The Colorado statesman., 1918-07-27
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

lie Democratic state Assembly in
Denver named j. c. Gunter and
Thomas ]. lyman for governor; Harry
Churchill and w. X. Lockhart for
lieutenant governor; James r. Noland
for secretary of state; Chas. II. Leck-
enby for state treasurer; Thos. t.
Barnard and John w. Mcmahon for
state auditor; Leslie Il. Hubbard and
Chas. f. Friend for attorney general;
Mrs. Mary c. C. Bradford for superin'
tendent of public instruction; Ernest
Morris and Arthur King for regents,
and Chief Justice VIM. A. Hill and
Justice S. Harrison White for Su'
preme Court judges.
There has been a total collection
through the internal revenue depart
ment of $2S S.695.l22 in war taxes in
Colorado, according to an announce
ment of the bureau of internal reve-
nue.. Excess profits and income taxes
amounted to s25.S75.792. and the bal
ance consisted of miscellaneous taxes.
The total collected In the sixty-four
districts in the United States, Hawaii
and the Philippines amounts to s3,671,-
91S,236.
OF the four Colorado men, two from
Denver, one from Fort &C Inns and one
from Sterling, mentioned in the cas-
ualty list of the War Department as
being missing since the sinking of the
San Diego in New York harbor all
have reported to their relatives as hav-
ing landed safely, with the exception
of William H. Gage. The list gives
his address at 2461 Champa street,
Denver, but he is unknown there.
In order to conserve as much wheat
as possible before the next harvest,
Denver is preparing to give intensive
instruction to the women of the city
in the cooking with substitutes. This
is the more necessary because the gov
ernment requests that not more than
six pounds of wheat month be con-
sumed by any one individual. and that
all who are able to do so forego the
use of wheat altogether. i
Seven thousand dollars was raised
in Denver for Craig Colony. on its an
nual flower day. Flowers graced ev-
cry blouse and every coat seen in the
streets. Whatever other calls for
money may come-Liberty bonds, Saw
ings Stamps, Red Cross, grocery bills
or shoes for the children-the hearts
and the purses of the residents OF
Denver are always open for Craig col
ony.
Edward Paul Forbes reported killed
In France, is the son of Jesse Forbes.
The family lives at Windsor, which
is the home town of the young man
and where he was employed by the
sugar company before he enlisted He
Joined the forces April 12, 1917, and
landed in France eleven months ago.
He was born at Windsor twenty years
ago, in May of 1898.
Holding that the District Court has
no jurisdiction to pass upon the acts
of the State Public Utilities Commits
sion, Judge Julian H. Moore of Den
yer handed down a decision against
the city and county of Denver in its
injunction suit to prevent from going
into effect the increased rates for tel
ephone service granted by order of the
commission
Oil in commercial quantities has been
struck in the well being drilled by the
Allied Oil and Refining Company for
the Colorado Oil and Development
| Company and the Rush Creek Oil
Company, on land held by these com
panies about eight miles northwest OF
Eads, the county seat of Kiowa coun-
| ty.
The Colorado Public Utilities Com
mission announced a hearing for July
81, at which proposed increase in the
fare between Globeville and Boulder
will be argued by officials of the Den
yer & Interurban railway. The pres
ent fare is 70 cents. The new fare will
be S5 cents.
Twenty-Five boys have gone from
Colorado Springs to Fort Collins to re-
ceive special farm school training at
the State Agricultural College. :.
Delegates to the Second Congress
sional assembly met at Colorado
Springs and nominated Charles B.
] Timberlake as the Republican candi-
date for Congress to succeed himself.
Tho heavy rains recently caused con-
/ slueIdpie udiudBe W .lne crops, espe-
cially wheat, and one section south of
Rocky Ford was badly hailed the crop
/ loss being from so to 60 per cent.
The erection of an oil shale reduc-
ton plant and refinery near Grand
Valley costing in the neighborhood of
| $1,0OO,O0O is announced as under con-
temptation.
The Belcher mine at Caribou has
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