The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-24

meeting la Denver.
sept. 3-6 -- Arkansas Valley Fair at
Rocky Ford
sept s-G-rrontisr Days show at Fort
Morgan
sept l9-Beayer Park fair at Penrose
sept, 23-2S-Colorudo state Fair at
i'ueblo.
Sept e6-gs-LIncoln County Fair at
Hugo.
A bank is to be opened in Maybell
carload OF wool valued at $4,000
was shipped to Boston from Mesita
A recruiting office for student
nurses has been opened in Fort Col
Inns.
The Bird saw mill has been moved
from Crosho Lake to Newton Gulch,
near Yampa.
Irwin l.. Sears. former Kersey
boy. is named In the casualty list from
the French front
Dr. F. H. Harrison of Grand county
has been commissioned a captain and
left for Fort Riley. Kan.
4 Red Cross sale on Aug so is to be
one Of the big features of the Larimer
county fair at Loveland.
Surveys have been made for new
au;o road from Elk Springs in Moffat
cotplty to the Utah line.
TAk road from Craig to Blue noun
taih Is open for travel and is said to
be TO- the best of condition.
During the month of July the Ala
mosa postoffice sold $4,000 worth Of
War Savings Certificates
Six months in jail was the sentence
pronounced upon Frank Mondragon at
Fort Collins. convicted of bootlegging
During last month the Hayden aux
Hilary of the Red Cross shipped to the
Steamboat chapter 1.747 gauze arti-
cies,
M:.O. Smith of Evans is suffering
from a fractured skull as a result of
an auto accident that occurred near
Denver.
The joan G. Anderson farm east of
Mead, a nonirrigated tract. was sold
to Walter l.. McCaslin of Longmont
for $4,000.
handsome memorial tablet has
been completed for the Alamosa Elks
Lodge. which contains the names OF
all deceased members.
Eo4ty acres OF oats on the Ralston
ranch on Twelvemile mesa, forty
miles west of Craig. 1t is stated will
make sixty bushels to the acre.
Commissioners of Alamosa county
are planning to- cover all stagnant wa
ter of that county with crude oil in
order to exterminate mosquitoes.
Peter EngIe is the first Grand coun-
ty ranchman to respond to the call for
u Red Cross herd He will start the
herd by branding two heifer calves.
Lieut.. Harold F. Maxson. former
student at the Colorado School of
Mines at Golden, WIS killed in an air
plane accident at Brinkley Field, N. Y.
The Rt. Rev Irving p. Johnson,
bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
Colorado, has written a prayer for
American soldiers for use at noon
each day.
The fourth home service institute
of the Red Cross for the Rocky Noun
tain division will be held in Denver
beginning Oct. and continuing for
six weeks.
Thru the efforts of the recently or
ganized Steamboat Sportsmen's Asso-
citation. at Steamboat Springs, the
streams and lakes in Routt county are
being restocked with trout.
Fire destroyed the Gill garage at
Gill.
Five hundred Fort Logan boys will
be the guests Saturday evening, Aug.
"a, of the Womens Council of De-
fense. Districts X, r and T. compris-
ing the whole of South Denver.
Colorado policyholders to the num-
ber of 100000 paid $1700C.00O in
premiums on insurance protection
during 1917. according to a statement
made by the State Insurance Commits
sioner.
Five stars-one of them gold for
her son, Clarence b. Book, who gave
his life in the service of his country
are on the field of the service flag
flown by Mrs. Ella Book, widow liv-
ing in Denver.
Already $595,000 of the 100000
pledged to the Denver chapter of the
American Red Cross in the second Red
Cross drive has been collected. The
date for final payments of the pledges
expires in October.
The special committee of the State
Council of Defense 10 aid enlistments
in the students army training corps
will try to induce every boy who
graduated from high school last June
to join the corps and go to college.
The accomplishment of the food ad-
ministration in obtaining loans on po-
tatoes for growers by establishing
grades of potatoes will be OF a perma-
mani nat,lre In tha oninion of Lon ID