The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-24
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Colorado and the ststs cosncil - fol-
lows: .our armsss in Fraaes arc q
the midst of > great offensive. 10
carry " through to = saecsssfnl csn.
clusion 1t Il absolutely essential that
vital, War projects be furnished men
Immediately. Between now and No
vsmber 20 II your state viii do its du.
ty by furnishing the number of men
herein indicated you win be making
the most valuable contribution to the
winnipg Of the war that 1t In poesihae
t. mako ct the present time"
Three Colorado boys who have gives
their lives to their co,,ntry's cause are
reported in the casualty lists made
public by the War Department Oct 1s.
They arc Chester A. Beggs. Colorado
| Springs. killed In action; Corp. Frank
b. Ailiiard. Denver. died Of wounds.
and Leslie D. Newton. Pueblo. died Of
disease. Five other COLORADO boys are
reported severely wounded In action.
They are Lieut.. Richard e. Clancy and
Gay Walker. Lamar: Serst. Earl Rist.
Aurora; Frederick A. 0eisert and Ron
aid w. Walker, Denver. Among the
wounded. degree undetermined, are
Luciden Deranleau, Sterling. and joe
Cermak, Primero.
seret Perry w. Tiff, Denver. u
dead from wounds, according to tho
casualty list made public by the War
Department Oct Is. Joseph Bassea.
Keating, has been killed In action
John r. Vance, Virgins. 10 missing In
action. TWO Denver boys are amonx
the wounded in action: James J.
o'Connor IL severely wounded. and
Earl Kane is wounded, degree unde-
termined. Lincoln 8. Wise. Wray, and
John M. Heggen. Longmont. IN
wounded severely.
Immediate organization of Highway
Transport committees in every COM
munity In the state will be undertaken
once by the Highways Transport
committee Of the State Council Of De-
Tense. acting upon ins. uctions re-
ceived from Warrington. In the mean
time the Educational division OF the
Transport committee is proceeding
rapidly with Its plans for Motor Trans
port day throughout the state on
Nov. 15.
For relief works In European Russia
the Red Cross has spent to date 81
S07.9ls OF this. x53l,O00 was for
milk for the babies Of Petrosrad. 3cS..
s75 for 125 motor ambulances. and
plies. One hundred and twenty thous
and dollars were spent for the relief
Of refugees in Switzerland and siberia
and for destitute families Of soldiers In
Russia.
Corn meal and corn flour show q re.
duction in price Of from 10 to 80 cents
per 100 pounds over q week ago. This
reduction has been announced by mills
and the price control committee Of the
mands that retailers make . proper.
tionate reduction. An increase of 2
cents per pound In the sale price Of
lima beans ID noted In the quotations
announced
The Spanish influenza 10 still spread
ing In Fort Morgan. Two deaths have
resulted. Two of the five doctors have
recovered from It, while about twenty
cases arc In the city. The barber
shops were closed on the 18th by the
owners to stop the spread of the dis
ease. while drastic steps are being
taken by the authorities to prevent its
spread.
Colorado has been included in the
plan Of educational exchange which
has been started between the allied
countries and has received as her
nh tru0 oh
from France by Mrs. Stocks Millar
and enrolled at Colorado College. Colo
RADIO Springs.
A parsonage will be erected near
the church at Maybell.
Flasler's streets have been graded
and are to be graveled.
DIR. E. E. Kennedy. secretary of the
State Board Of Health. sent dispatch
to Surgeon General Blue in Washing
ton stating that with the cooperation
Of doctors and nurses the influenza
situation in Colorado was under con-
troll. and that there were NO indica-
tons OF its reaching dangerous proper.
tions
The men In the Montana contingent
Al the students army training camp At
Boulder started q Liberty Loan cam.
paign among their own members. The
first result was the tuying Of fifteen
800 bonds. one to go to each of the
families Of the fifteen men who have
died Of influenza at the camp
A change has been made in the hour
during which the stores will be open
In Denver to avoid crowded street
cars. not because Of conditions in the
stores but on account of the influenza
During this period the stores will open
l ~ and olo nj