The Arvada enterprise., 1918-06-06
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

vide 1,7O6 men in June for the nation.
al army. Word to that effect was sent
to local boards by Provost Marshal
John Evans. There are two calls. One
is for 1900 men, the states allotment
toward the 100000 ordered by Provost
Marshal General Crowder. They will
entrain for Camp Cody, Deming, N. NJ.
during the five-day period beginning
June "a. Eleven counties need supply
no men. They are Costilla. Douglas,
jackson. Lake, Logan, Phillips. Pueb'
10 Except Pueblo city District No. ~
San Juan, Sedgwick, Washington and
Yuma counties. The other call Is for
FOG registrants who are grammar
school graduates to take special
course in auto mechanics at the State
Agricultural college In Fort, Collins
June Is.
Through arrangements Of the war
CAMP community service board. Lieut..
Pat O'Brien visited Fort Logan and
told the officers and men Of mis- ex-
periences in absenting himself from y
German prison train. Lieutenant o.
Brien told the men that he felt that
the fact that he always maintained his
sense Of humor was responsible for
his being there to tell them about 1t.
for no one could have passed through
the seventy-two days Of hardships;
swimming rivers, living In trees dur
ing the day and travelling by night, on
rations to be found In the fields If he
had not kept the brighton side Of tho
experience before him. That was to
get on friendly soil.
There were tears for the hero dead;
cheers for the heroes Of now. Denver
in greater spirit Of solemnity than
ever before, celebrated Memorial day
with the music Of bands and flying
flags, with flowers and services OF sad
Significance. And with prayers for
victory in this greatest OF wars. W.
cariously, Denver laid its wreath Of
homage on the graves Of the heroes
sleeping now In France, fallen In the
fight for freedom.
Obsessed with the fear that no had
become burden upon his wife. fol-
lowing slight paralytic stroke re-
comfy, John Haynes. 50. one Of the
pioneers of the Fort Lupton district,
shot himself through the head with
revolver while his wife and son were
attending Memorial Day exercises at
the Fort Lupton cemetery.
Inheritance tax collections BY the
state during the last half Of May
amounted to $4.27374, according to "
statement issued by Richard F. Ryan.
In charge Of the department. This
makes total to date for the biennial
period amounting to $500. 03570. Tho
period ends Nov. 80. 1918.
Federal farm help specialists in Me-
braska will supply northeastern coun.
ties Of Colorado with farm help this
summer. federal officials in Wyoming
will care for the North Park district
Of Colorado and Colorado officials will
look after the needs Of farmers around
Pennington. N. n.
Louie sseley pleaded guilty in the
charge Of numbering Fred T.. Bill. post.
master and Moffat road station agent
at Crescent, on the night OF Feb. 16
last. In sxtenuauon for the crime.
seeley declared he was temporarily in
sane at the time.
The seed committee OF the StaIe
Council Of Defense will begin q cam.
paign In August urging farmers to
gather their seed corn and dry II out
before freezing weather. Properly
dried seed corn terminates we'll NO
matter how cold 1t gets SO long a. It
IL kept dry.
A daughter and two sons In the war
service Of the United States and III.
teen other relatives fighting on the
side Of the allies. is the distinction en-.
joyed by Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. McHugh
OF Eckert. Delta county.
George l.. Goulding. . prominent
business man Of Denver for thirty
years and widely known in Masonic
circles. died suddenly At Camp Johns.
ton, jacksonville. Fla, following a
stroke Of apoplexy.
II Denver holds to the rule Of ratio.
1000 young men will register June 5
when those who have reached the ags
OF II years since June 6. 1917. or will
DO 81 years old June 8. 1918. must reg
lister. This Ia the estimate OF II. Il.
Teller. chief registration officer OF
Denver.
Tho federal government. through w.
]. Gnllisan. Colorado administrator Of
the United States Fuel Administra.
ton. made Las Animas and Husrfano
counties strictly prohibition territory
In order to assure an adequate produc.
ton and movement Of coal until
Aug. /.
Men numbering l25 from the re-
serve officers training corps Of the
University OF Denver. University OF
Colorado and Colorado Agricultural
college left Denver In \ special car
for San Francisco. where they will
20 into camp for n month or six
weeks.
Assays running several hundred dol