The Elbert County tribune., 1919-11-28
cENTENN1AL STATE ITEMS.

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county good roads men, backed by an
opinion from State Field Engineer j.
B. Cheney, contend the OsIer route,
which would place Antonito and La
.Jara on an international highway, has
decided advantages. The alignment
and grade in the long and gradual
approach to the continental divide
from the Antonito side. and the easy
descent to the Los Pinos with water
grade from there to Junction point
with the present road is preferablerin
| the matter of exposure 10 the sun,
thus insuring longer open season
| for motorists.
The general demand for authentic
Information about the resources and
| Industries of Colorado, which has been
| growing in all sections of the country
| In the past few years, is being ex-
tended into the public schools. With
| In the past year the State Immigra-
! tion Department has had hundreds OF
requests from school children for
booklets on different sections of the
state, to be used in class work. The
heaviest inquiry .has been from the
intermediate grammar grades have
been maKing study of the Centen-
nial state with particular reference to
its Industries and resources rather
than its scenic attractions.
The State Inheritance Tax Depart
ment received a check for S44 4.493.44
in settlement of the Inheritance tax
claim of the state against the estate
of the late Walter s. Jackson Of FL
Paso county The value of the estate
was appraised at S1,36S, ,552.55. De-
ductions amounting TO S43.55363
brought the net taxable estate TO
| 81, ,324 ,99S.90 II the United States Su-
preme Court decides the state inheri-
tance tax may tie levied prior to de-
duction of tile federal tax, the state
will receive $4.1T2.65 additional.
Plans are under way for n lnrdih-
fled and one of the finest avintion
stations in the West, to take care of
the travel that is expected In the
northern part of the state next sea
son Mt Lovelnnd Sportsmen inter
ested in aeronautlcs say that flights
VIII be common then in the Estes
IHrk region anu uiouhd Nhc NUN
from Denver to Greeley, through
Longmont Loveland and Fort Col
lins.
Karl c. Schuyler of Denver is trying
TO give away fifty and two twenty
five dollar prizes He has offered
500 for the three best editorials which
are printed in any Colorado publica-
tion before December 18th on the need
and opportunity of public health work
in Colorado. Inquiries should be ad-
dressed to the Colorado Public Health
Association. contest editor
New Yorkers afflicted with tubercu-
losis, who imagine that mere residence
in Denver or any other point in Colo
RADIO Will effect cure, are warned by
the health department of New York
thi unless such a victim has enough
money to live on for two years In rest
and quiet the trip and sojourn in Den
yer will practically sign his death war
rant
Members of the State Highway Com
mission have asked John S. Bright,
district engineer of the Bureau of Pub
lie Roads, to approve the building of
an eighteen-mlle stretch of road be
tween Burlington and Idalia, so feder-
nj aid may be secured for the project
The road Is TO cost approximately S42,-
900, according to the estimates of the
state.
Bernard Cummings, 14-year-old son
of former Game Warden w. Il. Cum
mings of Durango, died from wounds
sustained by the accidental discharge
of his shotgun while he was hunting
ducks on Horseshoe slough. three
| miles north of that city. His right
arm was almost shot away from the
shoulder by the load from the gun
In the case of the state versus Ar
thur Lyman Wright at Del Norte,
Colo, charged with Involuntary man
slaughter when he ran his automobile
into a wagon, killing one boy and in
| juring others, In September, n verdict
of guilty was returned by the jury.
The defendants council was granted
fifteen days in which to ask for new
trial. Pending the action of the court
he gave bonds of $500
Wesley Saunders, &c. and Martin c.
Kerren, 30, lost their lives when fire
destroyed the Cripple Creek-Colorado
| Springs car barns mt Cripple Creek.
Both men, who We're employees of the
car barn, were asleep, and We're suf-
focuted. The fire started from an
over-heated stove. The loss by the
fire, in which six electric cars were
| destroyed. is estimated at $4,000.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by the people of Wheatridge for
the dedication on December 2nd of the
splendid new gymnasium and assembly
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