The Raymer enterprise., 1918-03-07
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEnls

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the drive made by the letter carriers
for Salvation Army war relief funds.
A total Of $4,000 was collected by l5o
carriers who participated in the drive,
and an average OF s54 for each was col
lected in this city as against $40, the
highest previous record. which was
made by the Chicago letter carriers.
That all claims against the estate OF
the late David II. Moffat, Denver pio-
neer banker and railroad builder, had
been paid was declared In the County
Court in Denver in the application OF
the executors for dismissal. Fred G.
Moffat, a nephew; Mrs, Marcia Nc
ciurg. a daughter. and Mrs. Marcia
Moffat, the widow, were discharged
and the estate declared closed.
Colorado must furnish 3s5 regis.
trants as the last contingent OF A.
753 men called into the service
through the first army draft. Figures
and schedules were made public by
Provost Marshal John Evans. The
original Is per cent allotment called
for CSC men. but credits and replace
ments OF the various draft boards re-
duced the number to 3S5.
A modern. sanitary public market
building OF reinforced concrete, Gov
ering 5000 square feet Of floor space,
three stories high and containing nine
ty-seven store spaces for small mer-
chants dealing in food products. will
be erected on eight lots at the south
west corner OF Fourteenth and Cali
fornia streets in Denver at cost OF
100000.
Damage 10 the extent OF several
thousand dollars was sustained Feb.
26 when a forty-mile gale sweeping
over Denver smashed show windows
In downtown business houses. wrecked
tramway wires. uprooted telephone
and electric poles, and swept sign
boards before It's path.
Il is reported that lifting the ban
on mutton and lamb as food In Colo
RADIO will Increase the consumption
30, 900 pounds a week, and means $lS,.
900 additionally paid for food, and
brings the total mutton and lamb
consumption in the state up TO 240,.
900 pounds a week.
Acting upon suggestions from the
sheriffs office that fines Of convicted
bootleggers be made heavier than In
the past, the County Court at Trini'
dad fined r. Evanoff $3.50 and sen
fenced him to serve ninety days in jail
Eyanoff conducts soft drink estab
lishment at Aguilar.
Inheritance tax receipts during the
last half OF February amounted 10 Sc,
310.7l, representing seventeen estates
This makes a total Of 1888, ,sso.5s fol
the biennial period to date. The larg
est estate was that of Beth Campbell
Snyder Of Denver, valued at $sS,
Sl7.36.
With the appointment OF DR.. Ben
jamin S. Matthews as bacteriologisl
and Mrs. l.. c. Barker as chief CLERK
by the state board of health, the or
ganization OF the state bureau for the
prevention OF social diseases among
the civilian population was completed
Burned and charred almost beyond
recognition, the body OF James L.
Houf, claimed by his friends to be an
inventor and q man OF wealth, was
discovered in the firebox OF the heat
ing plant OF a hotel at Twelfth and
Larimer streets in Denver, Friday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Muncaster OF Den
yer received telegram from the War
Department that her son, Roy Muncas
ter, was one OF those lost on the Tus
cania, terpedoed Feb. off the Irish
coast. He was a member OF d com
pany, Twentieth Engineers.
News was received of the death al
the Sailors and Soldiers home in
Monte Vista of A. w. Redd, a pioneer
prospector and mine operator OF Colo
RADIO.
The citizens of Fort Collins will vote
at the election in April on a proposal
TO abandon the commission form ol
government.
Mrs. George Vaughn of Hillrose do
mated rooster to the Red Cross work
and II was auctioned. The fowl was
sold eighty-three times, the result
being $250.50 for the cause. Hillrose
claims 1t to be the highest priced
chicken In the state.
The will OF DR.. Arthur j. Holmquist
who committed suicide in his home ii
| Globeville, Feb. l3, was filed for pro
bate in the County Court in Denver
He bequeathed all his property to five
persons who have been kind to me II
my recent troubles"
Walter Clifford Ridgway, "a. Of Eat
on, died at Camp Mills, Hampstead
Long Island, from pneumonia. TIT
body will be brought to Eaton TO
burial. Ridgway is the first enliste,
man from Weld county in the new ma
tional army to die.
Members Of the Ouray Teamsters
Union, Local No. 430, Of Ouray, hay
sent large package of smokes 10
Sammies.
Rentals on residence property are L