Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-09-03

falling tree crushed out the life
of Wilbert A. Gardner, an employe Of
the Rocky Mountain Lumber Company,
/ Mt Diamond Park.
Thirty persons narrowly escaped in
jury at the Colorado State Firemen's
convention at Littleton when the sup
ports of a crowded grandstand col
lapsed, allowing the stand to fall five
feet to the pavement
The condition of alfalfa in Colorado
on July LIST was the same as on June
1st and there is no change in the es-
timated output. The condition of oil
hay in the state is also the same as on
June-1st, and the estimate of total pro-
duction Is unchanged.
Obtaining a revolver from the truck
of her brother-in-law. Miss Helen
Brewer, pretty and 10 years of age, of
Glenwood Springs. attempted suicide
by shooting herself The bullet enter
ed the abdomen. She was removed to
n hospital where physicians say her
condition is serious.
The body of the 1S-months-old son
of Mrs. G.. Schegel, widow of Eagle,
was recovered from the Eagle river
following a two-day search. The boy
disappeared while his mother was
washing clothes. County authorities
dragged more than 300 yards of the
river before the body was found.
Miss Anna Laura Force, president Of
the State Teachers Association of
Colorado and principal of the Lincoln
school in Denver has been appointed
chairman of the executive committee
of the National Council of Education.
Miss Force is doing graduate work at
the State Teachers College this sum-
mer at Greeley.
The big firemen's convention held at
Englewood and Littleton was well-at-
tended and large delegations represent
ed from nearly all departments from
various cities and towns over the state.
All entries were filled and several new
records set up. Both Englewood and
tanning their guests.
AS the night jailer at the county jail
at Leadville entered the cell house to
replenish the fire in the stove there,
three prisoners who were in the corri-
dor made rush for the open door and
escaped. At q late hour tonight they
had not been captured. The three men
were awaiting trial in the District
Court on minor charges.
The condition of barley in Colorado
on July LIST was OF per cent of normal
compared with 90 per cent on June LIST
| Partial reports of county assessors in
dictate that the area devoted to the
| crop is about 100000 acres Based on
this acreage and the condition of the
crop on July LIST, the estimated produc-
ton is 5,943, 200 bushels, compared with
| 100000 last year.
A rich strike at the 1S00-foot level
of the indicator gold mine at Victor,
reported few days ago, gives promise
of producing ore to run between $75
and $3.50 ton. The strike was made
at point about 900 feet south of the
main shaft, and seems to be a continu-
alton of the well-known Little vein. 1t
is in virgin territory, which was pre-
viously believed to be practically
| worthless.
Forrest Wood, IL years old, was
thrown off his bicycle at Boulder and
run over by touring car, receiving in
juries which may prove fateI In dodg-
ing two automobiles at busy street
corner he turned his bicycle too far,
striking the huh " one of the cars
and being huried directly in the path
of the other. His right arm was broken
and he suffered a severe wound on
the head.
Arrangements for the annual Boul.
der county fair are virtually completed
and indications point to the greatest
and best fair ever held at Longmont
The fair will last four days, Sept 7, 8,
9 and 10.
Remarkable yields of both wheat and
barley are reported from fields of
grain just threshed In Larimer county.
Fred Schmer has just harvested twelve
acres of wheat and six acres of barley
on the w. A. Drake farm two and a
half miles south of Fort Collins, which,
while they have broken no records, are
unusually fine crops The wheat
threshed T4.16 bushels to the acre, and
the barley So bushels to the acre.
| Partial reports of county assessors
indicate that about $4,000 acres of DO
tatoes We're planted in Colorado this
year, compared with 92,500 acres last
year. The condition of the crop on
July list was % per cent of normal, an
exceptionally high condition for this
season of the year The estimated pro-
duction. based upon this condition and
the acreage given above, is 1902, 900
bushels compared with a final esti-
mate of II. o40,0 900 bushels last year
Three dead rattlesnakes, one of them
four feet long with fifteen rattles and
button, tell of the bravery of little