Gilpin observer., 1918-12-12
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Disease has caused the death Of
seven raore Colorado boys in the
;>Smy, according to the casualty lists
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 G. Youngquiat. Boulder.
and Harry g. Price. Read The death
of Capt. Marcellus H. ChiJ~s, 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 R. 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 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 q 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 it,
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
Denver for the duration of the cpl
demic are now we'll past the 10000
mark. With 174 new cases in the
twenty-three-hour period from 4
o'clock Friday until o'clock Dec. Z,
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
tho total deaths up to S03.
Modification of q bill providing for
the care of soldiers discharged from
the army to pass to the United States
public health service under the war
risk insurance act, has resulted in the
launching of movement that may
bring a second great hospital to Colo
rado. through the efforts of the Colo
RADIO Development Federation.
1t is interesting to note that while
the beet growers of northeastern Colo
RADIO will have received for this years
crop of beets approximately $11,5OO.-
600, or about $1.240.0O0 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
present cost Of living should be met
by greater incomes, the Boulder city
council has granted . raise in the SAL
aries of the director of finance and
record, supervisor of street mainte-
nance assistant health officer, chief
of police, fire chief and all patrolmen
and firemen.
After spending two and a half
months in . German prison camp and
being released according to the terms
OF the armistice, 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 q two
carload consignment Of highgrade
tungsten imported from China for use
in the Tungsten Products Company,
valued, It 10 said, at more than $780,
900 at the present American quota
ton.
Approximately 100000 acres Of
waste land lying in the center OF the
San Luis valley and within the boun-
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, II the efforts of an organisa-
tion OF business men and farmers in
the southern part of the state are ap-
proved by the government.
Silver producing mines in Boulder,
0ilpin 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-