The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-01


didate for governor.
Drilling for oil at Aver. south of La
Junta, has been resumed.
Hayden, Routt county, has dedicat-
ed a new railroad station.
Lester ]. Barkhausen of Denver has
reported at Fort Logan for service in
the army.
A string of All lambs. averaging II
pounds, sold on the Denver market at
$19.15 per cwt.
First operations of the season in
canning were begun at Canon City.
starting on spinach.
H. R. Welter of Denver has been
appointed assistant secretary OF the
State Council of Defense.
Potato and onion sacks are becom-
ing extremely scarce and high prices
are being charged for them.
Two knitted quilts that sixteen Den
yer school girls had made. netted the
Red Cross $3.50 at an auction.
At the close of the Red Cross cam
paign it was announced that Colora-
doans had contributed $1,353,433.
Grand Junction is building Great
White Way" and new ornamental
light posts have been erected there.
News from Alamosa is that the drill
is about to go down in the known and
proven gas district In that vicinity.
Harry Smith, who was severely in
jured in an explosion at a mine at Sill
yer Plume, died at Denver hospital.
The Four-M Minute Men of Colorado
addressed almost a half million pep
pie during their Third Liberty Loan
drive.
Rev. E. w. D. Garmon of Pueblo has
been assigned the pastorate of the
Mount Zion Baptist church, colored, at
La Junta.
The new Phantom canon road out of
Cafion City is having three new
bridges built ranging in length from
$50 to $50 feet
A vast crowd gathered in the Audi
torium in Denver, Sunday, to pay trib-
ute to the memory of the city builder,
Robert w. Speer.
Adams county is arranging to spend
$4,000 on constructing bridges at XII
owa and Clear creek, and improving
the Brighton road.
Rev. E. H. Babcock, homesteader
on North fork, near Craig, has assum-
ed the pastorate of the Congregation
al church at Maybell.
Colorado shippers have made quick
response to an appeal by State Oil In
spector Duce for prompt unloading of
tank cars and oil barrels.
Instructions for the registration OF
all German alien females in this fed
eral district were received by United
States Marshal Samuel J. Burr.s.
At Fort Collins, the stores all closed
in order that all might join in bidding
Godspeed to forty-three draft men who
left for Camp Cody at Deming. N M.
Wolf Park coal mine, south Of Can
ON City, has just been equipped with
the biggest electric hoist in the state.
The machine weighs 10000 pounds,
and can lift a ton of coal every min
ute.
Burnett as Denver councilman. When
w. F. R. Mills succeeded the late Rob-
ert w. Speer as mayor. he named
Councilman Burnett manager of i'm
provements and parks.
Senator John F. Shafroth has taken
up with Secretary Of War Baker the
demands of Fort Logan for new build
ings and heavy appropriation for i'm
provements, made necessary for its
larger use as a receiving base.
The golden fleece" sheared from
the White House sheep and sent to the
governor by President and Mrs. Will
son to be auctioned off for the benefit
of the Colorado Second Red Cross
War Fund campaign, arrived in Den
yer and $340 has already been bid for
It,
The total eclipse of the sun which
will occur the afternoon of June 8, is
attracting professors and astronomers
from all parts of the country. A num-
ber have already arrived and have sta
toned themselves in the mountains
and at other advantageous points for
observation.
All cases of anthrax or other con-
tagious disease among cattle must be
reported to Charles G.. Lamb, state
veterinarian at the capitol building as
soon as detected in compliance with a
new order issued In an effort to check
the spread of any infection that might
tend to cause loss of livestock.
A Denver & Rio Grande freight
train was wrecked Ia the Royal Gorge
and seventeen freight cars are report
ed to have been turned over into the