The Colorado statesman., 1918-10-12
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts of
Colorado

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Western N. sspnp-r Union News Service.
Harvesting of beets has started at
Rocky Ford.
r. Z. limerick of Joycoy died at
Camp Dodge, Ia, from influenza.
A monster parade opened Denver's
drive for the Fourth Liberty Loan.
J. w. Woods of Fort Collins, who is
with the Canadian forces, is reported
wounded in the casualty lists.
Disabled soldiers who go to the Au-
rora recuperation camp, are to have
the opportunity to learn farming.
At Boulder, the spread of influenza
has become alarming. Two hundred
cases have been enumerated, with ten
deaths ascribed to pneumonia.
In the absence of the family four
masked Mexicans entered the home
of Adam Allies, one mile southwest of
Greeley, and took over 800 and jew
elry.
Eleven deaths from Spanish influ-
enza and over 100 new cases were re-
ported in Denver on Monday, making
total of thirty deaths and about 500
cases.
Denver's intensive drive to sell her
S17,911, $50 quota of Fourth Liberty
Loan bonds, and If possible to surpass
that figure, began with a monster
parade Monday.
Thousands Of spectators swarmed
Cheesman park Sunday to get a closer
view of the giant battleplane which
landed in Denver Saturday from El-
lington field, Texas.
The list of casualties Monday after
noon reports that Liebert Derosier of
CorteZ was killed in action and that
Orlo McRae of Cortez had died of
wounds received in battle.
Loyal Manitou," consistent with
her past records in patriotic work,
was the first town in the state to go
over the top in her Fourth Liberty
Loan quota, the allotment of 1884,
having been exceeded by $15,500 at
noon Oct. 5.
John Jakawicz of Louisville is dead
of wounds in France, as reported in
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
Kimbal, C. Bartlett of Limon are miss
ing in action.
Two hundred and fifty Colorado
men will receive special technical
int, ha 70 Aur nil
lege at Fort Collins under the cal
issued by the provost marshal genera.
fol- 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. 12.
With the perfecting of the 100000
corporation, plans for the Colorado
Munitions Corporation, formed under
the direction of the Colorado Develop
ment Federation, every steel working
plant and machine shop in every city
of Colorado is asked to apply at once
for its share of the stock which will
permit them to receive its capacity of
work on the great shell program about
to be closed by the government.
Lieut. Jerry C. Vasconcele of Den
yer is once again the hero of the air
fighting northwest of Verdun. He was
mentioned in dispatches as the stal OF
the day. Lieutenant Vasconcele, with
four other aviators, engaged seven
German machines in the region of File
vile, brought one of them to the
ground, and routed the others. 1t was
the fire from Lieutenant Vasconcele's
machine which downed the enemy
plane.
Four to five hundred cases of influ
enza were reported in Denver.
Three Colorado boys are reported
killed in action in the casualty lists
made public Monday by the War De
partment. They are Guy II. Dunken
Peetz; Orlo McRat, La Veta, and Lieu
bert Derosier, Cortez. Carl A. Simon
son, Good Pasture, is dead of wounds
received in action. Among the severe
ly wounded in action are William s.
Stevenson, Pueblo; Lieut.. Richard T.
Wilson, Victor; Sergt Edward S. vii
lis, Durango, and Floyd T. Webster,
Sedgwick
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 plowing and seed
ing, which is under way generally A
larger 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 crnr, of alfalfa is nrn