The Elbert County tribune., 1920-02-06
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


| ~ u accurate agricultural ~satfszse-
for the ztaf~ hare suggested flszf .
8fH ise ifstrs1aee-s ia ffe nexr I.,s< siz-
.Ere pros lasrsS for the isevnl-sa< Sf all
si5r-stl@rs8ea and requiring them 30
rake reyorrs ezc3, ue--k daring ihe
ihrezfiinz Season ssior51S tie z<rszze
ant pTo.tsfzsou q aig grain fArsxise-i
~ them. The form of rnazSzE- Spn-
orally favored = one similar fS tire
isW D0N tn eff~cz IN 5liei,lesn- ~lfieli
las prorei sery s1acs-zsfui- UHs-r
This 20 fee l. dared sor rst= ile-nsin=
1f tiresherrBen- 5sir they are res1ire-i
20 furnish Information rezzrylin< arr
1ge and production Of eraIn threSils-f
IL IieiS Of paying z Zee. tn sfste
Isfissi zTzfIo1 Department nssaT collects
showing riIe acr-4=e desote,f 70 earh
crop. but accurate Information regzr's-
ing production - not svaiIzhi~
The inquiry made IN January 5y the
Cooperative Crop HessorrEn< serTic-
regarding the number and vzlSe Of live
stock On farms Oa Jsnuzry isr, indi-
Gates 3 decrease in tn. 1EEns,er u bes-f
and range cztiie- zife~p and ~sius and
possibly slight ineresses IN fise number
Of dairy cattle. ior--~ and uul-7s- A.
compared with the number u 1i'e vs-i-
Gus classes of livestock On fzrnas Jan
/. 1919. 4 decrease In tfse zrer1Ee
value per head Of every class q live
stock. S indicated ard ayTzTsrliiy fhere
Ein BE- rstiler sharp deerezse in rfl=
total value of all livestock On farms
as COMPARED with year ago
During the year 1878 colgraaozus
enjoyed more days of T--rf'-ef sup~isirls
than the residents of any orlser Stale in
the country There were IL days On
which the sun siione brightly sislioul
a cloud In the sky. according 10 fiie Of
nciai annual report issuesi - 1he Deu-
yer branch Of the United States wealth
er bureau Only on efgii1y-four dzys
WIS the sun hidden froSn view for t:ie
entire day. and On i4S days II Eas Oh
~eureti only part Of the time. accord
Ing to the report
AuSUsr Speck- perhaps TIE firsi set-
tier IN 8laf II now North Para. aA"
went TO that section for7y-fire years
sgo. died n; his home near Owl. Colo.
and his body was taken TO 1iaueiies
ter. Ia, for infernncnf SIr sF.-.s Was
horn In Germany little more than
North Park forty five years ago. be-
ing engaged in sinice mining. lie
shipped large quantities Of gold froin
time 10 time
After drawing up will providing
how his estate, amounting 10 several
thousand dollars. should be divided
and leaving Instructions as TO his bur
laI. Alfred T. Norman. - years old. 4
veterinary Inspector attached 10 the
United States bureau Of animal indus
try. committed suicide by shooting him
self through the mouth 81 his room at q
Denver hotel with a .32-s.ililrer revol-
yer Death WIS instantaneous
Hilary King. p. was Instantly kiiied
while hauling timber to his ranch. some
twenty-nine miles west OF Colorado
Springs. near Divide lie lost his bal
ance from the humping Of the wagon
on the frozen roads and fell beueath
one OF the rear wheels which crushed
out his life
That there has been six times the
snowfall this season on the Poudre Wa
tershed than at this time last season il
the statement Of Glenn Duvall. caretak-
or at the Laramie POudre tunnel which
penetrafes the continental divide near
it's crest and carries water from the
Laramie TO the Poudre rivers.
Mining activities are reflected in the
planned erection in the San Juan min
ing field at Little Deadwood gulch OF
fifty-ton mill early this spring. The
Incas Mining Company is financing the
building of the plant.
A few men are working steadily on
the new entry to the big coal mine at
Sunlight. Everyone is hoping that the
Colorado Midland again will bc opcr-
ated and the output from the mines
will be much larger than ever.
Transfer TO the permanent state
school fund OF S6OO,0o0 worth Of bonds
which have been held in the public
school income fund OF Colorado for -
number of years VIII make available
under an agreement reached by Of
ficlals of the state land. school and
treasury departments, the sum Of 500
yearly for distribution TO the school
districts of the state until the entire
SG0O90O has been converted into in
come and apportioned to the counties.
The body of Steve Borad. cage ten
der, was found at the bottom of the
shaft of the Sunnyside mine. near Sill
verton. crushed almost beyond recog-
milton. No one knew of the accident
which is believed to have caused Bor-
ads death until the discovery of the
body It is supposed he lost his foot
ing at the top of the shaft and fell in
to the opening