The Elbert County tribune., 1918-03-15
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.
The Boys Pig Club of Huerfano now
numbers so members.

cut in coal prices
Lieut.. Ralph Martin Davenport of
Denver was wounded in action in
France on Feb. 81.
Miss Flora E. Stout, who has spent
ten years as a missionary to Japan.
will speak in Denver March 21
Nearly 5000 cars are needed in
Colorado for the movement OF pota-
toes. wheat, sugar, lambs and live
stock, according to r. G. Grant.
A meeting of the explosives inspect
ors of four states will be held April
in the office of Thomas s. Price. |
federal representative at Denver
Six murderers and two robbers serv-
ing sentences in the state penitentiary |
appealed to the State Board of Par
dons for communication of their SEN
tences.
The Colorado Patriotic League of
the State Council of Defense Is work
ing to extend its organization into all |
parts OF the state for promotion of
loyalty
Decoration contracts were let for the
United States Industrial and Conser-
NdtlOn EApOoiliOut Wnieh 10 " OptA ~
the Denver auditorium on April 6 and
last week.
Sixteen thousand two hundred and
twenty-seven dollars and sixty cents
worth of war savings stamps were sold
by the forty-two committees composed
of 500 girls and matrons of Denver on
March g.
A broken wrist and severe bruises
and cuts about the body were sus-
tanned by Lieut.. Walter e. Plettner OF
Denver when he fell 500 feet in an
aeroplane at Kelley field near San
Antonio, Tex.
A. L. Moss, so years old. former
county commissioner of Conejos and
Alamosa counties. died at the hospital
at Alamosa. He was a wealthy cat
tleman and old timer, and is survived
by his widow, a son of years and one
| grandson.
/ Homer Darrow, II years old, a drum
mer with an Ohio regiment during the
Civil War and veteran of the battle
of Shiloh, died at his home in Denver
on the fifty-third anniversary of his
marriage. Death followed an illness
of five months.
The establishment of the farm la
Dor exchanges to supply Colorado
farmers with labor this spring, sum-
mer and fall is well under way. David
w. Thomas. field secretary of the
State Council of Defense, is now
travelling throughout the state, organ
izing the exchanges In the various
agricultural counties.
The Rocky Mountain National park
will be among the first to be official
| ly opened by the government this
year, according to an announcement
by Franklin X. Lane. secretary of the
| interior. The park will be opened
| May 1 and continue open until Nov.
l. Mesa Verde park will be opened
June 1 and continue open until Sept
| 30.
The Colorado land board had no
| trouble in selling the 10000 acres Of
fered at the monthly sale. Top prices
prevailed and In nearly every instance
the sale price exceeded the appraisal
figure. In Adams county 800 acres
were sold for SIS an acre, which is SO
an acre in excess of the appraisal
price. The board will hold a special
sale at the capitol March 18.
Only 500 of the $4,000 thefts OF
julius Clark from the office of the
state treasurer of Colorado could be
traced to the regime of Michael A.
Leddy. according to the finding of
jury that heard the case In Judge
Buffers division of the District Court.
The state asked for a Judgment
against H. ]. Leddy, as administrator
OF the Leddy estate, for $9,700; but
only the $50 will be granted.
The State Woman's Council of De-
fense reports the organization of ten
new county women's councils.
DIR. E. c. Clark, for twenty years
prominent dentist at Grand junction,
was found dead in his office. his head
resting on an open Bible. A revolver
was clasped in his hands. Clark's
death followed a sensational trial
which resulted in James Levett of
Hoisington. Kan, being awarded ST.
500 damages on allegations that Clark
alienated Mrs. Levett's affection.
Friends say Clark has been despond-
ent since the verdict
A contest for the best essay on
why We Are at War" has been an
nounced by the Colorado Patriotic
League of the State Council of De-
fense. Only pupils in primary grades
can participate. The assay must not
be longer than 26s words. the length
OF Lincoln's Gettysburg address. The |
first prize will be a bronze tablet of
the Gettysburg address. the second, |
$500 worth of War Savings Stamps |
and the third q silk limited Statas |