The Raymer enterprise., 1918-03-21
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts OF
Colorado

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wsstsrs ssuspspsr unloa News Service.
Construction Of = new alfalfa mill
east Of Olney has begun.
Mrs. Ella Altvater. %, wife Of Coun-
~ Treasurer Henry P. Altvater, died
In Central City.
Logan county with production and
sale Of l.Ts5,220 pounds Of beans
elaims the pennant.
Brick are being hauled from Monte
Vista TO the State Soldiers' home. to
be used in building new cottages.
A ssyenfoot vein OF coal has been
opened on the Roubideau about two
miles above the Sucia Delta road
crossing.
Charles Robertson, aged 80. died At
the county hospital In Denver ss re-
suit OF shock caused BY fall through
= fire escape.
Mrs.. Kate Rice, widow OF the late
Rufus Rice, who came TO Coloraoo IN
1860. died at her home near Lonsmont
Il the age Of rs.
The price OF lump coal was cut Is
cents ton at Pueblo under the gov
ernment order reducing the price OF
coal at the mine.
Within few weeks all fire insur.
ance policies written In Denver will be
sub1ect to 10 per cent increase over
he customary rate.
The Denver Rotary Club voted una.i-
'mously to send Jim Goodheart 10
France to serve as chaplain in the
trenches six months.
Jim Goodheart, Denyer's city chap
ain. applied to Mayor Speer for six
months leave OF absence and will start
or France soon as the spiritual envoy
,f the Rotary Club.
One hundred draft registrants, who
aaye been drafted as chauffeurs and
mechanics. left Denver for the aero
station OF the signal corps at San An
tonic. Texas.
Farm laborers Of northern and north
eastern Colorado are to be offered ev-
FRY inducement BY farmers this spring
% remain In those sections and stimu.
ate increased crop production.
Women OF Denver made l7s.6i5 sur
yical dressings. 5.5ie hospital gar.
nents and 9.305 knitted garments In
February. according to the official re-
port Of the Denver chapter Of the Red
Cross.
Howard Holiday Of Denver, . fly
Ing cadet at Kelly field at San Anto-
,io. Tex. was killed. when his aero
plane fell 1000 feet. He was return
Ing from a cross-country flight. His
mother Is Mrs. Duncan A. Holiday Of
Denver.
The Colorado Land Board adopted 4
Itandard house to be erected on the
$500 school tracts that are under lease
with the idea OF avoiding confusion In
,ppraising property classed as i'm
2rovements. The frame cottage to be
irected by the tenant contains four
'ooms. has most OF the modern con-
geniences and viii cost about 81 900.
Five heirs TO the estate Of the late
John r. Richter, who reside in Ger
many. will have a special interest in
he conclusion OF the war. By order
,f Judge Ira c, Rothgerber. In the Den
ger County Court, the bequests which
hey were allowed by the terms OF the
will, are not to be paid until ordered
~ the court-which means until after
he war.
According 10 an estimate made by
Elmer L. Lucas, chairman OF the hotel
md restaurant division OF the Colo
ado food administration. Colorado res
.aurants have saved within the past
three months 305.323 pounds OF meat,
20O.S22 pounds Of wheat flour, and S4.-
ssa pounds OF sugar The savings for
February are 40 per cent higher than
hose for December or January.
Immediately following the war boys
Will be born in greater proportion to
girls than ever before in history, &C
cording to Miss Lydia Meeker, head OF
the Meeker School for Detectives in
Denver and recognized among sociolo-
gists as an authority on the care and
education OF defective children. She
addressed the Mothers Congress at q
meeting in the Woman's Club build.
ting In Denver.
The report Of the special beet sugar
commission appointed by Herbert
Hoover was made public by the food
administration. According TO w. D.
Hoover Of the Great Western Sugar
Company, the terms granted to far.
mers are more liberal than the sugar
companies have been paying. The
commission places 50 q ton as a min
imum price for beets with l2 to IA per
cent sugar content. but adds that a
minimum OF $40 probably will be found
necessary to get the production to a
full normal acreage.
Cars are In great demand by the op.
orators holding contracts for removal