The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-27
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

begin July l.
The erection of a 100000 annex to
the high school building at Greeley is
under contemplation.
Many rural schools in southern
Colorado closed the last OF March to
allow the children to assist with the
planting of crops.
One man was killed, another
manned and third slightly injured In
an explosion which occurred in the
boiler room at the Greeley sugar fac
tory.
Fifty milk producers have perfected
an organization at Rocky Ford which
has as its object the betterment of
conditions pertaining to this rapidly
growing industry.
The people of the city and county
of Denver have purchased a $150,000
site for the U. s. army recuperation
camp which the government will es-
tablish at cost of 100000.
BY order of Judge Ira C. Rothgerber
of the Denver County Court, $1,000 in
estate funds held in trust by the state
treasurer, were diverted into the pur-
chase Of bonds of the third Liberty
loan.
Women unfortunates at the State
Hospital for the Insane at Pueblo are
knitting and sewing for the Red Cross.
according to Mrs. James Williams,
president of the Colorado Board Of
Charities.
1t is considered likely that the Colo
RADIO State Agricultural College at Fort
Collins will be temporarily taken over
by the United States government and
converted into a mechanical training
camp.
Peter S. Roy, one Of the most widely
known mining and real estate men in
Colorado, died at Black Hawk. He re-
sided at Denver, and was GA years old.
He was the first man to strike oil in
Colorado.
Skilled mechanics in seventy-five oc-
cupations are wanted Immediately in
the various units of General Perish
ing's army in France, Provost Marshal
John Evans notified draft boards of
Colorado.
John Thomas Dennis, who was on
board the naval collier Cyclops, re-
Gently reported lost, is the son of DIR.
and Mrs. E. G. Dennis, Olathe. He en-
listed as a seaman at Des Moines in
October, 1916.
The coal mining camp at Crested
Butte has subscribed over $4,000 for
Third Liberty bonds, while its quota
was only S22,203, and the miners ex-
pect to more than double the quota be-
fore the campaign ends.
Inheritance tax collections during
the first fifteen days of April totaled
s6,566.4S, according to a statement is
sued by the state inheritance tax col
lector. This makes in all for the bi-
ennial period to date SAT-, ,424.2s.
No damage to crops or fruit has
been done by the cold, fruit being very
backward, according to reports from
Fort Morgan. The large acreage OF
winter wheat is in fine condition, ow-
ing to heavy rains.
The Colorado Sunday School Asso-
ciation will hold its annual convention
in Denver, May IA, 10. 16. The state
at large is expected to send at least
one thousand delegates and Denver
county will furnish an equal number.
While taking a physical examination
at the British Canadian recruiting mis-
sion, In Denver, Robert c. Spier,
who was one of six recruits to
leave for Canada received a telegram
containing the information that his
brother had been killed in the trench
es of France.
One hundred gallons of whisky and
three automobiles were seized by Cap
tain Grove and three members of the
state constabulary, near Fort Collins.
w. S. Speer, Joe Flick and Jack Cur
riedor, all of Denver, are held in the
county Jail on a charge of Illegally i'm
porting liquor.
Pig and chicken sale held at Tiff for
the benefit of Red Cross was a most
successful one, over $1,000 being real
lied. One chicken sold for $400 and
a rabbit sold for s65.
An army of hundreds of thousands
Of tourists, including many who used
to go to Switzerland or tour Europe
before the war, is expected to invade
the West this summer, and the Denver
Tourist Bureau and other similar
agencies in the state are preparing to
take care of Colorado's quota.
Colorado's drive to save 800 babies
this year as a part of the national pro-
gram of the child welfare department
of the United States Department of
Labor was opened at the capital at the
call of Mrs. James Rae Arneill, chair
man of the welfare committee of the
Colorado Woman's Council of Defense.