The state herald., 1919-01-17
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

onel Roosevelt caused Mrs. Sarah
Lewis. mother of George Lewis OF the
division OF the Red Cross,
extreme anxiety Sunday morning. For
many years Mrs. Lewis has been .
sincere admirer of the colonel. and
his recent illness worried her con-
stantly Whep 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 1t did Mrs. Lewis
feel more confident that II was but \
dream and not a premonition. But
twenty.four hours after that Fremont
tion. however. Mrs. Lewis read in
Mondays extras that Colonel Roose.
velt 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 81 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-fsshioned 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" ]. 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.
ton Of the American National Live
stock Association will be held at the
Broadway theater Jan. 81, 20 and %.
The program Of speakers includes
many prominent government officials
and livestock men. The convention
will be devoted to a discussion of
topics Of vital importance to the grax-
ing industry. Among the subjects for
consideration which are Of local inter
est 10 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. 1.
Major w. J. Cameron, In charge OF
the construction Of the Recuperation
Hospital. received word from Wash
ington to build q NURSES infirmary,
costing $4,000. Plans for the new
structure are now being made and the
work will begin Immediately. Nurses
who have become Ill 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 postofiice robber ever
handled by the postofiice inspectors Of
the local Jurisdiction 10 under arrest
at Glenwood Springs. He is only II
years old. He slipped into the Glen
wood Springs postofiice through par.
eel post drop Tuesday night, gathered
up . quantity Of loot and was pre-
pairing to depart when an employs
Of the Office, returning to attend to
some unfinished business, discovered
nd,1E&ursd him.
Governor Shoups address was one
Of the shortest ever delivered for Z
Colorado Legislature and was ~ fol
lows: Il have Just bsep getting ac
quaintsd with . lot Of new friends. and
am ready to become acquainted with q
lot OF new responsibilities and duties
which shall endeavor. with your CO
operation. to shape into success fol-
Colorado"
Twelve states California, Colorado
Idaho. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Mis-.
souri,, Montana, Nebraska, North Da.
kota, Oregon and Utah-reported Z
surplus Of common labor to the de.
partmsnt Of labor this week, a. com.
pared with seven the week previous
In the South there II q general short.
age Of labor In all trades. while ths
belt from Connecticut 10 Minneapolis
shows surplusss In special branches.
City Commissioner Andrew w
Frandssn was the first Montrose mar
To bs fined for violation Of the new
quarantine regulations. His children
came down town and the commission
Or was at once handed Z request te
appear before Justice W. H. Franklin
He was fined ee.7s. A daughter o.
Mr. Prandssn u NJ with influsnsa.
The biennial report Of State LaboI
Commissioner has been submitted te
the members Of the 0snsral Assembly
The commissioner was the first STATE
official to provide . completed report
10 the Legislature. II Govern the worn
Of the various branches Of the Stats
Labor Department for the bisnnial ~
riod and contains . number of recon
msndations for changes In tho iaboi
laws Of Colorado. The report showi
that S3.is2 men and women wsrs
placed In Jobs tree Of charge to them
BY the State Labor Bureau. This II ~
increase Of more than $4,000 over ths
preceding bisnnial period.
Colerade's early days and be,
growth sincs 1859 will 81 recalled b
Denver people II Q bill bsing prspars<
b. Representative Boon Best an<
Speaker Allyn Cole Of The House b
comes Law. For they propose 10 brinl
70 Denver and vt up on the capito