The Elbert County tribune., 1919-07-04
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Ing the foremost producer In the world
Of molybdenum ore, according to the
fifteenth biennial report of the State
Bureau of Mines. recently compiled.
This report covers the years 1917 and
1918, and was submitted by Fred Car
roll, state commissioner of mines DUR
ing the above period. The total min
eraI production of the state since 1858
was S1,405, ,4S4, ,255. Gold production in
1918 alone is estimated at S12,943, 600,
as compared with the 1917 output of
S15, ,729, ,224. The decrease in gold pro-
duction was due to the closing of
mines caused by the constantly In
creasing costs. the report states. The
report further states that Colorado is
producing most of the vanadium of the
United States, and in the world mar
kets is vieing with the Peruvian mines.
A greater part of the worlds supply
Of uranium and radium is being mined
from Colorado deposits.
The correct assessed valuation Of all
property In the state for purposes of
taxation In 1918 was $1,424 81, ,2SS,
according to data compiled by the state
Immigration Department from the rec
ords of the State Tax Commission for
use In the Colorado Year Book. Den
yer county ranks first, with S34S. .1s7,-
545; Weld county second, with $780,
449, go, and Pueblo county third, with
$50. .463,333 The smallest valuation
reported is S1,021, ,236, in Hinsdale
county. Mineral county ranks next
above Hinsdale, with S1,531,SS5, and
Dolores county next, with S1,T74, 125.
But six counties in the state report
valuations below $5,000,000.
Congress probably will be asked to
appropriate s1,25o,000 for the reclaim
alton of 10000 acres on Orchard mesa,
lying Immediately across the Grand
river from Grand junction. Frank w.
Howbert, former United States deputy
internal revenue collector and a resi-
dent of Denver, is a special represent
ative of Senator Lawrence Phipps, to
investigate the Orchard mesa project.
"Unless the federal government lends
financial assistance" said Mr.. How
bert, 'scores of homes will be literally
destroyed The project, too, is unlike
tract is entirely surrounded by clvili- |
zation"
Word that Colorado probably will |
receive portion of the 219 army au-
tomobile trucks recently allotted to IL
by the War Department within the |
next few weeks was received by the |
State Highway Commission from L. Il.
Sommers, chairman of the commits |
sion, who is in Washington. Colorado |
is also to receive seventeen Ford cars
and nine pleasure cars of other makes. |
The trucks and cars make up Colo
radios portion of the S20000,000 worth |
of automobiles the War Department
had on hand at the close of the war
and decided to allot TO the various
states.
A thirty days stay OF execution has
been granted Cruz Romero and Cliff
ford Sproul. condemned prisoners at
the penitentiary, who We're sentenced |
to be hanged during the last week in !
June. Their execution will now take
place some time during the week be-
ginning July 10th, unless further elem |
ency is granted by the Supreme Court |
or the governor. The stay of execution |
was granted in order that their cases |
might be reviewed by the State Board
OF Pardons, which meets on June GOTH |
Despite the cold, wet spring, the |
crops in the Arkansas valley are max.
ing wonderful strides. Corn in par
ticular is the best ever, and according |
to the farmers in that section many
records will be broken in harvesting
Z. X. Blinn of the State Experimental
Station, and County Agent Droge are
having mucn success in experimental
plants, and expect to have some start.
ling demonstrations.
Eric Berton, % years old. the man
who accidentally shot himself May
18th while cleaning revolver, died to-
day at st. Mary's hospital in Pueblo
where he had been since the accident
Two miles of the Santa Fe trail.
leading south from Pueblo, will be
paved, work to start as soon as the
United States Bureau of Public Roads
has approved the action of the State
Highway Commission, which has rec
commended that the contract be award
ed to A. Hewitt, the lowest bidder.
The contract price is S4S,000. This
will be the first section of the Santa
F'e trail TO be paved.
The dairy business is rapidly in
creasing in the Uncompaghre valley,
according to the reports of the cream,
cries, who state that during the last
year they have handled 100000 pounds
of butter as compared with 10000 dur
ing the year before. In the upper val
ley the cheese factory at Delta has
handled an enormous business during
the last year.
Taxpayers voted to bond the district
for SIG Fno for tho aractsou ~ q mod