Gilpin observer., 1918-10-31
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

COLORADO NEWS NOTES.
An assay made Of ore taken frcm-
the Williams shaft at Cripple Creek
in ground controlled by the Dead
wood leasing pool shows sylvanite
formation valued at about $214 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 tho
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 we'll with de-
velopment, and shipment of the first
carload was made 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 M,
Howe, who is dead of disease; Mark
r. Hart and Henry G. Waldhauser,
wounded severely in action, and Har.
old Caldwell. slightly wounded in &C
ton. Bugler George Klumker, Tono-
pas, is dead of wounds. Among the
wounded. degree undetermined. are
John Frew, Floresta, and Glare
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. l show but little change over
the previous week. An advance in the
price of eggs from 62 cents to 65 cents
per dozen, All advance of cents per
pound in the price of Wisconsin dairy
twin cheese and an advance of 3 cents
per can in the price of No. 2 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. &c, prompted DR.. Erlo e. 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
COG new cases and seventy-eight
deaths for the Neutrality-suspicious. pc
rioa previous. The new cases are
most numerous in the mountain and
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 6,0S7 men has
been assigned to Colorado by the pro
vost marshal generals office as the
states share in the calls for men of
the registration of Sept. IL, between
the ages of 10 and 36, which will soon
be issued. Governor julius C. Gunter
has assured the provost marshal gen.
eral that 1000 men are available for
entrainment as early as Nov. 4.
"The influenza epidemic is abating
east Of the mountains, but 1t is at It's
height in the mountain region and
west of the range" The foregoing
brief report wired to the national
health department Thursday by DIR. E.
Il. Kennedy, state health officer, COW
ers in general the situation in Colo
RADIO.
Although he was one of the last
men to leave the cargo ship Buena
Ventura when 1t was torpedoed sew
eral hundred miles off the coast of
Spain, Marcus West Haynes. son OF
Mrs. Alice Haynes. of Denver. is one
of a 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 oi
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 '$17,431.S5 was officially an
nounced to the city council by Clair
]. Pitcher, manager of revenue. The
valuation for 1919 is sS4S,500.O00 and
for 1918 1t was 1881 1068, $50.
Rose M. Dean, well known in Den.