The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-22
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

a patriotic program for observance OF
the Fourth of July. The state coun-
Gil has urged the county councils 10
follow the program in order that all
ceremonies throughout the country
may be as similar as possible. IL Is
intended that the foreign-born citi'
zens shall have a worthy part in the
programs as a means of enabling them
to show their loyalty. On this phase
OF the celebrations Governor Gunter
has placed emphasis in his Fourth oil
July proclamation.
Rates for local telephone service in
one-half of the number of exchanges
of the Mountain States Telephone &
Telegraph Company in Colorado are
left undisturbed by the order of the
State Public Utilities Commission es-
tablishng rates, rules and regulations
of that company, effective June IA.
1918. There are decreases in local
rates in fraction more than 35 per
cent of the exchanges, both slight de-
creases and increases m per cent,
and readjustments of schedules in
per cent.
When we have raised and equipped
and put on the battle line three times
100000 men we will have done no
more in proportion to our population
than France has done, reduced as she
is by invasion, in population and in
| territory" declared Thomas j. O'Don-
nell of Denver at an open house of
the Elks lodge at Salida, held in COM
memoration of the birth of the Amer
lean flag. The meeting was one of
the largest ever held by the Salida
Elks.
The summer school of the State
| Teachers College opened at Greeley
with an attendance of between ZOO
and 1,400, the largest ever on first
day. The address was made by DR..
Samuel Schmucker of Westchester,
Pa. The doctor spoke mainly about
the army camps, stating not only were
they clean and free from debauchery,
but that the location of the camps
near cities had resulted in the clean
ing up of those municipalities.
Assessments against the railroads
and local public utilities for 1918 tax
RADIO Tax Commission. The assess
ments aggregate s247,S26,75 showing
an increase of $259,1O0 over the fig
ures accepted by the State Board of
Equalization for the 1917 tax revenues.
The 1917 figures were s247, ,567,650
There are no marked changes in the
assessment lists over last year
Tho hiOh Of ota o1o ;,
signed as the main reason for the de-
crease of "a per cent in building opera
tions in 119 American cities for May,
as compared with May, 1917, by build
ing trade experts. The decrease was
s25,602,110. In Denver, which is among
the 119 cities, though thirteen fewer
permist were issued in May of this
year than year ago, there was an in
crease in value of sc per cent.
Chairman Elias NJ. Ammons of the
agricultural and livestock bureau of
the Civic and Commercial Association
announced that 1,6SS acres of rich
Colorado farming land are now on file
with the special increased farm pro-
duction committee of the bureau under
the fifty-fifty wheat-growing proposal
and that the funds of Denver citizens
are wanted to match these acres at
the rate of ss per acre.
Reminiscent of the traditionary
days when the rocks and forests of
the mountain peaks formed the nat
ural lodge rooms of the ancient Ma
sons, Palestine lodge, U. D., recently
organized in Denver and now acting
under dispensation granted, by Grand
Master L. D. Grain, will hold memo
rial services in honor of St. John the
Baptist, Sunday afternoon, June 23, on
top of Mount Genesee.
Four hundred and eleven Denver
young men will be sent to Camp Cody,
Deming, N. M. June 25.
Compromising in the amount of in
creases in pay demanded in their
strike ultimatums of last March, the
striking mechanical crafts in Denver
returned to work at increased wages
amounting to from to s cents an
hour. The compromise was brought
about as a result of the efforts of the
conciliation commission of the United
States Department of Labor.
The celebration of their first we'd
ding anniversary resulted in the death
of Mrs. A. w. Henkel 20 years old, of
Denver, and the serious injury of her
husband, Sergt A. w. Henkel infan-
try, Fort Logan, when an automobile
Mrs. Henkel was driving turned turtle.
three miles north of Littleton. The
crushed beneath the car.
Searching parties, made up of mem
bers of Denver Highlands Lodge No.