The Elbert County tribune., 1915-12-24


Jan. 3-s.-Farmers' Annual Congress
at Fort Collins Agricultural College.
Jan. 4es-Colorado Kennel Club Show
Jan. s-1o-sixteenth annual show of
colorado Poultry Fanciers' Associa-
Jan. 17-1s.-Meeting Colorado Retail
Groeers' and Butchers Association
Jan. 19.-Sixth Annual Convention of
Colo; Good Roads Assn at Denver.
Jan is-22.-western Live Stock Show
Feb. 12-Meeting Republican state
Central Committee in Denver.
Merchants Associations Food and
industrial Exposition at Denver.
Colorado Springs EIks will enter
tain 1000 poor children on Christmas
Day
The two sugar factories in Larimer
county have just paid out 81 100000
to the growers of beets.
Only four cases of diphtheria, ex-
cept those in the Steele hospital, have
been reported to the Denver Health
Department.
Henry c. Murphy. 10 years old and
'59er, who ran the first hotel and
butcher shop in Denver. died at ST.
Luke's hospital
Two armed bandits beat John ].
Fitzgerald Denver saloonkeeper,
but were frightened away before they
had obtained anything.
Englewood now has Great White
Way" 1cO tungstens now lighting her
streets. replacing the fifty-four arc
lights heretofore used.
A sample of ore from the copper
properties on the La Plata. near Man
cos. showed a value Of SAT per ton,
practically all in copper.
The Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph Company has an
nounced that it will extend its lines
from Genoa to Burlington.
A coroner's jury at Cripple Creek
places tho blame for the death of
Lawrence Secrecy. Dec. 16, on the
cresson Gold Mining Company.
On the charge OF passing two
worthless checks. C. II. Linn. mine
operator, was arrested by Under
Sheriff Euler of Boulder in Denver
James H Crabtree, a livestock
dealer living at 1927 Grant street.
dropped dead while walking at Seven
teenth and Glenarm streets in Den
YER
The surrender of the Villa forces
in northern Mexico means increased
prosperity for Denver manufacturers
and dealers in mining machinery and
supplies.
The oil shales of Colorado and
Utah will furnish the petroleum of the
country. and at no distant period, is
the belief of the United States
bureau of mines.
Wind records for three years were
broken at Boulder at an early hour
Tuesday morning. when for about
thirty minutes a seventy-fiye mile
gale whistled through the city.
Erastus D. Webster, second base
man on the Denver baseball team for
a number of years and a professional
baseball player and manager for
eighteen years, died in Denver,
Grape juice Will be the main item
on the refreshment menu at the an.
nual New Year reception of the Den.
yer Chamber of Commerce, according
to announcement by President
| Stearns.
Definite information was received
in Denver of an investigation being
made by War Department officials al
Washington to determine the feast.
bility of enlarging Fort Logan, the
government army post near Denver.
The Maxcy Tabor ranch, known as
the East RANCH comprising 20,92O
icres, near Pueblo. has been sold at
public sale to satisfy a judgment for
S24,O70.75 in favor of Mahlon d.
Thatcher as trustee and A. V. Hunter
of Denver, holder of the note.
The final settlement of the litiea.
tion between James H. Brown and
his divorced wife. Mrs. Mary A.
Brown, was reached in Denver when
Mr.. Brown decided to his former wife
property aggregating 100000 in val.
ue, and all cases pending between
them in the courts were dismissed.
George NJ Bradley, a pioneer
freighter of the ante-raiIroad days.
died at Mercy hospital in Denver of
cancer of the stomach, after a linger-
ing illness. He was n years of age,
Seer, member of the Society of
Colorado Pioneers and veteran of the
Civil war
George Reichert, wealthy Fort Col
Inns cattleman. and Eddie Lewis.
chauffeur. must appear at the Feb
ruary term of the Arapahoe County
District Court to answer charges of
manslaughter in connection with the
death of Miss Louise Mansfield fol-
lowing beating, she suffered in
Petersburg roadhouse.
Mandamus proceedings to cnnnel