Gilpin observer., 1918-10-10
COLORA,
STATE M

Harvesting OF beets b..
Rocky Ford.
| Four to five hundred CT
snxa were reported in Der
A monster parade openi
drive for the Fourth Libel
All the counties expresS
fidence in going over the
the Fourth Loan.
Thousands of spectators
Cheesman park Sunday to ge
view of the giant battlepla
landed in Denver Saturday
lington field, Texas.
Guy Duncan, 23. son of Wall
can of Peetz. in northern Loga
ty, was killed in action Sept.
cording to a telegram received
the War Department.
Roy Vanarter, II, following an
cation with his father, H. o.
ter, at Colorado Springs. commi
suicide by shooting himself in
head with a small caliber rifle.
Richard Crawford Campbell. Jr.,
years old. died at Hanover, N. H.,
pneumonia, following Spanish influ-
ch1o. AsAi- SoSAaPbSil W oo "a oeoeSAe 49,
Dartmouth, and was taken i'll more
than week ago.
Pupils in 5000 Colorado rural
schools will start work Oct. Is, taking
census of the states livestock and
acreage. Each school will be assigned
specific amount of the surrounding
territory for the census.
Miss Theodosia E. Raines, director
of the womans division of the United
States employment service in Colo.
RADIO, doesn't think 1t necessary for
Colorado women at present to take
up the work OF men along general
lines.
John Jakawicz of Louisville is dead
of wounds in France, as reported in
the casualty list. The following were
wounded severely in action: Chester
L. Burke of Pueblo, steve D. Diafal.
eros of Greeley and Richard A. Lewis
Of Cameo. Ray R. Harris Of Line and
Kimball G. Bartlett of Limon are miss
Ing in action.
| 1T will be the glory of this genera.
tion to hand down heritage of per.
manent peace, and the way to do this
| is to support our soldiers to the limit
and win this war as quickly as poss
ble," declared Chairman Karl
Schuyler of the Denver Liberty
| Committee, in an address befor
| ly 200 members of the Rotar
in Liberty Loan meeting.
Following the order issued lat,
urday night by the Denver Boar.
Health closing schools and theat,
and other places of public gathering
as precaution against the spread OF
the influenza epidemic, it is now prob
able that action will be taken to close
all state educational institutions for
such period of time as seems neces.
sary to check the spread of the dis
ease.
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 ac-
tion.
Disabled soldiers who go to the Au.
rora recuperation camp, are to have
the opportunity to learn farming.
Two hundred and fifty Colorado
men will receive special technical
training at the State Agricultural col
ege at Fort Collins under the call
issued by the provost marshal general
for 29,999 men to entrain Oct. Is.
None but registrants who are physi.
cally fit and who are grammar school
graduates will be accepted under this
call. Voluntary enlistments will be
allowed until Oct. ~.
Last weeks weather crop bulletin
says: The yield OF small grains, how.
ever, is generally satisfactory. The
rains have put the soil in excellent
condition for fall blowing and seed.
Ing. which is under way generally. A
layger acreage OF wheat is being
planted in many districts. The pick.
Ing Of apples has begun in all sections
Of the western valleys and in the
Canon City district; in the latter dis.
trict = short crop is reported. The
harvesting of truck, potatoes. beans
and the third crop of alfalfa is pro-
crossing. The harvesting of sugar
beets has been started.