The Dolores star., 1918-08-30
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
srn Nsvspapsr Union Nsss Service.


sept. 3-s-Frontier Days show at Fort
Norssn.
sept. Is-Dsav.r Park fair at Psnross.
s'R, Rs.s'ss. ss's-s'-c0i'Faa' state r... at
sept 3s-zs-Lincoln County Fair At
oct. Fourth Red Cross home service
institute At Denver.
A hospital il to be established at
Nucla-
A new coal mine has been opened
up In Mesa county.
The dehydration plant at Fort Col
Inns has been completed.
A local telephone company At Eads
has applied for a franchise.
New floors have been put in the
grade school building at Rifle.
A bean elevator and sacking plant
are under construction at Rocky
Ford.
J. J. Missemsr has been resppointed
receiver and John r. Beavers register
of the land office At Hugo.
John d. McGauran of Denver has
been rsappointed surveyor general OF
Colorado BY President Wilson.
Members OF the American Institute
Of Mining Engineers will meet in Colo
RADIO the week commencing Sept. :.
John Adair OF Hayden has pur-
chased two ranches Of the late J. v.
Soldant estate. the price paid being
$4,000.
Eleven people were injured, some OF
them seriously. as the result OF two
automobile accidents at Colorado
Springs.
Included in the casualty list 10 the
name OF Private Harion A. vescovi, =
Denver boy reported to be wounded
severely. =.
sinking and development work is
under way at the Rooney coal mine
near Morrison and large output 10
expected.
Word was received at Boulder that
Ralph Kennicott of e company. 157th
infantry, now in Trance. was missing
in action.
1 II. l. Chambers. Buckingham, is on
'Ho lh1t VI C08uAlIlC8 VI AHSElC0uS III
the Canadian forces. He was wounded
in action.
Through the efforts Of the Ladies'
club OF Ward. = fish pond Is under
construction on the triangle above the
postoffice.
Perly Briddle. youth of 10. was ar
rested in Denver. and the police be-
lieve that he has committed twenty
burglaries.
Plans for an allied war exposition in
Denver from Nov. ~ to Dec. 1. are
now being considered by the Denver
Civic Association.
Senator Shafroth took steps to OBJ
tain for Colorado one Of the several
nitrate plants which the government
is preparing to build in the West.
Carl Koebel. a farmer Of southern
Morgan county. was seriously injured
whom In helping to fill . silo he fell
into 1t. suffering a fractured hip.
Mrs. w. J. Smith has been appoint.
cd carrier ON . rural mail route in
salida formerly handled by Mr.. Smith
who is training for military service.
A butterfly collection valued at $50.
900 has been presented to the city OF
Denver. The collection will be in
stalled in the museum at City Park.
Denver will contribute i01 men tc
the draft calls Of Sept. 3. one Of which
10 for limited service at Fort Riley
Kan. the other for general military
service at Camp Funston.
Holders of tax titles will come ints
possession Of some $4,000 acres of Or
chard Mesa land this fall. which will
result In the immediate cultivation OF
the land. some of which has already
been put into crops.
The Last Dollar and the Modoe
mining properties in the Cripple
Creek district have been consolidated
A new two-compartment shaft is be
ing constructed on the Modoc prop
erty, which will be sunk to the 1000.
foot level.
E. C. Chamberlain, the young Amer.
= lean aviator mentioned as having won
honors and promotion as q result of
having brought down five enemy
planes while making ono flight in
France, is . Boulder product. and his
father and mother. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
win C. Chamberlain, are living there
The strike Of Denver Gas Company
employees was satisfactorily settled
largely thrc.xh the efforts Of Thomas
o. Spacey. special mediator appointed
by the Denver Trades and Labor AS
sembly, who induced the men to waive
insisterce ON the closed shop clause
and secured for them an increase in
wages higher than they asked.
Ralph Millenteen, Utah forest rang.
er, attached to the Moab. Utah. forest
reservation. was murdered by four
Mexicans In Buckeye Draw. north Of
Paradox. Colo. in the extreme western