The Elbert County tribune., 1918-12-13
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

made public by the War Department
They are Clifford L. Reed and Fred
erick C. Trebilcock. Denver; Anthony
c. Romano. Louisville: Clyde b.
Blades. Penrose; Rufus Lopez, Mont
rose; Albin c. Youngquist. Boulder.
and Harry Z. Price. Read The death
OF Capt. Marcellus II. Chiles. Denver.
also is recorded in the casualty list.
Lieut.. Gilbert L. McDonough, Denver
is among the wounded severely in
action. Among the wounded, degree
undetermined, are Albert G. Vinot and
John w Youngblood, Denver: Capt.
Joseph r. Blaisdell, Fort Morgan;
John X. Schultz. Collbran. and James
Wright, Yampa. Carl ]. Klemme, Boul-
der. previously reported missing, now
Is reported slightly wounded.
Miss Felice Cohn of Carson, New,
is the first woman to receive an ap-
pointment as IL special agent in the
United States land office, and In this
capacity she has been assigned by
Franklin X. Lane. secretary of the in
terror. to have charge of hearings in
the Denver office. Miss Cohn is a law
yer, and one OF the five women who
have been admitted to practice before
the United States Supreme Court.
A total OF 2,221 liquor permits is
sued Dec. broke all previous records
of the clerks office in Denver by
more than 300. The exceptional rush
which has pushed all other business
in that department of the city admin
istration into the background is due,
apparently, TO rumor that the bone
dry law is to become Immediately in
force through the signing of the gov
ernor's name to the measure.
The cases OF influenza reported in
demic are now well past the 10000
mark. With ia new cases in the
twenty-three-hour period from 4
o'clock Friday until 3 o'clock Dec. 7.
the total for the epidemic is 10,25S.
Deaths reported in the same period.
occurring over a period of several
days, were twenty-four This brings
the total deaths up to 500.
Modification of bill providing for
the care of soldiers discharged from
the army TO pass to the United States
public health gervice under the war
risk insurance act, has RI. 4lted IN the
launching of movement that may
bring second great hospital :, Colo
rado, through the efforts of tthe Colo
rado bevelopmen.. Eederatten.
It is interesting toNets9 that while
the beet growers of northeastern Colo
rado will have received for this years
Cron of haptc annrovftnatalN Ell snnf.
900, or about Sr.240,000 more than
they received from the 1917 crop, the
fact remains that there were some
thing over $4,000 less acres grown
than in 1917.
Acting upon the theory that the
present cost of living should be met
by greater incomes, the Boulder city
council has granted a raise in the sal
aries of the director OF finance and
nance. assistant health officer, chief
of police, fire chief and all patrolmen
and flremen.
After spending two and half
months in German prison camp and
being released according To the terms
OF the arnistice. Lieut.. Horace p
Wells cabled his parents in Denver
that he was we'll, was on his way to
England and probably would be in
Denver for Christmas
When the National Council of In
dustrial Defense meets in New York
city. Dec. II and is, to formulate
plans Of industrial reconstruction fol-
lowing the war, Colorado will be rep
resented by Carl Hinton, Washington
secretary of the Colorado Develop-
ment Federation.
Boulder reports the arrival of a two
carload consignment of high-grade
tungsten imported from China for use
in the Tungsten Products Company,
valued, 1t is said, at more than $780,
600 at the present American quota
ton.
Approximately 100000 acres of
waste land lying in the center of the
San Luis valley and within the boll-
daries of Saguache. Rio Grande, Cone
jos, Alamosa and Mineral counties will
be reclaimed and turned over to the
thousands of soldiers returning to
Colorado, if the efforts of an organiza-
tion of business men and farmers in
the southern part of the state are ap-
proved by the government.
Silver producing mines in Boulder,
Gilpin and Clear Creek counties are
helping to maintain the outputs OF
gold, lead and copper, the price OF
silver showing closer relation to
cost than the price of gold. The clos
ing down of the sampling plants at
Georgetown, Idaho Springs, Black
Hawk and Boulder is a marked detri-
ment to the small shippers.
His Majesty's government are deep
ly touched by the information that has
reached them that it has been official
ly decided to celebrate Dec. Z as Brit