The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-09
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News service.
COMING EVENTS.

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COMING EVENTS.
Aug. 22-2t-colorado State Firemen's
Convention at Georgetown
Sept Mining Enginesrs meeting In
Denver.
Sept FIFTY sixth annual confer
ence OF Colorado III. e. church at
Sept 4-5-shoe Dealers Association
meeting IN Denver.
Sept fy-Beayer Park fair at Penrose.
sept 2s-ss-colorado stnts Fair mt
Pueblo.
Seventy five boys were sent to work
on farms in Ell Paso county in twelve
days
The. condition OF the sugar beet crop
In the Loveland district is reported the
best In years.
Russell H. Fish, son OF Mrs. Leora
Fish OF Denver, has enlisted. in the
signal corps.
Edward Crawford. 8. was drowned
in the Platte river. near Fifth and
Waxee streets. Denver
The school boards are being used in
Montrose county foc formation OF com
munity councils of defense.
Community councils of defense have
been organized at Baldwin and
N.ested butte IN Gunnison county.
Lieut.. S. E. McKeown OF Fort Col
Illus ls among those on the missing
ia-actlon men on Gen. Persh'ng's re-
port
Colorado's Four Minute Men spoke
towns and cities during the War Say
inss Stamp campaign.
The Gunnison Normal school il de-
voting two hours every day to war
work. the boys drilling and the girls
doing Red Cross work.
Lafayette M. Hughes. appointed less
than q. year ago by Governor Gunter
as a member OF the State Highway
Commission, has resigned.
Ruth Benson, 4, was crushed by an
auto while crossing the road In Wash
ington park. while attending the big
Colorado day celebration in Denver.
Lightiess nights ON Mondays and
Tuesdays have been ordered by the
Colorado fuel administration. in COM
piiance with orders from Washington.
The harvesting of wheat. rye, hay
and other crops Is well under way in
ALI of the agricultural communities, ac.
sording to reports submitted to the
Colorado Council of Defense by coun-
~ agricultural agents.
Five America First" societies have
been Organized by the Americanization
committee of the State Council of De-
tense among foreigners In Pueblo. and
others have been formed in Las Ami.
mas' county. In Denver and in Lead
Vile.
Lieut., Col w. C. Danks has been
ordered to Camp Devens to command
the Seventy-sixth division, which, it
is understood, will see duty overseas
shortly. With the order comes pro-
motion to the rank OF colonel for the
Denver officer.
As result OF the thirty-day ticket
extension period granted by Director
General of Railroads William G. Nc
Adoo. more than twenty officials OF
the state and national organizations
OF Sons OF Confederate Veterans prom
ised to visit Denver upon the compile
ton of the national convention at
Tulsa. Okla.
J. M. Collins has reported to Gov.
-ernor Gunter and the State Council OF
Defense that all is being done that can
he done to aid the farmers In handling
their bumper wheat crop after harvest.
He was chairman of special COM
mittee appointed by the governor to
make suggestions for any additional
help that could be given the growers.
John L. Roberts Of Idaho Springs
is reported as severely wounded in
the casualty list given out Aug. 1.
To increase motor truck freight
service as a relief for railroad con-
gestion. the highways transport COM
mittee of the State Council of Defense
has established return loads bureaus
at Lamar. Las Animas, La Junta,
Rocky Ford. Pueblo. Colorado Springs.
Denver, Loveland. Berthoud and Long
ypppt. Others will soon be established
In eastern counties and on the west
era slope.
Five Colorado men were awarded
commissions by the War Department.
according to the announcement re-
ceived In Denver. They are Locke N.
Lemert of Golden. second lieutenant;
Rudolph Sigmund Winer, Lafayette.
second lieutenant, both in the engin-
Ger corps: Emerson Lincoln Alls-
worth, Ordway. second lieutenant in
the quartermaster's corps; William
Kelly Harding. Denver, second lieu
tenant in the flying section Of the
aviation service. and Edward Thomp-
son. Lowstutter. second lieutenant in
the flying section of the aviation