The Elbert County tribune., 1916-12-22

city.
Jan, 2o-Athietic Club boxing contests
Jan :o-27-AnnuaI wsstsrE stock
Show at Denver.
Feb 24-Y NJ C A Annual Conyen-
uon at Colorado Springs
The Jewish synagogues of Denver
observed the Festival of Dedication.
The total tax levy for the city and
county OF Denver in 1917 will be II
mills.
Building permits issued in the city
Of Denver during the last year amount
to over s4.oOo,OoO.
The broom factory of the Adult
tally destroyed by fire.
The Burlington railroad has re-
newed its 1916 subscription of $4,000
to the Denver tourist and publicity
bureau.
Again the cost of living drops in
Denver, with the announcement that
turkeys are to cost less on Christmas
than they did on Thanksgiving.
Plans have been completed for the
*10.000,000 campaign to raise funds
for the Jewish war sufferers. accord
ing to word received in Denver.
F. j. Edwards, 80 years old, a
switchman for the Union Pacific rail
road, was ground to death under car
wheels in the yards in Denver.
The state will save more than $l5,-
600 on legislative printing this ses-
sion under contracts let, according to
r. w. Bradford, state printing COM
missioner.
blow received in the fight with
Jack Bratton at the National Athletic
Club in Denver killed Perfecto l.. Ro-
nero young Joe Rivers), according
to the verdict of the coroner's jury.
DR.. ]. II. Sinclair, resident of the
Pixies Peak region for nearly forty
years, died at his home in Colorado
Springs. He was native of Des
Moines, Iowa, and came to Colorado
in 1877.
George W. Thompson, widely known
as the hunting companion of Kit Car
son and one of the first veterinarians
in Colorado. died at the Denver county
hospital as a result of injuries suf-
fered several weeks ago while he was
dehorning COW on a ranch near Den
YER
Delfido Archuleta, member of
prominent family of southwestern
Colorado and storekeeper at Lone
Tree, near Pagosa Springs, was ar
rested by Deputy United States Mar
shall Rosuck on the charge of selling
liquor to Indians. He gave bond and
was released.
Alimony secured by Divorces, pret-
ty and otherwise, from bubbles who
have erred, is not to be spent for tax
icab joy rides and liquors that Colo
RADIO is trying to prohibit the sale of.
according to Judge Allen of Denver,
who held that it should be strictly de-
voted to the purchase of the necessi
ties of life.
William A. Smith, former cashier of
the Silverton National Bank, who was
arrested by Samuel Rosuck, deputy
United States marshal. on a charge of
making false entries in bank books
while he was employed there, gave
bond of $4,000 at Silverton and was re-
leased. He is now a mining prospec-
tor.
1t is stated that a saving of over
$4,000 annually will be effected to
shippers of Denver under decision
announced by the State Public Utili-
ties Commission which orders reduc.
tions ranging from 1875 to 25 per cent
in local switching rates on freight
traffic moving entirely within the
state of Colorado.
Testimony that the block signal sys-
tem-the automatic bell arrangement
in use at the Forty-fourth avenue
and Washington street railroad cross
ing. where Michael Zelenock was
killed in an acknowledgements
train collision, is a menace rather
than a safeguard was offered by sew
eral witnesses at the inquest on Zele-
nock's death held in Denver.
The War Department is making a
contribution to the Christmas JOY of
number of families of Colorado
militiamen, who are now in service
on the Mexican border. Sixty-four
families have been paid amounts
based on monthly allowance rang
ing from $40 to $50 from the office of
Henry G. Sharpe, quartermaster gen
eral of the United States army.
The all-Colorado committee. com
posed of representatives from the
commercial organizations of Denver,
Colorado Springs and Pueblo, held a
meeting in Colorado Springs to con
slider matters of importance to the
state These include the proposed
government munitions plant at Pu-
eblo. enlarging the post at Fort Logan
to brigade post, and similar topics.
One hundred and twenty-five thou
sand dollars instead of s75 mn will ha