Gilpin observer., 1918-09-05
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

the casualty lists made public by the
war department on Aug. 20. Two
Denver boys are missing In action.
They are Mathew L. Niederkorn and
Walter F.. Mcdonald. Another Den
yer boy. Richard Delacy. is reported
severely wounded. Samuel N. Wheel.
er Jr., of Grand Junction, is on the
list OF missing which includes also
Howard F. Barber of Monte Vista and
Chester Stacy Of Westcliff. In the
wounded list are Paul e. Erb. Engle-
wood: Edwin p. Fraser. Colorado
Springs; Homer +. Elliott, Eckert;
Andrew 8. .Konns. Rocky Ford, and
Manuel Apodaca. Gulnars.
With the approval of the President,
the War Department, realixing the Inn
portance of highly specialized men as
officers, engineers, doctors, chemists
and executives of every kind, has es-
tablished students army training
corps and Governor Gunter has issued
a proclamation to designate Sunday.
Sept. 8, as Decision Day" and re-
quests its observance in all churches
throughout the state; and trusts that
a united ministry will call upon the
youh Of Colorado to enlist in the Stu
dents Army Training corps by en-
rolling with the students war service
committee, room 236, statehouse. p
At the Pueblo meeting, the Colorado
Grand Lodge, knights of Pythias.
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: Grand chancellor.
Omar G. Hickman, Windsor; grand
vice chancellor. w. &. Smith. Brush;
grand prelate, C. 8. Reed, Pueblo;
grand keeper Of record and seals, W..
S. O'Brien, Denver; grand master OF
exchequer. G. H. Winchell, La Junta;
grand master-at-arms, H. C. Morse.
Rocky Ford; grand inner guard. Frank
Emmerson. Canon City; grand outer
guard, August Fox, Del Norte; grand
trustee, Frank Parker. Colorado
Springs.
Nine Coloradoans were named in
Wednesdays casualty list. Henry
Christensen of Greeley was reported
severely wounded. while eight-Guy
A. Wright, Denver: Ralph A. Kenni
colt, Boulder; James w. Tomlinson,
Rocky Ford; John P. Day, Bethune.
John B. Howard, Avon; John l.. Bar
ber. Crook; Dock Ford, Yuma, and
Kallistro Luchini, Allison-were listed
az missing in action.
Due to his agitation. begun last
spring, to prevent Colorado cattlemen
from accepting complacently a IL or
20 per cent loss in their herds through
lack of sufficient winter feeding, State
Humane Officer F. B. Fanger has now
been authorized by the government
to investigate state herds, report, and
IL necessary remedy evils tending to
loss among the cattle.
Thomas r. woodrow. former assist.
ant city attorney of Denver and at
present assistant general solicitor for
the Colorado q Southern railroad,
withdrew as candidate for the Dem.
ocratic nomination for district Judge.
following his appointment as the gov.
ernment's legal representative on the
Union Pacific system in Colorado.
C. N. Moran's name appears in the
published list Of Canadian casualties,
transmitted through Ottawa, as
wounded. Moran is 80 years old and
prior to his enlistment with the Cana
dian forces about q year ago he con-
Quoted an automobile garage and re.
pair shop in Grand Junction He has
wife and baby.
Dave Felt and Jake Trupp, two
Germans, were arrested at Fort Col
Inns by secret service operatives from
Denver, and taken to Denver to await
action by the federal grand jury for
obstructing the harvesting of crops.
The United States Food Administra-
ton will prose cute the charge against
them.
George R. Hawkins, "A years old, of
Haxtun, died at st. Luke's hospital
In Denver of fracture of the skull
and other injuries suffered Aug. 13.
when au automobile in which he was
riding collided with a truck
Glen Eyrie. the beautiful English
style country home Of the late Gen.
William J. Palmer at Colorado
Springs. and the Douglas ranch ad-
joining. comprising 10000 acres, were
sold to Alex Smith Cochran, a mil.
lionaire manufacturer OF Yonkers, N.
Y, for 100000.
Tony Perino, a coal miner at Coke
dale, nine miles from Trinidad, was
shot three times in the back by two
men and died the following morning.
Mystery surrounds the shooting and
the authorities believe that the mur-
der was the elimination of q Black
Hand plot.
Fern Mae Chaplin. 7-year-old daugh-
ter of ranchman living four miles
east'of Colorado Springs, was crushed
to death when gust Of wind blew
down shed. striking her on the head.