The Elbert County tribune., 1919-02-07
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Washington county is again covered
sith a heavy blanket of snow. and ar
result the wheat farmers are smil'
ng
An army y. M. G. A. Club for re
turning soldiers and sailors is TO be q
feature of Denvers reception to the
Yanks in the future.
Thomas B Bishopp. famous in the
early history OF Colorado as an In.
iian fighter, freighter and prospector.
Is dead at Greeley at the age of 81.
An old landmark and relic OF Gree
tey's earlier days will disappear soon
when the old Colorado house is torn
down and modern business building
Is constructed.
Notice has been issued by the land
office q. Montrose that on April T.
1918. Twp. l2, south. II. 81 west. 9Th
pm, which has been withdrawn for
resuryey. will be reopened to entry
j. A. Clay. general manager of the
Western Colorado Power Company
which Is moving it's main offices from
Montrosc to Durango. has been elect
I'd president OF the Durango Er
change
The Denver & Rio Grande has be
gun laying sixty-five-pound steel from
Montrose east toward Salida. The
steel will be laid until 1t meets the
heavier steel which has been already
placed on the Marshall pass part OF
the line.
Pablo Martinez, Mexican section
hand, who pleaded guilty TO wreckine
Union Pacific fast train No. 109 last
October by throwing a switch, was
sentenced 10 fifteen years in the state
penitentiary by Judge Bradfield al
Greeley.
The second annual convention OF
the American Sugar Beet Agricul
turalists will be held in Denver late
In January. 1920. 1t was decided at Its
meeting at Logan. Utah. at the clos
ing session OF the first gathering oi
the organization.
As memorial to her son, Lieut.
Harry Wray. who died recently OF
wounds received OIL The battlefields OF
France. Mrs U. S. Caey has donated
TO the Canon City Young Mems Chris
tian Association her splendid private
library of 26O volumes.
Supervisors of agriculture for the
leading railroads in Colorado con
ferred in the offices, of the State
Board OF immigration to make plans
for furnishing Information to home
seekers and returned soldiers desir.
ing to settle on Colorado land
Two aliens now in the county jail
at Leadville. Sam Nelson, Swedish,
and Gus Lipking, Russian. are to be
deportcd They will leave here and
start east on special train coming
from San Francisco to pick up en-
route all undesirable aliens who have
been ordered duported.
Thieves broke into the office of the
climax Molybdenum Company at Gil
max. forced the company's safe and
escaped with registered Liberty bonds
OF the fourth issue valued at between
1900 and $4,000. The bonds were
the property of employees of the com.
pany that had been left in its safe fol
security.
a million-dollar copper enterprise
for western Montrose county was an.
nounced by James n. Mcbride. rep
iesentative of syndicate of Michi
gan and Colorado mining men who
have obtained an option on the old
Cash In mine long owned by a Mich
igan widow. Mcbride is on his way
10 the mine to arrange. for flota.
lion mill which will employ 500 to
1000 men. The mine is the only
one with a native vein of copper in
Colorado
Colorado has the greatest extent
and widest variety of mountain
scenery found in the United States. II
has more than forty mountain peaks
above $4,000 feet high and approx
mateiy 325 above 10000 feet.
The Steamboat Spring Ski Club will
hold taarnament this year. the dates
always been the case. the tournament
this year will eclipse all others as
added attractions are being obtained
and the top notch professionals of the
world win be in attendance to try
again to lower the worlds record
jump made on the local track
Complete casualties have been an
nounced for the Eighty7ninth division,
which is largely made up of Colorado
men. The division obtained its fame
in the war beginning with the first
day of action when the men, of the
Eighty-ninth entered the St Mihiel
salient on Aug. and fought through
the succeeding days until the armis
tice was signed by the sacrifice OF s.
473 men. according to dispatch from
the army of occupation. This total
includes the men that, We're killed
wounded or missing in action during
the three months period.
Owing to the severe winter weather
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