The Colorado statesman., 1918-03-09
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

been so Imperative. The operation
of the selective service law and en-
listments in the various branches OF
the service have materially reduced
the number of employees on the
farms" declares Governor Gunter in
a proclamation designating the week
of March 1923 as special registration
week for the United States Boys
Working Reserve. and urges all able
bodied young men between the ages
of 16 and 81 years, and not regularly
employed, to enlist for their summer
vacation in this branch of the service.
The United States Supreme Court
in washington handed down a final
decision in the Denver Union Water
Company rate case that definitely
ends the water controversy of twenty
years. The court sustains the injunc-
tion granted by Judge Lewis in the
United States District Court of Colo
rado. This enjoined the city OF Den
yer from enforcing an ordinance de-
claring 20 per cent reduction In
water rates. The decision sustains
the findings of Special Master w. J.
Chinn, that the valuation of the water
company's plant, May 1, 1914. was s13,-
415,S99.
John Diamond, aged 20, is dead. with
a bullet wound through the neck, and
William l. Mcdowell is in jail at Lead
vile charged with the shooting. Nc
Dowell, a state agent engaged in Sc
curing evidence in prohibition law
violations, told the officers he saw
Diamond enter his house during the
evening, and, on looking through the
window, saw his wife sitting on the
visitors lap. He raped for admis-
sion, he said, and his wife opened the
door. The shooting followed.
Reports received from the potato
district around Greeley indicate that
there will be a large loss to the grow
ers unless cars be received at a great
er rate than now seems possible.
Some estimates place the threatened
loss at 100,000000 pounds. One big
grower is reported to have dumped
500, 900 pounds during the past week,
about one-third of the crop he raised
last year. Onions also are in danger
from lack of cars. and 10000 pounds
were dumped.
With testimony divided between
suicide and murder as the theory OF
the death of James C. Houf, engineer
in a Denver hotel, a coroner's jury OF
six brought in a verdict fastening the
crime of muruer upon some person
unknown to the authorities. Houf
was found in furnace of live Goals
early Friday morning, March l, by
John Cusack, night clerk at the hotel,
Twelfth and Larimer streets.
For uttering alleged pro-German re-
marks, casting reflections on Presi-
dent Wilson's war activities and speak
ing i'll of the United States govern
ment,. after which he is declared to
have hit a fellow workman with
hammer, Fritz Seitz a German subject,
was beaten, made to kiss the Ameri-
can flag and threatened with hanging
by a crowd on Champa street in Den
yer.
Frank H. Mulligan, former Denver
city detective, was the first defend
ant tried on the charge of highway
robbery in connection with the hold
up of Mrs. Harry T. Nolan at the
Model roadhouse Jan. 2. A venire of
forty jurymen was summoned to ap-
pear in the District Court at Brighton
March 6, when the trial was scheduled
to begin.
Mike Roosi of Denver, was arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Sedgwick, near
Grover and his automobile and thirty
o,-tN Nf fCly nd
filled with bottled beer were confis-
Gated. Rossi was taken to Greeley and
placed in jail.
Colorados activities for entertain
ment and protection of soldiers are to
be conducted by committee on war
camp community service operating CO.
operatively with the State and Nation
al Councils of Defense and with the
National Commission on Training
Camp activities.
Farmers in seventeen counties have
responded to the patriotic call sent
out by the Colorado immigration Bu-
reau to help crop stimulation by en-
couraging the tillage of all vacant
tracts this summer. AS a result of
this campaign, instituted early in the
winter by Edward ID. Foster, immi
grafton commissioner, the bureau
completed the first list of available
tracts that are to be turned over to
the tenants rent free.
With growers facing a loss of 5000
carloads of potatoes by April 1 unless
immediate relief is given by railroads.
the Colorado Public Utilities Commits
sion telegraphed a statement of the
situation to William G. McAdoo, di-
rector of railroads, and later received
word that the matter is to be given
attention.
Mrs j. v. (Fanchon) Rose was