The Elbert County tribune., 1919-03-07
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


Akron.
Two machines, driven by NJ. L. Laf-
ferty of Leadville and NJ. ]. Hedke OF
Denver hold the honor OF being the
first to make the trip. from Denver TO
LeadviIle this year.
H. NJ Watkins and Carl Sherry OF
Merino were arrested at Willard,
northwest OF Sterling, when they
nlighted from Cheyenne train with a
suitcase. 1t contained thirty-seyen
pints
Five thousand dollars damage was
done and ten nuns were forced to flee
hurriedly In their night clothing when
fire caused by an oyerheated furnace
partly destroyed the school conducted
at Sterling by the Sisters OF St Fran
els
A 15-year-old negro boy surrendered
TO the police the other night. at Pueblo
and asked that he be sent to the State
Iteformatory because he feared that
his MANN for stealing anything he
could get his hands upon would finally
land him In the peni.entiary.
Recruiting for the army is to begin
at once in Colorado and Wyoming.
Lieutenant Barney received instruc-
tons from the War Department to re-
sumo the task Of finding men in the
Denver district to fill the standing
army.
In the death of Fay Gorham OF Ri
fle. who died following an operation,
another of the pioneer stage drivers
and settlers of this state, who driftcd
In during the early days from the
Black Hills country, have answered
the last call
DIR. Livingston rarrand of Colorado,
recently appointed chairman of the
central committee and eN-officio head
OF the national executive committee of
= the Red Cross, has assumed active
leadership of that body. DIR. Farrand
succeeds Henry F. Davidson.
Building Is on the increase in Dem
YER. judging by the number of building
permits issued for the month of Febru-
airy. During the last month permits to-
tnling 141 and valued at S219,500 were
issued. For the same month year
ago. 132 permits valued at S173,630
were taken out.
Danish the biilboards and other un-
slightly advertising signs from Den
ver's mountain parks" Is the slogan of
the Colorado Mountain Glib, which
has undertaken campaign to coop
crate with city officials, of Denyer in
nm effort to maintain the parks with
out these commercial atrocities.
The Great Western Sugar Company
viii build Steffens plant in connec-
lion with Its Fort Morgan factory
which will cost about 100000. The
work of construction will start in
April and material has already arrived
for the building. which will be com
pleted for the fall campaign.
A. d. Kenyon and associates of Den
yer have bought in Red Mountain In
cline railway at Manitou maeichard
tlough of Colorado Springs The con-
sideration was not made public, but 1t
is understood to be approximately $780,
900. The sale includes the right of
way up Red mountain, the terminals
and all the cars and trackage of the
company.
IL has become known at Leadville
that between 400 and 800 unnatural
lied aliens, most of them Austrians,
intend to return to their native land
MS soon as the government lifts the
bars on emigration. ''rhe minute the
government raises the bars. between
400 and 500 unnaturnlized men in
i.eadvflle district will start back to
A,,~t,-;o onI Ifol,, ctntaI lfichoaI n
Phillips, local clerk of that city.
Hundreds of residents of Fort Col
lins turned out to see Lieut.. Otto Il
Benell, one of their home heroes, deco
rated with the distinguished service
cross by order of the Secretary of War
Sensational developments are ex
pected to follow threatening letter
received by Thomas Purcell, a young
attorney of Colorado Springs Purcell
is defending Sydney A. Wilson, Oh
trial In the District Court for statu
tory offense. The complaining wit
ness Is 15-year-old niece of Wilson
The letter, which hns been turned owe,
to the postal authorities for investlgn
ton, declares that Wilson must "go tc
the pen or die"
C. Loomis Allen, president of the
Syracuse and Suburban Railroad Com
pany, who is in Colorado Springs ne
gotiating for the Colorado Springs and
interurban Railway-C Company and the
Colorado Springs Light. Heat ant
Power Company. is reported to have
secured an option on both utilities
The proposed deal involves consider
Mtion of approximately SS,00o000 and
should the sale be made Allen declare,
he will consolidate the concerns ant
give the public greatly improved serv
Ice.
Lieut. Edward Smith, Tiger quarter
bnck in 1916. has returned to Colorado