The Arvada enterprise., 1918-04-25
COLORADO news NOTES.

to 'reorganixe home guard company
@. A. Gore has shipped 100000
pounds Of beans from Fountain to
Boston.
A bite of stray cat caused the
death Of Mrs. Vincent C. Crawshaw
ut st. Luke's hospital in Denver
With the returns only half in the
auction held at Fort Collins for the
Red Cross fund has raised $4,000.
Forty thousand young men of spirit,
health and stamina are urgently re-
quired for enlistment in the marine
corps.
A drive against German propaganda
Is being made by the Colorado Council
Of Defense through the insurance men
Of the state.
Drive to raise $1,000 for war fund
Of Knights Of Columbus at Walssn'
burg went far beyond the objective
and reached the $4,000 trench.
Steps to insure q continuance of the
practice Of granting furloughs to Colo.
rado men In training camps were
taken by the State Health Board.
Fire destroyed q large building for.
msrly the town hall at Ortis, Conejos
county. occupied by sefriano Ortiz.
and boy Of years was burned to
death.
On the goth Colorado. outside of
Denver, had subscribed for $3.50, 200
worth of Third Liberty Loan bonds
.wenty-nine counties having exceeded
their quotas.
The d. L. 4 w. Mining q Reduction
Company on Kendall mountain, near
Silverton. IL renewing it's aO00-foot
tramway. which has not been used for
several years.
This Is Potato week In Colorado.
and all week efforts will be made by
the State Food Administration to re-
duos the 100000 pounds Of surplus
Spuds In the state.
Pueblo has earned the right to fly
the honor flag, for she reached and
passed the goal in the purchase OF
third Liberty Loan Bonds by sub.
scribing $1,360,O00.
B. Cowtain, 81 years old, for TWEEN.
ty years q resident Of Boulder county
and recluse. was found dead In a
tunnel which he was excavating on
bis mining claim six miles southeast
Of Nsderland.
William q. Van Ettsn Of Boulder.
who came to Colorado in his fifty.
third year for his health. has cels.
bratsd his 101st birthday and remarks
that the climate Of the state has Ger.
tainly done wonders for him.
A poultry calendar to help persons
who are raising chickens this year In
response to the governments appeal
will soon be distributed to those who
are actually raising poultry by the
food production committee Of the
State Council Of Defense and H. w.
ssndborn. federal expert.
Construction Of the United States
rsouperation camp in Denver will BE-
gin this week and before two weeks
have passed an open call will be is.
sued for between 1000 and 5000 Den
YER workmen to come with theiI
equipment ready for . six months
Job for Uncle Sam.
Two Colorado boys. one Of Denver.
the other Of Mseksr. were among for
ty.two Americans cited recently By
French army commanders for bravery.
The list was given out at Washington
Robert .. Graf. son Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Graf. 10 the Denver boy. and Albert L
strshlke the one from Mssksr.
The Colorado Council Of Defense
has made . monthly appropriation t.
aid It's committee on Amerioanisatios
Of aliens. On behalf Of the committee
Governor 0untsr has invited Dsers
tary Of the Interior Lane to make tive
addresses in COLORADO. and the sscrs
tary will visit the state. II he possibly
can.
Demands Of Colorado railroads fol
increased freight rates on coal on in.
trsstate shipments were denied by the
State Public Utilities Commission.
Land cultivated In Colorado durins
1917. exclusive Of that devoted 70 or.
chards and small fruits. was 4,l33, 900
acres. according to statistics compiled
BY the Colorado Board Of Irritation.
This u the firnt time that such . com.
pilatton has bsen made since 1909
when the acreage cultivated was
3.e1l.3l1.
The markets committee Of the Colo
rado Council Of Defense has been in
structed by the council to help the
broom.corn farmers OF southssstsrn
to form cooperative associa
t!ons In connection with the Tri.stats
Broom Corn Growsrs' Association that
will bs an aid to them In getting good
prices for their crops.
Twenty thousand dollars was the
price set upon the affections Of Mrs.
Jsequsmsna Russum by the District
Court Jury. which In Denver brought,
In . verdict against Francis w. Keel.
Or. Denver broker. and assessed q,
that amount the damages he must pay