The Elbert County tribune., 1919-02-14
COLORADO
STATE NEWS


Harry ]. Wolf, mining professor nr
die State school of Mines, states thar
Colorado oil sinie deposits are a state
and national asset.
All the Weld county sugar mills are
nssured Ioeg campaigns next season,
hecnusc OF die immense beet tonnage
contracted, FOR ;lic county
Prof William Back. Instructor of
mechanical engineering at the Univer-
sity OF Colorado since 1917, died at
Boulder at the university hospital fol-
lowing an operation for appendicitis
Being ut the crest of the continent,
Colorado contains the headwaters OF
some OF the principal rivers of the
United States, including the Colorado,
Rio Glande, rlatte, Arkansas and Re-
publican.
John johnson, his wife and four
children, of NiWot, miraculously es-
.al,,.i death Sunday, when his cai
left the road on a sharp curve four
miles outside Of Boulder and plunged
into o creek.
Reports show that In Denver last
year there were 40 cases of typhoid
iberia, s4i of whooping cough, 2,644
of measles. SS4 OF chicken pox and
i05 of murnps.
The residents of Lake county are
solidly in favor of the proposed S21,-
Op0 for repairs for the Battle Noun
tain rond, in Eagle counry, in place of
the proposed repairs TO the roads in
the western part OF that county.
Two Cripple Greek boys who fought
with the famous Devil Dogs" AT Cha
teau Thierry have returned to their
homes In Cripple Creek for II visit
with relatives. Both were wounded in
action They are Dewey Nulph and
Willard Allen.
Opposition to the proposed $4,000
600 bond issue for good roads was
unanimously opposed by resolutions
passed by the Weld Countys Farmers
Union. which is composed of repre-
sentntiyes of the twenty or more To-
eal unions In the county.
The grand cncainpment Of odd Eel
lows viii be held in Denver Feb. II.
ii wns scheduled to be held in Fort
Collins last October. and was post
pnned on account of the Influenza
epidemic. The military council of
Patrlarchs Militant win meet the eve
ring of the opening day ~ 175l
champa The final feature Of the pro
gram will be n grand bail
The mysterious disease which has
been Killing many cattle around Crest,
Colo. and witch started in the west
crn part OF Morgan county, where 1t
destroyed entire herds, has been d.
ngnosed as corn stalk disease by vet
crinariuns from the State Agricultural
College at Fort Collins, and there is
no cure for 1t save TO keep the cattle
out "f the corn fields.
All the Weld county sugar mills are
assured long campaigns next senson,
ccnuse OF the immense beet tonnage
contracted for in the country, accord
ing to Iii Tymothy. agricultural super
lntendent OF the Greeley factory. He
says that the Greeley factory has con
tracted more than 1900 acres, and
Tint Windsor and Eaton have con
irncted about 10000 acres between
them.
Although II. Lee Craft, special
agent of the Department of Justice,
went to Fowler to arrest one man on
charge of evading the draft, he
brought to Pueblo another on the same
charge, md through Il peculiar cir
curnstance, the name OF the man
caught is the same as the man sought
He Is James NJ George and he is held
in the local jail awaiting action on
81 toIo
Hundreds of farmers are making
good profits every year on nonirri-
gated land in Colorado that was con-
sidered worthless for agricultural pur-
poses ten years ago.
DIR. George Norlin. acting president
OF the University Of Colorado. an.
nounced at Boulder that the resigna.
tion OF DIR. Livingston Farrand. presi.
dent OF the university. was expected by
the board of regents. This statement
follows closely upon the announcement
from Washington that President viii
son had appointed Dr. Farrand as
president OF The American Red Cross,
the appointment to take effect
March /.
Colorado's own. the 18TH infantry,
has been ordered home The an.
nouncement was made Washington
that the 40th division. the Sunshine
division" composed of men from Colo
rado, Utah. New Mexico. Arizona and
California, would soon be aboard trans
ports bound for the United States.
Other Colorado units. in addition to
the 157th. attached to the 40th division
are the 115th ammunition train and
trench mortar battery; the 115th en-
gineers and engineer train. and the
l15th sanitary train,
Tie flu situation here continues