The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-11-08
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

recently at Walks Camp In the Llmo4
district
An estate valued At $4,000 was
left by the late George T. Miles Of
Denver
| H. F. Strickling. 4 pioneer resident
Of Denver and q writer Of note, died
Of influenza.
The annual National Western Stock
show will be held In Denver next Jan
nary a. usual.
| James Tomlinson. Q Rocky Ford
soldier. is reported In q Hun prison
camp at Rastatt.
The Bismarck mine at Caribou u
yielding some nice ore for J. N. Sew
ell and Judge Coulter.
The Boulder city directory gives an
estimated population OF 1860. Two
years ago It was 12.400.
James G. Sullivan, SO years of age.
died at Camp Zachary Taylor. near
Louisville. KY. from Spanish influ-
enza.
| Three deaths from influenza and
pneumonia has been the toll Of the
epidemic in the family OF s. J. Ander-
son Of Denver.
| Denver police arrested Stephen
Hamrick, charged with passing two
bad checks for SIS and $40 nearly
three years ago.
| The food administration grain cor
poration offered Colorado bean grow
ers cents a pound for 100000
pounds Of pinto beans
| M
Colorado this year was the largest In
the history Of the state. being in the
neighborhood of 100000 acres.
The Fort Collins city council de-
cided to submit to the voters pro-
posal for buying the street car sys-
tenn and operating it as city utility.
George Rollins, Jr., son of G. A.
Rollins of Littleton, died in the coun-
ty hospital as result Of an injury in
an automobile accident at Engle-
wood.
The Colorado Kennel club has
found 1t necessary to postpone the
Denver dog show. AS soon as 1t IL
possible. the officers of the club will
meet and set new dates
After passing through severe action
on the ST. Mihiel salient, Private Dan
lei Killmede Of the 353d infantry, died
of disease in France. according to
word received by his mother, Mrs.
Mary Killmede of Denver.
Denver City Chaplain Jim Good
hearts call for $4,000 to carry ON
next years work OF his own Sunshine
Rescue Mission has been oversub-
scribed more than $4,000 by severa,
hundred philosophical Denver cit
liens.
The city and county of Denver is the
owner OF its own water plant. having
paid for the Denver Union Water
Company's plant the sum of sl3,922,-
$500. or s47.163.4O less than the
bonds of $13,97000O voted by the peo-
pie for its purchase.
Two Colorado boys wounded in &C
ton, degree undetermined, are named
in the casualty lists made public by
the War Department. They are By
| ron d. Martin, Denver, and Frank L.
Rouse. Colorado Springs. Fred e,
NORM, Rosita, is named among those
dead of disease.
| A total of 10000 war savings soci-
cites in Colorado. organized to devcl
op individual and community thrift
and to help win the war, is one aim
of the Colorado War Savings commit
tee in its present campaign to sell So :
900, 900 worth of War Savings Stamps
and bring the state to the top of it,
quota of $20,2S3,5eo by Dec 81.
| Mrs. Maud Ewing. of Los Angeles,
Cal, died Sunday at the home of her
mother, Mrs Emma Tenant, in Den
| yer, just three hours after the flu
neral service had been held for her
two sisters, Mrs. Leona May Shriv-
ner, and Geneva Aline Tenant, who
died of the same disease.
l. The authorities at the State Agri-
cultural College announced at Fort
Collins that re-opening of the school
has been indefinitely postponed This
was done on the recommendation of
both the State Board of Health and
the local board. Leeman MCGEE of
Las Animas and Charles Longlow of
Silt died at the training camp of in
fluenza.
The State Council of Defense re-
ceived word that the United States
would furnish 400, 100000 bushels Of
foodstuffs for the allies during the
coming winter This announcement
was made following a conference be-
| tween Federal Food Administrator
Herbert c. Hoover and food control
| lers Of the allied countries. Approx
imately l65,000,00O bushels of the esti-
mate may be cereals. the rest being
| composed of wheat, rye, barley and
corn flour