The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-08-29
oENfENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

training In the-many lines OF war serv-
Ice There must be trained Leadership
in all lines OF Industrial. commercial
OF intelligence and preparation ON the
part of all people," says Governor
Gunter in a proclamation, and young
people should heed the urgent call of
their country and join the Students
Enlisted Reserve and thereby apply
themselves diligently, enthusiastically,
and in increasing numbers to the task
of preparing for the highest service of
which they are capable, in order to be
ready for that call when il comes"
Secretary OF War Baker has au-
thorized Carl Hinton to notify the
people Of Colorado. and especially
manufacturers, through the Colorado
Development Federation that the l.
OOO-bed addition to the Denver Gen
eral hospital has been finally ap-
proved and that the policy of the War
Department in purchasing supplies for
this large unit will be to buy every
thing in Colorado, IL quality and price
are right.
Dividends paid by Cripple Greek
mining companies during 1918 have
totalsd $1.470.s0O. The companies
and their dividend payments for the
year follow Crssson Consolidated
Gold Mining and Milling Company.
$685.. 900; Golden Cycle Mining and Re-
duction Company, $3l5.0OO; Portland
Gold Mining Company, $24O.000: Vim
dicator Gold Mining Company, &45.-
900; Granite Gold Mining Company.
$4,000.
Another Denver man has been killed
in action and two more are reported
injured in returns from the great Of
fensive In the Marne region in France.
The man killed was Lieut.. F. Jenks.
for seven years connected with
creamery company In Denver. and in
jured men are Lieut.. Cloyd Harmon.
who was gassed. and Ernest II. Oslar
a member OF an infantry company.
who was slightly injured by shrapnel
Two sons OF K. F. Hummelshine,. Rob
ert. II years old. and Stinson. II years
old, were instantly killed. and Mrs e.
F. Kimmelshue died two hours later as
the result OF injuries mt Estes Park
when the Hummelshine, automobile
plunged from the FAIL River road down
q steep embansment to the rocks. 100
feet below. Miss Margaret Woods sus-
tanned serious injuries. but her chances
for recovery are good.
Joseph Rodren. Mexican. killed his
wife, Gwadelia by choking her TO death
with a leather shoestring in a Denver
hotel at 1722 Larimer street. Rodren
was arrested before he left the room.
Rodren told the police that his wife
ran away with another Mexican from
Lakeside, Neb.. and that he found
them together In = roon,ing house at
1s2sh Larimer street.
Colorados coal production for the
first seven. months OF 1918 reached =
total of 7.53I.l5s tons-342.l1s more
than were mined in the state during
the same period in 1917. or the
eighteen counties Of the state in which
coal Is mined. thirteen showed In
creases In production varying from six
tons in MonteIuma to I33.f3s tons In
HuerianO county.
C. A. Petrie, at LOveland. closed a
deal for The ]. ]. VanStrxten farm OF
1873 acres in the Harmony district, for
SIS, 900 This is approximately $500
an acre. \ new high price for land in
that section. The farm il q highly fer
tile one, with excellent improvements
and well situated for a sheep feeding
ranch, which is what Mr. Petrie plans
to use It for.
Boulder has woman police judge
the first OF her sex TO sit on the po-
lice magistrates bench in Boulder.
She is Mrs. Linda Lee. She was ap-
pointed to the office by Mayor Moys
after her husband. Judge w. s. Lee,
had been incapacitated to discharge
the duties of-the office on account of
paralysis.
Two Colorado soldiers are reported
missing in action in the casualty list.
According to information from Wash
ington Denver boy is also missing.
The missing men are Guy Wright. son
of Mrs. Clarence Wright of Denver.
and Robert A. Wagner. formerly OF Ke-
ota, and John d. Winn. who lived with
his mother in Prowers county, south
of Lamar.
An estate conservatively valued at
100000. was left by William r.
Owen, vice president and general man
ager OF the Denver Dry Goods Com
pany, who died Aug. Is, after more
than forty years connection with the
dry goods business of Denver.
Sixty cases of liquor, 1000 pints in
all, being conveyed into Trinidad in
three vehicles, were seized by Sheriff
John ]. Marty of Trinidad. OF the
three men arrested, one attempted to
draw his gun and was shot by dep
uty sheriff md slightly wounded