The Raymer enterprise., 1918-09-19
'Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Sept. II. Adams county fair ~
Brighton.
Sept. ls-Beaver Park fair at Penross.
Sept. 2s-2s-Colorado State Fair At
Sept 2S-2s-Llncoln County Fair at
Sept. 26-2s.-Grand County fair and
| race meeting
Oct. Fourth Red Cross home service
| institute at Denver.
About 10000 men In Denver regis
tered for selective service.
The Seldomridge saw mill on Black
mountain near Craig 10 operating with
. full crew.
Bandits broke into the Burlington
depot at Merino, blew the safe and es-
capped with $500.
The Colorado Mothers Congress
met at Boulder, with Mrs. H. T.
French, state president. presiding.
c. Schaefer Of Loveland is in the
Larimer county Jail serving a ninety
day sentence for boot-legging. He was
also fined $3.50.
The Deadwood mine Of the United
Gold Mines Company has been leased
to E. c. Stumpff OF Denver for a per.
iod Of eighteen months.
Pueblo county farmers and their
families enjoyed the annual picnic OF
the Farm bureau at the city park In
Pueblo.
E. A. Lawrence, Ct years old, a pio-
neer of the Cripple Creek district and
q charter member of the Victor lodge
of Elks, died at his home In Cripple
Creek.
The sum Of s1,27o,ooO has been ap.
portioned to Colorado as her share Of
the $l70.500.000 to be raised over the
United States for the united war work
campaign.
Walter r. Chiles Of Paradox, and
Oliver N. Goodson Of Fort Collins, are
among the missing in action in the
casualty lists made public by the War
Department.
Findlay l.. Mcfarland will be gen.
eral manager OF the water plant when
the city assumes control in November,
according to announcement made by
the Denver water board.
Mayor w. F. R. Mills has suggested
that Denver auto owners show their
patriotism by not using their cars
Sundays and thereby aiding the gov.
ernment in saving gasoline.
Chief Of Detectives John w. Rowan
was killed and Policeman John D..
Riley was wounded in battle with a
band Of bandits who terrorized Den.
yer and Colorado Springs.
Lloyd Simpson of Grand Valley, 23
years old, has been killed in action In
France. He has two brothers, Frank
and Alexander, in France, and the lat.
ter was wounded several weeks ago.
Eighteen members of the old Cook s
Drum Corps, all Of them bandsmen in
the 157th infantry, have arrived safely
in Europe, according to message re-
ceived by George +. Turner of Den.
| yer.
Gov. julius C. Gunter has been
asked by the Civic and Commercial
| Association to speak early in Decem.
Der on reconstruction policies to come
before the Colorado Legislature this
winter.
Thomas M. Stewart OF Hugo and
Ray Tallman Of Parker are among
those reported to be missing in action
In the casualty lists from France.
Ben Robinson Of Louisville is also
missing in action.
The State Board of Teacher Exam
iners at the last meeting passed mo.
tion insuring school teachers in the
state against the loss of their certifi-
Gates because Of entering any branch
Of the army or nav.
Sunday morning, the Denver Tram.
way Company began charging a 6-cent
fare on all its urban lines and in
creased its fares on its interprban
lines between Denver and Golden and
Leyden from 30 to "a cents.
Despondent because he had lost his
job on the Colorado Midland and he
felt that he was too old to find an.
other, J. D. Grice Of Colorado Springs,
for twenty years conductor on the
Midland, committed suicide at his
home by shooting himself through the
heart.
William Ross had both arms broken
and sustained internal injuries and
one OF his wife's eyes was gouged out,
one Of her arms broken and she suf-
fered internal injuries when a motor
cycle in which they were riding col.
lided with a telegraph pole between
Sterling and Iliff..
Persons In the new draft deemed
necessary in agriculture, industry and
other occupations will be put into de-
ferred classifications. according to q
plan agreed upon by the war labor
policies board, provost marshal gen.
eral, secretary Of war. secretary of az