The Raymer enterprise., 1919-01-02
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

| is Robert l.. Marlof. Sheridan Lake.
The dead OF disease include Charles
w. Smith, Longmont, and Jose d. Row.
ero, Palisade. Listed among the miss.
ing In action are Homer c. Vennick
and Benjamin II. Kuenster, Denver.
Among the severely wounded are Har
ry r. Carlson, Denver, and John j..
Magan, Pueblo. The list of wounded,
degree undetermined, includes Charles
II. Schmidt, Pueblo: Benjamin +.
Pearson. Kalows; Abraham Silberman.
Denver; Dugald l.. Pinyan. Silverton;
Frederick Kohler, Doylesville. and
Bernard A. Faller Denver. Listed as
slightly wounded are Earl l.. Sangster,
Denver; John c. Arvine, Fort Collins:
Milton @. Sundin and Louis Marino.
Denver
The occurrence Of small but valuable
"yugs' Of uranium, commonly called
pitchblende, has been noted from
time to time in the ores OF Boulder,
Gilpin and Clear Creek counties Out
side of half dozen claims on Quart,
hill. Central City. no values have been
returned from this rare mineral. here
tofore shipped east and abroad. The
uranium ''vugs" Of Gilpin county are
rated the highest In grade Of any yet
disclosed during the present year.
The incoming Legislature will be
asked to decide whether w. G. Swein.
hart, Democratic member-elect, or A.
d. Radinsky. Republican. is entitled to
represent Adams county In the House
Of Representatives. Sweinhart on the
face of returns received 1920 votes
and Radinsky l.277. Radinsky has
filed contest petition with the sec
retary Of states office, asserting that
he. and not Sweinhart, is entitled to
the place.
The proposal for bond issue for
good roads In Colorado has met with
such favor that the original plan for
a $l0,000,00O issue is rapidly develop
ing into movement for a 100000, 900
issue. In support of Its agitation for
the bond issue the Colorado Highway
Commission has outlined a plan of ac.
ton which includes the Improvement
OF 1000 miles, of which about 500
miles will be hard-surfaced highway.
w. S. MacMahon of Godfield and
Gordon Edwards OF Victor were
burned TO death, and John Mancarrow
of Victor, It Is thought. was fatally
burned while working on the 10000.
volt power line of the Arkansas Valley
Railway, Light and Power Company,
near the Vindicator mine on Bull hill
at Victor.
Governor Gunter has issued many
proclamations in the interest of Colo.
RADIOS soldiers in France, but the first
direct appeal to those soldiers re.
| turned either from the front or from
camp, went out and concerns the mat
ter of insurance policies. The chief
executive sounds warning to the sol,
dlers not to let their policies lapse.
Mrs. Caroline G. Cornforth a pio.
neer of Denver, widow OF Birks Corn.
forth. died at her home, 1926 Down,
ing street, at the age of S5 As a
bride she crossed the Atlantic from
England with her husband, their jour,
ney to Denver being completed from
the Missouri river by stage.
The toll taken In Denver by influ
enza is indicated by estimates made
by heads OF several of the largest
life insurance companies in Denver,
who state that between $4,000 and
100000 has been paid in Denver In
the last three months for death claims
from Influenza alone
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, command.
Ing the Tenth division, recently paid
high tribute to the work OF the Twen.
tieth regiment OF infantry, which Ia
composed largely OF Denver and Colo
RADIO boys
An increase of 10 cents in gas rates
awarded the Denver Gas and Electric
Light Company Nov. IA, by the Colo.
RADIO Utilities Commission, Is collect
able, according to the Supreme Court
Nearly 400 more men have been dis
charged from military service at Fort
Logan, In accordance with the Wal
Department request that all men who
were not needed by military author
tiles be permitted to 20 back to their
old positions. Many of the men are
unassigned draftees from Denver, and
. great percentage have returned to
their former positions.
The Colorado Metal Mining Asso
citation and the Colorado chapter OF
the American Mining Congress will
hold their annual meetings jointly In
Denver, Jan. 2, 3 and 4. Governmental
control of the labor supply and state
legislation are matters to be dis
cussed.
Disguised as Santa Claus, stocking
cap, ruddy cheeks, CHEEKY smile and
all, John Hughes, Nederland miner,
was arrested as he stepped from 0
Cheyenne train at Boulder. He car
ried a pack which, when opened al
the sherlff's office, was found to con.
tain twenty-four pints Of whisky.
Two young Denver couples reported
dead from influenza within the same
tWenty.fnur hours were Mr. and Mrs