The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-10
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
'seslefn New.paper unloa News Service
comsNG EVENTS.

Jan. zi--MoetlnE Coiorauo county LIN
missioncfB at Denver.
Jan. s2--colorado stock Growers AS
sociation meeting AT Denver.
Jan -z--Mcetiug Farmers Educatioha.
Cooperative Union at Denver.
Jan. -sS-Mountain States Lumber
Deaiers' Association meeting IN Den
Jan. z2-e4-fIardwar and Implement
Dealers meeting at Denver -.
Jsu- 25-24--Westrrn Sborthorn breeo- :
ers Association at Denver
Jan 23-z4-Mreting oidtlmc COWBOYS
Association at Denver.
Jan. injecting colorado horse
Jan- 2s--Meeting Colorado Anctioheers
Association At Denver
Jan. 2i-2s--western stock Sho" at
Jan. ei-ss-M Meeting American National
Live Stock Association at Denver
U. C. Conway. wanted in Denver
for burglary. has been arrested. in
Ogden.
The annual intercollegiate track
and field meet will be held in Den
yer on May 21 at Union park.
Mrs. r. ID. Shaw. formerly of Den
yer. died ut Fort Collins after four
days Illness with pneumonia.
Farmers in the Hayden district re-
ceived more money for the 1918 crops
per acre than the previous value OF
the land
The influenza situation in Denver
continues to show improvement. ac-
cording TO reports received by the
city health bureau.
Leadville's metal production in
1918 had value of s47s.925. 416--
a record of which the highest mining
town in the world" may well be
proud.
A bill has been prepared to be
introduced into the State Legisla-
ture asking that the state appropri-
ate sum with which to buy two
bronze memorial tablets for each of
the past governors.
y. ]. East. a brakeman on the
Colorado & Southern. whose home is
In Denver, was killed when he fell
sixty-five feet from railroad bridge
near Grouse. Colo. East was 80
years old and married.
The federal bank at Wichita, ac-
cordiug to a report just issued. made
loans during November to eighty-tive
Colorado farmers. for n total of S201.-
100 During the same period, twenty
sea We're paid off
A normal traffic schedule was in
effect again Friday. after the dis
turbunces of Thursday night over
the 7-cent fare and the four-hour
blockade that tied up every street
car line of the Denver Tramway
Company.
Gassed by the Germans until he
was rendered speechless and seri-
ously injured by fall from his aero
plane. ]. u. Ballinger. member of
the aeropiane force of the U. S. army
in France. whose home was in Mead.
is expected to return soon.
A brilliant meteor which flashed
across the sky was supposed to have
dropped just short way east of
Hudson. but a party of people who
went out to hunt 1t failed to dis
cover any trace of the heavenly vis-
itor except two or three small pieces.
The State Highway Commission in
making up its 1919 budget has laid as
will permit for a system of permanent
roads. In forming a nucleus for this
system il has selected a dozen traffic
concentration points for the construc-
ton OF concrete roadway. with the
idea of branching out from these cen
tiers along the main thoroughfares as
rapidly as money can be obtained for
the purpose
The Kettle has begun to call the
pot black ip the hearings in prog
ress before the Adams county grand
jury.
Colorado still has unsold 3.a13,607
acres OF land belonging mainly to the
school fund. but also the property of
other state institutions such as the
penitentiary Agricultural College.
State University. public buildings and
internal improvements.
Under the auspices of the agricul-
tural and livestock bureau of the
Civic and Commercial Association.
land development men and large
farming tract owners throughout
Colorado will gather Tor conference at
Denver the night OF Jan. is.
There are seventeen national forests
wholly within the confines OF Colo
RADIO and two partly within the state
with 13.3Gz.59S acres that are inside
the borders. Within these forests pri.
yate owners have 1,5i0.i2l acres,
making a total of 14.S7s.0l9 acres en-
hraced within the national forests.
The largest is the Rio Grande forest
with 1.13G.ss4 acres. 1t is estimated
that there are $4,000. 100000 board feet
of timber In these forests worth ap-
proximately $36.000,0o0
That dehydrating plant will be
located ut 6reeley within a short
time has been assured the manufac-
turing committee of the GraaIar