Gilpin observer., 1918-10-31
COLORADO.
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Three boys were accused of abduct-
ing Katie Kloster and her chum In
Denver.
fluenza developed in Pueblo. making a
total of 391 cases in ALL
The ''flu" has good grip ON Rocky
Ford. but while there are something
like $50 cases, most of them are light.
The Dinwiddie ranch south of Hay.
den produced an average of thirty
bushels per acre of wheat, on 124
acres.
The big problem of the hour at Carl
bou. as well as at mahy other camps
of the county just now, is that Of la
Dor shortage. .ft't4s
Denver "came through with
promptness when in two hours her
quota of $4,000 for Denver Boy.
Scouts was raised.
That Spanish influenza has about
run its course in Denver was the
declaration of DR.. William H. Sharp
ley. manager of health.
A large body of high grade silver
bearing iron has been discovered in
the new Huter shaft on the Matchless
property on Fryer hill, Leadville.
Kathryn Yama, the only Japanese
baby in Routt county, and the month
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. X. q.
Yama. is the owner of a Liberty Bond.
Incomplete returns show that Colo.
RADIOS 1000 women Liberty Loan
workers have secured nearly $7.OOO.OOO
of the states $4,000 900 total subscrip-
tions to the Fourth Liberty Loan.
Miss Nola M. Gillespie and Miss Ada
Irene Hawkins, of Denver, and Miss
Wave M. Richardson of Pueblo, left
Denver for New York from hence they
will sail to France to do Red Cross
work.
The funeral of Joseph A. Thatcher,
chairman of the board of directors Of
the Denver National bank and pioneer
Colorado financier, who died at his
home in Denver, was held Monday af-
ternoon.
Word was received in Denver of the
death of Howard S. Lee Of influenza
at Silverton. Mr.. Lee was widely
known throughout Colorado and the
west as mining engineer of marked
ability.
Four mills running this year as COM
pared to one last year. and another in
prospect This tells in brief the
marvellous development of the mining
district up on Left Hand creek, says
a Boulder report.
At Central City the Eureka Mining
Company settled for some concer
trates recently that ran around 1916
ton for the first-class. There wer.
two carloads in the shipment, one be-
ing zinc product.
An Idaho Springs statement says
the X. & X. Company, has taken over
the old Gold Anchor property at Alice
and now has nineteen men working
there-about every available man in
the camp being employed.
The seven patients who arrived on
the 26th at United States hospital No.
ceived there who have been invalided
home from service overseas. All are
from the fighting front in France.
Seven million pc-ads of sugar were
saved for the consumption of the
country last season by the United
States Boys Working Reserve, &C.
cording to word received by the State
Council of Defense.
Three Colorado boys slightly
wounded are contained In the lists of
casualties made public by the war de-
partment Oct %. They are: Edgar
]. Allen. Berthoud; William L. Black.
Lay. and Russell ]. Burge, Goldfield.
The tipple at the Hart coal mine
near Craig has been remodeled and is
preparing for busy season.
Four deaths from influenza were re-
ported at Boulder. Friday. and three
at Nederland. There were twelve new
cases in Boulder, of which ten were
among the students in training. Boul-
der had thirtyeight funerals Thurs
day.
A sample Of selected ore from the
Deadwood lease. Cripple Creek dis.
trict, assayed at the metallurgical ore.
testing plant, Colorado School Of
Mines at Golden, returns 2S.66 ounces
gold and 3.6S ounces silver to the ton.
a value Of $576.8S.
Cicely Banner Daniels, widow of
William Cooke Daniels, died at Gun
ten. on Lac de Thune. Switzerland.
Other than that the death was due to
pneumonia, no details were given In
the telegram received by Charles Mac.
Allister Wilcox in Denver.
Mrs. Julia White of Denver, the
mother Of five sons. has given them
all to the service Of their country. and
two grandsons are also enrolled, one
Of whom is with the American expedi-