The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-10
CENTENNIAL STATE i1EMS,

so to the end OF tie period less than
1000 remains to be collected 70
reach that result. TIE General ~
sembly estimated the collections Tor
the two years ending Nov. 80, 1918. at
$500, 900. With collections for the last
two weeks In September the total ac-
tually collected has reached s5ls.-
s2098. The inheritance tax depart
ment is about to close up several es-
taies which, II is estimated. will bring
the total to above the sG0o000 mark.
Nearly a,0J0 students were formal
| " inducied into the students army
training corps in various Colorado edu
caiional institutions Oct. !. This num-
Der, however, does not represent the
full strength OF all Colorado units. a.
registration was continued throughout
the week. II IL proba Bile that the corps
Will eventually reach. II II does not
exceed $500 students In this state
alone, divided between the University
OF Colorado al Boulder. Denver Uni
versity. the Colorado Agricultural Col
lege at Fort Collins. the Colorado
School Of Mines at Golden and Colo
RADIO College at Colorado Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Irwin Of Denver,
parents OF First Lieut. Emory S. Ir-
win. who died Of wounds received In
action in France. have been officiall.
notified by the War Department, OF
their sons death. The first report
they received of his death came
through Miss Sheridan Whip. a Red
Cross worker. Through other sources
Mr.. Irwin learned that his son was
shot through the head Aug 30. while
leading his company in charge on
the Germans He was taken 10 hos
pital, where be died month later.
AS a precautionary measure against
Spanish influenza health authorities
al Pueblo issued an order closing all
public meeting places, motion picture
lheaters, pubic schools and eharcnes
until further notice. SIX cases OF in
iilenza reported at Pueblo were
brought from Newton, Kan. and were
immediately isolated. There is nc
danger Of an epidemic from that
source, as all of these cases are re
ported as recovered. but rigid quar-
uptipa {c hatnu Int
The casualty list confirms The re
ported death OF William c. Met Conne.i
OF Colorado Springs. whose mother re
eeiyed his personal effects some days
ago. Carl II. Lott OF Grand Junction
and John H. Bird OF Yampa are among
those who have died 81 the front
Missing in action are T. II. Culbertson
OF Kirk and Jacob C. Hood Of Haley
vile. Fred l.. Duckworth Of Hil.rose
Hugh H. McCreary OF Pueblo and
Archie X. Craig of Springfield. are re
ported wounded seriously.
News OF the death OF Lieut.. Wilfred
MELVIN Strauss OF the quartermas;er
corps, has been received by his moth
er, Mrs. Mary Strauss, OF Aurora
Lieutenant Strauss death came as the
result of Spanish influenza after an
Illness Of two weeks. He was sta
toned al one of the army supply Of
fices al Boston, and il was while on
iuty there that he contracted the dis
ease
Spanish Influenza has claimed tive
victims at the United States radio
school at Colorado Springs. Leland
James OF Trinidad and Harbert Care,
OF Fredonia, Kan. died from the dis
ease. There are sixty cases unde'
isolation at the radio hospital and
about twenty-five cases among civil
ians in the city.
A committee of nine Colorado edu
Gators will try for the $4,000 prize
offered blythe National Institution OF
Moral instruction for the best plan
outlined for the character education
OF Chlluren ana youth.
Puiltink in Denver during the month
Of September showed a decrease of
s4s>5G0 over the amount authorized
for The stI'e period last year. with a
decrease ci hut twenty in the number
OF permits Issued.
When is marine not marine?
When she is marinette Denver con.
tr!bdted the first woman marine from
this state when Miss Ethel Sly en-
rolled as private for four years, left
for Washington to take up her duties
in the clerical department OF the ma.
rine corps, reserve class L.
Mineral county was $1,000 over the
top in the Fourth Liberty Loan. with
an $iS.060 total subscription reported
Oct |, and more subscriptions ex.
pected. Its quota was $4,000. This
news was flashed 10 the Colorado
State Liberty Loan committee, Tues.
day.
Eden B. jenkins, son Of Myron N.
jenkins Of Boulder and fireman on
the battleship Missouri. died in the
naval hospital at Philadelphia Of
pneumonia brought on by an attack OF
Spanish influenza. His father re
ceived a telegram announcing that
the body had been sent TO Boulder
Turner Wright, 80 years old and for
more than fifty years a resident OF
Colorado, died in Denver.