The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts of
Colorado

meeting in Denver.
Sept. 9-6 Arkansas Valley Fair at
Rocky Ford.
Sept. S-6-Frontler Days Show at Fort
Morgan.
Sept. 1g-Beaver Park fair at Penrose'
Sept. 23-2S-Colorado state Fair at
Pueblo.
Sept. 2e-2s-Lincoln County Fair at
Hugo.
oct Fourth Red Cross home service
institute at Denver.
A new coal mine has been opened
up in Mesa county.
The dehydration plant at Fort Col
Inns has been completed.
A local telephone company at Eads
has applied for a franchise.
New floors have been put in the
grade school building at Rifle.
John Adair of Hayden has pur-
chased two ranches of the late j. V.
Soldant estate, the price paid being
$4,000.
Included in the casualty list is the
name of Private Harion A. Vescovi, a
Denver boy reported to be wounded
severely.
Sinking and development work IS
under way at the Rooney coal mine
near Morrison and large output Is
expected.
Foster Carter, "a, shot himself
through the head at his home in Val
verde and died at the Denver county
hospital
II. L. Chambers, Buckingham, is on
a,fa in,
the Canadian forces. He was wounded
in action.
Through the efforts OF the Ladies'
Club of Ward, a fish pond is under
construction on the triangle above the
postoffice.
Plans for an allied war exposition in
Denver from Nov. 81 TO Dec. 1, are
now being considered by the Denver
Civic Association.
Mrs. w. ]. Smith has been appoint
ed carrier on rural mail route in
Salida formerly handled by Mr.. Smith,
who is training for military service.
An ordinance has been passed at
Oak Creek providing for the issuance
of bonds to the amount of $4,000 for
the purpose OF funding the outstand-
/ ing Indebtedness of the town.
Bert Martin, member of the cleo
tions commission OF the city and coun-
ty of Denver, has enlisted in the Colo
RADIO National Guard and expects to
! take up his training Immediately.
DIR. Charles L. Mead, pastor of Trim
ttx Math0hiat church who has lately
returned to Denver from France. will
be the chief speaker at the united Ia
I Dor organizations celebration at Lake
side Labor Day.
The Englewood Garden Club held Its
/ annual exhibit at the Lowell school,
] and prizes were awarded for the best
displays. Sixty-one boys and girls en-
tered the contest with products grown
by themselves.
Word of the elimination of 10000
/ acres of land from the Boutt national
! forest by proclamation OF President
/ Wilson was received by w. l. Hutchin-
son. forester examiner OF the federal
/ forest service in Denver.
Ernest r. Stadler. for four years a
first lieutenant in Company of the
Colorado home guard, was awarded a
silver loving cup by the company at
Denver in appreciation OF his efforts
in behalf OF the service.
Henry Drublebeis was arrested at
Golden on a warrant by Deputy United
States Marshal James T. Gibbons, on
/ the charge OF Illegally operating still
! after county officers and internal rev.
/ enue agents had raided' his place.
A bean elevator and sacking plant
! are under construction at Rocky
/ Ford
A dog, supposed to be mad, ran
amuck in the vicinity of First avenue
and Corona street, in Denver, biting
and swapping at the residents and in
! flicting deep bites on several Among
his victims was Mrs Rex b. Yeager.
! A new organization has been added
to the list of Denver's trade unions.
with a membership of 500. The vari
Gus employees in the offices OF. every
! Denver railroad have formed a Denver
chapter of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Clerks.
Lieut.. Stewart Ellison McKeown of
the American aviation service in
France, who was reported missing in
action since July in the casualty list
of Aug /, has been officially reported
a prisoner in an unnamed German
camp, according TO telegram received
from the American Red Cross by his
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth McKeown of
Fort Collins. Lieut.. McKeown was a
bunk mate of Quentin Roosevelt, an
/ disappeared in action over the Ger
man lines on July 7.
A telegram from the Navy Depart
| marnt To Chief lnhn HIM of the Grand