The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1918-11-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News service
During the past week Colorado sen
1872 men to work in big eastern mum
ton plants.
The annual National Western Stocl
show will be held in Denver next Jan
uary as usual.
First Lieut.. Roy Alexander Bennett
France Sept. 80.
Denver's quotas in the United Wal
Work campaign has been raised FROM
s5i5.o0o to $4,000.
Gunnison quarantined itself against
the world. when an order was issued
prohibiting any one from leaving or
entering the city.
Fifteen inches of snow fell at Brock
enridte Sunday night. Oct p
he fall continued through Monday
and Monday night
Fire OF undetermined origin threat
ened for time to destroy the Union
Pacific and Burlington route cross
bridge at Sand Creek
Il
J. Quinn. Colorado lost a pioneer who
had been prominent in local and state
politics for many years.
Influenza and overwork Jointly were
responsible for the death of John Van
stone Ellicott Wyatt of Denver. at
Beaumont. Texas. Oct. rs.
Private Harold G.. Hunt of the tech,
meal detachment, in training at Fort
Collins. died from typhoid pneumonia
superinduced by influenza.
masks to prevent the spread Of influ
enza. Between zoe and 300 cases
were reported in the city.
a large boz of high grade silver
bearing iron has been discovered in
the Huter shaft of the Matchless prop
erty on Fryer hill. Leadville
The Gold King Extension Mines
Company near SiIverton has com
mencsd operation on its property in
the Gladstone mining district.
Silver,on, with a population ol
slightly more than 1000, has from
$40 TO coo cases of influenza, rs per
cent OF which developed pneumonia
The Pueblo Golf club has turned
over it's clubhouse to the Red Cross.
During the epidemic a Red Cross
nurse will care for the children of
sick parents
Montrose county reports that the
members of their speakers commit
tee OF the Woman's Council ~ De
Tense stand ready to carry the gov
eminent messages to all their women
Six Colorado men have been grad
uated from the field artillery central
officers training camp at Camp Zach
airy Taylor. Ky, according to an
nouncement made at Washington.
Colorado girls thinking of going to
government are warned by the nation
al chairman of the Department of
Women in Industry, to go prepared.
The United States civil service com.
mission has announced examinations
for the position OF rural carrier for
Arvada and Evergreen in Jeffers1n
county and Oleson in Adams county.
Nov. %.
At Pueblo. the largest number OF In
fluenza cases SO far reported was on
Oct. 20, when 1863 were taken down.
The number Monday was 40. There
We're seven deaths Tuesday making
the total ninety one.
Paul Tulbure, who has taken lease
on the coal mine at Butcherknife
creek, near Steamboat Springs, =
making arrangements for the co-
struction Of a spur from the Moffat
road to the property
Mrs. J. II. Parker of Steamboat
Springs and her brother. NJ X. Pow
ers of Denver. have received notifica.
ton of the death from lobar pneu-
monia of their son and nephew. Yves.
ley Clifford, &c. at a hospital in France
Colorado's honor is at stake in the
vital matter of investing $4,000, 900
more in War Savings stamps before
Dec. 81, to reach its $50 ,2s3, $50 quota, u
says Vice Director Walter c. Mead of
tHC Noioi w al savings
The new ball mill and other i'm.
provements recently Installed at the
Royal Flush mine on Hahn's Peak are
already returning increased revenues
from the ore. A total of 1859 was
received for recent silver shipment.
Mrs. Wallace Frodsham, better
known in Denver musical circles as
Gertrude Wood, may have been pas.
senger on the Inflated steamer Prin-
cess Sophia. which was lost in the
storm on the Alaskan coast on the
Only ono parcel for each American
soldier overseas will be accepted for
shipment See your local Red Cross
representatives for particulars. 1t can
not be sent before November goth, and
cannot exceed three nv four nv nina