The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-10
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
We. -.rn n. s-pap-r Union New. Service.

granted an increase in pay.
All the counties express their cor
fidence in going over the top" wit
the Fourth Loan.
Four hundred more residents o
Denver applied for liquor licenses Il
September than in the preceding Au
gust, and s,645 permits were issued
Franklin L. Carringer of Edgewate
is the Democratic candidate for lieu
tenant governor to succeed Harry
Churchill, who withdrew from th'
race.
w. II. Demaree, 65. who was strucl
in an automobile driven by Fielt
Thompson. in Denver, died at the Den
yer county hospital from internal in
juries.
Word was received by Mrs. NJ. E
Mooney OF Denver OF the death Of heI
son, Private Paul NJ. Mooney. at Camp
Colt, Gettysburg. Pa. The cause OF his
death was pneumonia.
The United State battleplane from
Ellington field. Texas, reached Trini
dad and Pueblo Friday. and scattered
Liberty Bond advertising. and arrived
IN Denver SATURDAY.
Guy Duncan. 23, son of Walter Dun
can OF Peetz. in northern Logan coun
ty. was killed in action Sept. 2. &C
cordlng to telegram received from
the War Department.
W. II. Rathvon has been elected to
the board of directors of the Chris
tian Science church. He formerly
lived In Denver and was one OF the
founders of the Christian Science
movement.
Pupils in 5000 Colorado rural
schools will start work Oct. 10. taking
a census OF the states livestock and
acreage. Each school will be assigned
a specific amount of the surrounding
territory for the census.
The casualty lists from France con-
tain the names of several Colorado
soldiers. Among those severely
wounded are Gustav A. Glantz of Den
yer, Thomas G. Newman of Grand
Junction. Robert w. Anderson of Aus
tin. Thomas w Hill of Olney Springs
and William Fl. Lackey OF Stonington.
Denver will halt all energy for one
minute every day at noon for silent
PRAYER for the success OF our armies
ard those of the allies in the field
The movement, which was begun In
Denver by DR.. John Price several
seeks ago. is already an established
custom in most OF the large cities of
the United States.
Two hundred and fifty draft regis
trants will entrain in the various
counties Oct Is for Fort Collins,
where they will receive special train
ing for general service under call
received by Provost Marshal Miles G..
Saunders. They will receive instruc-
tions at the Agricultural school camp
prior to leaving for service overseas.
Should any army or navy nurses be
captured and held prisoners by the
Germans. they will be provided with
food and clothing by the American
Red Cross during the time OF captiv-
ity, according to Information received
at the headquarters of the Mountain
division OF the Red Cross from Miss
Jane A. Delano. director of the de-
partment OF nursing in Washington.
John H. Bird. Yampa. is among the
killed in action reported in the cas-
ualty lists made public by the War
Department and the Marine Corps.
Among the wounded severely in ac-
ton are Fred ]. Duckworth, Hillrose;
Jacob F. Binder. Wheatridge. and
Lawrence d. Barner. Lewis. John b.
Howard. Avon, previously reported
missing. now is reported killed in &C.
tion.
According to figures received at the
Denver headquarters of the food ad
ministration enough food was saved
by the $4,000 eating houses in Colo
rado during the month OF August to
fully and adequately ration a regiment
of soldiers for period of thirty days
The exact figures shown are 127.6i2
pounds OF flour or enough to feed 81
7s1 men for thirty days: 9S,0S3 pounds
of sugar. enough for 1869 men for
thirty days, and 139.002 pounds OF
beef. or enough to properly serve a.
OO7 men for thirty days.
A wage schedule for farm labor in
the agricultural districts of northern
Colorado has been determined upon
by the field secretary of the State
Council of Defense and a convention
of agricultural agents representing the
counties of the north and east por-
tions of the state. The schedule.
which is to prevail in that section of
the state only. is as follows: Man.
with board. 81 a<ten-hour day; man.
without board. s. ten-hour day; man.
with board. $S5 month; man and
team. with board. SC ten-hour day;
man and team. without board, sS n ten
hour day.
at will be the glory of this genera
tion to hand down heritage of per-