The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-15
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

flicted with any illness, and attending
physicians who had been called to his
bedside attribute his death 10 meIan-
choia Oct IL the aged mans son,
John A. Laughlin. died On the fol-
lowing day his wife died. Several
days later another near relative in
| Canon City died
Gov. Julius C. Gunter issued proc
lamation proclaiming the week begin
| ming Monday, Nov. IL, as united war
work week in Colorado. The COVER
nor appealed TO the citizens OF this
great state to realize that peace will
soon bring prosperity TO all of us and
urged them to give generously and to
oversubscribe this most necessary
fund, in order to back up the boys
! who are gloriously winning this war
for the freedom of all humanity.
Four Colorado boys killed in action
are reported in the casualty lists
made public Nov by the War Depart
ment. They are Howard NJ. Lewis.
Denver: Ezra Blake, Springfield;
Chester b. Heggem, Longmont. and
James H. Mcintosh. Trinidad. VIII
liam o. White, Marysville. is dead of
1
Hetrick. Leroy, is dead of disease. and
Charles o. Pierson, Walsenburg, is
wounded. degree undetermined.
The Mountain Division of the Red
| Cross. headquarters in Denver, re-
Gently reported that Denver alone had
saved and delivered for shipment over
| 10000 pounds of peach pits. These
are shipped to the gas mask factories
! in New York. 1t is conservativefy es-
timated that Colorado has recently col
lected for shipment 250,00o pounds OF
peach seeds, or l25 tons. The West
ern slope probably furnished 100000
pounds of peach seeds.
A Colorado made turkey dinner will
be served to patrons of the hotels of
Colorado ON Thanksgiving day. The
Hotelmen's division of the United
| States Food Administration has be-
gun to circularize the hotel keepers
of Colorado, and other states as well,
| in an effort to stimulate the getting
up of a Thanksgiving dinner wholly
Of goods made and grown in the
state
The Colorado Development fedra-
| ton justified its existence when
ton justified its exis .ence when
81 100000 caterpillar tractor contract
order was signed by the procurement
division of the war industries board
at Washington with the Colorado Mu-
nitions Corporation, recently organ
lied at the suggestion of President
Cass e. Harrington of The federation.
Six Colorado boys are on the casual
ty lists made public by the war de-
partment Friday. They include Fred
Henderson. of Denver and lrven VI.
Kennedy, Delta, who are dead of dis
ease. The other four are reported
missing in action. They are Clarence
b. Smothers. Denver; Ralph Jacober,
Harness; Fred S. Postel Coleridge,
and Fred C. Spers, Olathe
Morris kirkland, negro. was seri
ously wounded by another negro in a
place near to that run by Victor
Walker, doorkeeper in the secretary
of states office, at 920 Nineteenth
street. Denver The police are look
ing for Elias Jackson, said to have
done the shooting
When the twenty-second Legislature
convenes in January two women re
presentatives will be included in the
sixty-five elected to the house. They
are DR.. May T. Bigelow and Mabel
Ruth Baker of Denver. Republicans
elected their entire ticket from Den.
yer county.
Samuel w Johnson of Arvada was
elected District Judge of the First dis
trict over former Governor William
C. Smith. Republican, of Golden
Four Denver men have recently re-
ceived appointments for Red Cross
service abroad and will report in New
York.
A summary of the Nov. ] crop re.
port for Colorado has been issued by
w. w. Putnam, field agent for the bu
reau of crop estimates, United States
Department of Agriculture Accord.
ing to the report, weather conditions
were favorable during October, as the
killing frost did not occur in the prin-
cipal agricultural districts until Oct
| 90, allowing most crops to mature.
The condition and yield of most crops
| are reported as favorable. The win
ter wheat crop is said to be in fine
condition. considering the dry weather
in some portions of the state, making
its unfavorable for plowing and seed
ing.
Lieut. Col. e. H.. Abadie, while pay
ing his monthly visit of inspection at
the Army hospital at Aurora learned
from the representatives of the Build
ing Trades workmen engaged at the
camp that they would remain at work
until Nov. 25. If the decision of the
authorities at Washington regarding
| their claim for extra paY of one hour