The Elbert County tribune., 1914-02-13

Feb 22-washlngton Day banquet al
Grand Junction
ference. Colorado Daughters of Amer
iean , Revolution at Colorado Spring, Springs.
p. o. Elks at Denver
Sept, 7-CoIorado State Fair at Pu-
1sI5.-Last Grand Council of North
american Indians at Denver.
A S6tting affray west of La Junta
took place at Mexican camp and re
suited in the death of Ga5ino Ribera
Lord and Lady Decies arrived in
Denver from Pueblo to be the house
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford Hill
Mrs Ruby L. McQuate received the
appointment as postmistress OF the
Aurora postoffice. She succeeds George
Means.
A convict-built highway from Colo
rado to the Gulf of Mexico is advocat
ed by Warden Thomas lyman of the
Colorado state penitentiary.
Mrs. 3. Amdurky, former owner of
millinery store at Trinidad. was
seriously burned while using gasoline
in cleaning furs. Little hope is held
out for her recovery.
The mercury reached 20 below at
Steamboat Springs Friday night 1t
showed all day. stopping in the even
ing, and the ground was covered to
depth of thirty-five inches.
Charles Bender. alias Charles Hen
derscn, alias "Black Tony arrested
at Pueblo on charge cf theft. has
been identified as the slayer of Henry
Nickel in Omaha. bank teller. ac-
cording to the police.
The many friends of former Sena-
tor Henry M. Teller and Jucge James
H. Teller of Denver are sympathizing
with them in their recent bereave-
ment. Their sister. Miss Julia c.
Teller. died in Morrison, Ill.
An entire train of Colorado flour
was shipped from the Farmers mill at
Longmont to Birmingham. Ala. The
shipment is regarded by Governor
Ammons as Indicating the growth of
markets for Colorado products. t9
In common with other organiza.
tions all over the world. Denver
Knights of Pythias will celebrate the
Golden Pythian Jubilee. the fifieth
anniversary Of the order with a re-
ception and ball. at Ell Jebel temple.
In all Colorado's history there has
never been year which has started
so auspiciously, which has been so
pregnant with the promise of big
construction, big crops and big re-
turns upon investments, as 1914.
w. H. Paul and John Gross, School
of Mines engineers and metallurgists,
left for Guatemala to take charge OF
-tl l.<. s,.r = - 81 i
Fruit Company, which has offices in
Galveston. New Orleans and New
York
q Through the appropriation by the
Loveland city council the preliminary
work of constructing municipal
flight and power plant on the Big
Thompson river. fourteen miles west
of Loveland. will be started. The cost
of the plant, as estimated by engi-
neers, will aggregate $4,000.
Those fake promoters of mining
stock who are arranging to reopen
the sale OF alleged stock in radium
lands are going to have hard row to
hoe, according to an announcement
made by Inspector in Charge McHenry
of the Western division of the Post
office Department at Denver.
With sharp shoes and teeth the two
standard bred horses of j. X. Kinsin-
ger, valued at $3.50. fought a duel to
the death at Evans when turned in
the barn. Both horses were exhausted
when forced to quit fighting. and both
had broken legs because of which it
became necessary to kill them.
The Western Sugar and Land Com
pany of Colorado Springs and the
Southwestern Sugar and Land Compa-
ny of Glendale. Ariz., both owned by
J. r. McKinnie r. X. Davie and Z. C. |
Sharrer and associates have been con-
solidated under the name of the West |
ern Sugar and Land Company, with
capitalization of s6.000,00O.
Word was received in Longmont of
the death of Robert Knight of that |
place. who went to Indianapolis to at |
tend the miners convention as a dele |
gate from the miners union of Weld |
county. Pneumonia was the cause OF |
his death. His widow and parents, Mr.. |
and Mrs. Thomas Knight left for In
dianapolis to take charge of the body. |
1kA.Edward w. Lazell of Denver.
RANK an as a captain in the medical |
corpsNH the state militia, has been |
detailed to duty in the southern coal |
strike district, by Adjutant General |
Chase. Captain Lazell's mission is to |
treat what is feared is a case of |
spinal meningitis among the troops at |
Aguilar. One soldier has been quar-
antined. Another trooper died of the |
disease and three citizens of Trini- |
dad are suffering from it.