The Dolores star., 1918-11-22
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
wr.tern N.w.p.per Union New. ..cryle..

State inheritance tax collections
for the last biennial period amounted
to s5s3,6s2
h. +. Stroman, of Pueblo. is report
ed in the Canadian casualty list as be
ing wounded.
A sugar beet weighing l7ia pounds
was raised by j. A. Benner on his
ranch near Craig.
Approximately 100000 bushels OF
wheat have been threshed in Larimer
county this season.
The Colorado Farmers and Farm
Women's Congress at Fort Collins
will be held early in December this
year instead OF January as originally
planned
! Work will commence at once upon
a I00-foot two compartment shaft on
the famous Pinnacle vein at the In
ternational Fuel Company's mine
north of Mt. Harris.
Prices were advanced on nearly all
the principal food products sold by
| grocers by the Denver county price
| fixing committee, which announced
its weekly list Nov 10.
| Charllne Waters, daughter OF the
ate Charles NJ. Waters. who was for
more than thirty years postoffice in.
spector in Denver. died at Washington,
D. C.. following three days illness
| from pneumonia.
Peter Ganbry. 60 years old. former
ly laborer on the Colorado & South
ern railroad al s., Elmo, died at St.
suit OF burns received when a lamp
exploded in his home.
In its special campaign to have
! Colorado Thanksgiving dinners made
up entirely OF Colorado products, the
Colorado Manufacturers Association
| is assured of official aid from the
United States Food Administration.
Although the influenza epidemic is
abating in most parts of the state. it
will take another three weeks 10
stamp out the malady and restore nor
NAL conditions. according to DIR. Erlo
+. Kennedy. secretary of the Colorado
Board Of Health
Twenty six young men whose minds
had not been tuned up TO concert
pitch for the grand symphony of evo-
luton now being played i'll unison
with the roar OF cannon. walked out in
redcapped and red-headed Indignation
when four women appeared among
them as porters at Denver's Union
station.
State employees and others connect
ed with the District and County Courts
~ do
ton to procure legislation next Jan
uary that will support the provisions
Of the civil service amendment adopt
ed by voters in the recent election
In all about 1000 employees are af-
tected.
The dog show held by the Colorado
Kennel Club for the benefit OF the
Red Star animal relief fund came TO
an end in Denver The show was a
success from every standpoint and
was the best attended of any ever
held in Denver. The quality and mum.
ber OF dogs entered were also above
standard, according to Walter Cox.
who managed the show
Harry E. Mulnix, treasurerelect OF
Colorado, left for Los Angeles to take
rest before entering upon the duties
OF his new office He expects to re.
turn Dec. 90 Before leaving Denver
Mr. MulniN announced that he has
selected ]. s. Temple his chief dep.
uty. Mr.. Temple held the same posi-
tion under a former Republican admin
istration of the office and is familiar
with the work
At a meeting of the Routt county
commissioners, petition was granted
for the proposed Todd Creek road
from Morrison creek TO Yampa.
The honor flag OF the United States
shipping board has been awarded TO
five Denver machine manufacturing
plants for meritorious production.
Lieut. J. II. Cover, former Denver
municipal golf champion. and one OF
Colorado's most popular golfers, is
credited with the honor of having
bombed the Kaiser. In letter to his
mother, Mrs. John H Cover of Den.
yer. Lieutenant Cover says that, &C,
cording 10 the official intelligence re.
port, the night he bombed Mannheim
the Kaiser was paying an official visit
TO the town and had 10 take refuge in
a cellar.
a victim of either murder of SUI.
cide-probably suiCide-Miss Marion
Rowley. 20 years old. beautiful titan.
haired girl whose home is at Boulder,
was found dead with bullet hole in
her head at a hotel at l43l Sixteen
street. Denver. early Saturday morn
ing. Investigation tiscloses the fact
that she had spent part of the night
with Jack Nance, soldier He wa.
held by the police.
The firty-fifth anniversary of Lin
coins Gettysburg address was cele-
brated at a meeting held at the Trim.
ity Methodist church in Dcnver The