The state herald., 1918-03-22
o1HTENM1AL srAT1 TrUr1

shellsd by Hun artillery, Hishop Fran
cis J. Mcconnell, head Of ths Netho.
dists Of Colorado. has crowded into
few weeks all the excitement oe nor.
NAL lifetime since he left Denver last
January in company with william =.
Sweet to answer . call from the Brit
ish foreign office for representative
American men to speak to the British
and American troops On the western
front. Letters received BY Mrs. No
Connsll from her husband indicate
clearly that Bishop Mcconnell has on
several occasions been In serious dan.
ger.
Though the members Of most school
classes gradually drift apart and lose
trace Of each other through the years.
the extraordinary manner In which the
sixteen living members out Of the orig
inal twenty.four OF the class Of 1880
at East Denver High school have
clung together for forty.four years
was signalized by the attendance Of
twelve Of the survivors at the funeral
OF Miss Emily Miles. who for nearly
half century was associated with the
Denver public schools as student or
director of drawing.
Under new instructions issued by
Frank Adams to the state constabu-
larry regarding the stopping of automo-
biles on the Cheyenne road, no mem.
ber of the force is hereafter to shoot
unless fired upon. The men are to
rely rather on a new plan Of first
erecting Stop" sign In the path OF
the oncoming automobile and leave 1t
to spiked boards placed across the
road to bring the machine to halt In
case the driver refuses to do SO.
Frederick Gigax, one Of the two old
soldiers In Denver holding personal
letter from Abraham Lincoln thanking
them for services rendered In the Civil
War, was buried from q Denver NOR
tuary. Private 0igax died Of acute
pneumonia. He was an infantryman
Of One Hundred and Fifty.Ninth Ohio.
He was "A years old. resident Of Den.
yer for thirty years and was . mem-
Der Of Farragut post No. /. q. A. R.
John Harrigan. 17-year-old brother
Of Ray Harrigau, who was killed two
weeks ago by officers of the state con-
stabulary. and brother-in-law of Ray c.
Young, who was Convicted Of violating
the prohibition law At Greeley. was
arrested in Denver pending investiga-
tion Of his alleged connection with .
gang Of bootleggsrs operating in the
neighborhood of Seventeenth and Wei.
ton streets.
Tunnelling the mountain to shorten
the Moffat road will be begun as soon
Is Secretary McAdoo approves the
project. according to reports in Den.
YER financial circles. 1t is said that
one man stands ready to finance the
project. which. II approved. will take
eighteen months and cost s6.0oo.ooo.
Gov. J. c. Guntsr will attend meet
ing Of governors and other state and
federal officials In Warrington April
3 In response to m invitation from
Franklin X. Lane. Secretary Of the In
terror. Efficiency in industrial and
agricultural pursuits are among the
topics to be discussed.
Twelve mines In the bituminous
coal fields In Colorado. having . total
production Of $500 tons Of coal daily.
ceased operations - . result Of the
Fuel Administrator order reducing
the price Of coal. according to reports
made to the Colorado division Of the
Fuel Administration.
A total Of s.0ss surgical Dressings.
including $500 gause dressings. leo
slings. lo5 oakum pads. 40 body bind.
ers. $50 T-binders. 800 tampons. $50
cup covers. 27 small pillows and 10
pillow cases. were shipped by the Red
Cross Of Colorado Springs.
Colorado will be virtually out of
flour on May I. according TO the state
ment Of Robert J. Grant. executive
manager Of the State Food Admins
tration.
Warrington accounts place Colors-
dos quota for the first Increment Of
the second orau ~ S1S.
The American Red Cross Society h
Just 13l.300 richer owing to an auction
that was held At Nerino. when . calf
was sold. the proceeds to 20 TO the
society. During the sale more than
ninety persons were the owner Of the
calf. each In turn. after buying II. turn
Ing II back to b sold over again. The
prices paid for the calf ranged from
e5 to $3.50.
Miss Lesta Bennett Of Ia Junta. IL
station agent for the Santa Ys rail.
road. replacing an empioyt who went
10 war. She is one Of the first women
to be employed In this capacity by the
railroad.
81. Patrick's day was observed gen.
orally In Denver this year. ~ former.
ly. with the exception that there was
no parade.
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