The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
.yrrtern Newspaper unIon Newr servlce.

aud UlrIch. They nrc all in fine con
dition. according to both rangers, and
are increasing rapidly.
Warden Thomas lyman of the state
pcnitentinry at Canon City emphatic
ally denied the report that the state
had leased or purchased another fnrn
for use of the peniteDtiary. or had
made any arrangements whatever
looking TO this end.
Dave Alexander. charged with kill
Ing John Curch, Hungarian miner In
pool hall at Crosby, Wyo.. was cap
tured near Worlnnd by Sheriff Hol-
drcdge OF Ihermopolis. He was bound
over to the District Court for trial
following his preliminary hearing. The
quarrel which ended in the killing was
over 10 cents
unseasoped or green posts. ties and
poles In contact with the soil will
last practically as long as seasoned
wood This is the conclusion of expe-
riments and observations made by the
Forest Products laboratory at Madi-
son. Wis, and was given to this paper
by Professor Morrill,, head of forestry
department at Colorado Agricultural
college,
Give hundred and sixty-one next of
kin of Colorado Yanks who made the
supreme sacrifice in the great war
will take part In the most dramatic
post-war celebration yet staged In
Denver. when, on Washington's birth
day. Feb. ~. the representatives of
the French high commission will con-
fer on the fathers, mothers or wives
OF the slain Yankees honorary French
certificates.
King Spud will reign supreme in
DeVvers from, January 20 to ~, lnclu-
sivc. A western potato exposition Of
seven states Will be held in the Den
yer Auditorium. The annual meeting
of the Colorado Potato Growers AS
sociation, mt which the reorganization
Of the association will be perfected
and important legislative action on
seed cert.fication laws and shipping
point inspection service will be dis
cussed.
ON shipment consisting of thirty
two caroad lots of manganese ore,
which sold at the end of the line to
which they had been consigned for
only $500, the director general of
railroads, In suit filed in the Dis
trct Court at Denver, demands rail-
rond charges of S22. .S64. .3S. The ac-
ton is directed against George =.
GoGdier. who Is stated to have shipped
the ore from Leadville to the Sea-
beard Steel and manganese Company
nj Temple, Pa.
An order authorizing the disburse-
ment of $250,0O0 annually in Colorado
aud Wyoming was received by Lieu-
;cunnt Commander Theiss of the Den
v,.r puvy Recruiting station. Lieuten-
ant Thesis received permission to en-
rot VI class two of the naval reserve
force all men who have given satIs-
fnctory service in the navy, even
though they took advantage of Secre-
mry Daniels order permitting them
10 leave the service without complet-
ing their enlistment.
The manufacturing survey to be
Department will be hegun within n
few weeks, the schedules to be used
la gathering the Information required
now being in process of compilation.
Some OF the Information asked for by
the federal government In connection
with the census of manufacturers for
1919 will be asked for by the state
but the inquiry will pertain more par.
ticuiarly TO conditions which effect
the development of the manufacturing
industry In Colorado.
The output of colorados farms
Adjutant General Spnngler permission
TO organize Il new National Guard
composed of 4.6S3 men in Colorado
Colonel Spangler went to Washington
several days for the purpose of dis
ciisSing the formation Of new guard
with the War Department. The new
guard VIII be composed of the follow
ing units, all of which will be equipped
by the government: One regiment OF
iufautry, one machine gun battalion
one battalion of engineers and head
quarters company, one ammunition
trnin, one battalion of signal corps
Que squadron of cavalry. one battalion
Of light horse artillery. md two ambu-
lance companies.
That the output of Colorado's farms
ia 1919 was worth more than the com
bined output of all its manufacturing
establishments and its metal mines vel
the agricultural department OF the
state is only fairly begun. Colorado
at the present time ranks about
twenty-eighth among the states in the
value of all crops grown. though il
ranks seventh in area. or course there
is large area of mountainous land in
the state that can never be made to
produce crops.
Outbreak OF six cases of hog cholera
in Conejos county. near La Jara, has