The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-04
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

granted an increase IN pay.
b. Russell. a travelling man. was
shot In the left leg by . bandit who
held him up In Denver.
Five persons were injured in four
automobile accidents In Denver Sat
urday night and Sunday.
Glen Roszell OF Akron is in q French
hospital with a wrenched and twisted
neck. received at the front In France
James H. Clarke, SO, a resident OF
Denver for forty-seven years. died at
his home, 2935 Foster court. He had
been Ill for the last year.
Nancil Curran, 43. who was injured
when a motor car which he was driv-
ing turned over in Phantom canon.
died in hospital at Canon City.
Franklin f. Carringer OF Edgewater
is the Democratic candidate for lieu
tenant governor TO succeed Harry Z.
Churchill, who withdrew from the
race.
w H Demaree. 65, who was struck
In an automobile driven by Field
Thompson. in Denver. died at the Den
yer county hospital from internal in
juries
Word was received by Mrs. n Z
Mooney of Denver OF the death Of her
son. Private Paul NJ. Mooney. at Camp
{ Colt. Gettysburg. Pa. The cause Of his
death was pneumonia.
/ A. L. Mayfield. Supreme Boss of the
National Order Of Cowboy Rangers.
has been appointed publicity represen-
tative for the State Council Of Defense
and is now actively engeged in the
work.
/ 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 H. Lackey of Stonington.
| Lieut. Horace p Wells, Denver, is
prisoner OF the Huns. according to
the casualty lists made public by the
war department and marine corps,
| Sept 80. Sergt Robert Land. Denver,
| is dead OF wounds received in action.
| Among the wounded severely in action
are Glen S. Roszell Akron. and Valeri
| Valeriano. Ruby
Labor difficulties are delaying the
construction of the second unit of the
army recuperation hospital at Aurora.
Bricklayers are demanding IS day,
| carpenters are asking pay for an hour
| of the time spent going to and return
ing from work. while common labor
ers are simply fading away owing to
the higher wages offered by the gov
| ernment in other localities and by pri-
yate employers in Denver
Colorado's 1918 property assessment
| for tax purposes shows an increase
over 1917 OF S1l1, ,493. .061. according to
| abstracts filed with the secretary of
states office by the Colorado Tax
Commission. The 1918 total assess
ment. comprising local and corporate
valuations. is S1,416.779,47o; for 1917 It
was $1,305, ,2S6, 400. The assessable
property values are subject to review
by the Colorado State Board of Equal
ization.
The funeral of William Argo, son of
DIR. w. K Argo, for many years su-
perintendent of the State Home for
Deaf and Blind, was held from the
home of his parents at Colorado
Springs. Young Argo was a medical
student at Chicago and when Spanish
influenza became epidemic at one of
the big army training camps near that
city he volunteered to act as a nurse
and inferno. He contracted the dis
ease and died.
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
RADIO during the month of August to
fully and adequately ration a regiment
Of soldiers for period of thirty days.
The exact figures shown are 1852
pounds of flour or enough to feed g.
| 7S1 men for thirty days; 9S.033 pounds
| of sugar. enough for l6.639 men for
| thirty days, and l39.002 pounds OF
beef, or enough to properly serve ST.
007 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
/ count as of the north and east por-
tons of the state. The schedule,
which is to prevail in that section of
the state only, is as follows: Man.
with board. 81 ten-hour day; man,
without board. IS ten-hour day; man.
with board, $S5 a month. man and
team, with board. Sc a ten-hour day;
man and team. without board, $8 a ten
hour day.
Denver will halt all energy for one