time one Of the best
known lawyers Of Iowa. and law
partner OF the late United States Sen
ator J. =. Doliivcr. died In Denver.