The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-17
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

ualty list of the marines includes the
names OF Mearl c. Rockwell, son oil
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rockwell OF
Holly, and Leo |. Hin of Steamboat
Springs, as killed in action. Dewey
Il. Nulph, who is reported as being
wounded, is resident of Cameron.
lie is 20 years of age, and the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nulph. Nulph
Joined the army May 8, 1917 and has
been in France several months Earl
c. Decher of Apache is among the
marine severely wounded in action.
Reports from the War Saving Stamp
selling agencies show that in most in
stances those who pledged to purchase
stamps in July purchased more than
the amount pledged. This is a healthy
indication, so far as finances in the
state are concerned. People of the
! state will be glad to know that Colo
RADIO stands first in the number of
pledges according to population. OF
our 100000 people, 100000 pledged,
| or about 100 out of every 290 people
pledged to purchase stamps. The next
nearest state is Missouri which had
one out of every four.
The production of winter wheat in
Colorado this year, according TO esti-
mates made on Aug. /, will be only
7,O95,OO0 bushels, as against an esti-
mate of 7,72S,00O bushels on July l.
The loss OF 633, 900 bushels. however,
has been practically balanced by an
increase in the estimated production
! of spring wheat of 100000 bushels.
/ The above figures are compiled from
the government crop report covering
Colorado, issued by the field agent at
Denver.
presidential warrant was issued
/ for the rearrest at Pueblo of twenty
four Austrians who have served
years sentence in the county jail, i'm
| posed by Judge Lewis for their refusal
| to register in the selective draft. The
| The warrant commits the prisoners to
a designated internment camp for the
duration of the war. All Of the twenty
four were arrested in Hne, 1917, at
Leadville and had just completed
their sentence when again taken in.
The largest number of automobile
chattel mortgages, representing auto
mobile deliveries for the day or so
preceding, is eighty-six, as recorded in
the county clerks office This strongly
refutes the rumor that automobile pur-
chases would be curtailed by the ad-
vance in price of all supplies and the
more stringent government regula-
| tions.
A letter received from r. K. Fell,
who has been in the front line trenches
in France, was received by his uncle,
John c. Ferril, county assessor at
Cripple Creek. Fell states that he has
seen Belgian children crippled for life
by the German soldiers. He adds that
the noise of the guns is constant at
the front, indicating one of the great
est movements of the war.
With win the war first" slogan
the twenty-third annual convention OF
the state Federation of Labor con-
vened in the Elks' hall at Salida, with
100 delegates present, representing
191 unions in the state and nearly H.
900 laboring people, TO discuss and
propose state labor laws and amend
ments to be put before the next legis-
lature.
In order to make possible the con-
tinued monthly production OF about
$500 tons of coal, and to open certain
sections in Pitkin county that were
isolated when the Midland railroad
ceased operations, the Rio Grande
railroad agreed to operate the Mill
nee, Newman tunnel and La Sale
Mining Company's spurs out OF Aspen.
When the Colorado Legislature con-
venes next winter it will be asked by
representatives of the War Depart
ment and the National Council of De-
fense to pass legislation for the es-
tablishment of a state quarantine
Headquarters to care for those who
are victims of social diseases.
Robert B. Reed, whose name ap-
pears in Gen. Pershing's casualty list
as being among the missing, is the SON
of Mrs. B. W. Christner of Willard.
Young Reed never lived in Colorado
He enlisted in the infantry from Penn
sylvania, his native state.
o. H. Shoup of Colorado Springs,
candidate for the Republican nomtna-
ton for Governor, has received word
of the appointment of his son, oliver
II. Shoup, Jr., to first lieutenancy in
an ambulance corps on the American
front in France.
Enos A. Mills, naturalist and author,
and Miss Esther A. Burnell, the first
mountain guide to receive a license
from the United States government,
were married at the Mills cabin in
Estes Park.
Colorado manufacturers of soft
drinks will not be permitted to sub