The Ordway new era., 1918-10-04
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

of Colorado was held at the Denver
meeting with results as follows: Hey
bert s. Sands, Denver. grand high
priest; Marshall H. Van Fleet. Alamo
sa, deputy grand 'high priest; Mark
b. Gill. Fort Morgan, grand king;
Thomas Il. Shears. Denver, grand
scribe; Robert NJ Simons, Denver.
grand treasurer; Charles II. Jacobson.
grand secretary; the Rev. Henry A.
O'Malley, Denver. grand chaplain;
George b. Clark. Denver. grand lectur-
er; Samuel ]. Sweet, Denver, grand
captain of the host; VIII ID. Grisard.
Pueblo. grand principal sojourner;
Reuben W. Hersey. Denver. grand
royal arch commander; Harry V. Will
Hanson. Delta, grand master OF the
third veil: Walter r. Lewis. Trinidad.
grand master of the second veil;
ter of the first veil, and Allen ]. Read.
Denver, grand sentinel.
The announcement of the death OF
Roy Lancaster, alias Kansas City
Blackie Roscoe, one of the leaders of
the Lewis gang of bandits and out
laws. who left trail of terror thru
out Colorado two weeks ago and the
subsequent capture of his brother,
Warren Lancaster. by Kansas City
police, after a pitched battle between
the outlaws and police reserves was
received gladly by the Denver police
department.
That Turkey must be entirely elm
cd hn of hn WnrId nC
state and government was the en-
phatic statement of the Rev. B. s.
Varje, native of Armenia and grad
uate of Roberts college of Constanti-
nople and Chicago seminary, in an ad-
dress at the Central Presbyterian
church in Denver
Walter W. Esteep. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. NJ. Esteep of Trinidad. has
entered the radio department of the
nayy's electrical school at Mare Is
land. and is learning to be wireless
operator there. He is at present a
second-class petty officer. Prior to
enlisting he operated a large ranch
near Trinidad
Fifty students of Denver University
will be permitted to enroll in the
students army training corps of the
navy, and sixty students of the Unit
versity of Colorado will be accorded
the same privilege. according to in
formation received by Lieut. Stanley
Mitchell of the Denver naval recruit
ing office.
C. NJ. Garden, field manager of an
insurance company arrived in Denver
and as a result of breaking the sugar
ruling by carrying sugar into restau-
rant with him. was assessed $40 to be
paid to the Red Cross. Mr.. Garden
said he would remember his initial
visit to Denver and he paid the fine
gladly.
The state war council Of defense is
making an active campaign in the In
terests of the more extensive use of
Colorado grown and manufactured
products, believing that this will solve
much CT the congestion in transporta-
tion and that it will create more work
for Colorado men at home.
commissions at officers training
camps throughout the country. Three
men from Denver and three from
other parts of the state have been
commissioned lieutenants at Camp
Pike, Little Rock. Ark.
II Colorado's and Denver's quotas
of the Fourth Liberty Loan are made
double those of the Third loan, the
same as the $26O.o00.0O0 quota an
nounced for the entire Tenth federal
reserve district, they will be 340.625,-
800 and s17,S64.200 respectively.
A minimum of $545 900 has been set
as Denver's share Of the $1.27o,0
Colorado quota for the consolidated
war aid campaign by seven organiza-
tions Nov. IL to 1s. and plans are
now being worked out to raise both
the city and state funds.
The school year at the State Agri-
cultural college opened at Fort Col
Inns with 337 registered. against 166
at the same time last year. OF these
167 are freshmen, who will be enrolled
in the student training corps. Mai.
Charles B. Hardin, U. S. A, retired.
has been placed on the active list and
is in charge Of the men as command
ant. Captain Shreve. who has been
commandant. has departed for Chicago
where he will have charge of another
camp.
William Lopez of Longmont is the
first of the young men from that town
to perish in the war. A telegram was
received from the War Department
by his father. Michael Lopez. announc-
ing the death of the young man in ac-
tion Aug. 2S
A. U. Mayfield, Supreme Dcos Of the
National Order of Cowboy Rangers.
has been appointed publicity represen-
tative for the State Council of Defense
nd l. xad in, ha