The Elbert County tribune., 1919-07-11
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
w..t.rn Newspaper Union News service.

trucks IN addition to the 200 trucks
and passenger cars previously allotted
to Colorado by the War Department
for use on state and county roads
have been shipped, Elmer Il. Som
mers, chairman of the State Highway
Commission, was Informed In a tele-
gram from Washington.
r. L. Stringer, So, during a family
quarrel at Cahon City, shot and killed
his son-in-law, o. A Stephen, "a. News
of the killing did not become public
until Stringer surrendered to Sheriff
Newcemb. Stringer refused to give
any details OF the tragedy to the sher-
III, except to state that he killed his
son-in-law during quarrel.
After seventeen years Of expensive
litigation, the estate Of Winfield Scott
Stratton is about to be settled and re-
moved from the courts. The accounts
were presented to the local Probate
Court at Colorado Springs and within
a week or ten days 1t Will be closed
up. The property has assets of sew
eral million dollars.
Judge w. p. Kinney was reelected
president of the Colorado Springs
Mining Stock Association at It's annual
meeting held at Colorado Springs.
irving Howbert was elected to succeed
the late j. Addison Hayes as vice pres
ldent and Fred H. Shnntz succeeds
Charles ID. Hopkins as secretary. 1t is
the twenty-fIfth year of the exchange.
Charles Bellamy was killed and
Charles Cleary of Fleming, Colo, was
probably fatally injured when a road
ster driven by Fred Sharp hit a ditch
and overturned near Haxtun. The
latter was only slightly scratched.
Bellamy's chest was crushed and his
head nearly severed from his body He
was taken to hospital for treatment.
but lived only an hour.
Denver got its first glimpse of the
completed lighting system on the Civic
Center when the lights were turned on
to test them and judge the effect, pre-
pnratory TO the dedIcatory ceremo-
MES, which are planned for Colorado
Day, Aug. l. Experts pronounced the
system perfect The lights are so
placed that there is scarcely a sus-
picion of a shadow anywhere within
the grounds.
The Lafayette Farmers Elevator
Company has let to the Burchard Con-
struction Company of Lincoln, Neb.,
the contract for the erection of new
elevator at this place. The building
will he 40x75 feet In dimensions, and
will be located on site recently pur-
chased from Frank Miller just south
of town on the right OF way of the
Colorado 4 Southern railway. The
cost of the building Will be $4,000.
Total collections by the Inheritance
tax department for the last fifteen
days of June amounted to $12,98OT9,
bringing the total for the new .bien-
NAL period to $415, ,51536, according to
figures given out by Attorney General
Victor Il. Keyes. The largest tax
against any estate was that of Isaac
Berlin of Denver. the amount being
$3.50. The estate of Albert Hahen-
wald was given the second highest tax,
it being S24O.95.
Building operations In Denver for
June totnled $521,65O or more than
double the cost of operations for
June, 1918, according to the monthly
report issued by Frank NJ. Ladd, chief
of the building inspection department.
Permits were issued for the erection OF
fifty-three brick residences at a cost of
$27S,500. This item. alone Is greater
than the total for June of last year.
which was $225,8OO. Seventy-three
garages, two churches, hospital and
an airplane hangar are also Included
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Only $500 Will be available for
range improvement In the national for
est district in which Colorado 10 in
cluded under the federal agricultural
appropriation bhl,, which passed by
congress, is now awaiting President
Wilson's signature. A total of $4,000
has been asked.
The Great Western Sugar Company,
with headquarters in Denver, set u
precedent for sugar companies by an
nouncing an eight-hour day for all EN-
ploy6s In its factories, the company,
according to w. ID. Hoover of the firm,
being the first sugar concern to estab-
lish the new hour basis.
George Coburn, 15, son of Earl Co
burn of Greeley, and Harold Coburn,
II. his cousin, son of Charles ID. Co
burn of La Sale, were drowned in
Seeley lake, four miles northwest of
Greeley, when they became alarmed by
"A high wind which arose on the lake
and attempted to swim 115 yards TO
shore from a raft which they had beeh
polling. Jess Fraker, who was with
them. was pulled from the water un-
conscious after he had swan most of
the distance, and was revived through
energetic first-aid efforts on the part
of the rescuing party.
Sixty thousand dollars In improve