The Elbert County tribune., 1909-02-18
STATE NEWS ITEMS

For the three best individual ex-
hibits from Colorado at the Dry Farm
Ing Congress in Cheyenne, February
<Srd to 25th. the Denver Chamber OF
Commerce offers three trophy cups.
AT the close Of business February
bth. the six national banks of Denver
had on deposit $5s.149,1s3.11. This is
q gain Of $313,s15.s0 over the amount
on deposit at the close Of business
November ~. 1908.
Tourist business to Colorado will be
greater next summer than ever, in the
history Of the state. Is the belief Of G.
n. speers, general passenger agent OF
the Colorado Midland, who returned
from Chicago few days since.
The FIRST tent colony at the M,dern
Wopdmen of America sanitarium at
Colorado Springs was formally dedi-
Gated on the 18th inst. Addresses were
delivered by prominent persons who
are patients at the institution.
On February 18th at Tubers. sta
ficn west OF Eaton on the Great West
ern railway. potatoes brought the
highest price paid this season, or at
any time last year. Pearls being $1.25
and Rurals $1.30 per hundred weight.
DR.. A. Anderson OF Ault was fined
total Of 5000 in the County Court at
Greeley, together with costs. for boot
Logging. He paid the fine. He was
arrested and charged on three counts
with selling liquor without a license
and was fined 5000 on each count
The State Commercial Association
has taken up the burden of procuring
suitable exhibits from Colorado for the
third Trans Missouri Dry Farming Con-
gress at Cheyenne February 23rd, Gath
and 25th. The various commercial or
ganizations of the state are urged to
take part In the wosk.
A man giving his name as Nathan
Hall was arrested in Estes park on the
18th inst. by Forest Rangers Thomson
and Ryan, charged with killing beay-
ers. The man contested and was fined
$3.50. which he paid. Two dead noun
tain sheep were also found in the
park. Indications are they were shot
and 1t is likely arrests win be made.
In a set of resolutions unanimously
adopted the members of the Afro
American Ministerial Union of Denver
have extended their thanks to Presi-
dent Roosevelt for his views concern
ing the status of the African race. its
future development, and the obligation
of this country to Africa and Africans.
and particularly to the Republic of Ii
beria
Peter Gondry, convicted in the Dis
trict Court at Buena Vista OF arson,
was sentenced to six to eight years In
the penitentiary. Gondry had burned
practically all of the buildings and inn
provements on the Mary Murphy mine
and last August was caught burning
the shaft house. Benjamin o. Cook,
convicted of having murdered Charles
e. Cope In Salida last June. was SEN
tenced to twenty to twenty-four years
at hard labor.
According to plans outlined by the
committee on public health and sani-
tation OF the Colorado Springs Char.
ter convention. at a public meeting,
not only will every physician be re-
quired to include tuberculosis among
the hist OF contagious diseases in his
report to be filed with the Health de-
partment, but every householder must
register all cases Of tuberculosis in his
household, together with the other pre-
scsibed diseases.
President Frank G. Peck. Secretary
w. r. waterton and Treasurer F. F.
CASTILLO of the Cripple Creek Drainage
& Tunnel Company were all reelected
at meeting OF the directors at Colo
RADIO Springs February 9th. A. L. Bur-
ris Of the Ell Paso was elected vice
president in place OF John T. Milliken
OF the Golden Cycle, whose frequent
absence prevents him from attending
the official conferences. Mr.. Burris
also succeeds S. 8. Bernard as mem
ber OF the executive committee.
The students of the college of medi-
cine Of the State University were so
elated over the passage of the medical
bill by the Legislature that they held
a banquet at the Boulderado hotel and
declared vacation for the rest of the
week. The bill is a constitutional
amendment to permit the State Uni
versity to conduct the last two years
OF its medical department in Denver.
for clinical advantages. 1t must be
submitted to and approved by the peo-
pie at the next general election. he
fore becoming a law.
Denver's great auditorium would
bold every man, woman and child in a
city of twelve thousand inhabitants.
but the people OF Denver are finding
It too small. It would not begin to
accommodate the crowd on Lincoln's
birthday. Two thousand children
gathered in one end Of it to sing pa
triotic songs. They. with the military