Gilpin observer., 1918-10-03
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Lewis gang Of train robbers that
spread reign of terror throughout
Denver and Colorado Springs two
weeks ago, and one of the men said
to have participated in the holdup Of
= Missouri, Kansas & Texas train
near Paola, Kan, July 10, was apprs-
hended in st. Louis, according to re-
ports received by the Denver police
from authorities in that city Knight
Is the last OF the accused gang-all
the others, with the exception of
Jones, having been taken in custody
either in Colorado or Missouri
Delta county took first premium at
the Colorado State Fair for the best
all round display of farm products.
Fremont county ranked first in fruit
and Logan county first in the best ag-
ricultural exhibit. Sept. &c was Gov
ernor's day and Gov. ]. C. Gunter of
Colorado and Gov. Simon Bamberger
of Utah were present. The attendance
was enormous and the racing program
and other attractions were better than
ever.
Colorado men affected by the ruling
by Provost Marshal General Crowder
deferring entrainment until the cur
tailment of the Spanish influenza cpl
demic, are those remaining in class
l A. qualified for general military
training. There are sos such men in
the state. They were called three
weeks ago by the provost marshal for
entrainment in the period between
Oct. and II.
The Harvest Home festival was
whole-heartedly observed Sunday in
the Denver churches. To large and
small-to those whose congregations
arrived in motor cars and to those
where they came in street cars and on
foot-the late yields of the gardens
and what could be spared from store
closets were taken and left for distri-
button among the needy of the city.
Andrew w. Ashbaugh, Denver, is
among the wounded in action reported
in the casualty lists made public Sept.
29 by the War Department and the
marine corps. Jake M. Uhrig, Ster
ling, is in the list of those who died Of
De Barry, Sheridan Lake, and Leo A.
Clark. Leadville, are among the Sc
verely wounded in action.
Work on the improvement of the
road from Loveland to Greeley has
been discontinued by the Larimer
county commissioners as the result of
an increase in the freight rate on
gravel from 80 cents to 80 cents per
ton. The road is an important agri-
cultural road, but the county has not
sufficient funds to undertake the road
at the increased rate.
An appropriation of $4,000 has been
authorized by the United States for
ing seven miles of the Rabbit Ear
roadway, extending from North Park
west over the Rabbit Ear range to the
Bear Creek valley, west to Steamboat
Springs. Robert E. Pratt, district en-
gineer. will have charge Of the work.
Two Denver aviators are credited
with having brought down an enemy
plane each in the dispatches describ-
ing the night airplane attack Sept 26
on the Franco-American front between
Auberive and the Meuse. They are
Mai L. B. Chambers and Jerry c. Vas
concells.
! Ray Baker, director Of the United
States mint, will visit Denver the lat
ter part of this month or early in No
be for the purpose of inspecting the
mint, which he does once each year
DR.. William H. Sharpley manager
Of health, is convinced that Denver is
free of Spanish influenza, tho more
than score of suspected cases were
reported to him by physicians.
Several consignments of laborers
for the Sunnyside mines at Eureka
have arrived in the Silverton district
A. U. Mayfield. Supreme Boss of the
National Order of Cowboy Rangers,
has been appointed publicity represen-
tative for the State Council of Defense
and is now actively engeged In the
work.
After five hours of deliberation the
jury in the trial of Mrs. Vera Tiede,
man.Rose, accused of killing Roy
Champerlain. in the West Side Court
in Denver, returned verdict of not
guilty.
Helen Coe, Harriet Kephart and
Rose Lancaster, representing Arapa-
hoe county, were awarded first prize
in the canning demonstrations at the
Colorado state fair at Pueblo.
Capt. Miles G. Saunders, recently
appointed provost marshal Of Colo
RADIO to succeed Capt. John G. Evans.
arrived in Denver from Pueblo. to as
sumo his duties.
The Colorado utilities commission
denied the city OF Denver, the Con-
sumers League and others a rehear-
ing In the six-cent tramMay fare