The Elbert County tribune., 1919-12-19
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
w~.,.rn Newspaper Union News service


OF Colorado In 1898 and state senator
from Pueblo for four years. died sud
denly Mt his home in Pueblo. He was
81 years old.
Following a recent football game in
Craig between the teams representing
the Snake River. Wyoming. section
and Craig. six Wyoming young folks
who. came to root for their team We're
married.
William p Munroc. about 4S yearr
old, "a miner In the Strong mine, was
killed Instantly mt Victor by falling
about 100 feet down a slope at the
7OO-foot level The accident was the
result of tinbers giving wny. He Is
survived by his wife and two children
who are now in Nova Scotia.
A faint cry of a child at the oppor-
tune time and the chance and lucky
appearance OF two boys Is MI that
saved little Lillian Maxwell of Colo
RADIO Springs from freezing to death.
Iu her hurry to get to school the child
cut across lots and fell into an aban-
doned ccsspool.
In order to protect themselves during
the Christmas season from theffs,
which have become unusually Dumer-
GUS the merchants of Montrose organ
ized n protective association and em-
uioyed private detective from Dem
yer to guard their stores during the
holiday season.
with throat cut from ear to ear,
the body CT DIR. Woodford l.. Tilley,
4y years old, n Denver dentist and
graduate OF the School of Dentistry of
the University OF Denver, was dis
covered in sleeping car berth by the
porter on an enstbound Santa Fe train
when 1t arrived at Syracuse, Kan. 1t
is claimed to be Il case of suicide.
Leland Solt of Fort Morgan heard
whInpering from his front porch. On
investigation, believing he would find
a baby, for the whimpering was
strangely like that of an infant he
found a basket and carefully wrapped
in wooiens was the baby" 1t was Il
baby Bengal tiger. though no one
knows where ii came from.
A new Boulder beet sugar company.
capitalized at S2,0O00O0, has filed in
corporation pnpers with the secretary
of state 1t Is to he known as the
Farmers Independent Sugar Company.
Erection and operation of sugar plants.
growing, buying and selling of sugar
beets, acquisition of livestock, and
other Interests are stated as among the
purposes of the concern.
The work of gathering and preserv-
Ing for the state archives the records
Of coiorado's men and women WI"
took part in the world war, in order
tliat a true and complete history of
4 Colurado's participation In the conflict
me, he compiled. has been started by
the State Historical and Natural His
,ni. Society. under the direction OF
l.. ts Carpenter. Its president.
tj.ark depos is In Steamboat Springs
are the greatest in the history of the
town They are well over $0OO.OOO and
fast nearing the mllliondollar mark.
q'ht total deposits IN the First Ma
tionai Bank are now $6SS,5l1. Three
years ago the deposits were but S216,-
163. The Bank of Steamboat Springs
ims deposits. .of S242,34S, an increase
OF sd 900 since the call for a state
meut in September.
Expans on of the consular service
Of the Japanese government to aid in
handling trade relations of its citizens
with other countries will result In the
establishment Of consulate in Den
yer, according to word received from
Toxic. The new consulate will prob
ably have charge of territory con-
sisting of Colorado. New Mexico, Ne
.brnska, Wyoming, South Dakota and
parts OF the states of Utah, Kansas,
Tpxus and Arizona.
Federal aid for the construction of
four stretches of road in Colorado to
cost an aggregate of S27S,200 is asked
by the state highway commission in
plans Just submitted to the Denver
district office of the United States
bureau of roads, Chief among the
projects Is the building of a 2.T6-mile
stretch over Battle mountain between
Red Cliff and Mlnturn at an expense
of S114,O0O, of which amount the fed
ernl government Is asked to pay $780,
200. or the maximum allowed under
the law for project of that length
Incomplete estimates made by the
State cooperative Crop Reporting
Service show that the value of all
crops In the state this year is in ex-
cess OF $l70,O00.OO0, which is much the
largest on record. Twenty years ago
the vnlue of all crops grown in the
state, as reported by Federal Census
Bureau, was little short of $1,000
100, or one-tenth of the value of all
crops grown this year. Ten years ago
The Federal Census Bureau found the
value of all crops grown in the state
In ha n littla short Of x1t 900 600 or
considerably less than one-third of the
satnc of this years output.
Frank Crossen. well known farmer