The Ordway new era., 1918-10-25
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

public by the War Department Oct. IA.
Corp. Clarence II. Bruce of Meeker
and Millard A. Holland of Rule were
killed in action. Among the dead from
wounds received in action are Edward
A. Mitchell. Denver: Orvle C. Trout
Fleming: Albert Robbins, Akron;
Clyde G. Duffy, Canon City. Among
the dead of disease are Norris ii. Mel
son, Boulder; Orol r. Millikan. Rocky
Ford. and Walter B. Hardy. Maxey.
James Gray. Holly. died of accident
and other causes. Floyd l.. Ridgway,
Boyero, is among the wounded severe
ly. while Capt. John C. Hazlett, Ber-
thoud, is listed as wounded, degree un
determined
An official order prohibiting every
kind of gathering throughout the state
for the duration of the epidemic oil
Spanish influenza was issued by the
State Board of Health. meeting in the
office of DIR. Erlo +. Kennedy in the
capitol building. This action followed
that OF the health board of the city
Denver, which ordered that there
should be no public meetings of any
kind in Denver, either indoors or in
the open. The order of both city and
state prohibits meetings of every ma
ture, even social gatherings at private
homes.
E. E. Schuyler, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce at Montrose
and a member of the widely known
and very numerous old Dutch family
OF Schuylers whose ancestors settled
in New York, when 1t was still
New Amsterdam, and whose Amer
icanism antedates that of most Amer
leans of English descent. has received
copy OF newspaper from his home
county in New York which tells the
story of a Schuyler family from which
six sons out of ten are in the war and
the other four are willing to go If
needed.
Scarcity of gold-or the cost of
mining gold from ores and placers-
would express 1t normally IL govern
ment standards asd government in
ierference did not stand in the way
Platinum, wheat, cotton, rubber and
other articles have responded in price
TO war conditions, and as rule these
articles now sell for prices which bal
ance the admitted advance in the cost
of living Gold and silver are held in
restraint and do not represent fair
profit on the actual cost of produc
ton.
Sergt. Perry w. Tiff, Denver, is
dead from wounds, according to the
casualty list made public by the War
Department Oct. 10. Joseph Bassea,
Keating, has been killed in action
John r. Vance. Virgins, is missing in
action. Two Denver boys are among
the wounded in action: James ].
O'Connor is severely wounded, and
| Earl Kane is wounded, degree unde-
termined. Lincoln S. Wise, Wray, and
John NJ. Heggen. Longmont. is
wounded severely.
For relief works in European Russia
the Red Cross has spent to date ST.
S07,919 OF this, $531 900 was for
milb for the babies of Petrograd, SOS,
975 for l25 motor ambulances, and
,3S4.l63 for medical and surgical sup
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.
With Colorado's total Fourth Lib
erty Loan subscriptions unofficially
beyond the states entire quota of $31,-
i7S,550, bank reports Oct. Is gave of
fetal recording of s15,031.700 of the
s19. 500, 800 required from the counties
outside of Denver, while three more
counties individually went over the
top of their quotas and Denver raised
its total subscription to about $751;
100000
A telegram was received in Denver
by John L. Willard. son-in-law of Nil
ward Hewitt. stating that John M.
Hewitt, only son of Milward Hewitt,
Nad died from Spanish influenza at
Camp Meigs, Washington, d. C.
Seventy-five new cases of Spanish
influenza were reported by the health
department of Colorado Springs, Oct.
Is. and physicians declare that the epi-
demic has not as yet reached Its
worst. At Colorado College the dis
ease has been almost eradicated. only
four cases being in isolation there. The
total number of cases in the city is
240.
Spanish influenza, followed by
pneumonia, has caused the deaths of
four members of the family of ]. II.
Perry of Denver and the serious i'll
ness of three others.
Forest service road projects in Colo
RADIO are likely TO be discontinued on
account of the labor situation. accord
ing to Robert L. Pratt, district engin-
Ger of the service.
The Allen Cattle Company of Colo
RADIO Springs received many OF the
prizes awarded for shorthorn cattle al
he Montana State fair held in Helena