Cheyenne record., 1918-07-11
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ing the mistakes Of the allies toward
his country. describing her steadfast-
ness and the hsroism Of, her soldiers.
and praising the United States, Lieut..
Bruno Roselli. Italian army attach6
Of the Washington embassy Of Italy
and . representative Of the commit
tse on public information. brought .
different phase OF the war to 200 SOL
diers at the Fort Logan 7. n. c. A.
hut.
Cluster cups Of stem rust Of wheat
have been found ON The common bar
berry Of Colorado. The State Council
Of Defense has given warning that
This means that wheat fields in the
vicinity of common barberry are al
most certain to be infected by rust
this year. The botany department of
the Agricultural College Ii now max
Ing Q survey Of Eastern Colorado to
determine the extent Of this stage Of
the stem rust.
Inheritance tax collections by the
commonwealth on twenty-six estates
during June amounted to 339, 1860.
Waivers and other fees brought an
additional $7Ss. making total of $4O,-
1859. Large estates of three Den.
yer men are among the June collec-
tion. They are Raymond J. McPhee,
whose estate IL valued at $187, 7,826.14:
David D. Seerie, with an estate of
e715,577.01, and John n. Knowles
with 326.209.27. .ai
Before her daughter Elisabeth, who
was on her way from New York to
Ipend . vacation with her parents
rould reach Denver, Mrs. Charlotte
Grace Selden Moffat, wife of Treder-
Ick q. Moffat. died at her home in
Denver. Mrs. Moffat had been Ill for
year and half Her husband is q
aephew Of the late David H. Moffat,
builder of the Moffat railroad and .
former recognised financial leader OF
The state.
As the quotas for military service
continue to be called month after
month, these inroads on the labor sup
ply Il causing serious results, from Q
purely mining point Of view, and, un-
ess offset by some other source than
b now known. they will cause mater
HI reduction in the output Of the pre-
bfous metals.
Delta county II included In the
amended quarantine proclamation on
account Of alfalfa weevil in Colorado,
Idaho and Utah, made by Gov. 8. v.
Stewart Of Montana. The amended
proclamation was made in accordance
with the recommendations of the COM
mittse of entomologists held recently
In Salt Lake City. Utah.
With the roads all reported in fine
condition after the heavy rains Estes
Park had multitude of visitors in
the week ending June 30. Reports
show that $50 cars entered the park
BY the two routes, the Longs peak
and the Lyons-Loveland way. The
number of people carried into the
park that week were 1875.
Colorado has furnished mora and
better aviators per capita than any
other state. The number Of men &C
cepted has been slightly over so per
cent, while the average for all other
states is approximately 80 per cent,
and but one Colorado man has failed
at ground school.
James e. Clark, Bent county soldier
reported wounded in France, took up
non-irrigated land claim about siz.
teen miles south of Las Animas SOME
thing more than . year ago. He did
not register in the draft. but Joined
the army before that was put into ef.
fect.
Two railway bridges near Gunnison
were set on fire by unidentified men,
who are supposed to be Germans and
the aots are declared to be attempts
to prevent the shipment Of coal BY
tying up traffict east and west.
Thinking he was turning a somsr-
sault in spirit of Jest after diving
from raft sixty feet from shore, a
half-dozen boys watched Glen Kohler,
IA years old. drown at the Lakeside
bathing beach in Denver.
Denver's application for a reopen
ing of the rate order granted the
Mountain States Telephone and Tele-
graph Company June IA was denied
by the Colorado Public Utilities Com
mission.
Information has been received by
wire that Ad1t. Capt. Woodrow Wilson
Woodbridge of Denver has been con-
spicuous for bravery in France, hav-
Ing aided q wounded man under fire.
The Denver Cooks union accepted
the compromise proposal Of the Hotel
and Restaurant Keepers Association
and agreed to work ten hours day
with 50-cent increase in wages.
Robbers effected entrance to the
Bennett State Bank and succeeded in
carrying away Liberty bonds, War
Savings stamps and cash amounting in
all to $4,000.