The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-03-21
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Mrs. Homer G. CfoneS was elected
president Of Craig Colony at the an
nual meeting Of the officers In Den.
YER.
st. Patrick's day was observed gen
orally in Denver this year. ~ former
ly. with the exception that there was
no parade.
Colorado will be virtually out OF
flour on May l, according to the state
ment of Robert ]. Grant, executive
manager of the State Food Admins
tration.
Miss J4esta Bennett Of La Junta, is
station agent for the Santa Fee rail-
road, replacing an employee who went
to war. She Is one Of the first women
to be employed In this capacity by the
railroad.
That the price for wheat paid to the
farmer should be well above 81
bushel and that production In Colo
RADIO and the intermountain states vii,
be materially reduced in 1918 unless
the price is advanced, was the opinion
expressed in Washington by ]. w.
Mullen. Of Denver.
Twelve mines In the bitYminous
coal fields in Colorado. having a total
production Of $500 tons of coal daily.
ceased operations as result Of the
Fuel Administrations order reducing
the price of coal. according to reports
made to the Colorado division Of the
Fuel Administration.
Gov. J. C. Gunter will attend meet
ing Of governors and other state and
federal officials in Washington April
: in response to an invitation from
Franklin X. Lane, Secretary Of the In
terior. Efficiency In industrial and
agricultural pursuits are among the
topics to be discussed.
Under new instructions issued BY
Frank Adams to the state constabu-
larry regarding the stopping of automo-
biles on the Cheyenne road, no mem.
Der Of the force is hereafter to shoot
unless fired upon. The men are to
rely rather on 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 10.
There were fewer fatalities in the
metal mines Of Colorado during 1917
than either in 1915 or 1915. according
to the annual statement concerning &C.
cidents issued by the commissioner Of
mines. Fred Carroll. Fifty-eight min
ers died Of injuries last year against
sixty-one In 1915 and sixty-seven in
1915. There were in all 1871 acct
dents during 1917. BY reason Of which
lost time in the mines totalsd 35,oss
days. in the mills e.14s days and in
the smelters sos days.
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 twsnty.four OF the class Of 1850
At East Denver High school have
chung together for forty.four years
was siSnalissd By the attendance OF
twelve OF the s1Evivors at the funeral
OF Miss Emily Miles. who for nearly
half . century Was associated with the
Denver public schools - stsdsat q
director Of drawing.
Bombed By German war planes,
shsllsd By Hun artillery. Btshop yfan-
eis ]. Mcconnell. head Of ths Nstho-
dists OF COLORADO. has crowded into .
few weeks all the excitement oe Q nor.
nal lifetime since - left Beaver last
January IN company with william Z.
Sweet 70 answer . call from The Brit.
ish foreign Office for representative
American men To speak 70 the British
and American troops on the western
front Lsttsrs received BY Mrs.. Ne.
Coonsll from her husband indicate
clearly that Bishop Mcconnell has ON
several occasions been In serious dan.
GER.
Dsovee = 70 have . rscupsratioa
camp for railroad men in military
service who return from "ovsr there"
ior rest and medical attention. Guy
Adams. mali traffic manager for the
Unioa Pacific system. Of Chicago and
Denver. has givsa forty acres Of his
Double Header ranch, sixteen miles
above Morrison and one mile from The
Old Lsedvills stage road. to the cause
and on which. II present plans ars
completed, viii b constructed ct.
TAGS and buildings % accommodate
100 men By July /.
Al the recent conference OF Homo
Economic Directors which was held q
the u. 8. Food Administration n
Warrington. Colorado was represented
By Miss lnga Allison. Miss Allison
was asked how the people Of Colombo
were kept on the 3ob-as they svt.
IDENTIFY are. judging from results OBJ
tained. She replied that the people