The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1918-11-01
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

train 2,T32 men for Camp Pike, Lit
Rock, Ark. in the fiye-day period b.
! ginning Nov. IL. The second cal
asks for 1873 white mon and ten ne
groes, to be filled from the registra-
tons of June 5, 1917 and 1918. The
white men will entrain for Camp Pike
and the negroes will be sent to Camp
Funston in the three-day period be-
| ginning Nov. 10.
| An announcement made by Secre-
tary of the Interior Franklin X. Lane
states that during September s53,6ls
| acres OF land were rendered available
/ as homesteads OF GAO acres or less I'M
/ der the stock raising homestead act.
| Colorado stands third among the
states listed, with an acreage Of g.
| SIS. More than 100000 acres have
/ been classified as nonirrigable and
available under the enlarged home
stead act Colorado stands first in
/ this classification with an acreage of
/ lG7 .597 released during the month.
/ The influenza and pneumonia have
caused a startling increase in Den
/ yer's death list. For the week ending
| oct the total number OF deaths was
/ i3; for the week ending Oct. II. l09;
week of Oct 10. 203, and the week OF
1 oct, %. 217 This makes a total of
/ 572 deaths, and is, II is said by Miss
/ F. Leach. registrar of vital statistics,
1 the largest number OF deaths OF any
one period in the history OF the city.
! II is estimated that there are 2S.Soo
t boys In Colorado. 16 TO IL years Of age,
| capable of farm and industrial work
/ next year. according to H. V. kepner.
national field director for the United
/ States Boys Working reserve in Colo
RADIO. Mr.. Kepner figures that at least
10000 of these boys will be available
for enrolment
| Two pioneers died at Boulder.
neither death being attributable to
the influenza epidemic. George F:
| Chase. 81 years old. who went there
| in 1883. died during Sunday night. He
| is survived by his widow and one son.
Mrs l. T. McAllister. prominent i'll
| club and church work, a resident since
| 1877. also died.
The American Red Cross has re-
quested that all knitters continue
their efforts to the making Of sweaters
| which are urgently needed by the
army Because of the paucity OF yarn
at present, the Red Cross deems 1t in
| advisable to knit helmets. mufflers.
and other supplies aside from
sweaters
| Four Colorado boys are on the cas-
ualty lists made public by the war dc
partment Oct IS. They are Theodore
Manias, Trinidad, killed in action:
John II. Buckley, Longmont, died as
result of airplane accident; Perry r.
Barnes. Mesita, and William Collar,
Berthoud. wounded. degree undeter-
mined
There are approximately 100000
women in Colorado who are entitled to
wear the official war button OF the
Woman's Council Of Defense. These
buttons may be had by calling on the
local county chairman, or representa-
| tives In each district The cost only
is asked, and this is only ten cents.
The people of Colorado Springs
have been reconciled to the influenza
situation as a result of which, physi-
clans state. fear has greatly abated
and the epidemic is dying out. 1t is
the belief of the health department
that cold snap will aid in the curb
| ing Of the disease to the minimum.
l. A. Ewing and associates in the
White Raven Mining Company near
Boulder have taken a controlling in
| terest in a new silver mine which has
been developed by Messrs Berlin and
| johnson. The new property Is south
! west OF Puzzler and Is said to carry
large values in silver and lead.
The recently formed Gunnison Co
operative Coal Company will operate
the Collins coal mine on Mill Creek.
Three Colorado boys are ON the
| casualty lists made public by the War
Department Oct. 20. They are Fran
els B. Lowry, Denver killed in action:
John r. Smith. Pueblo, severely
wounded in action. and Paul v. Clark.
Eskdale. missing in action.
DR.. E. F. Kennedy, secretary of the
| State Board of Health, stated Mon
| day that the ban against public meet
ings will be continued until Nov. 4. q
| least, as reports show the seriousness
| Of the influenza epidemic throughou
| the state.
| Albert J. Nisbet. one of Colorado's
most widely known cattlemen. died of
| pneumonia at his home in Denver.
Mr. Nisbet went to Denver twenty
years ago from Arizona, where for
long time he had been engaged in
| cattle raising
| Automobile dealers in Denver favor
| q 1 per cent tax on all sales instead
OF the complicated tax now contem-
| plated In the $4,000 600 900 revenua