The Ordway new era., 1918-12-13
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Nineteen Colorado boys are on the
casualty lists made public by the War
Department and marine corps. or the
nineteen, four are reported killed in
action. They are: Earl Henry Lyon.
Denver; James r. Shields, Colorado
Springs; Francis vogt. Limon. and
John w. Garrison, Creede. Two others
dead of wounds received in action
are: Walter w. Kirby. Denver, and
Guy l.. Utter, Steamboat Springs. Tho
dead of disease include Elden Dewitt.
Cripple Creek: Paul v. Elmer. Muck;
Harry r. Musick. Sugar Loaf: Frank
r. Kelly, Colorado Springs. and Simon
F. Martinez. Capulin. Eight missing
In action are: BENJAMIN F. Adams.
Coloflats: Augusta Gurino. Pueblo;
Ed Wright, Durango; Henry r. Tines.
Salida: Walter Z. Baker. Oakview;
John Yammick, Leadvills: William
Owens, Edison, and Carl ]. Klemme.
Boulder.
Collections OF state inheritance tax
during 1.-The biennial period which
closed Nov. 80 exceeded the estimate
by the twenty-first General Assembly
by $500. .43412. according to the bien-
NAL report of the inheritance tax de-
partment. Only once since the estab-
lishment of the department has this
sum been exceeded. During the two
years of 1915 and 1916 the state col
lected slightly in excess OF $1,OO0.OOO.
These large collections were chiefly
due to the fact that an unusually large
number of wealthy persons died dur
ing those two years. One estate alone
paid nearly 100000.
Three thousand seven hundred
acres of land in the Battlement ma
tional forest have been released from
the national reserve, classified as pub
lie lands, and opened to homesteaders
under an executive order signed Nov.
29 by President Wilson, according to
word received by the general land Of
flee in Denver A forest service re-
port states that over half of this land
is suitable for agricultural purposes.
and that none of 1t is valuable as a
timber or watershed area The. land
released to settlement is located about
five miles south of the town of Mesa.
The body of Vincent Corado,
wealthy Italian resident of Telluride,
was found under a bridge twenty-three
miles north of Telluride. Corado dis
appeared Nov. 16. Merle Emisten
confessed at st. George, Utah. accord
ing to information received by police
officers of Telluride. that he killed
Corado. They said they found the
body where Emisten said they would
find it. The body. which has been
frozen, was wrapped in a laprobe.
Twenty-three years old, wrecked in
health, Scared for life but imbued
with an indomitable courage, glad that
he is veteran of the worlds great
est war and glad, furthermore. that
he was able to make his sacrifice for
democracy, Private Charles ]. Sallen
returned to Denver to spend thirty
days furlough. At the completion OF
his leave of absence he will return to
the Red Cross base hospital at Fort
Smelling, Minn., where he will recuper-
ate.
Limitation of the Jurisdiction of the
Juvenile Court In Denver respecting
adults again was pointed out by the
Colorado Supreme Court in giving an
opinion in the habeas corpus case oi
Charles Songer, serving term oil
ninety-nine years for rape. The trib'
unal ordered Songer's release. He
has been in prison for four years.
That the war has shown the need
of better highways throughout the
country and that the improvement oi
old roads and the construction OF new
ones will be OF especial benefit to
Colorado farmers in marketing theiI
produce was the opinion expressed by
L. w. Page. government director oi
roads. on his arrival in Denver.
With the increased valuation oi
ST., 500 900, the reduction of one mill
and a half in the 1918 tax levy for
state, city and county and school pur
poses will save the people OF Denver
and the county $175.000 in taxes the
coming year. The total levy for this
year will be 1871 mills compared tc
20 mills in 1917.
That George Eudaley took volun
tary part in the holdup OF Miss Mil
dred Gates at Dallas. Tex. and w. D
Otter of Chicago, on the night Of Sept
13, and was guilty Of the highway rob
berry with gun. was the verdict rem
dered by the jury in the West Side
Court in Denver after four hours de
liberation.
Appropriations for the Denver mini
are included in treasury estimates
sent to Congress. The appropriations
are: Salaries, $45.000; wages oi
workmen. 100000; contingent ex
penses. $4,000. The latter item is ar
increase of $4,000 for contingent ex
penses over the 1917 budget
Only two of the candidates for ma
jor state offices at the recent election
up to Dec. 2, had filed their state
ments of campaign expenses under