The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-31
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


a, tho end of the campaign to every
man in the employ of the company
,rhis bonus viii be based on NM
mi,m output and large prizes VIII NC
eiven where the men exceed this MINI
num During the first week every
.,c,o,v I'm the Colorado district was be-
ro,v the minimum, but the daily shiits
are now said to be exceeding this MIN
Imum and are rolling up bonus every
day.
Declaring that fraudulent stock sales
men are bleeding the people OF Moii-
rose with their promises OF huge re-
turns on stock in companies that were
organized mainly for the exploitation
of the investors money, members Oh
the local Chamber of Commerce eA-
pressed the urgent need Of city ordin-
ance which would make it necessary
for the stock in every concern that was
offered for sale be first investigated
and approved by responsible local Or
ganization. probably committee ap-
pointed especially for this purpose Dy
the mayor OF the city.
Payment of s1e5, 5,03l.31 ION account
of the Inheritance tax" due on the es-
fate of Werner Y. Reed and prospect
that S155,OOO on other large estates
will be paid within two months VIII
alone bring the total collections OF the
state Inheritance tax department to
$50 900 in the first year of the biennial
period which began Dec. l last. This
total will exceed by $145,0OO the esti-
mate made for the biennial period, or
s725. .OG0. The sum Of S549, 123.4s had
been collected by the department
Oct Is.
C. A. Van Dorm, president of the
First National Bank at Craig Moffat
county C. III. Wise and r. S. Hamilton
of the same town filed application with
the State Public Utilities Commission
for certificate of public necessity and
convenience for the establishment of
power and light plant at Craig. They
are about to organize the Craig Sery-
ice Corporation, they said In their ap-
pIication. and have already obtained Il
franchise.
The body of Frank Maxwell Camp
bell, - years old, a former member of
the students army training corps and
former student at the Colorado Agrf-
cultural College and at Washington
State College. Pullman, Wash, was dis
covered with bullet wounds in it at
Fort Collins by Clarence Drexeil, stu
dent mt the college, who recognized
Campbell as his classmate last year.
No cause for the murder has yet been
solved
y. Lehrman, welI-known merchant,
was seriously injured ut Brighton when
his daughter, Sarah, accidentally drove
| Il machine over him in front of his gar
| age. The "clutch" slipped rs she was
! putting the car into the garage, after
returning home from Denver, and the
car gave sudden squirt and ran over.
| the merchant
In a raid on farm two and one-haif
miles north of Brighton in Weld coun-
| ty, Sheriff Il. A. Gormley of Brighton
! arrested Mike Kazlowsky and two bro
thers, who were taken to Greeley to
be charged with making liquor Six
| gallons of distilled alcohol and fifty
| gallons of raisin wine were seized by
the sheriff.
'It is practically assured that legis-
lation will be enacted at this session
relieving miners of all assessment
work for the year 1919" This state
ment was made by Ravenel Macbeth,
Western mining promoter. who is in
Washington working for this legisla-
tion.
Arthur Taggart, aged prospector,
was found guilty at Boulder in the
first degree for the murder of George
Spencer, who was found dead in his
cabin at Spring gulch on Aug. 6. The
| jury was out forty-five minutes. He
was given life sentence.
Archuleta county has fallen short
this year in the production of potatoes.
Ranchers are realizing that they have
once more made mistake in not
ty produces fine spuds without irriga-
tion. Many car loads were shipped out
last year but fear of not getting a good
price and lack of demand has ham,
pered the crop this year.
A net decrease of s2O05sO in the
states total assessed valuation for the
next year was shown when the State
Tax Commission completed compila-
tion of changes made by the board of
equalization. which ended its annual
work. Reductions made were $7OS.9f
and increases We're S5OS,3SO, making
the approved valuation for the entire
state $1,494, ,S43. .449
Greeley building contractors have re-
fused demands of the union carpenters
for an increase in pay from rs to 90
cents an hour. Contractors say they
have contracted ahead for work for the