The Elbert County tribune., 1917-03-09

now a completed structure.
Western Colorado sheep clips are
reported selling at 361s cents.
The new German Congregational
church at Fort Morgan has been form
ally dedicated.
Robert F. Weitbrec gave his thir-
teenth annual breakfast to the thir-
teen members OF the "l3" Club.
One hundred and four Missourians
attended the seventh annual banquet
Of the Missouri Society of Colorado in
Denver.
Double funeral services were held
in Denver for Mr.. and Mrs. Paul r.
Tanning, killed In railroad wreck at
q Mount Union. Pa.
The Senate passed the House con-
current resolution providing for the
adjournment sine die of the Legisla-
, ture on March "a.
One hundred and fifty business
men of Arvada and farmers of the VI
cinity attended booster meeting
given by the Arvada Community Club.
The Denver Civic and Commercial
power to find employment for the
Colorado guardsmen mustered out at
Fort D. A. Russell.
ALI previous records for high prices
for hogs on the Denver market we're
broken at the stockyards on the 9Th.
when carload of choice porkers, fed
and marketed from Rocky Ford, sold
at s14.35
According to ruling made by Po-
lice Magistrate Rice of Denver against
Harvey Bell, charged with violation
of the prohibition Law, it is just as
unlawful to buy liquor from the boot
leggers as 1t is to sell 1t.
News that his son, Second Lieut..
Jack V. Prestidge of Denver, who dis
tinguished himself in the European
war, has been disabled by wounds re-
ceived in battle has been received by
Frank Prestidge of Denver.
A resolution condemning 'in the
strongest terms" the act of the twelve
filibustering senators which defeated
President Wilson's attempt to arm
ships was introduced in the State Sen
ate by Senator's Knauss and Dodge.
Denver postal savings March 1
showed an increase of nearly $4,000
over that of March / year ago, bring
ing the total amount now on deposit
to more than 100000, being the larg-
est in the history of the Denver post
office.
The Senate forced out of committee
and on the floor of the Senate the bill
by Senators Fincher and Candlish pro-
viding for an investigation of the
smelling industry in this state and ap-
propriating $4,000 for the expenses of
the committee.
Denver hospitals will continue to
have potatoes on their menus. At
the county hospital and other institu
tions it was said that no changes
were contemplated in the menus, al
!. though the increase in prices of food
g was having a big effect on the ex-
penses.
Governor Gunter refused to grant
an extradition for the return to Wis
ner, Neb, of Ernest Hawk, who is
charged by the Nebraska authorities
with child stealing. Hawk is 80 years
Oibt anu thc OiituSt, IL ID dlltSeu,
grew out of his marriage to Annie
Frerichs, IA.
Glenn Duffield former Denver chief
of police. must pay Mrs. Ida Wright
judgment of $4,000. The Judgment
also runs against Thomas NJ f. Ham
ilton and Percy l.. Clemens, city pa
trolmen. A jury in Judge Mullins di.
vision of the Denver District Court
returned the verdict.
The four young men named in the
two sets of informations filed as
result of the investigation into the
so-called ''revel ring" in Denver will
endeavor to prove none of the girls
involved are under the Juvenile Court
age limit, according to one of the at.
torneys for the defense.
The general attitude of the United
States with reference to the subma.
rine and other international questions
growing out of the European war car.
ries the united Endorsement and sup.
port of the Pan-American nations, ac-
cording to Senator Enrique Coronel
Zegarra of Peru, who is visiting in
Denver.
Bear creek. Denvers prize mountain
park trout stream, is well on the road
to becoming not only the most heavily
fished trout stream in the state, but
city and state officials who have been
stocking the stream with thousands
of trout, predict that 1t will soon rank
among the finest for its size in the
country.
George Warren Densmore, new
member of the State Industrial Com.
mission. returned to Denver. after hav.