The Colorado statesman., 1918-07-06
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

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RADIO and surveyor general OF the
state. died at her residence in Denver.
She was well known because OF her
long service under Mayor II. V. John
son and later under Governors Shaf-
roth, Ammons, Carlson and Gunter as
executive clerk. Mrs. Green was born
In Frankfort. KY. in 1864 and came to
Denver in 1880.
Increases in freight rates for the
hauling of wheat will not affect the
price paid Colorado wheat growers for
their produce, according to the inter
oretation placed by Denver food ad-
ninistration officials on telegram re-
ceived from the food administration at
Washington. At Denver the price OF
wheat is 81 a bushel. At Kansas City
The price is $2.15, which is plus the
freight rate of Is cents from Denver.
An Ouray correspondent writes that
he summer OF 1918 finds the practical
disappearance of the American miner
from the San Juan mining fields and
mis- place, in most part, filled by COM
bination of Mexicans, Greeks and
Montenegrins. OF the three latter ma
tionalities, it is now estimated that
there are between 1000 and 5000
working in and around the mines of
the San Juan region.
A. seven-passenger motor car carry
ling five well-known Denver persons
/ turned turtle in a sandy stretch OF the
road a few miles south of Larkspuri
Colo, throwing the occupants out OF
the machine and instantly killing Mrs.
Helen Murray Niles, wife of Raymond
Niles, now in the U. s. navy on the
battleship Wisconsin, and slightly in
iuring her three-year-old daughter,
and two others.
The Importance of Fort Logan and
Denver as recruiting depot for the
United States army is shown by fig
lres given out by Col. D. L. Howell.
commandant at the fort, to the effect
hat 3O,S27 voluntary enlistment re-
cruits and 1888 draft recruits have
passed through the fort since June 80.
1917. This means that a small city
mas passed through the fort in the past
year.
the director of reclamation service ap-
propriating s185.O00 for the mainten'
ance, operation and continuance oil
construction of the Uncompahgre. and
sS4S,O0O for the Grand valley reclama'
tion project, guarantees that these i'm
portant irrigation enterprises of the
government will go forward without
interruption through the war period.
The body of Mrs. Sarah Norton.
drowned June IL, was recovered from
the Poudre river. 1t was found lodged
in rubbish at the bridge near the Max
/ field ranch near Fort Collins. The car
in which Mrs. Norton and her husband
were riding turned over into the river
Mt Point of Rocks. The husband, Sam.
uel Norton, was rescued from rock
in the middle of the stream.
Lieut.. Robert R. Cooper, whose
name appears in General Pershing's
casualty list as having been seriously
wounded in action, is resident OF the
Stoneham district, in the extreme
eastern part of Weld county. His par.
ents operate a ranch in that section
Lieutenant Cooper won his commits
sion in the officers training school al
Fort Riley.
Initial steps in the ,city's fight
against the increase In telephone
rates in Denver were taken by James
"a Marsh, city attorney. when he filed
with the State Udlities Commission
protest against the advance in tele
phone rates ir Denver authorized by
the commission, which he charged the
board had no right to grant in the city
of Denver.
Official calls for the Denver Repub
lican County and Congressional as
semblies were issued by Chairman w
| A. Doliison. The County Assembly
will be held Saturday, July 13. and the
Congressional Assembly will meet or
the following Friday.
Field agents will be put to work i'm
mediately finding out the cost of mo
tor truck hauls and other information
MS means of establishing motor truck
routes to aid farmers of the state
Governor Gunter has granted an am
Pile appropriation for the work to the
highway transport committee of the
State Council oil Defense. 1'e.-
For the calendar year 1917 the forth.
coming report of the United States
geological survey, now in the hands OF
The printer, credits Park county with
an output of $4,000 in gold, $1O,760
in silver, s3.645 In copper, and $25,80O
in lead. making s177,205 for the year.
This compares with total of $277,000
in 1916, of which s234.O0O was gold.
The Denver Association of Postal
Clerks has been notified by William
Gibbons, national secretary, that the
Madden reclassification bill for in
creased salary for postal employees was