The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-17
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Nsw~p-p~r Union News service.
COMING EVENTS.

Denver
Jan. Fl Meeting Colorado County Com
missloners at Denver.
Jan. 22--colorado stock Growers As
sociation meeting at Denver
Jan 22-Meeting Farmers Educational
Cooperative Union nt Denver,
Jan II zi23-Mountain States Lumber
Dealers Association meeting In Dem
Jan. 23-2s-ifardware and Implement
Dealers meeting at Denver. -,
Jan. %s-s4-Western shorthorh Dreeo-
Jan 23-24-Mecting Oldtlme Cowboys
Association at Denver.
Jan "a 24-25-Meeting Colorado Horse
Breeders' Association at Denver.
Jan. 25--Meeting Colorado Auctioneers
Association az penver e.
Jan. 2i-2s-aieeting American National
Live Stock Association ut Denver.
A big memorial service for Theo-
dore Roosevelt was held at the Con-
gregational Church in Grand juno
ton.
Certificates of honorable service
viii be given men leaving the naval
service before the expiration OF their
terms of enlistment.
O. M. James, D. B. Wright and F.
NJ. Stout have shipped carload OF
alfalfa seed worth nearly $4,000 from
Whitewater.
About 400 Colorado wool growers
and stocknen attended the three days
session of the Wyoming Wool Grow
ers Association held at Lander.
The Moffat engine which has been
buried under the debris of cave-in in
tunnel east OF Crescent was uncov
cred and hauled out this week.
General" Charles w. Gordon, 81,
the Oldest resident in Colorado
Springs, is dead. Gordon was a vet
eran of four wars=Punjab, Sepoy,
Crimean and Civil.
Telluride is battling new wave of
influenza and number of new cases
have been reported lately. The city
authorities have requested discontin-
uance of public funerals.
Neglect is charged to the Portland
Gold Mining Company in coroner's
verdict returned on the death of Emil
Palmquist at the Victor crusher mill
of the company November 10.
The new issue of War Savings
Stamps, costing. S4.12 this month, are
agencies. The stamps are redeemable
January 1, 1924. Colorado's quota is
$20,000,000.
elected by the Greeley Commercial
club for the ensuing year: C. A. Ahl-
strand, president. and j. M. b. Pet
rikin, r. Il. Hanna, d. l.. Gray. Charles
Bliss. w. G. Hayden. Fred Clark, Yer
non McI<elvey and Harry Hibbs, mem
bers of the board of directors.
Citation for bravery has been award
ed to the 3i6th infantry, many of
whose members are Colorado men, by
General Kuhn. commanding the Sew
enty-ninth division. The citation was
given to the men and officers for ex-
cellent work in the final drive north
of Verdun
/. Charles Yetter, bigamist, will not
take unto himself any more wives for
more than year. Judge John II.
Denison in the West Side Court
Wednesday, sentenced Yetter to from
eighteen months to two years in the
penitentiary, after Yetter had pleaded
guilty. Although only 81 years old,
Yetter has been married at least five
times.
The State Highway Commission in
making up its 1919 budget has laid as
extensive foundation as its funds
will permit for a system of permanent
roads. In forming nucleus for this
system it has selected dozen traffic
concentration points for the construc-
tion of concrete roadway with the
idea OF branching out from these cen
ters along the main thoroughfares as
rapidly as money can be obtained for
the purpose.
Colorado will be able to use 1850
unskilled soldiers and sailors on road
construction and repair work during
1919, according to reports received by
the department of agriculture from
the highway department.
To aid farmers in increasing the pro.
duction and improving the quality of
butter fat. the Colorado Creamery
Manufacturers Association has. estab-
lished a permanent office in conjunc-
ton with the agricultural and live
stock bureau OF the Denver Civic and
Commercial Association.
Denver.-Western stockmen have
contributed 5000 head of calves to
be auctioned during the Denver live
stock show, worth on an average of
$50 apiece. The stock now is being
assembled to be shipped in carload
lots to Denver Union Stock Yards.
where it is to be housed in the great
sheep barn and pens, having a ca
pacity of $4,000 head. The auction
sale is to be held on Wednesday the
Goth in the arena of the stock show.
Because of recent storms some of the
calves contributed will never reach the
show grounds, but will be auctioned
locally in the region where raised and
the money sent in by the local chap
ters of the American Red Cross. 1t
now is believed that S150,000 will be
secured by the sale.
The war price of $40 ton fiat for
sugar beets will be paid to Colorado
farmers this year, according to an
announcement made Friday morning