The Ordway new era., 1918-05-31
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


Is going to be put to them in the two
hours between and o'clock on the
afternoon OF June %. Those days VIII
be known as war savings days and un-
der prociamations by President wilson
the governor. and the mayors or all
cities, all patriotic residents VIII Do
called in assembIages in. every school
house in the state and there requested
to sign pledges to save as much As pos
sible between those two dates. Win
S17, ,000. 900 a. the goal The states
quota for war savings stamps and GER
tincates Is $40 900 900. To date $4,000
600 worth have been sold
Mrs. Helen Allen Rood, forAAriy OF
Denver, who has often occupied the
spotlight of Denver publicity through
the probable ioss OF one husband on
the Titanic, her method OF mourning
for another, her purchase of Seatie
theater and. most OF all. by virtue OF
her part in a good, old-time spite fence
war, has again plunged into the matri-
monial sea- This time Commander
Mark St Clair Ellis, U g. ~. COM
pletes the crew. The ceremony was
performed in San Francisco
The food license OF C. F. Bingham,
a baker of Glenwood Springs, was sus-
pended by Robert J. Grant OF the Colo
rado Food Administration for violation
Of the food laws. It also was an
nounced at State Food Administration
office that W. L. Philbin. food admin
istrator of Chaffee county. had fined
Frank GIL, SalIda baker. $500 for
similar offense, the money being given
to the Red Cross.
That Colorado farmers are going
over the top" with vengeance to
help the nation win the war by IN
creased acreage, greater production
and more intensive farming Is evf
denced by the federal crop report for
May. by the United States Department
of Agriculture, which shows immense
increases in wheat, rye and hay. the
three great Colorado crops treated by
the report.
Thirty-eight persons, men and wom-
en-. were caught In a raid made by the
Denver bootleg squad and four patrol
men on a roadhouse at Mississippi and
Jason streets, which, according to the
police. was being conducted by John
(Dp) Evans, who was bartender at
the Model roadhouse when Mrs. Irene
Nolan was held up and robbed of thou
sands of dollars worth Of diamonds
Jan. last.
Benjamin j. Salmon. Denver pacifist
and conscientious objector." was
taken to Camp Funston. handcuffed to
military guard. to be tried there by
court-martial on a charge OF wilful de-
sertion in time of war. in having failed
and refused to entrain. under orders
from the draft board Of district No. l
OF Denver for the mobilization camp.
as required by the draft law.
A modern Golden Fleece will be sold
by Governor julius G. Gunter for the
benefit Of the American Red Cross.
President and Mrs. Wilson have given
to Colorado two pounds Of wool shorn
from sheep that browsed on the White
House lawn. Competitive bids for this
historic wool will be received by mail,
telegraph or otherwise by the governor
at the state capitol.
In Boulder county a convict camp is
still at work upon the Nederland high
way which they expect to complete
early this season. The camp will then
be transferred to the South st. vrain
road which will give the State anoth-
er entrance to Estes via Aliens park.
The action OF the Colorado sugar
companies in the matter Of the price
to be paid for this years beet crop Ia
already producing favorable results
and the outlook for larger acreage
than last year can be pronounced
much more encouraging.
Creede, the famous old silver mining
camp of Mineral county, raised 81.
1880 on the first day Of the Red
Cross drive.
Pneumonia ended the life of William
s. Adams. 85, resident Of Colorado
since 1860. at his home near Denver
Mr.. Adams was one of the pioneers
who braved the desert in an ox-cari
when he made the journey from the
Middle West.
| Organized labor Of Denver. as rep
, resented by the Trades and Labor AS
sembly, applauded the record OF the
late Mayor Robert W. Speer as con
sistent friend Of the toilers through
thirty-two years Of official life.
Colorado has contributed to the mill
tary service 10000 men of whom IL,
500 came under the operation Of ths
draft, according to report submitted
to the Colorado Council of Defense By
Provost Marshal John Evans.
Following three day conference be
tween employers and pnion officials
under the supervision OF the state util
tiles commission, the striking Denver
teamsters, who had been out two