The Elbert County tribune., 1919-06-13
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Yestern N.wrpapor union News Service.

Ut bTtckcnrfuee anu fduStu utbii
tion TO valuable property.
Colorado lends all states In the pro-
duction OF beets, and the 1919 crop, ac-
cording to present indications, Will be
the largest In the history of the sugar
beet industry here.
Hay is CoIorados banner crop. Its
value last year was about $4,000, 900.
or approximately as much as the val
ne of the state's total metal output
for the same year.
Colorado, Wyoming and New Mex
lco men enllstIng in the United States
navy now may choose whether they
wIah to take their preliminary training
in San Francisco or at the naval train
Ing station at Great Lakes. near Chi
cago.
The state road fund is richer by
g24. 15G as a result of the first months
collection of state tax on gasoline and
kerosene under the law enacted by the
Twenty-second General Assembly as
one of the measures to promote the
building of good roads in Colorado.
Investigations by expert field men
connected with the Colorado Packing
Corporation indicate that 80 per cent
OF the tomato plants reported as killed
by the frost on June LIST are sending
out new shoots and with proper care
will live and produce crop in the vi
cinity of Canon City.
Weld county, Colorndo's banner ag-
ricuItural county, is the lender also in
the number of Incorporated cities and
towns, number of banks, number of
schools, number of farm owners and
number of tenant farmers. 1t ranks
second In number of automobiles and
assessed valuation and third in bank
deposits.
The Greeley Commercial Club will
protest efforts of the railroads to
change the minimum loading require
ments for lambs shipped from north
ern Colorado. Local shippers say that
the proposed change will cause ar adj
djtionnl charge of $50 upon every car
load of lambs shipped from the Gree
ley and Fort Collins district.
Salida stockmen and business men
have signed u contract for six air.
plane flights to be held In that city
July 4th and 9th by Aviator Brock of
Chicago, one of the most daring ex-
hbition fllers in the country. Two
flights will be given each afternoon
md one at night accompanied by fire
works bombardment. Ten thousand
visitors are expected in Salida on the
Two days from western and southern
Colorado.
The gold ore production in the Grip
pie Creek district In May amounted
10 55,376 tons, carrying gross bul-
lion value of $691 ,S61.45, which is an
Increase over April of $4,000. The
general average of all ore produced
was $l05S. Nine hundred and ninety
tons were shipped to the smelters,
(which returned $50 per ton. The divi-
dends paid during the month by the
Cresson and the Golden Cycle Com
panies amounted to $167,0 900
Plans for the Fourth of July celebra.
tion in Steamboat are rapidly taking
shape and the affair is growing in i'm
portance. The sports committee has
been especially active, and already
mnny of the best riders of northwest
ern Colorado are lined up for attend
ance. 1t is planned to make the rough
riding feature of greater interest than
tests have been rather tame. but
George Long, on II trip to the lower
country interested some of the best
riders in the contest. They are anx-
i0us TO try conclusions with the crack
riders of the Art-O-Graf Film Com.
pany. who will be there.
A complete counterfeiting plant
ready for operation was unearthed
and the two men held responsible for
its erection taken into custody in
Boulder canon, eighteen miles west of
Boulder, by Roland X. Goddard of the
United States secret service, Sheriff
Robert Euler and two deputies.
Denver will receive six pieces of
German artillery and two machine
guns with shells for display purposes,
IL bill introduced In the federal
House of Representatives by Con
gressman William N. vaile Is passed.
The bill provides that the guns shall
be from the captures made by the
American expeditionary forces and de-
iivered to the United States under the
terms of the peace treaty.
With silver going up toward the for
mer coinage value renewed interest
Is being taken in the older silver pro
ducers of Summit county. Silver and
gold will again be prospected for dur
ing the coming summer in the Breck-
enridge district, which was formerly
considered gold camp until the
output of zinc and lead ores gave for
mer gold and silver producers back
seat"
The, death of Joseph Milton Lamb
at his home at Cotopaxi, In the west
ern part of Fremont county, removes