The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-31
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western N-,s-paper union News Service.
The potato growers OF the Greeley
district do not want their potatoes
graded before they are sent out TO
the consumers.
The Apishapa Irrigation Company
has unloaded two cars of steel pilins
to be used in the construction of a
big reservoir near Bloom.
Nebraska Aggles repeated their
last years performance and defeated
the Colorado Aggies in the stock
judging contests at the Western Ma
iional Stock Show in Denver.
Grand Junction and Grand Valley
business men are after settlement
of soldiers in the valley under the
plan suggested by Franklin X. Lane.
secretary of the interior.
Samuel Cheesebrough. employed at
the Terrible mine. Silver Plume. was
killed when he was caught under a
rock fall. Chesebrough is survived
by six small children. His wife died
from the Influenza some time ago.
Prof c. NJ Heron of La Junta en-
Buff Leghorns in the Chicago Ma
tonal Poultry Show and won first
prize on hen. first on pullet and sec
ond on cockerel
VIII Mathleson. a farmer of the
Timnath district. accidentally killed
his 1smonths-old daughter by back
ing his automobile over the child.
Her neck was broken and she died
within short time.
The Myron Stratton Home Corpor-
alton. as the holding company own
ing the Colorado Springs and Inter
urban Railway Company. has agreed
TO sell the street car lines to Colo
RADIO Springs, but no price has been
named.
A dairy cow belonging to C. S.
Donner of Great Bend pays for her
self every fifteen days. She was pur-
chased for s35 three years ago, and
In fourteen months produced $sj7,S0
worth of milk, an average of s2.24 a
day.
Following the filing of protest
petition by all the men of the stu
dent body. military drill has been
suspended at Colorado College and it
Is likely that the Reserve Officers
Training Corps program will be
abandoned.
The annual ski carnival which was
10 have been held in Steamboat
Springs next month, has been called
off, it was announced by the Steam.
boat Springs Ski Club. because most
of the expert ski jumpers of the
country are in military service.
Senator Charles S. Thomas mott
fled the Civic and Commercial Asso-
citation of Denver that the acting
quartermaster general had declared
that the War Department had the
power to establish in Denver mill.
tary purchasing headquarters and a
quartermaster' depot
Platteville's commercial club has
received definite assurances from the
Kuner company that the next fac.
tory for putting up pickles and Other
vegetables which the company estab,
fishes will be at Platteville, but that
the sudden ending of the war has dis
arranged their plans so that it is not
likely to be this year.
That the Colorado Development
Federation continue its Washington
bureau and other activities as n pro.
tective measure to Colorado interests
was the request made by the state or.
ganization of county commissioners
BY unanimous vote, the organization
passed a resolution that each county
pay at once its share of fund TO car.
ry on the work of the federation
A tragedy which saddened the
hearts of all occurred at Holyoke when
the fife of year-old babe was snuffed
out by flames, burned to death while
asleep.
Arapahoe countys valuation has
increased S536.210 in the last year
according to figures of the county
assessor. Settlers proving up land
titles and a general increase of the
county's prosperity are given as the
reasons. The 1919 valuation OF
the county is s19.722.110.
1t is the opinion of the acting quar-
tcrmaster general in Washington that
the War Department has power, un-
der existing law and without addi-
tional legislation, to establish mill
tary purchasing headquarters and
quartermaster's depot in Denver, ac-
.ording to telegram to the Denver
Civic and Commercial Association
rom Senator Charles S. Thomas.
An inquiry concerning Colorado pro-
iuction of steel, iron and small tools
for markets in France, Italy, Spain,
the Balkan states and North Africa
was received by the Colorado Manu-
facturers' Association from firm in
Paris distributing supplies to the
French army. All Colorado concerns
turning out such products were noti-
led at once by Executive Secretary L.