The Dolores star., 1918-05-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

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COMING BvDH8s.
July s-ls-Hsstiss kstisssi xssecia-
tIon Of Colored Women In Denver.
July is-RepubIican STATE Convsn-
sept. SEPT ,s-ssMcoioSsdo Stat. ya,r at
Arvada raised $3.50 at Red Cross
dance.
coloradc women sold ss.12e.sso
worth Of Third Liberty Loan bonds.
Ten thousand parsdsrs opened the
Red Cross drive for 100000 n Dea-
yer.
Building perWits to the amount of
s5s.4o7 were graAtsd In Pueblo durinx
April.
Joseph Hurtssn. Jr.. has been ap-
pointed forest ranger In the sheephorn
district
An EPSON salts mine has been open
ed on the ranch Of d. Sanderson. north
of Neeksr.
The northwest quarter Of section Q.
unimproved land near Otis. was sold
recently for se5 per acre.
A flag staff 10 to be erected IN front
of the town hall In Rockvale at .
height Of ninety-thres feet.
The our.Minute-Men Of Colorado
planned greater work for this year at
. state conference in Denver.
Denver win supply AS msn Of the
1900 quota asked the stAte In the lat
est draft call issued By Provost Mar
shall General Crowdef.
The vindicator flotatiop- mill. located
in Cripple Greek. i'm April treated co.,
ia tons Of low grade iore with head
value Of s2.ol Per ton.
DR.. Charles A. Lory. president Of the
State Agricultural College. declined to
become Q candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor.
The Lsadvilie debating team won
the championship Of the Colorado
High School Debating league at the
contest held at Boulder.
Company A. sigma corps Of the Colo
RADIO National Guard was mustered In
to state service In the auditorium OF
the public library In Denver.
From Placerville come reports that
twenty trucks are hauling cArnotite
'ore from the Paradox valley mine and
that Q trip II made every day.
It is reported that B. 9. Boyce. .
farmer, and G. b. Wood. his former
hired man. fought pistol duel ten
miles southeast Of Holyolke In which
both are said to have been wounded.
Immediately after w. =. r. Mills
was sworn in a. mayor OF Denver to
succeed the late Robert w. Spesr. he
appointed James A. Burnett a. man
ager OF the department OF parks and
improvements.
Manitou Springs on May II present
ed its claim to being the most patriot
ic community In the United States
when It was announced that the city
had trebled its quota in the second
Red Cross drive.
Suits involving the title to large
areas Of ground in the Climax molyb-
denite field, which are 10 be heard be-
fore the state Supreme Court in June.
have held up work of the Pingrey
Mines company, the third big operator
that has. entered the molybdenite
area.
Idaho Springs reports that the sue
cessor to the former Empire Tunnel
Company, now Incorporated as the
Randolph Gold Mining. Milling and
Tunnel Company, which recently &C.
quired the property at trustees sale.
has been organized. The new COM
pany has started to clean up and put
the property in shape for extensive
working.
An innovation has been introduced
by the Portland Gold Mining company
in the employment OF women chemists
at both the Independence and Victor
mills, to take the place of the younger
men, former employees Of the company,
who have been called into the service
of the United States by the draft.
Governor Gunter and 500 speakers
enrolled by the State Council Of De-
Tense are helping in the Red Cross
campaign. The governor will speak
at Sterling. Thursday evening. May
20; ut Fort Morgan. Friday evening.
May "a; at Brush. Saturday afternoon.
May 25. and at Akron. Saturday eve
ming. May 25.
In accordance with q resolution
passed at the recent meeting OF the
Republican state central committee, a
committee was appointed by w. A.
Dollison, chairman of Denver county.
to draft platform for the guidance OF
candidates and voters in the state
election. Members of the committes
are Judge Julian H. Moore OF the Dis
trict Court, chairman; Charles w. Wa,
terman. William v. Hodges. Judge