The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-09-20
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


hill was robbed of one Of the two re
volyers he carried-either before or
after he was slain-and the revela-
ton that the bandits are wanted in
half a dozen Eastern cities for robber-
les they perpetrated either previous
to or subsequent to the Kansas train
robbery, are the most recent develop
ments in the hunt for the remaining
members Of the outlaw band which ter
orized Denver and Colorado Springs
t Sept. 13 and IA. shooting to death two
officer1 and wounding four others.
AT a conference with several en-
gineers Governor Gunter arranged to
send State Engineer McCune to Wash
ington to confer with Secretary Lane
and representatives of other Western
+ states in regard to providing land on
reasonable terms for returning sol
diers, and also to assist in laying plans
similar to those in use in the British
and French empires and in Australia
for providing all farm equipment on
longtime loans. carrying a low inter
est rate.
ance of service on the Colorado Mid
land railroad and the proposed dis
mantling were presented to the Su
preme Court in oral argument Sept.
II by counsel representing the own
ers, the receiver, A. +. Carlton, the
shippers and the Colorado Title and
Trust Company Represented. also,
were the Colorado Utilities Commits.
sion and the attorney generals office.
The case was taken under advise
ment.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Colo
RADIO elected the following officers at
the meeting in Denver: Clarence NJ
Kellogg, grand master. Frank l.. Bish-
op, deputy grand master; Haslett p.
Burke, senior grand warden; Mar
shall H. Van Fleet, junior grand war
den: H. w. Woodward, grand treas
urer: Charles II. jacobson, grand sec
retary They will close the grand lodge
I with todays session About 400 dele
gates from all sections of the state
4 were in attendance.
Miss Anna Marie Cheney. education
al director Of the federal food admin
istration for Colorado. resigned 10 be
come publicity organiser for the Noun.
tain division Of the Red Cross. Her
work will be the organisation of pub
licity. departments In the Red Cross
chapters in Colorado. New Mexico
Wyoming and Utah. She is succeeded
in the food office by Miss Marion Stin-
gel.
Another step was taken Wednesday
| toward increasing the new national
army. Questionnaires were sent by
local boards throughout the state to
approximately 10000 registrants be
tween the ages of 10 and 36, both in
elusive who enrolled Sept. IL. Word
was sent to the boards by Provost
Marshal John Evans. following instruc-
tions from Washington.
Six boys from Colorado left Denver
4 to Join the student army training corps
at Georgetown University, Washing
ton, d. c. The boys, all of whom are
18 years old. are Leo P. Martin,
Kremmling; Charles Donald Sheedy,
Yuma; Paul v. Dunn, E. Mulroony. Ed
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land Marion of Denver.
Herbert C. Howe, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles E. Howe of Pueblo, 10 re-
ported as missing in action. Howe,
who is % years of age, enlisted in am
bulance corps No. 5, Third Sanitary
division at San Antonio, Tex, last De.
cember and has been in France since
last May.
The automobile which the citizens
OF Denver presented to Mayor Speer
has been sold by Mrs. Speer for 81 200
which sum has been turned into the
Speer memorial fund by Mrs. Speer
Frank Mitchell. aged 40. was arrest.
ed at Julesburg. Colo, by Deputy
United States Marshal w. J. McClel.
land. charged with failure to register
in the draft Sept IL.
Soldiers and sailors can obtain a
free education at the University OF
Colorado at Boulder, according to an,
nouncement made by Secretary OF
War Baker The institution will admit
all who have been honorably dis
charged. and from many state, possess
ing the required educational qualifica.
tions.
Statewide readiness for the Fourth
Liberty Loan drive was reported by
bankers from all sections Of Colorado
attending the convention of the Colo
RADIO Bankers Association at Colorado
Springs, according to H. L. Morgan
executive secretary of the Colorado
State Liberty Loan committee.
The enrolment at the Colorado
School of Mines at Golden shows q
gain this year. The freshmen class
has already reached over 100 with
more coming in.
Frank NJ. Shepard, son Of Mrs. Net