The state herald., 1919-07-11
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
The Colorado Editorial Association
meet In Denver. July II. IL. 1913.
L. A. Toothaker, peach grower Of
Palisade, has the distinction this year
Of sending the first shipment Of fruit
from that section. The shipment was
made to Denver.
A resolution urging Congress to pass
q law prohibiting the transfer Of the
forest reserves to the department Of
the Interior was indorsed by the
Southern Colorado Stockgrowers' Asso-
citation at Its regular annual meeting
held at the Spring hotel in La veta.
Tentative plans for 4 100000
building and loan association have
been accepted by leading business men
Of Montrose. This 10 q direct result
Of the unusual demand for houses In
this city, which at present greatly ex-
cesds the supply.
Sixty thousand dollars In improve
thChts Au1uC va ttC Wat0h eye-
tenn Of the Modern Woodman sanato-
rum at Colorado Springs, according to
an announcement by DR.. J. A. Rut-
ledge. The authorization was made by
the sanatOrium committee of the board
Of directors.
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 bill,, which passed BY
congress, Ii now awaiting President
Wilson's signature. A total Of $4,000
has been asked.
Business at the Pueblo land office
during the month Of June was about
normal. There were 211 filings dur
ing the month and the volume Of busi-
ness was $8,927.21. This 10 consider
ably lower than In the month Of May.
when over $4,000 business was done.
but the month Of May was above nor
NAL.
Forty volunteers, including five prls-
oners from the county jail at Colorado
Springs, fought a forest fire which
threatened for time to sweep Engle-
mans cafion. Sheriff John H. Weir
and Forest Ranger Patterson led the
fire fighters. The blaze was extin-
guished after five hours unremittlng
labor.
The harvesting Cf wheat and rye
has started in Logan county, and 1t Ii
estimated that the harvest In that sec
ton this year will far exceed the larg-
est that has ever been raised. The
report Of the corn crop In very encour-
aging. us the recent rains and the
warm weather are considered ideal for
corn growing.
Thirty.slx five-ton Packard army
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 f. Som
mers, chairman of the State Highway
Commission, was Informed In tele-
gram from Washington.
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 ut Colorado Springs and within
4 week or ten days 1t will be closed
up. The property has assets Of sew
eral million dollars.
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 be 40x75 feet In dimensions, and
will be located on a 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.
Judge W. p. Kinney was reelected
president OF the Colorado Springs
Mining Stock Association at Its annual
meeting held at Colorado Springs.
Irving Howbert was elected to succeed
the iate J. Addison Hayes ms vice pres
ident and Fred II. Shantz succeeds
Charles d. Hopkins us secretary. II IL
the twenty.flfth year Of the exchange.
Charles 7. Crockett, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. u. l.. Crockett Of Pueblo. was
awarded the highest honors ob,ainable
at Colorado College when he was grad.
uated with summa cum lnude. Tho
honor bestowed upon Crockett is the
fourth OF It's kind In the history OF
the school. and II is the flrs, time In
nine years that anyone hns won the
honor.
Total collections by the Inheritance
tax department for the last fifteen
days OF June amounted to si2.9G0.1g.
bringing the total for tho new bicn.
nial period TO Sti5.5i5.3J. according to
figures given cat by Attorney General
Victor H. Reyes. The largest tnx
against amy estate was that Of Isaac
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