The Elbert County tribune., 1919-12-12

Moutrose, according to the reports re-
Gently made In the government call.
A memorial tablet In honor OF the
twenty-five Routt county men who
died in The war with Germany IS 10
be erected In the high school building
1T Steamboat Springs.
Possibility of an early adjournment
of the extra session of the State Leg
isIah,re until after the holidays al
ready is being discussed by members
Of the Twenty-Second General ASSEM-
bly,.
The state highway commission has
included In Its 1920 program of roni
Improvement an Item of S14G,o00 .,,r
Iuldin. six and one-half miles Of re-
ment road between Brighton and Fort
Lupton-
Al n hearing on estimates for gov
ernmept reclamation projects held be-
fore congressional committee, $500
900 WIS asked for thu Grand Valley
reclamation project and 100000 to
continue work on the Uncompahgre
project IN Colorado.
Denied the release of coal shipped
in by rail. Manager w. w. Campbell OF
The Mesa flour mills Is keeping the
mill In operation by hauIing in coal
by auto truck Mines of the upper
valley nre operating with normal
forces of miners, but coal loaded out
is heing confscnied for essential in
dustries and railroads.
Twenty-Five days after she was bit
ten by n rabid dog which ferrorlzed
West Denver, Jessie Webster. 8 years
old one of twenty victims, died OF hy-
drophobia. She was taken to the coun
fy hospital and with each succeeding
hour her condition grew worse. The
child wns treated with quantity of
Pnsteur serum, brought from Chicago
after the score of persons were bitten
Judge John IIough, for more thar
forty years the dean of mining In the
San Junn country and especially Hins
,lale county, is dead. Had he lived un-
I'll Christmas he would have been 80
yc,'rs Of nge He had been county
5 .dre ut Lake City. the county seat of
iIlfshale county, for many years and
was highly esteemed and respected by
the entire community.
Approximately G,00O,O00 feet of tim
her has JUST been sold by the United
States forest service to the Galbreath
Tie and Timber Company. which has
II seiwniii on Hope creek about six
iecn mites from South Fork. The tim
Ter Includes Engelman spruce and
~, ,..us fir The lumber and ties are
10 i,e i:iuied from the sawmill to the
railroad at South Fork by motor
trucks.
Tax.-vers In Denver's election voted
the issuance of 1000, 900 In bonds for
building program for public schools
that includes the erection of four Jun
Tor ii'gh schools and t.'n elementary
schools The school levy will h'. N
creased approximately l mill to take
care of the interest on bonds. MS well
as ia meet increases In teachers saln
rrs The regular school levy is 632
mills.
A prospecting course has been add
cd to the Opportunity school curricu-
lum in Denver when II class to last
twelve weeks was formed under the
direction of I. A. Weaver The Colo
RADIO Development and Manufacturers
Association are behind the course. Mr..
Weaver says that many business men
are ready to grubstake prospectors
who have sufficient technical knowl-
edge to make the expense of miner
aIog' st unnecessary.
Never In the history of Walsenburg
have so many investors visited there.
Men from several states have been in
town looking for business openings and
for land which they Gun purchase.
Harry Hatters, a Japanese, proprie-
tor of barber shop in Swink, Colo,
was shot through the body and in
stantly killed by an unknown assail-
ant. believed 10 be another Japanese.
The shooting occurred in building
In the rear of the Saddle Rock resiau-
rant In Swink No further particulars
of the shooting have yet been obtain
ed. The only suspect arrested so far
is Japanese, who cannot speak Eng
llsh, and has failed to shed any light
on the affair.
That building is still on the boom In
Pueblo Is proven by the figures given
out by the city building inspectors of
flee. For eleven months so far this
year the value of buildings constructed
or under construction Is 10 per cent
greater than that of the first eleven
months of 1918. There were 551 build
ing permits issued so far this year and
the value of these buildings approx
mates S655. 500 compared to 432 permits
with n valuation of 1867 .307 last year.
An unusual preponderance of youth
full criminals of quasi and semi-mis-
chief makers. ranging in ages from Is
TO 81 years. was the outstanding fea-
ture of the records and convictions In