The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-17
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS


period OF the war. the sale. possession
and use OF platinum, iridium and pal
ladium and compounds thereof After
Oct. all firms or persons in posses
sion OF any Of these metals except ar
ticles manufactured or finished must
be licensed County clerks and other
duly authorized licensing agents
throughout Colorado, now acting as
government agents under the Explos.
i've Regulation Act. can accept appli.
cations. These will be sent to the
War Industries Board, Washington,
d. C.. where license will be issued.
Penalty for failure to provide them.
selves with license is $1,000 and one
year Imprisonment. All information
necessary can be obtained from Ex.
plosive Licensing Agent. or address
office Of U. S. Explosive Inspector. II
Custom House, Denver
The soldiers in the trenches must
have gas masks. Carbon. used in
manufacturing these gas masks, IL
made from fruit pits and nut shells.
The government has asked the Ameri.
can Red Cross to collect all possible
nut shells and fruit pits for this pur.
pose. Every person in the Rocky
Mountain region is urged to save and
send these articles to the nearest Red
Cross collection center. The collec.
tion centers in Colorado. Utah, New
Mexico and Wyoming are Sheridan.
Cheyenne. Grand Junction. Denver,
Albuquerque. Roswell and Pueblo.
Corn meal and corn flour prices
have been reduced by state millers
from Is cents TO 20 cents on the 100
pounds and butter prices are from |
cent to cents pound lower, &C.
cording to the weekly price announce.
ment made Friday by the price fixing
committee OF the federal food admin.
istration for Colorado. Fruits and veg.
etables are plentiful and II is urged
that consumers lay in winter sup
ply.
Boulder county claims the distinc.
ton OF being the birthplace OF the
first baby in the state TO be born in
an automobile. This, in itself, is re.
garded as monumental testimony to
the good roads OF the county, but,
when It is further considered that the
baby, a spanking girl, weighing ten
pounds, was born In "fliyver"-
Boulder proposes to proclaim its su.
periority throughout the land. Not
only this, but both mother and baby
are doing magnificently.
Two Colorado boys are reported
killed in action in the casualty lists
made public by the War Department
on the 9th They are Randall ]. Reid,
Colorado Springs, and Theodore Moss,
Fowler. Elmer f. Wickline, Denver,
died of disease. Among the severely
wounded In action are William B.
Stanley, Colorado Springs: Gus Metz.
Ter, Franktown. and Duygen Leyda,
Gardner.
Although 219 new cases OF Spanish
influenza, making total in Denver
or S6i, were reported to DR.. William
II. Sharpley, manager Of health, up to
noon Oct. IL. there were only four
deaths, and this fact convinces the
health authorities that the epidemic
Is being checked.
Four hundred Colorado men will be
entrained during the five.day period
beginning Oct. Il for Fort Macarthur,
Cal. under call received by Provost
Marshal Niles G, Saunders. The reg
istrants are called for general mill.
tary service, being drawn from
class /
Manganese, molybdenum, pyritic
ores, and other minerals in the war
class are of special Importance in the
camps OF Summit. Park, Eagle, Lake,
Gunnison and Chaffee counties, where
the war minerals exist In large guam
titles but in different grades of value.
George ii. Clayton OF Denver, q
grain buyer, succeeds w. B. SeIder as
chief of the milling division of the
Colorado food administration. Mr..
Selder resigned to devote his time to
farming pursuits.
The 100000 soldiers in France will
receive their Christmas packages this
year through the American Red Cross.
Cartons for shipment will be fur
nished by the Red Cross through its
local Chapters and Branches, which
will also issue instructions as to size
and weight OF package, contents, man.
rer OF packing. etc. In order that
there may be no duplication OF giving,
each soldier abroad will be given one
Christmas parcel coupon, which he
will send to the person at home from
whom he prefers to receive the gift.
This must be presented with the par
Gel to the Red Cross at time of ship.
ment. No package will be accepted
for mailing abroad after Nov. 20.
Ben ]. Salmon, Denver Stacker and
sclf-styled conscientious objector, was
convicted by general court-martial
al Camp Dodge, Iowa, and sentenced
to twenty-five years at hard labor In
the federal penitentiary at Fort Leav-
enworth. Kan.
All visiting at the state penitentiary