Cheyenne record., 1918-05-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

I'LL ZLMl STATE VIEWS l|
COMING EVENTS.
June Race meetinE at Denver.
tion Of Coiored Women in Denver.
July 16-Republican State Conven-
sept. Sn at as,ssmcoioTpPdo rsaS sPans Stat. Fair At
fueoio.
Arvada raised $50 at = Red Cross
dance.
; Colorado women sold $5,126.s5o
worth of Third Liberty Loan bonds.
Ten thousand paraders opened the
Red Cross drive for 100000 in Dem
yer.
Building permits to the amount Of
/ $5S,407 were granted in Pueblo during
April.
| Joseph Hurtgen, Jr., has been ap-
pointed forest ranger in the Sheephorn
district.
An epson salts mine has been open
ed on the ranch Of d. Sanderson. north
OF Meeker.
/ The northwest quarter of section 9.
unimproved land near Otis. was sold
recently for 365 per acre.
A flag staff is to be erected In front
Of the town hall in Rockvale 1t =
height of ninety-three feet.
! The Four. Minute Men of Colorado
planned greater work for this year at
. state conference in Denver.
Denver will supply 4ss men of the
| 1s6OO quota asked the state in the lat
! est draft call issued by Provost Mar
shal General Crowder.
The vindicator notation mill. located
in Cripple Creek, In April treated 20.-
114 tons of low grade ore with head
value of $204 per ton.
DR.. Charles A. Lory. president Of the
State Agricultural College, declined to
become q candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor.
Tho Lsadville debating team won
the championship Of the Colorado
High School Debating league at the
contest held at Boulder.
Company A, signal corps Of the Colo
RADIO National Guard was mustered In
to state service in the auditorium Of
the public library in Denver.
From Placsrvills come reports that
twenty trucks are hauling caxnotits
ore from the Paradox valley mine and
that trip is made every day.
1t is reported that b s. Boycs. q
farmer, and c. B. Wood. his former
hired man. fought pistol duel ten
miles southeast Of Holyoks In which
both are said to have been wounded.
Immediately after w. =. r. Mills
was sworn In as mayor Of Denver to
succeed the late Robert w. Speer. he
appointed James A. Burnett a. man
agsr of the department OF parks and
improvements.
Manitou Springs on May II present
ed its claim to being the most patriot
ic community in the United States
when 1t was announced that the city
had trebled its quota In the second
Red Cross drive.
Suits involving the title to large
areas Of ground in the Climax molyb
denite field, which are 10 be heard be
fore the state Supreme Court in Juno
have held up work of the Pinsrey
Mines company, the third big operator
that has entered the molybdenite
area.
Idaho Springs reports that the sue
cessor to the former Empire Tunnel
Randolph Gold Mining, Milling and
Tunnel Company, which recently &C
Quired the property at a trustees sale
has been organized. The new com
pany has started to clean up and put
the property In shape for extensive
working.
An innovation has been introduced
by the Portland Gold Mining company
In the employment of women chemists
at. both the Independence and Victol
mills, to take the place of the younger
men, former employees of the company
who have been called into the service
of the United States by the draft.
Governor Gunter and 500 speakers
enrolled by the State Council of De
tense are helping in the Red Cross
campaign. The governor will speah
at Sterling, Thursday evening, May
20: at Fort Morgan, Friday evening
May "a; at Brush. Saturday afternoon
May rs. and at Akron. Saturday eve
ming, Nay rs.
In accordance with resolution
passed at the recent meeting of the
Republican state central committee. q
committee was appointed by w. A
Dollison, chairman of Denver county
to draft platform for the guidance oi
candidates and voters in the state
election, Members of the COMMITTEES