The Raymer enterprise., 1919-01-16
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

onel Roosevelt caused Mrs. Sarah
Lewis. mother Of George Lewis OF the
mountain division OF the Red Cross.
extreme anxiety Sunday morning. For
many years Mrs. Lewis has been .
sincere admirer Of the colonel. and
tis recent illnesf worried her con-
stantly WheD she awoke she said
that she had dreamed that the colonel
had died while asleep. She insisted
on seeing q newspaper at once. and
only after reading II did Mrs. Lewis
feel more confident that II was but a
dream and not premonition. But
twenty-four hours after that premoni-
ton. however. Mrs. Lewis read In
Mondays extras that Colonel Roose-
welt had died that morning Just as
she had dreamed.
The midwinter session Of the Colo
RADIO Editorial Association will be held
this year on January 20 and Il at the
Albany hotel. A series Of several
luncheons has been planned and q
banquet to the State Legislature at
the Albany hotel. After the banquet
there will be an old-fashioned dance.
During the business sessions w. A.
Patterson, managing editor Of the
Western Newspaper Union, will speak
on "The Responsibility Of the Press in
the Reconstruction Period" j. l..
Cross, head Of the Federal Reserve
Bank in Kansas City, will speak on
the governments methods in raising
the four Liberty Loan quotas and the
plans for the Fifth Liberty Loan
drive.
The twsnty-second annual conyen
tion OF the American National Live
stock Association will be held at the
Broadway theater Jan. q. 22 and 20.
The program Of speakers includes
many prominent government officials
and livestock men. The convention
Will be devoted to discussion Of
topics Of vital Importance to the graz
ing industry. Among the subjects for
consideration which are OF local inter.
est is the proposed advance in grazing
fees on national forests. The ad.
vances were ordered by the secretary
Of agriculture early in December OF
1918, and became effective Jan. l..
Major w. J. Cameron. IN charge OF
the construction OF the Recuperation
Hospital, received word from Wash.
ington to build aurses' infirmary,
costing $4,000. Plans for the new
structure are now being made and the
work will begin Immediately. Nurses
who have become III through tneir
work at hospitals over seas will be
taken care Of and given an opportunity
to get well at the army's big recuper-
alton camp near Aurora.
The youngest postofice robber ever
handled by the postoffice inspectors Of
the local jurisdiction is under arrest
at Glenwood Springs. He is only IL
years old. He slipped into the Glen
wood Springs postoffice through par
eel post drop Tuesday night, gathered
up a quantity Of loot and was pre-
pairing to depart when an employe
Of the Office, returning to attend to
some unfinished business, discovered
and captured him.
Governor Shoup's address was one
OF the shortest ever delivered for .
Colorado Legislature and was as fol-
lows; Il have Just been getting ac-
quainted with lot Of new friends, and
am ready to become acquainted with a
lot Of new responsibilities and duties.
which shall endeavor. with your CO.
operation. to shape into success for
Colorado"
Twelve states-California, Colorado,
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Mis-
souri, Montana, Nebraska, North Da-
kota, Oregon and Utah-reported q
surplus Of common labor to the de-
partment Of labor this week, as COM
pared with seven the week previous.
In the South there is a general short
age Of labor in all trades, while the
belt from Connecticut to Minneapolis
shows surpluses in special branches.
City Commissioner Andrew w.
Frandsen was the first Montrose man
to be fined for violation Of the new
quarantine regulations. His children
came down town and the commission
er was at once handed a request to
appear before Justice w. H. Franklin.
He was fined s6.75. A daughter of
Mr.. Frandsen is III with influenza.
The biennial report OF State Labor
Commissioner has been submitted to
the members Of the General Assembly.
The commissioner was the first state
official to provide a completed report
TO the Legislature. 1t covers the work
Of the various branches of the State
Labor Departmen mt for the biennial Pc
riod and contains number Of recon-
mendations for changes in the labor
laws OF Colorado. The report shows
that 52,ls2 men and women were
placed in jobs free OF charge to them
by the State Labor Bureau. This is an
increase of more than 10000 over the
preceding biennial period.
Colorado's early days and her
growth since 1862 will be recalled to
Denver people If bill being prepared
by Representative Boon Best and
Speaker Allyn Cole of the House be-
comes law. For they propose to bring
to Denver and set up on the capitol
grounds the little cabin used by Colo
RADIO legislators as the first capitol in