Cheyenne record., 1918-04-18
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

OF: Defense that there is no authority
for Interference with the activities OF
legally formed organizations such as
the Non-Partisan league SO long as
they conduct their operations in legal
manner The Sedgwick council was
fearful that organization of the Non
Partisan league would interfere with
war activities in the county and de-
clared that disloyal remarks had been
made by one organizer. The State
| Council advised that disloyal remarks
are Individual affairs and should be
reported to the United States district
attorney for investigation and prose-
| cution.
The Denver Board of Education rec
commended about 1900 teachers and
other employees for appointment to po-
sitions In the schools of Denver. ef-
fective Sept /, 1918. The board fur
ther recommended that the minimum
elementary salary be $3.50 a year,
ara salary be fixed for the year
1883 at 1890. and that each
teachers salary included in this
| recommendation designated at $1,000
or less be increased $50 q year.
Every federal forest service employ6
in the state of Colorado is now po-
tential spy hunter and guardian of
government, state and private proper
| ty near or in federal forests, accord
I ing to an order promulgated from
Washington and which bore its first
fruit when the Denver forestry OFF,
! cials received word from a ranger that
a grocer on the Western slope was
disregarding the Food Administration
mandates.
The body of Otto Grant. yellow
Jacket miner, credited with being the
first snowslide victim in the Ouray
district three months ago, was found
by Charley Urick, 500 feet below
Curved point on the Grizzly Bear trail,
a mile away from where it was be-
lieved he went over. The body was
covered with snow, one leg was brok-
en- and the head badly smashed. The
body was raised to the trail with
~opes
The Denver-Littleton concrete road
Of four miles. costing $4,000. is now
under construction. The Pueblo-Wal.
senburg- Trinidad highway, costing
$260,000, probably will be completed
this year.
Duncan Cameron of Denver was
killed in Cleveland, Ohio, when a stag.
ing on which he was at work as q sign
painter collapsed. Another man, en-
| r,lO IN Covp A1a
was killed.
Lightning struck and instantly
killed John Myers, SO, at a ranch five
miles east of Rye. A horse Myers was
leading was uninjured. His coat was
torn from his shoulders and the flesh
was burned to crisp.
Reports of the county agricultural
agents made to the State Council OF
Defense show good conditions in most
Of the farming counties and that the
recent rains and SHOWS have helped
immensely.
Two children are dead and . third
| critically i'll as the result of arsenic
and strychnine poisoning, caused by
eating prairie-dog poison on the home
stead of James D. Cameron at Briggs
dale.
Colorado must increase its beet sug.
ar production. Not only do economic
conditions call for bigger production
but 1t is the patriotic duty Of the
| growers to increase their yield.
A new chairman OF the Republican
state central committee will be chosen
at a meeting to be held April 80 at
Denver.
The German-American alliance,
composed of seventy-two local organi-
zations. will dissolve, according to .
decision reached by the state execu-
tive committee at Denver.
The United States government and
the state Of Colorado will conduct
the labor situation in this state this
summer and fall
Salt Creek Petroleum Company.
which lost the well it has been drill.
ing near Seibert, reports that its sec
ond well now is down 800 feet.
The naval reserve is in need of men.
The Denver navy recruiting station
has received telegraphic orders to en-
list every man possible.
At Rocky Ford plans are being per
fected for the greatest fall fair and
wild west carnival in the history Of
the Arkansas valley.
Quietly, and minus the uproar OF
peace years, Colorado is preparing for
the greatest summer tourist season in
her history.
Colorado infantrymen are to b
rushed to the battle front in France.
Denver lodges Of Elks and X. P.s
voted to buy Liberty bonds.