The Raymer enterprise., 1918-09-12
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts of
Colorado

Sept. is-Beaver Park fair at Penrose'
Sept. 23-:s-coIorado sta,a Fair al
Pueblo.
Hugo. '''A ''"
Sept 2s-2s.-Grand County fair and
race meeting.
Oct. Fourth Red Cross home service
institute at Denver.
Burglars looted a hardware store al
Englewood.
Among those listed as wounded Sc
verely In casualty list IL Joseph Rosh.
eek OF Denver.
Three sheep sold for the Red Cross
at the Denver stock yards stadium
netted the society $3.50.
The Labor Day parade resulted In
sixty-six enlistmenis In the Colorado
National Guard in Denver.
The Denver City Council passed the
G-cent street car fare ordinance, and
1t was signed by Mayor Mills.
large crowd was present at the
opening OF the Fort Morgan Frontier
Day celebration, Notwithstanding the
rainy weather.
Operations have commenced on the
Flagler group at Georgetown under
the direction of the Star Tunnel and
Mining Company.
The Anvil Leasing Company at Sill
verton that has been leasing the Com
Ing Wonder mine on Anvil mountain
has seen fit to put on night shift.
President Wilson nominated the fol
lowing TO be postmasters: Colorado
Springs. o, w. Ward; Fort Collins,
Z. C. McAnelly; Montrose, A. +.
Reeves.
During the last fifteen days in Aug
ust inheritance tax collection
amounted TO $i.4G0.0l. The current
biennial period brought q total oi
s573,17371.
John Melardyich. Austrian, 80 years
old, miner at the Big Four near Wal
senburg, was arrested on the charge
OF advising men not TO Join the United
States army.
Word was received at the Denver
chapter OF the American Red Cross
that Surgeon General Gorgas OF the
United States army has issued call
for 5000 additional nurses.
Helen Grimm, 43 years old, com
mitted suicide at Edgewater by shoot
ing herself through the head DeS
pondeney over III health was given by
her father and mother as the motive
Otto F. Thum was appointed stats
tician in the State Labor Bureau by
Secretary OF State James h. Noland.
He succeeds Clarence ]. Moorhouse.
who enlisted in the Quartermaster's
division.
George A. RAIDER OF West Cliff is
reported severely wounded in the cas-.
ualty list from France. In the list
Francis d. Harvey Of Brush and Harry
T. Johnson of Malta are reported miss.
Ing In action.
A convention which will have q roll
call OF $500 delegates will be that
OF the Colorado grand chapter OF the
Eastern Star. which will convene In
the Denver Auditorium Sept. Is for a
two days session.
The first hospital corps Of twenty.
four men to be placed in charge OF
the Denver general hospital No. 2l. at
Aurora, arrived in Denver from Fort
Riley, Kan. Within the next few days
$50 more men are expected.
The United States Food Admins
tration in Colorado has seized sugar
and certificates calling for sugar
amounting to 10000 pounds in the
past two weeks. OF this amount. 5000
pounds was sold, and the proceeds OF
500 turned over to the Red Cross.
Ivan J. Rocker OF Fort Collins. In
the Sept. casualty list, was an em.
ploye OF the sugar factory there. en-
listing Feb. 2s, 1917. and took his
Christmas dinner on board transport
while on his way to France.
Cleworth E. Glasco, private. New
Mexico Military Institute, OF Grand
Junction. and Paul II. Grunlg, corporal.
Company 4, Thirty.sixth infantry,
Fort Smelling, OF Hotchkiss, were
given commissions as second lieuten-
ants at Camp Grant, III.
Russell Roberts of Loveland is re-
ported missing in action, a telegram
to that effect having been received by
his mother. He is 26 years old, and
was married four years ago to Miss
Eva Haflng of Loveland. His mother
is Mrs. A. F. Roberts of the Loveland
schools.
A committee representing the Colo
RADIO Federation Of Labor called on
Governor Gunter TO obtain his ap-
proyal OF a plan whereby a commits.
sion representing the labor interests
and the interests of business shall
be appointed to consider proposed
changes in laws affecting the indus
trial compensation act.
The Colorado county fairs which
have been running during the last
month have been great successes.
Crowds Of people have been attending
for the educational benefit derived