The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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Business men of Nederland, tung-
sten mining town twenty miles west of
Boulder. have organized commercial
| association.
The Colorado State Fair, which
closed full week session at Pueblo,
was among the best ever held in this
state as regards exhibits, attractions
in the line of entertainment, and at
tendance.
Frank Thomas, negro, 33 years old,
said TO be an ex-convict, is charged
by the corners jury with the murder
of Jennie Mosby, negress, II years
old, on the evening of Sept 30, at
Pueblo.
Eleven persons were arrested, a
large stock of various kinds of liquor,
new still and high-powered ma
chine were seized in n series of spec
| tacular bootlegging raids conducted by
local police officers at Walsenburg re-
| Gently.
State Teachers College at Greeley
has completed the work of registering
students for the winter term and has
310 women and sixty men enrolled. In
dustrial high school, which is operated
| III cOHHetllOIl WIFI ile ledcntrS oOl-
lege, has 265 enrolled.
The forty-fifth annual convention of
the Colorado Education Association
Will he held simultaneously in three cit
les. Denver, Pueblo and Grand juno
tion Nov to g. The delegates of the
Eastern, Southern and Western divi-
sions respectively will assemble at
these centers.
One of the most daring freight train
robberies staged in northern Colorado
| for years was discovered when a
| Union Pacific freight train was
brought to stop near Num-, station
| twenty miles north of Greeley. The
| train crew discovered that three car
| loads of merchandise had been broken
into between Num- and Pierce, sta
| tion six miles south of Greeley, and
| goods valued at several thousand dol
lars had been removed while the train
was in motion.
Plans for the enlargement and mod
| ernizing the Greeley hospital which is
| operated jointly by the city and coun-
| ty, have been prepared and will be
| presented to the county commission
ers shortly. 1t is proposed to add two
large wings to the present building.
| The proposed new wings will provide
| ia rooms, which, 1t is believed, will
| be ample for all purposes for several
| years to come. The wings will cost
| $4,000, and will be fireproof. A larger
and thoroughly up-to-date operating
room will be provided.
Besides winning the sweepstakes in
| the potato display for the fourth con-
| secutive year, Colorado won two other
| sweeps, seventeen first prizes, eleven
| seconds and ten thirds at the Four
| teenth International Soil Products ex-
| position at Kansas City. Judging of
| agricultural exhibits has just been
completed, and though comparative
| figures have not yet been compiled. 1t
| Is believed in the department that this
state carried off more honors than any
other, or any Canadian province.
The Colorado Cooperative Crop Re-
porting Service is making an effort
| this year to determine as accurately as
possible what percentage of corn and
sorghums is grown for grain In this
state and what percentage cut green
for slage. Inquiry is also being made
| to determine what proportion of the
| rye AID oats crops is cut for grain and
what parts are cut for hay or other
purposes. This information has never
| been available before and will be of
| much value to those interested in
| knowing the approximate amount of
| siage produced in the state and the
amounts of these various crops grown
| for grain.
Wesley Swank, "a, died at the Gree
| ley hospital from injuries received
when he was buried under load OF
bricks he was hauling, the result of one
end of the wagon falling out Swank is
| survived by three small children. His
wife died from the flu last year.
| A runaway box car loaded with
wheat rolled from Ault. twelve miles
north of Greeley. to Evans hill, one
mill south of Greeley. Conductor IL.
! E. Stoner and a brakeman who rode
the car during its trip, which was
made at mile-a-minute speed, es-
capped without injury. An extra
freight was switching at Ault when
the box car which had been pushed
out on the main line ahead of the en-
| gine, failed to respond to the brakes
and began to roll down the grade In
the darkness. After notifying the OPP
orator at Auli TO clear the line, the
| engine crew started in pursuit. Pas
senger train No. 100. from Denver 10
Cheyenne, had just arrived in Aut
| ahead of the runaway AT Eaton a
northbound freight train was passed
| in safety. The engine did not gain on
| the runaway car until the latter be-
| gan to climb the steep grade south OF
Greeley.