The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-27
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


tee OF the railroad administration has
ordered the Santa re to discontinue
The transportation Of merchandise be-
tween Denver and Canon City, Port
land and Florence. Colo. This order
was made to avoid duplication Of serv-
Ice with the Rio Grande. The business
between Denver. Colorado Springs and
Pueblo, destined for Trinidad. will be
handled by the Colorado & Southern
and the Rio Grande roads. The Santa
Fe. however. will maintain the service
to the points named, but only in car
load lots.
Six applications heard before the
State Board OF Pardons for reduction
Of sentences were denied, another was
continued until the September meet
ing and still another favorably consid-
cred. Willie McGehee, sentenced from
the Fl Paso County Court at Colorado
Springs. Sept 81. 1909. for the killing
OF his wife with revolver In fit Of
jealousy, was granted a commutation
Of sentence from life term to twen-
ty-five years to life.
Governor julius C. Gunter gave his
unstinted praise to the new Colorado
Development Federation by declaring
II one Of the greatest steps for Colo
rado that has ever been taken. and
placed his signature to q request for
the county commissioners Of every
county to come quickly to the aid Of
the state by sending in their proper
tionate an1Ant of the $50 900 that is to
sustain the organization.
Mr.. and Mrs. William @. McAdoo
passed quietly through Denver on .
westbound train. No publicity accom-
panied their arrival and departure, the
trip being simply rest journey that
the secretary Of the treasury OF the
United States and his wife are taking
after months OF hard, earnest work
Ior the government.
Two July draft calls, operative about
the middle Of the month, will induct
Into service 903 Colorado registrants,
according to word sent out BY Provost
Marshal John Evans. One call is for
7lS men for general military service,
the other for 1856 men who are gram
mar school graduates for training In
mechanical lines.
G0,ernor Gunter has excused Cass
L. Harrington from attendance at the
meetings Of the State Council Of De
Tense until September SO that he can
devote all OF his time and energy to
organization Of the Colorado Develop
ment Federation as means Of help
Ing the government and Colorados In
dustries.
The most remarkable war story that
has ever struck Montrose broke"
when Orley CARRIER, 20 years old, aft
er hiding In the mountains over
year, surrendered to the Montrose
county sheriff and demanded in Wig.
orous, emphatic language that he re-
ceive his opportunity to fight the
Huns Immediately.
When Hansen Snyder Of Boulder
stepped from Santa Fe train at Den
yer he carried suitcase containing
twenty.four pints Of whisky, according
to members OF the constabulary who
placed him under arrest for alleged
violation OF the prohibition laws.
The body Of a man which was dis
covered floating In the Platte river
near Littleton and which was carried
away by the current Of the stream
when an attempt to recover 1t was
made, was found by a party Of sol
diers, one mile north Of Littleton.
A complaint charging Vera NJ. Rose
with the murder OF Ray Chamberlain
was filed in the West Side Criminal
Court In Denver by the district attor'
ney's office. She is charged with hay.
ing shot and killed Chamberlain on
the morning Of June 3.
The Chamberlain Sampler mine at
Idaho Springs the past month pro
duced a greater output than durine
any previous month Of the past year
The U. s. Postoffice Department is
calling for bids on the mail contract
between Steamboat Springs and Col.
umbine. to be effective July /.
The State Council Of Defense is urg.
ing all organizations attempting any
work for the Americanization OF aliens
to consult the Americanization COM
mittee Of the council first in order that
the work may be uniform and duplica-
tion avoided. Acting President Nor
lin Of the University Of Colorado is
chairman Of the committee.
The proposed amendment to the
state law that is designed to make
Colorado bone-dry territory has all the
legal requirements to place 1t before
the voters In the November election.
according to Secretary Of State James
r. Noland.
The city Of Oak Greek is named as
defendant in suit for s9,044.64. the
face value OF warrants isued during
the past year which there is no money
in the city treasury to satisfy. The