The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1918-04-19
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The blowing Of Denvsrs nearly y
900 war gardens d nearly completed
The new eaIl for $4,000 more troops
May 1 and 10 WIN take 6s6 Colorado
ans.
Peyton, with . population Of lao,
subscribed for $4,000 worth Of third
Liberty Loan bonds.
Every district In Delta county has
already exceeded it, quota for third
Liberty Loan bonds.
Mary Jennie Armstrong, wife Of
Chief Of Police Hamilton Armstrong.
died q the family homo In Denver.
The eight state labor bureaus are to
be made the headquarters by the
United States Department Of Labor
for the distribution Of farm help In
Colorado this summer.
Larimer county 10 over the quota OF
$4,000 with . subscription Of $725.-
900 for third Liberty Loan bonds. OF
this, 100000 came from Fort Collins.
Larimer county expects TO go to 81
100000.
Governor Gunter viii make . tour
on behalf Of the Third Liberty Loan.
speaking at Glenwood Springs On
April 10. at Grand Junction April 20.
at Delta April 20, at Montrose April
20 and at dunnison April "a.
Full military honors were accorded
James Chester Hawkins, member OF
base hospital No. 20. who died at
Camp Cody, N. NJ, when funeral serv-
Ices are held for him at the Cathedral
of the Immaculate Conception In Den
yer.
II Colorado continues her smashing
financial drive for democracy at the
same ratio shown in the first four
days, the third Liberty loan quota Of
81. 630.800 for the state, outside OF
Denver, will be raised on April 20.
two weeks before the date set for the
close of the campaign.
Applications to raise the fare from
EnglewoOd to Littleton from to 10
cents because Of the increased cost OF
operation was made by the Denver q
South Platte Railroad Company to the
State Public Utilities Commission.
The company desires to put the new
rate into effect May 10.
Following days Of brooding over
groundless accusations that he was
German spy, e. A. Hess. q baker. born
in Germany and naturalized in the
United States twenty-one years ago,
shot himself at Fort Collins. Hess
bought $500 worth Of Liberty bonds.
He already had $500 worth of earlier
issues.
Dr.. e. e. Cole, superintendent Of the
school at Appleton. near Grand juno
ton, wss taken home by three men,
who applied q coat Of grease and
feathers, and warned him to leave the
community. DR.. Cole Is widely known
in Colorado educational circles. He is
alleged to have made pro-German
talk In chapels.
With 500 Of the most prominent bus.
mess and professional men Of Denver
present, the third Liberty Loan cam
paign was formally launched Monday
evening at dinner In Denver. Les
lie n. shaw, former secretary Of the
treasury. who reached Denver Sunday.
was the only one who spoke at length.
Harold Kountze presided.
A delegation of coal dealers Of Love
land called on J. 8. Murphy, executive
manager Of the Colorado division OF
the Fuel Administration and asked for
an increase In the working margin.
George Hunter. spokesman for the del
egation, explained that the margin OF
SLIGO 10 too low, and that under the
present arrangement coal dealers are
doing business without profit.
Six persons were injured when pas
senger train No. 3. running between
Denver and Trinidad on the Colorado
e Southern railroad. crashed into the
rear end Of a standing switch train
near the crossing at West Third ave-
nue. and Archer place In Denver. Plow-
ing Through three freight cars the en-
CINE and tender turned over In the
ditch alongside the tracks.
|. Red Rock OIL & Gas Company, drill
ing twenty-five miles south of Rocky
Ford. has hole down some 1900 feet
and q few days ago ran into q strata
Of salt water, which is locally consid-
cred one Of the best Indications of oil.
Secretary of State J. r. holland
turned over $4,000 In collections from
auto licenses to the highway depart
ment fund. and apportioned a like
amount among the counties as their
share Of the fees. The collection OF
$4,000 represents the business of jan
uary and February, and indicates that
the receipts are 20 per cent greater
than the corresponding period last
year.
Fred Sanchez. serving life term at
Cahon City penitentiary for killing his
bride Of few weeks In Denver, Oct.
20, 1897, was granted q Communication
reducing the term to forty-five years,
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