The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-28
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Newspaper Union News Service.


striction placed on meats removed.
Johnstown is preparing to celebrate
Its annual Dairy Day" The date set
for the occasion is March 9Th.
w. Z. L. Harbour, farmer near
Eaton, has discovered what he be
lieves to be "rustless" wheat.
Mrs. George E. Adair. proprietress
OF Pueblo rooming house. will prob
ably be called to Halifax, N. g., to
The pattern and part Of the work
room OF Denver saddle tree com.
pany, having a government contract,
was destroyed by fire.
A gold dust shower covered 0uray $
eleven feet OF snow on Feb. 20-and
Its appearance is taken by some as an
indication OF an early spring.
Raymond Miller. chairman Of the
Democratic State Central Committee,
formally accepted the resignation OF
Jesse X. Moler as secretary OF the
committee.
Unmolested by billiards. the Den.
yer 4 Salt Lake railroad is now bring
Ing 1000 tons OF coal into Denver
every day and from eight to ten car
loads OF lumber.
Buildings valued at $4,000 at the
Tomboy mine, Telluride district were
burned by fire which spread too rap
Idly to be fought with the small fire
engines at the mine.
A telegram from Captain Coffin OF
Battery A, the members OF which are
mainly from Larimer and Weld coun.
ties, announces the safe arrival OF that
organization In France.
The Granite Cutters Internationa!
Association OF America presented TO
the Colorado Industrial Commission a
demand for improved working condi.
tions and an increase In wages.
Word has been received In Denver
OF tie safe arrival In France Of Sergt.
John l.. Rush, James l.. Walsh and Jo-
seph Carl Hoffman. Denver boys, who
sailed with the l6Sth aero squadron.
A sentence OF twenty years In the
penitentiary has been imposed upon
Gordon Spradlin OF Montrose county.
recently convicted by court martial
at Camp Funston for evading the
draft.
Miss Grace Parker, national com.
mandant OF the National League for
Women's Service, New York, will be
in Denver March on an inspection
trip 10 the Western field offices OF the
league.
approximately 100000 articles, In.
cluding knitted goods. surgical dress
Ings and hospital garments were dis
tributed from the Mountain division OF
The American Red Cross during the
month OF January.
The Agricultural Survey OF Colorado
undertaken with the cooperation OF
school children and teachers is well
under way, according to David w.
Thomas. field secretary Of the Colo
ado Council OF Defense.
Three young Denver officers recent
y promoted rom second to first lieu
enants have received further advance
,y being made battalion adjutants.
They are Arthur Johnson, Carl Shields
dilliken and Raymond McPhee.
Many families in Denver and
throughout the commonwealth are
'eady to take into their homes a Bel
'ian or French girl refugee, in accord
Inee with a suggestion sent out by
he state humane society.
+. d. Stackhouse, city auditor of
Denver, In his report on the volume of
BUSINESS done by the clerk and record.
II for 1917. shows that there were @.
81 weddings in Denver last year. The
produced $6,952.5O for the
licenses.
More than twenty Denver and Colo
ado societies whose main platform is
OF patriotic principles,
landed themselves into a unit at the
tate capitol to begin a war upon Sc.
iition and all careless or unpatriotic
itterances and constructive program
VI patriotic educstion.
Monte Abbott, alias Walter Smith,
who was arrested recently in Sapulpa,
OKLA. on charge of having muir
Tered Jesse Love, a truck farmer, at
he door OF his bone in Adams coun.
y eight years ago, was brought to
colorado and now is In the Adams
county Jail at Brighton awaiting trial.
Colorado farmers have signed the
agreement to sell G,500,00O pounds of
pinto beans TO The government, The
announcement was made by 0. H.
.iebers, pinto bean commissioner, The
'armers will be paid 8 cents a pound,
md as there are 9o,o0o.oo0 pounds of
he beans in the state the grow ers
VIII have no trouble in filling the soy-
srnment order.
Grant Garman, son Of Harvey Gar
nan, former state senator from Den.
yer, has been made corporal at Camp
kearny. Linda Vista, Cal.
The potato blockade. which has ex.
sted for the past two months, was
broken at Greeley by the arriya, of
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