The Ordway new era., 1918-10-11
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

eral Assembly. With two months 10
20 to the end Of the period less than
s22. 900 remains to be collected TO
reach that result The General As
sembIy estimated the collections for
the two years ending Sor 80, 1915. At
$500 600. With collections for the last
two weeks in September the total ac-
tuaIIy collected has reached 35Is.-
s2O.ss. The inheritance tax depart
ment is about to close up several es-
tates which, It il estimated. will bring
the total to above the $500. 900 mark
CoIorado's public school fund Is ap-
preaching the 5000. 900 mark Sept
30 S4.sfs,O 900 was held by the State
Board OF Land Commissioners for the
school children Of the state. This sum
is bringing a return of slightly more
than 4 per cent per snnum. The in
terest, together with moneys realized
from the leasing OF state lands, royal
ties from state coal lands and other
sources, il divided among the various
school districts During the fiscal
year 1918 total Of s5s5.'s6.o7 was
distributed from the school fund, ac-
cording to figures prepared by Auditor
of State Charles H. Leckenby.
Nearly 1000 students were formal
ly inducted into the students army
training corps in various Colorado edu-
cational institutions Oct. /. This num-
ber. however, does not represent the
full strength of all Colorado units, as
registration was continued throughout
the week 1t is probable that the corps
will eventually reach, II It does not
exceed $500 students in this state
alone, divided between the University
of Colorado at Boulder. Denver Uni
versity, the Colorado Agricultural Col
lege at Fort Collins. the Colorado
School of Mines at Golden and Colo
RADIO College at Colorado Springs.
Two more soldiers have died at the
Boulder training camp hospitals from
la grippe and pneumonia, bringing the
total number of dead since Sept. %.
when the first fatality occurred, up to
five The victims are: Leroy Carter.
Christina, Mont; LaVerne Mcdaniel,
Beavertown. Mich: ]. Ginsburg, Salt
Lake City, Utah; Alfred Lambert.
Roundup, Mont; Silver Reams, Silesia,
Mont. All of the others in the hos
pital are reported doing we'll The
army officers who have arrived at the
camp state their belief that the cpl
demic is not the Spanish influenza, but
la grippe and pneumonia.
Authorities of Kansas were denied
permission by the Governors office
to remove from Colorado on larceny
charge Gerald Seldomridge. son of
former Congressman H. H. Seldom
ridge of Colorado Springs. Frederick
d. Anderson, secretary, acted for Gov.
julius C. Gunter. who was absent
from the capitol. Seldomridge is
wanted in Butler county. Kan. for the
alleged theft of $4,000 worth Of pip
ing. claimed by the Sheldon OIL & Gas
Company.
Words of highest praise from the
pen of French general in command
Of an army on the western front, COM
mending the ability of the Forty-sec-
ond division, American army, more
familiarly known as the Rainbow div
ision, were received in Denver. The
iOhNSh Was WiAStCA W oSh. W. liz
Gouraud, in command of the Fifth
French army. and was postmarked
from Rheims. to E. F. Powers.
When is q marine not a marine?
When she is a marinette. Denver con-
tributed the first woman marine from
this state when Miss Ethel Sly en-
rolled as a private for four years. left
for Washington to take up her duties
in the clerical department of the ma
rine corps. reserve class 4.
Mineral county was $1,000 over the
top in the Fourth Liberty Loan, with
an $4,000 total subscription reported
Oct. 1, and more subscriptions ex-
pected. Its quota was $4,000. This
news was flashed to the Colorado
State Liberty Loan committee, Tues.
day.
George Herman. Jr.. of Fort Collins.
is reported dead of Spanish influenza
at Camp Dix, in a telegram received
by his father. Two men OF that name
departed June "a in the draft contin-
gent from Fort Collins.
Subscriptions toward Colorado's
337,000.000 quota Of the Fourth Lib
erty Loan started Monday with $685.
900 from the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York. thru its Den
yer and Pueblo offices.
Building in Denver during the month
of September showed decrease of
$49s,560 over the amount authorized
for the same period last year, with
decrease Of hut twenty In the number
Of permits issued.
w. H. Rathvon has been elected to
the board Of directors of the Chris
tian Science church. He formerly
lived in Denver and was one of the
founders of the Christian Science
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