The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-19

western Newspaper UAssn News ssr~iea-
COMING EVENTS. -A.
July 22-Democratie state Assembly In
Denver.
Aug 22-24-Coiorado Btate Firemen's
Convention at Georgetown
Sept. 1s-Beaver Park fair at Penross'
Sept. 2S-2s-colorado stats Fair at
Sept 2s-zs-Lincoin County Fair at
hugo. tff fi4iIls -fhc
The Sailor Boy mine at Siivsrton =.
being worked under lease. -yb ss+'
The north Golden road Is nbw being
resurfaced with crushed rock
Two barns and q private garage
were destroyed by fire in lonsmont.
Charles Harvey Setchel died June
"a from pneumonia somewhere in
France.
The monthly payroll at the steel
works in Pueblo is approximately
$4,000 it., N
People OF Denver paid honor to
France in Bastile day celebration at
Auditorium. a..
Parade at Lamar gave send-off 10
departing recruits - 2s from Baca
county and 80 from Prowers.
During an electrical storm at Lamar
lightning struck the steeple OF
church, causing some damage. L
Norman d. Hutchison. marine of
Eaton. succumbed to wounds, accord
ing to the casualty list given out In
Washington. eI4 -
Miss Helen Spencer. % years old.
and a graduate nurse of Trinidad. died
at st. Luke's hospital in Denver from
septic poisoning.
Coal is being taken from the Collonl
mine at Axial basin and shipped In
automobile trucks to Meeker and
Craig. aatas gl ln $50 iasu. IS if
The opening of the railway between
Silverton and the Joker Tunnel means
much to San Juan county in the way
of ore production. M l...ts .al.,ft
w H. Wilder. former resident OF
Trinidad. veteran of the Civil war.
was killed in an automobile accident
near Grand Junction. .,
A number OF people at Durango are
signing and circulating petitions ask
Ing for a change to the commission
form of government for that city.
After extensive repairs and the in
stallation of flotation process the
Old Lewis mine in the San Juan dis
trlct is producing at its former stand
ard L -1- tlIl 41l.I ji
Discovery of a large deposit OF pot
ash is announced at Saiida.l The loca-
ton Is near Mears station. on the line
Between Chaffee and Saguache coun
ties. flU .gggF assfr Ia sr.rfyrf-
Work OF blasting out the new road
between Durango and Silyerton. -sev.
enteen miles Of very difficult and ex'
pensive highway. IS now In progress.
being done by Navajo indians.
William Comfort was found lying
dead In a mine at Gilman. Leadville
district. with not mark on his body
or other sign OF any cause. but 1t II
supposed death was caused by bad air
Harry Pendleton. IS. sou OF Mr.. and
Mrs. w. r. Pendleton. formerly OF
Denver. but now OF Omaha, who ran
away and got into the army. is report
ed among the Americans killed In ac-
ton. d.. r,r.y ffst.ra.s.r .al..
Norman Hutchinson, son of r. NJ.
Hutchinson OF Eaton. was killed In
France while fighting with the ma
rines, according to word received by a
sister who lives in Denver. He enlist
ed May ., 1917. t...t.r- t.......
In an alteration over a COW, G.. c.
Cope, homesteader OF Washington
county, was shot and killed and three
posses from Sterling searched for A.
J. Burdick. another homesteader,
charged with the killing 'NA''aa
Littieton is to have an alfalfa prod
ucts mill. i''' rHHN
Resumption of operation of the con-
centrating plants in Boulder county is
announced at jamestown. where
James Wood has secured the Bueno
mill and is preparing to handle the
fluorspar ores of the district.
The. body OF man apparently about
go years old. and believed TO be that
OF Gabriel jacobson, was found on the
Platte river bank in Denver at West
Jewell avenue by E. @. McCarty. who
was on a fishing trip. A miners card.
reading "Ouray Miners Union No. l5"
was found in pocket N ....l.j,
Crop CONDITIONS throughout Colo
fado are in generally satisfying con
dition but not quite Up 10 an average
year, according to the July crop esti-
mate compiled by the Department of
Agriculture. There is an increase in
wheat, corn and other cereals but q
decrease In potatoes. Corn. with 527.-
900 acres planted. with an estimated
yield OF 1o,7ss,oo0 bushels. 10 in the
best condition OF any OF the crops.
while winter and spring wheat show
an estimated yield OF 15.O23 900 bu-
shells as against the estimate at the