The Elbert County tribune., 1919-02-28
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

yer home.
As soon MS the frost is out of the
ground work VIII be started on the
electric light plant which is to be the
latest addition to Craig.
Government reports show that there
are now 100000 hogs in Colorado.
worth ss,932,00O, as compared with
1To,294 in 1910, worth 81, s,15s.
Proposals for an appropriation Of
<7JO.OOO for a tubercular hospital in
Colorado were rejected by the United
States Senate, according to dispatch
from Washington. -
II. d. May. % yeats old, fireman on
the Moffat road, was overcome by gas
it the snow sheds at Corona and died
two hours later in the railroad eating
house Mt Kremmling.
Tint Colorado is likely to receive n
large appropriation for the building or
roads and trails In the national forests
OF Colorado is. the prediction of fOres-
try officials in Denver.
The acreage of wheat harvested in
Colorado In 1918 was $4,000, as COM
pared with 340,729 acres for 1909. The
increase has been largely in the acre
age devoted to winter wheat.
Julio Chayon, a Mexican, pleaded
guilty to killing n mountain sheep in
Glen canon near Glenwood Springs.
and was fined 500. This is the first
conviction of its kind In number
OF yenrs.
AT the city election April 1st the
taxpayers will vote on a bond issue
OF $4,000 for the building of II new
city hall ut Longmont, and an issue
OF $4,000 for the Improvement of
city parks.
At n monster smoker of the Alamosa
Automobile Club committee was
named and plans made to erect a
S35,000 building here as memorial
10 the soldier and sailor dead of the
San Louis valley.
Work on the memorial gateway at
the army recuperation camp, the gift
OF union labor of Denver, will begin
within few days. The contract for
the memorial was let Monday. The
gateway win cost $4,000.
Officials of eight Denver bonding
companies appeared before the Little
ton town board and offered tentative
bids for the floating of n $4,000 bond
issue. the money to he used in the con
siruction of new municipal building
at I.ittleton.
Colorado holds first rank among the
states in acreage of land cultivated
ss..;ex, t.,fa pf II L
5000, 900 acres; yet there is nearly III
large an area which might be irrigated
by the completion of contemplated ir
rgation systems.
building permits asked for and re
ceived In Greeley seem to indicate
that the spring may open with goot
amount of building to be done. The
city council at the last meeting actet
favorably upon applications involving
an expenditure of $25.0OO.
willford Burwell and Morey Good
man of La Junta have been awarded
buttons by the United States Treas
ury Department for their work in wal
savings and thrift stamp sales. They
will also each receive letter of com
mendation from officials In Washing
ton.
A novel means of concealing liquOl
was unearthed In Denver by Sergean
Hannebuth and Policemen Kelly ant
Pltt when an examination of Il steam
heating radiator in the home of Mel
I,eitto, 1857 Larimer street, proved |
to be fitted up with a tiny faucet ant
used as receptacle for whisky.
The field artillery branch of the ar
my Mt Washington has recommends
the establishment of n field artiller
unit at the Colorado Agricultural Col
lege. Fort Collins. as well as the es
t,,bIlshment of an engineering corp
unit at the University of Colorad,
Boulder. according to information re
celved in Fort Collins.
Authorities of the United States i'm
migration service have started to in
vestigate the circulation In Denver o
pamphlets. said to PROFOUND Bolshe
visit principles The circulation of th
pamphlets has been under way for sew
eral days. Several of the leaflets hav,
fallen into the hands of the officials
and they are now consulting with th
Washington office with reference Il
handling the situation.
Liquor interests in the hope of re
versing the stand of the nation on tn
prohibition issue are seeking referen
DUN elections in fourteen states, o
which Colorado Is one. Announce
iment of the movement was made b,
the National Association of Distiller
and Wholesale Liquor Dealers in Gin
cinnati. 1t is rumored that the cam
paign In Colorado will be directed b.
local form of attorneys.
The hundredth anniversary of TIL
founding OF the Independent Order o
Odd EnIIo1ys will hn cnlehrnted Ia,