The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-05-17

tion at Colorado Springs.
Pueblo. ''A'' ~
4. pickle sailing plant is to be built
at Loyeland.
Strawberries grow cheaper much
faster than eggs
The Elks Lodge at Sterling will
build $4,000 home.
An alfalfa mill and mixing plant will
be erected at Plattevillo.
second story is being added to thu
Lincoln school building at Delta.
Fifty enlisted men passed through
Denver on their way to Fort Logan.
One COW brought over $4,000 at a
Red Cross sale at Del Norte recently.
A 30s-acre ranch In the Harmony
sold for $4,000.
More than 5000 square feet of floor
ing is being relaid in Weld county's
new court house
There are now forty employed gar
den supervisors in Colorado. Last
year there were three.
Colorado will send 1900 men to Fort
Logan for training in the call for d.
600 more troops on May 20 to "a.
San Luis valley last year planted
over 10000 acres in potatoes. Elk
perts are advising that the same acre
age be planted this year.
From Littleton to Castle Rock the
counties and state have surfaced the
Colorado Springs highway and now
oIpt
The State Council OF Defense has
taken up the question of compelling
all idle men to go to work and do their
share towards winning the war.
Mrs. Grace Livermore Wells was
granted a decree of divorce from
Buckley Wells. wealthy mining man,
in thcDistrict Court of Telluride.
Lester March. an 1s-year-old boy of
Milliken, who enlisted In the U. s,
marine corps year ago. has been
wounded while In service on the fir
ing line In France and is in hospital.
Forty officers of the Colorado Ma
tional Guard and 100 sergeants and
corporals will go into training during
June at the rifle range near Golden,
Adjt. Gen. Frank D. Baldwin an
nounced
E. A. Deter, Is years old, employed
at the coke ovens being constructed
near the steel plant at Pueblo, was
killed when a heavy beam steel
slipped, striking the young man on the
head and crushing his skull.
A red cedar, said to be the only one
of its kind in this part of the world,
has been planted in front of the court
house at Pueblo The tree was i'm
ported direct from the Himalayan
mountains by c. L. Dittmar.
An inspiring spirit was found among
Colorado's farmers by DR.. Charles A
Lory on recent trip. He told the
Stat9afSouncil OF Defense that the
county y;syncils in southwestern. coun-
ties e'Gbing splendid work.
Six hundred men are at work on the
S1,700,000 recuperation camp and hos
pital the government is building on
the outskirts of Denver, according to
announcement made by Major w. ].
Cameron of the Quartermaster's build
ing staff
Colorado's population includes 160,-
900 residents of foreign birth and alto
gether 100000 residents of foreign ex-
traction, Prof. George Norlin, chair
man Of the committee on Americaniza-
tion of aliens of the State Council of
Defense. reports.
The highest price ever realized on a
Denver market for steers was estab-
lished when SIT per hundredweight
was paid. The Herefords were fed by
Harry Emmons of Longmont and sew
enteen sold for an average price of
s24o.S9, or a total of s3.095.13.
Z. A. Hess. baker, who shot him
self a month ago because he feared
violence as a result of being a pro-
German suspect, died at a Fort Col
Inns hospital. He died Just one
month, almost to the minute, from the
time he fired a bullet into his head
Observance of Red Cross campaign
week, beginning Monday, May 20, dur
ing which the people of the common
wealth will be asked to give of their
wealth to aid In relieving distress on
the battlefields, was urged b. Gov.
Julius C. Gunter in a proclamation.
Colorado will be enriched this year
by more than $3.50. 900. which will be
expended by the United States Agri-
cultural Department in the federal for
est reserves of the state II the esti-
mate of Assistant District Forester
Fred w Morrell meets with the APP
proval of Secretary Houston.
Amid cheers 149 Denver selective
gervice men, comprising the quota OF
- IaFe 60, I