The Raymer enterprise., 1918-12-05
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

Colorado has the names Of twenty
sne Of her boys on the casualty lists
made public by the War Department
Nov. rs. The list Is the longest Of the
war up to date. although 1t Is ssu-
mated that there are yet nearly 10000
casualties to be reported. OF the
twenty-one Coloradoans in Mondays
list ten are dead Of disease. They are
Richard !. Nicholson. Denver; Wendell
p Harness, Colorado Springs; Ernest
A. Schmachtenberger. Galeta. Paul
Pritchard. Villas; Elmer Void. Rico;
Nurse Clara Aregren. George B. Steele
and Merle N. Bunce. Colorado
Springs; Barney J. Burk. Johnstown;
James II. Underwood. Paonia. o. c.
Dean. Boone. Is among the dead OF
wounds received In action: Rubin J.
Irwin. Granite. IL among the missing
in action. Among the wounded. de-
gree undetermined. are Daniel Bets.
Loveland: William Reiter. Fort Nor
gan. and Joe A. Lopez. Aguilar. The
slightly wounded list includes William
J. Fohr and Wesley c. Mumma. Den
yer; Hubert X. Clay, Colorado
Springs; Jay A. Snider, Milliken; Roy
McCarl. seibert. and Ward W. White.
Caddox.
When the far-famsd Rainbow divi-
sion Of the Forty-second decision. the
pioneer division abroad. parades
down the streets OF the nations capi-
tai on day soon to come, . unit made
up Of Colorado boys will be in the pa
rade. The unit Is the 1esth field hos
pital, which IL made up Of eighty-eight
men, seventy OF them from Denver.
The 1ssth field hospital was formerly
with the National Guard OF Colorado.
and served with that organization on
the Mexican border.
A Union Pacific relief train made
what 10 believed TO be a record run
over that part Of the line Thanksgiv-
ing day. when caboose attached TO
An engine made the twenty miles from
Brighton to Denver In seventeen min
utes. The train was run to bring q
fireman. Hugh c. Noxvell. to Mercy
hospital. after both mis- legs and his
right hand had been severed when be
fell under the engine at Brighton. The
fast run enabled the victim to see his
wife at the hospital before he died.
bonds.
Immediate, specific. organized and
determined action by Denver citizens
TO raise the necessary $4.500.000 to
build the proposed James peak tunnel
and thus make possible the successful
operation and extension Of this scenic
railroad reaching vast region OF
Colorados richest resources. was
urged by Senator.elect Lawrence C.
Phipps. Governor.elect Oliver H. Shoup
and Attorney William V. Hodges at a
citizenship dinner Of 200 Denver bust.
ness men.
Plans for the further enlargement
Of the army's big recuperation camp
near Aurora. calling for an addition OF
thirty-six buildings. providing l,5o0
more beds. have been completed. ac-
cording. to word from official sources
at Washington. With these new struc.
lures, the hospital will be the largest
Of Its kind In the world, and will care
for $500 patients.
First Lieut.. Raymond w. Lamb. q
Denver boy. one Of the heroes with
General Allenby and winner Of the
military cross with bar, died OF pneu'
monia in Cairo. Egypt, according to
word received by his parents. DIR. and
Mrs. Percy Lamb. The notice states
that he died Nov. IA and that he was
buried In Cairo.
An urgent call was sent out by the
Denver Chapter, American Red Cross
for nurses. nurses aides or practical
nurses Of any kind to take charge Of
patients who will soon begin to come
into the two emergency hospitals
fitted up by the Red Cross In. the Sol
diersi and Sailors Club and Ell Jebel
temple.
Liberty ehoruses have been estab
llshed in fifty counties In Colorado un
der the organization work OF NJ. Z
Gleaves. chairman OF that committee
The other counties are being organ
lied.
William p. Ogden. first conductor on
the Colorado Central railroad between
Denver and Golden. the line that was
afterwards made part OF the Colo
RADIO & Southern. died at Spokane
Wash. Mr.. Ogden came to Colorado
in 1860, attracted by the discoveries
made in mines, but soon took to rail
reading.
Mrs. Arthur Robinson and Mrs
Wayne Robinson. sisters-in-law, are
the mothers OF the first war babies
born in Keota. The children were
born at the Arthur Robinson home
within the same hour. Both fathers
are In the army and neither is YET
aware OF the arrival OF the stork.
The consumers coupon sugar card
system was discontinued Dec. /. Mer
chants. however. will be held respon
sibIe TO see that their customers dc
not buy more than their allotment oi