The Arvada enterprise., 1918-08-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

| COMING EVENTS.
Aug. 22-24-Colorado State Firemen's
Convention at Georgetown.
sept. 1-Fifty-sixth annue! confer, I,
encs Of Colorado N. Z. Church NJ
Delta
Sept. t-S-Shoe Dealers Association
meeting in Denver.
Sept. 1s-Beavsr Park fair At Penrose.
Sept. l1-2s-Colorado state Fair At
Sept 2s-ss-Lincoln County Fair At
A home for working girls u being
erected in Denver.
Many new storage pits have been
built this year by the farmers OF Ala
mosa county for storage Of their po-
tatoss.
Hotels. clubs and restaurants In
Colorado have been released from
their pledge not TO use any wheat IN
til the 1913 harvest.
The Federal Trade Commission will
meet In Denver for several weeks b.
ginning Sept. s. according to word -
seivsd from Washington.
More than twenty relatives and .
few friends are named a. heirs to the
$4,000 estate left by Ella B. Jerome.
who died July 10 in Dsnvsr.
But for the daring rescue Of IN en-.
ployS. Jack Milton. Z Morgan county
ranchsr. would have been killed at his
home whom attacked by . vicious stall
lion.
The organization in Colorado Of the
governments now plan to take con.
troll of all unskilled labor August il
now being worked out. It will not af-
feet farm labor.
Frederick J. Chamberlin, prominent
In charitable and war work, has been
elected chairman OF the Denver Red
Cross, to succeed Lawrence c. Phipps.
who resigned.
The Pueblo County Women's Coun-
ell Of Defense has received high
praise TOR the progressive and thoro
child welfare work being done both
in the city and county.
It Is said that . heavy whitish sand
found in cleaning up the rifles of the
sluices Of the Banner placer. near
Breckenridge. when assayed. showed
. considerable platinum content.
Several hundred delegates from five
Rocky Mountain states will be in Den
YER Sept. 1 and for the first conven-
don Of the recently organised Noun
tain States Shoe Retailers Associa-
tion.
Ths Molly B.. situated On Yuba Dam
Oats. about mile and . half north
ot Breckenridge. has opened . blanket
vsfn Of copper-silver-bt btsmSkh ore with
two tunnels which are about 135 fest
apart.
The nineteenth annual convention
Of the Gideons. the Christian CONNER
oial Travelers' Association Of America.
opened at the Central Christian church
In Denver with . reception. religious
and memorial services and luncheon
Guy U. Hardy Of Canon City was
named in the Republican assembly ~
candidate for the congressional nom-
ination In the Third district. This
district comprises twenty.thrse coun-
ties. and the present representative is
Edward KeatinG. Democrat.
More than $50 from all over Sa-
guache county attended the first an
nual farm bureau picnic held At Cres-
tone. The residents Of Crestone.
thru the local farm bureau oreanisa.
tiou. furnished an excellent picnic
ground and amussments.
The rainbelt district around Ebert
has its usual big crop Of everything.
with larger acreage Of all crops than
ever before. The winter wheat 10 be.
ing harvested. and II Is estimated that
the yield will run about twenty-five
bushels to the acre.
Tho State Board OF immigration. In
connection with It's work to aid men
called into military service to close
up their affairs before entering train.
Ing camps. is looking for purchasers
for . number OF good business proper.
ties In various parts OF the state.
Special boards to instruct all Class
1 men In the state upon subjects with
which they should be familiar before
entrance into military service. will be
formed soon by the local draft boards.
which will be aided by the county
councils Of defense In the work.
An Increase Of 800 applications for
free wood for ranch improvements and
cordinG from the national forests OF
Colorado has been mad. this year but
the applications called for 100000 feet
Of wood less than last year. reports
now being gathered from this forest
service district show.
Rod Mountain district continues to
send down an occasional -. o. g."
cali for miners and tho tho magnet.
like wage Of five bucks 4 day" Ia Of
fsFed there n seldom a response and
as = consequence there are only two
men working st present In III" "raise'
At tho summit mine. whrro big ore 10
In sight.
Colorados Inheritance tax fund WAS
Increased by Sl2.02s,G5, that amount
representing the collection from ths
estate Of Mary Lily Flasler Bingham.
who died n year ago In I.OulhvilI",