The Elbert County tribune., 1919-05-23
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Il. Allen superintendent OF the depart
ment to take effect ON that date. The
Legislature at the last session provid-
ed the department with funds enough
to last until July 10. According to a
recent ruling of Attorney General Vic
tor E. Keyes. however, the department
will continue to exist In name, no law
having specified its abolIshment.
The sherifrs office at, La .nnta cap
tured Ventura Antizeros while he was
trying to dispose of some silk goods,
and after an examination II wns
learned that he had quantity of goods
in the east end of town. His premises
were searched and five silk dresses,
silk waists and two coats, valued at
$T5 each, besides Il number of trousers
and overalls, were found The goods
were identified as those belonging to
a store that was robbed in Pueblo of
81. 500 worth of silk.
'The division of morale is soon to
be organized as the seventh arm of
service of the United States Army"
This statement was made by Raymond
II. Fosdick, chairman of the National
Commission on War Camp Activities,
who has just returned from five
months in Europe with General Per-
shing. Mr. Fosdick is now Mt Broad
moor at Colorado Springs, where he is
enjoying a rest with his family after
two strenuous years of service.
Sunflower ensilage is to be given a
lx, Of 1.a A
farm bureau, acting under the direc-
tion of George r. Smith, county agri-
culturalist. Different members of the
organization will plant an acre each
to give the flower that made Kansas
famous a chance TO show what 1t cnn
do for Northern Colorado. over on
the Western Slope sunflower ensilage
has been given test the last year,
and proved valuable feed.
The great Revenue mine, producer of
millions of dollars worth of rich sill
vir and gold ore in Ouray's heyday.
has just been sold to eastern parties,
according to announcement of c. II.
Whitley. Lately heavy ore bodies have
been uncovered in the workings and
the purchasers state that they are GO
ing to install modern machinery and
build improvements to cost several
hundred thousand dollars.
Greeley police are looking for man,
partly Identified as the assailant of Il
16-year-old Greeley girl on the campus
of the Greeley high school. The girl
was attacked by two men, but escaped
and ran to the campus of the state
teachers college, where she tainted
from terror and exhaustion and was
found unconscious several hours later
beside a clump of bushes, with most
of her clothing torn away.
George I. and Thomas Boske, bro
thers, were arrested at kenllworth,
Utah. after eluding sheriff's officers
ia three-day chase in the hills of
Northern Colorado. This information
was telegraphed TO Sheriff Sam Thorn
as ON his return from the hills. The
men are charged with the murder of
VIII T. Hunter and Elton z. Parks,
near Pueblo, six weeks ago.
Edward S. Lannon, 60, former mar
shal of Victor and an old mayor of the
camp, and J. F. Raney, an old resi-
dent, were found crushed beneath an
auto which had gone over n steep EN-
bankment in Phantom canon, twenty
miles from Victor. in Fremont county.
Both men were dead. They were on
their way to Pueblo and the Arkansas
valley for visit.
Two collie dogs, pets of the house
hold, saved the life of L. A. Jewel, a
farmer living ten miles northeast of
Haxtun. Jewel was attacked by n
bull, and had been repeatedly tossed
and trampled until almost dead, when
the two dogs attacked the bull from
the rear. drawing his attack, and Civ
ing time for a neighbor TO carry Jew
el to place of safety.
Secretary Lane announced plans for
establishing an automobile line from
Denver TO and through Rocky Noun.
tain. Yellowstone and Glacier National
Parks. via Boulder, Loveland, Colo.
| Cheyenne, Douglas. Casper, Thermop
oils and Cody. Wyo., and Livingston
Bozeman, Boulder, Townsend, Helena
and Choteau, Mont.
According TO his own statement
John Jensen, Denver & Rio Grands
shopman of Grand Junction, estab
lished n new auto speed record on
county roads in that vicinity by ramb-
ling thirty-fiye miles in thirtyfsve
minutes. He made the record dasi
between Grand Junction and Garmesa
The State Highway Commission has
declared three roads to be part OF
state highways. These are the Lin
coin road, running through Lafayette
as a part of state route No. ?; Greer
street, running through Silverton, as {
part of state route Nos. As and Is, and
the road through Green Mountain