The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-04

Park herd of bison.
Aurora is to have special fourth
class postoffice TO handle the mail of
General Hospital No. 20.
phil Hornbein was named chairman
OF the executive committee of the CEN
trail state Democratic committee.
Herman Oakiers OF Brighton is now
in training at Mare Island. Cal. with
the United States marines.
The Fourth Liberty Loan quotas for
Colorado and Denver are $37.1S3.250
and $t7.si1.750. respectively.
Private Harold Griffin, Montrose,
died at Camp Grant. ILL.,, OF injuries re-
ceiyed In motorcycle accident.
The Deer Creek Canon road was
opened to travel for its entire distance
by the Jefferson county commission
ers
Only one bid for the sum of $4,000
was received by the state highways
commission for the Rifle-Meeker road
building contract.
The union BARRIERS OF Denver went
on strike Saturday night. Their de-
man is for 500 per week guarantee
aud 65 per cent of receipts over $50.
Miss Nancy Il. Nix of Denver has
enlisted in the Red Cross service az
nurse and has been assigned to the
naval hospital, Fort Lyon, Las AMI
mas.
Horace Eugene Craig, formerly
student OF the South Denver high
school. was drowned in the Des Chutes
river. near Tacoma, while on camp
ing trip.
blonde female bootlegger, with
taste fer literature and finery, has the
police officials of Boulder, Larimer
and Weld counties at their wits end
in ar effort to effect her arrest.
In response to draft calls from their
different home states. as many as
twenty-six men came Gown in one
month from one mine alone in the
Sueffels district.
Albert Nelson. "a years old. son of
Charles b. Nelson, a farmer near
Longmont. died of Spanish influenza
at the Norfolk navy yard. near Hamp-
ton Roads. Va.
A call to Red Cross service abroad
has come to Miss Agnes Leonard of
Denver. Miss Leonard is native of
Kentucky but has lived in Denver
since her school days.
A bill is now pending in Congress
to provide for potash experiments at
present under way at the School of
Mines testing plant in Golden and at
the Portland mill in Colorado City.
Colorado Germans are being reached
by the Americanlzation committee of
the Colorado State Council OF Defense
and German America First Society
has been organized in Globeville.
The Public Utilities Commission is.
sued an order. authorizing the Inter
mountain Railway, Light and Power
Company to increase its rates 20 per
cent for electricity in the city OF La
mar
Disbarment proceedings against
George j. Humbert, a Denver lawyer,
from practising law In Colorado were
taken by Attorney General Hubbard,
in compliance with instructions from
the Supreme Court.
George Herman. Jr.. of Fort Collins.
Is reported dead of Spanish influenza
at Camp Dix, In telegram received
by his father. Two men of that name
departed June "a in the draft contin-
gent from Fort Collins.
Ten thousand permits were issued
for the deer season-Oct. 1 to 4.
Though the Walsh-McLean millions
are back of 1t. the development of the
Hidden Treasure mine in Imogene ba-
sin is at present limited to the work
OF one lone miner and this with plenty
of shipping ore In sight
Samuel Ard of Logan county has
filed proceedings In the Supreme
Court attacking the constitutionality
of the automobile license law. after
having been fined in his home court
for running car without license.
Colorado already is short 1000 men
for essential war industries and every
effort will be made to remedy this
condition and prevent any further
scarcity of all kinds of labor, accord
ing to officials of the Colorado board
of the United States Department of
Labor.
How captured Colorado soldiers cap
tured in France by Huns. turned ON
the latter and made them prisoners is
told in an order issued by General
Pershing, copy of which was re-
ceiyed in Pueblo from Lieut. Leo p.
Kelly by friend and read before
cheering crowd at the State Fair by
Governor Gunter.
With 900 pints of whisky in its pos
session. the Colorado constabulary is
engaged in man hunt in Eagle cafi-
on, Weld county. to capture the two