The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-11-22
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

| Rush T. Sill former Schooi Oh
Mines football star, is now captain OF
engineers at Fort Sill. Utah.
Coroner Horan. OF Denver. decided
to hold no inquest in the case OF Miss
Marian Rowley, he being satisfied that
she shot herself.
| Colorado's total in the United War
Work campaign. with reports from
several counties missing, was SLIGO
034 on Nov. ls.
In the United States District Court
in Denver James A. Parks of Pueblo
was appointed referee in bankruptcy
| for that city.
| With the assistance OF fresh la Dor
and the gradual disappearance OF the
| flu several leasing companies at
Cripple Creek have resumed ore ship
ments.
Disease was the cause of death OF
! two Denver boys according to the cas-
ualty lists made public by the War
| Department Nov. Is. They are Capt.
Julian G. Guiteras, and Ben A. Hard
ing.
Charged with shooting Andrew
White, 3G. negro, Joe Porter, 50, also
colored, was arrested by his brother,
Policeman Richard Porter. OF Denver.
and is in the city Jail. The shooting
occurred following a quarrel.
Men and women employees OF the
American Railway Express company
met AT the Union station in Denver
and organized a local branch OF the
| NY mo n he
soon after the express business was
put under federal control.
| Although definite plans and dates
regarding the return OF Colorado SOL
diers from overseas camps and can
tonments in this country to their
homes are lacking. practically every
organization in Denver will discuss
plans for fitting reception at meet
ings held this week.
Denver concerns and labor have re-
ceived S5la per cent OF the money so
| far expended in the construction OF
the army's big recuperation camp near
| Aurora, according to statistics com
piled by Mai w. j. Cameron, who has
charge of building the big hospital To-:
Uncle Sans sick and wounded troops.
Outbreak OF fire in one OF the mines
| OF the Midwest Coal and Iron Com
pany at Palisade entailing no loss OF
life, but necessitating temporary sus-
pension of operations at the property.
brought out an emergency call upon
the United States Bureau OF Mines
for rescue car 10 assist in eXtin-
| gushing the blaze
Two Colorado towns-Arriba and
New Raymer-have been lifted by the
Postoffice Department to presidential
status. This means that the postmas
| ters in each of these two thriving
| places will receive salaries of $1.20o
The announceme by the Postoffice
Department is recognition of the solid
growth of these two communities.
| Patriotic support Of the govern
ments program for vocational train
ing labor distribution 10 advance ef
ficieney and lessen waste and unrest
and arbitration or reconciliation ser
vice to insure industrial peace were
urged before the Denver Manufactur
ers, Association by Charles Zueblin
staff lecturer for the United States De
partment of Labor.
Three more Coloradoans dead ol
disease are reported in the casualty
lists made public by the War Depart
ment Nov. l9. They are Fred l.. H
Barnum. Limon Walter f. Caven
| Cucharas, and Cecilie McClaren, Nj
wot. Among the wounded, degree un
determined. is Lieut.. John Edward
Carney, Ouray. Two are reported
slightly wounded They are Alva f
Emrick. Joycoy, and Dan Gonzales
| Jensen.
A sign of the times is the extensive
| Investment of Boston capital in the
| Two-Forty group of mines in Russell
gluch, Gilpin county. with a moderI
mill attached, in which flotation is q
feature.
Marked abatement in the influenza
situation over Monday was shown fr
reports received at the office OF the
manager of health in Denver, Nov. 19
AS compared with 271 cases reported
Monday. there we're 12S new cases
Tuesday and fifteen deaths The tota
now reaches 504, or twice the esti
mated number OF Denver men killet
in action in the war. The total mum
ber of reported cases since the be
ginning of the epidemic is 6,0S9.
Four million dollars-more than hal
a million dollars more than was eS
pended this year-will be spent fol
construction and maintenance OF roads
under the supervision OF the State
Highway Department in 1919. This is
the largest amount ever available fol
road purposes in this state. 1t will be
raised by direct taxation, by the sale
of automobile licenses, interest from
the internal improvement fund of tho
state and by contribution from the
federal government