The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-01
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

In ground controlled by the Dead,
wood leasing pool shows sylvanite
formation valued at about $214 q ton.
Director Williams, who is in charge
of the ore-testing plant at the School
OF Mines at Golden, made the assay.
His assay was taken from the breast
OF the vein. and the assay of the
high grade ore has not yet been made.
According to Cripple Creek report,
the ore vein, which is six to eight feet
in width, is holding out well with de-
velopment. and shipment OF the first
carload was made a few days ago.
Sundays casualty list made public
by the War Department gave the
names OF ten Colorado boys. Four
are from Denver. They are: Roy NJ.
Howe. who is dead OF disease, Mark
r. Hart and Henry G.. Waldhauser,
wounded severely in action. and Har-
old Caldwell. slightly wounded in ac-
ton. Bugler George Klumker, Tono-
pas. is dead OF wounds. Among the
wounded, degree undetermined are
John Frew, Floresta. and Clare v
Parker, Greeley. Others slightly
wounded are Elmer Kimport, Vernon;
Herbert L. Albert. Greeley, and vii.
liam F. Flick, Otis.
The prices announced by the price
fixing committee OF the United States
food administration for the week end
ing Nov. show but little change over
the previous week. An advance in the
price of eggs from G2 cents to 65 cents
per dozen. all advance of cents per
pound in the price of Wisconsin dairy
twin cheese and an advance OF 8 cents
per can in the price of No. cans
cheap grade large peas are the only
changes noted in prices to consumers,
although there has been slight varia-
tions in the costs to retailers.
An increase of more than so per
cent In the new cases of influenza re-
ported to the State Board of Health
Oct. 26, prompted DIR. Erlo T.. Ken
nedy. secretary OF the board, to char
acterize the situation as very serious.
Saturdays report showed 1.165 new
cases and sixty-six deaths. as against
696 new cases and seyenty-eight
deaths for the twenty y-four-hour pc
riod previous. The new cases are
western regions of the state.
A bronze tablet has been placed on
the grave of Col. William f. Cody on
Lookout Mountain by the city of Den
yer to mark the site until after the
close of the war. when a more worthy
permanent monument will be erected
The tablet is artistically designed and
recites the dates of the birth and
death of the scout and that he is at
rest at that point by his request
A tentative quota of 6,OS7 men has
been assigned to Colorado by the pro-
vost marshal generals office aB the
states share in the calls for men of
the registration of Sept. -. between
the ages of 19 and 80, which will soon
be Issued. Governor julius C. Gunter
has assared the provost marshal gen
eral that 1000 men are available for
entrainment as early as Nov. A.
"The influenza epidemic is abating
east Of the mountains, but 1t is at its
height in the mountain region and
west of the range" The foregoing
brief report wired to the national
health department Thursday by DR.. e.
E. Kennedy, state health officer, Gov
,ers in general the situation in Colo
RADIO.
Although he was one OF the last
men to leave the cargo ship Buena
Ventura when it was torpedoed sew.
eral hundred miles off the coast OF
Spain, Marcus West Haynes. son of
Mrs. Alice Haynes, of Denver, is one
of few of the crew that endured a
weeks hardships and thrilling expe-
riences and finally escaped
Col. Frank Adams. chief of the state
constabulary, is said to have In stor-
age 10000 gallons of whisky seized
from bootleggers. This store is be
ing heavily drawn upon by physicians
in the treatment of influenza
Some of the girl students at the
State Agricultural college at Fort
Collins are rendering service so gal
liant during the epidemic of influenza
that their parents thrill with pride of
them, even while their hearts are
heavy with anxiety lest the girls be-
come victims OF the contagion.
An increase in assessed valuation
of the city and county OF Denver for
1919 of s17,431,S50 was officially an
nounced to the city council by Clair
j. Pitcher. manager of revenue. The
valuation for 1919 is $348,50O,OO0 and
for 1918 it was 1881 ,06S,150.
Rose NJ. Dean. well known in Den
yer musical circles, died at Greeley of
Spanish influenza, contracted while
serving as volunteer Red Cross
nurse in the emergency hospital
Mrs. Melvin ]. Allen died at Fort
Collins. leaving a 2O-month-old baby