The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-12
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

ing the AOlIat ROAD 10 the Webt an
keeping open the .great Routt count!
coal fields occurred in the Distric
Court when q formal order was en-
tered by Judge Harry g. Glass for thu
issuance Of 31,500.OO0 in receiver
certificates to cover a loan for tina
amount which the government agreet
to issue upon his recent visit to Wash
ington. The feature Of the hearini
was the complete acQuiescence of tht
bondholders in the proceedings.
Mrs. A. Hungerford, Mrs. George
Games and J. A. Padgett of Denver. Mr.
and Mrs. A. T. Bagby. A. p. Luper, O.
Bever and AL Strausbury of Montross
Benny Salazar OF La Baca and Mrs
James Slattery Of Durango were Sc
verely injured when Denver & Rio
Grande train No. Z. Montrose to Tellu-
ride, was derailed one mile east OF
Vanadium. the baggage car. smoker.
day coach and parlor car being over
turned and badly wrecked. Spreading
rails caused the mishap.
The casualty list Sept. contains.
among those severely woHnded. the
names of Ivan ]. Rocker OF Fort Col
Inns and Gerand Howard Beckwith OF
Blanca. Frank E. Whitcomb of Pu.
eblo is reported wounded. degree un.
determined. Rutherford B. Kinds.
son of Walter Kinds Of Rocky Ford.
is reported dangerously wounded.
Kinds is 90 years old, enlisted year
ago and was member of the l57th
infantry which trained at Camp
Kearny. Cal.
Seventy per cent more coke than
ever before will be available this year
to help solve the fuel shortage. This
supply will be further increased by
the development Of tar. coke oven gas
and other by-products newly dignified
in war time as available fuels These
were some new facts presented to the
Institute OF Mining Engi.
neers. in session at Colorado Springs,
In their effort to fill some OF the coun-
try's needs.
Mary Thompson, 13-year-old foster
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ruth
of Dillon. who died in Denver nj st.
Luke's hospital as the result OF self
inflicted bullet wound. is the young
est suicide on record in Denver, so far
as can be learned. The girl. in her
delirium. called for her soldier boy"
without naming him, and wept be-
cause he was going away.
A shortage OF radium was forecast
by DR.. Richard b. Moore OF the United
States Bureau OF Mines In an address
he delivered at Cripple Creek before
the annual meeting of the American
Institute Of Mining Engineers. Ra-
dunn is largely being used on the
faces OF watches and clocks and for
other similar purposes, the speaker
said.
Three Colorado boys are reported
missing in action in the casualty lists
made public Friday by the War De-
partment They are Oliver N. Dan
iels. Sterling; William II. Arnett, Pad
roni. and Julian Polaco. Edith. 10
seph Rosheck. Denver. is wounded.
degree undetermined. as also is Fred
L. Tibbetts. Dolores.
General Auditor e. l. Grenfell and
Purchasing Agent w. c. Weldon of
the Colorado & Southern Railway
Company have been appointed to FIJI
the same offices with the Denver 4
Salt Lake railroad (Moffat Road. ac-
cording to an announcement made by
Acting General Manager w. F. THE
hoff
Senator John F. Shafroth took up
with the Food Administration in
Washington the matter OF allowing
prospectors and mine operators TO
carry into the hills sufficient provis-
ions to last them during the winter
months, during which time they can
not get down to the markets.
Paul Muska, A years old. and his
wife, Elizabeth Muska. 33. lie at u
point of death at the Denver county
hospital as result Of an attempt at
killing his wife and self by Muska at
their home in Montclair.
Eugene F. Clark OF Colorado Springs
is among the missing in action in the
lists of casualties made public by the
War Department. Among the wound
ed, degree undetermined. is Elmer j.
McCune. Cripple Creek. George A.
RAIDER, West Cliffe, is listed as wound
ed severely in action.
Denver railroad employees will re-
ceive wage increases amounting to
nearly 100000 a month as a result OF
the general raise in pay of many
classes OF railroad workers ordered by
Director General McAdoo.
New exhibit buildings. grandstand
and stable for race horses are being
completed at the fair grounds at
Brighton in preparation for the Adams
County Fair, to start Sept. II
President Wilson nominated the fol-
lowing to be postmasters: Colorado
Springs. o. w. Ward: Fort Collins.
f. C. McAnelly; Montrose, A. F..