The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-18
COLORADO N1Ws MOTIFS.

consisting Of 27h acres Of land on
Little Deer creek. eight miles south OF
Bear creek. has been bought by the
city OF Denver for $1,000. and will DO
opened to picnickers this summer. The
land ls for the most part level meadow
land covered with cottonwood trees
Negotiations are now under way TO
procure more Of the Little Deer creek
bottom for the city. II being recog-
nixcd NJ ideal for campers. II 10
PLANNED To Improve roads leading TO
The new acquisition.
Children In the Denver public schools
bought nearly half million dollars
worth Of thrift and war savings
stamps between Dec. =. 1917. nnd
March 81. 1919. according I" the re-.
port Of g. II. Schcnck, custodian for
the stamps In school district No. ].
During that time thrift cards have
been exchanged for war savings
stamps to the value III xs.'..'s''. The
total purchases by school children In
Denver OF thrift and savings stamps
were &s35.a76 %. the report shows.
Enxlewood voters adopted nm $4,000
bond issue for the erection Of new
high school building. The vote WAS sp.
proxinatsly 3 to I In favor "f the
move. Work on tho new school will be
started this spring. and II Is expected
II will no ready for occupancy by the
opening Of the fall term. The struc.
ture will probably be two stories In
height. with u basement. II will be-
one Of the most modern school houses
III the state. according Ia present
plans.
Without knowing That his name was
being considered for the position. and
never making application for same.
Rev. G. W. Gray Of Mead. while not
even residing 10 the state md having
been gone for twenty months. was ap-
pointed by the governor of Psnnsyl.
wanna - chaplain Of the prison nj Phil
adslphia At = salary of $500 a year.
lie will continue his pastoral year n
Mead and return tn III. East In the
fall.
The Caribou district "f Boulder
county IL experiencing n decided re-
rival and more ore IL now coming from
the camp than In many years past.
Nearly all OF the famous old producers
are again active and have been
brought To fresh production. or will DO
by work now under way. II. e. New.
ton II assembling material for mn early
resumption on his group. and many
others In the field are In shape to
make the summer u productive one.
The Victory Loan campaign will l.
formally launched In Denver ut a "a.
triotic rally and nnass meeting to be
held In the auditorium the evening
OF April 22nd. which will be addressed
by Billy Sunday in the first Of q Ne.
rics Of speeches to be delivered by
him over the United States under the
auspices and Mt the request Of the
United States treasury officials hav.
Ing the national campaign In charge.
Denver architects will compete for
the honor of providing plans for the
VOORHEES, memorial gateway to the
Civic Center. to be constructed on the
Bates Triangle at cost Of SlOO.OOO, A
committee In charge Of the building of
this memorial to the late John II. +.
VOORHEES, met In Mayor Mills office
and decided that such II competition liz
necessary according to the rules OF tho
Denver architects organization.
The hunt for bootlegyers In Coloru.
DO 10 not to be relaxed because of the
action Of the Colorado Legislature In
the closing days Of tho scssion Co,o.