The Raymer enterprise., 1918-08-22
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.
Mrs. 8. E. McCaig. who gave her
residence as 1434 Larimer street, Den
rer, was arrested at Boulder by police
officers charged with violating :hs
state prohibition law. Mrs. McCsigs
suitcase. according to the authorities.
contained thirteen quarts Of whisky.
which she was bringing to Denver
from Wyoming. The whisky, she said.
was for an invalid brother, whose
name she refused 10 diyulge. In JUS
tice Court Mrs. McCaig was fined $500
and costs and given sentence ef
twenty days in the county jail.
Another complication in the tangled
Colorado Midland iunking case de-
yeloped when intervention was sought
by the attorney generals office in the
case pending before the Colorado util.
ities Commission. Petition in inter
yention was filed which. for present
purposes. seeks to restore passenger
and freight service On the Midland.
Service was suspended Aug. BY an
order from Judge John w. Sheafor Of
Colorado Springs. given A. E. Carlton,
receiver. ..s.
How every man In the French army
was thrilled with . new enthusiasm
when the American colors first were
waved in the battle line Of. France was
related by Gen. Paul Gerard Pau idol
Of France and one-armed veteran Of
the FrancoPrussisn war and the
present conflict. at . luncheon given
by the Denver Civic and Commercial
Association TO the members Of the
French labor and industrial commits.
sion to Australia. while in Denver.
The August crop report. issued from
Denver. says: Favorable weather
conditions during July had . tendency
TO improve the condition Of nearly all
Of the later season crops. ~ compared
with July I. and fair improvement
In prospect for potatoes beans ahay,
cantaloupe. tomatoes. the sor ghum
grains and millet. Nearly all fruits
are making good progress and deyel-
opment, with . slight improvement
over the July figure"
| John r. Wallace Of Leavenworth,
Kan, and Herbert r. Chase Of Fort
Worth, TEXAS. army draft registrants.
confessed that they robbed the Cray
ford State Bank at Crawford. Delta
county, Of 5000 worth Of Liberty
Bonds. Thrift Stamps and postage
stamps found In their possession when
arrested had been identified by Off
GERS OF the bank at Glenwood Springs
Receipts from national forests dur.
Ing the fiscal year 1918, ending June
80, increased by 100000 more than
1917. according to word received by
officials Of the Denver district Of the
forest service. The total receipts for
the year were 1854 900. which came
mainly from increased livestock
grazed on national lands. from tim
Der sales and water power permits.
Announcement from Washington
gives the names of rural carriers ap.
pointed by the Postoffice Department
Eric G. Erickson is appointed from
the Denver office to fill the place OF
John W. Hart. At Atwood. Benjamin
NJ. Fish: Collbran. Asa o. Merrick;
Julesburg. George A. White. Kirk
Minor. A. Edman Rush and w. r p
Munnsey.
Litigation which promises to occupy
the courts for a period extending per
haps into years has been introduced
by complaint containing more than
1000 typewriter pages. filed with
Judge Harry s. Glass of the First Ju
dicial District by Fred l.. Lucas. re
ceiver for the Castlewood irrigation
district, and allied corporations.
The answer Of the Denver Tram
way Company to the demand Of en-
ploy9s for wage increase averaging
20 cents an hour. and totaling 1882.
596 a year, Is an offer of an increase
Of cents an hour. totaling $240,70S
per year. The company also rejects
the CLOSED shop" In train service
Preparations are rapidly nearing
completion thruot the state for the
Fourth Liberty Loan. which starts
Sept. 2s and ends Oct -.
William Henry Thomas. 70. who
went to Longmont short time age
with his aged wife from Red Cloud
Neb., committed suicide In chicken
house by shooting himself In the
temple with small caliber revolver
In addition to his widow. Thomas Ii
survived by eleven children.
Girls between 16 and IS years oi
age are eligible to take civil serv
ice examination for messenger In the
United States reclamation service, &C
cording to Charles Hincke, Denver
secretary Of the civil service. The
examination will be held Aug. 81 In
the federal building.
With official notice from Washing
| ton that thev have heen annointed