The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-10-16
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts Of
Colorado

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Funds for the work will be raised by
the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals
in December.
Eastern Colorado has produced
bumper crop of wheat this year. crop
that surpasses all other regions In
yield per bushel and quality. of grain,
according to reports.
Gov. Oliver II. Shoup has not yet
definitely set the date calling the ex-
ira session of the Legislature, it was
declared at his office, but 1t will be
mot later than Nov. TO-"
Gov. oliver H. Shoup designated Fri
day, Oct. "A, as Roosevelt American
ization day" and asked that 1t be OBJ
| served in Colorado as recommended by
| the Roosevelt Memorial Association.
Breeders of live stock In Weld coun-
ty have organized the Weld County
Pure Breed Livestock Breeders Asso-
citation with We A. Purvis of Johns
town, breeder of dairy stock, as pres
ldent
Even tho some of the most import
ant agricultural territory In Colorado
suffered from the most severe drought
in thirty-five years. the agricultural
output of the state this year will be the
| greatest on record.
Wages in nineteen Denver manufac-
turing plants have increased approxi-
mately $163, 600 for this year over 1918,
| according to figures secured by the
City Industrial Bureau. Last year
these same industries paid In wages
$433, 500. This year their total, they
say, will be $597, 485.
Newspaper and magazine editors
representing a circulation of more than
2O,OOO,OOO readers have pledged their
support to the campaign and to aiding
in the pOpularizatiOn of the knowledge
that tuberculosis kills 10000 persons
year and costs $5OO,OOO,OOO yearly in
life and labor.
| Rienzi C. Dickens, LongmOnt ranch
man, who was convicted in May, 1915,
In the Boulder District Court of second
degree murder, following the fatal
shooting of his aged father, William
II. Dickens, banker and farmer, on
Nov. 80, 1915, was granted new trial
| by the State Supreme Court.
1
| Insects do not cOnfin6 their depre-
dalton to plants by simply sucking the
juices from them or devOuring the
| foliage, but are instrumental In the
transmission of plant diseases which IL
not properly treated Will spread to
other plants and cause no little dam
age.
In the construction and maintenance
Of the earth rOads In the rurnl sections,
the most efficient equipment yet found
consists of u road grader drawn by u
| five ton truck. This equipment will
do the common grading such as Is US
ually done on this type Of road for
about One-half the cost of doing the
| came work with teams in the old way.
The sheepmen are facing heavy loss
es unless the scabies can be extermin-
ated Immediately, according to DR..
| Mitchell, government sheep inspector,
who addressed the last meeting of the
| Western Slope Wool Growers AssOci-
alton ut Montrose after he had quaran-
tined several of jhe largest herds Of
sheep in the county because Of the
presence of scabies.
|
ment received q check for 81, 400, the
tax on the estate of Kenneth II. Bows,
late of Denver and New York. Pay
ment Of the tax, which is one of the
largest received by the state in recent
months, followed final appraisal of the
estate by E. L. MacCullOch, one Of the
| appraisers In the department, under
Chief Appraiser Il. II. BluckmaR The
appraisal was approved by Attorney
General Victor E. Reyes, ex-officio
head of the department.
The body of Michael Heintx, father
Of Congressman Victor Heintz of Ohio,
who died ut Montrose, was shipped to
Cincinnati for burial, as his son was
unable to come west. Mr.. He!ntz had
been resident Of the MOntrose sec
tiOn for seven years and was promi-
nent farmer of that county. He was
veteran Of the Civil war and partici-
pated in many Of the most important
battles of the war. He was 16 years
old.
jefferson county formally welcomed
home its thirty-three returned SOL
diers and paid tribute to the three who
made the supreme sacrifice, at exer-
cises and jollificatiOn held at Eorri-
son with nearly 1900 people attending.
Speeches, athletic events, military and
jazz music by the Fort Logan post
band. dance and sure-enoueh
western barbecue made up the pro-
gram, and the large crowd supplied
abundance Of enthusiasm. A large pro-
portion of the thirty-three returned
soldiers fell into line for the review,
under the direction of I. A. Van Cor
den, Jr., prominent citizen of Morri-