The Elbert County tribune., 1920-04-23
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

for the Colorado Year Book will shoO
a general increase In the county tax
leyies for the construction and main
tenance of highways. The levies range
from mill TO I mills, and the total
revenue to be collected by the coun-
lies for highway purposes will be in
the neighborhood of S3,0000o0. the
highest in the history of the state, and
more than was available annually for
highway purposes from all sources In
the state ten years ago. In addition
| TO this there will be substantial in
creaseS in the amount collected this
year for highway purposes from auto
mobile license tax and from gasoline
| tax, and the amount to be turned over
10 the state by the federal government
from various sources for highway pur-
poses also will be larger than ever be-
fore. Apparently the total amount
available for highway purposes in the
| state from all sources this year will
be in the neighborhood of ST,O00.00O.
Children between the ages of IA and
| 16 are barred from working in Colo
RADIO factories and industrial establish
ments later than p. m, as the re-
suit of a ruling by W. l.. Morrissey,
state labor commissioner, from fed
eral labor officials in Washington.
The ruling holds that the federal la
| Dor law supersedes the state law in so
far as working hours for children are
| concerned. Under the state law, chill
dren between the ages of IA and IS
could work until s o'clock at night,
under permit.
James Girardet and Fred S. Hotch-
kiss, two Delta county contractors,
have been given the contract for the
| construction of the Delta Montrose
| gravel highway, according to an
nouncement from the State Highway
Commission. This contract calls for
an expenditure of from $4,000 10
| 100000 and the work will be completed
this summer. When finished, this will
make the longest stretch of gravel
road in the Uncompahgre valley,
twenty-three miles.
Rienzi Dickens of Long Beach,
| Calf, after an absence from Colorado
of four years, appeared in the District
Court at Boulder and was granted
| further liberty under bond of S31 800
The bond was signed by himself, his
mother, Mrs. w. ii. Dickens, and by
Walter G. Coulehan. cashier of the
Farmers National bank of Longmont
who is his brother-n-law. Dickens is
accused of having killed his father, W
ii. Dickens. Longmont pioneer and
banker
Denver restaurant keepers who be
| srsIln Ion.
sumption of potatoes will not deprive
their patrons of potatoes by removing
them from the menus, but instead will
suggest daily that their customers use
substitutes, such us sweet potatoes
cabbage, macaroni and other food
stuffs, until the price of potatoes is
forced down through lack of demand
The repeal of the compulsory vac
cination law was advocated by IL reso
lutien passed by the Mothers Congress
and Paront-Teacher Association ut y
meeting held in Denver The resolu
ton stated that Il committee appoint
ed by the chair should seek to have
this law revoked at the next session
of the State Legislature
TO honor the memory of George
Duclo, Manitou marine killed in tn,
war; the town council of Manitou ha.
changed the name of Ute avenue t,
Duclo avenue for all time A bronz,
monument TO Duclo is to be erected
also. Duclo was killed at Chateat
Thierry.
The House committee on /publl,
buildings and grounds have agreed OF
legislation authorizing expenditure. o
S29O00,OOO to build or purchase hos
pitfalls for soldiers in the various states
This will include one hospital or NOR,
in Colorado
Colorado is working TO establish
state forest of something over 10000,
acres to be conservatively managed
for the sustained yield of timber an,
forage.
Investigations by the Colorado Agri
cultural College are beginning to SHOW
that shrinkage of live stock wheI
shipped to market can lie greatly re
duced. The most Important thing is :
comfortable car and not much crowd
ing. The next thing is to have tn,
animals well fed and contented wheI
they are loaded and until they arr
sold at the terminal market In othe
words, plenty of feed and water an,
comfortable quarters are most import
ant.
Unless more substantial evidence Il
submitted to the government censu
bureau by the Chamber of Commerce
the city of Colorado Springs will hav,
to accept as final and official the re
cent census report of slightly less thai
10000 for that city. From the natur,
of the letter received from the census
bureau II appears that only com
plete recount by the city will be ac