The Elbert County tribune., 1920-04-30
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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Shipped single car OF hiSn-Sraue ore
from Ouray that netted S13,s91 The
car contained forty-five tons taken
from the 1I2-foot level.
Fred Linck, veteran of the Clifton
section. and who recently sold all his
property at that place, was found dead
in Ills bed at Rifle "a few days ago.
Henrt disease was apparently the
cause of his demise.
Reports are current OF tile probable
opening of the Colorado Midland rail-
road June l. The first work train
wi,icl, has been clearing away rock
slides, etc, and opening the road for
other work trains, has passed Lead
vile and is now on its way up Hager-
man pass through the snow.
A fireproof apartment house. con-
tanning thirty-six apartments and cost
Ing Approximately $1500O0, is TO be
bniit In Greeley this summer The
house Is to be constructed adjacent to
the State Teachers College. 1t will be
of brick construction, three stories,
with n ground plan l0o by Ill feet
Work has been started on the ma
tional forest road from Somerset to
Crested Butte a distance of twenty
five miles, according to g. s.
Bright. district engineer of the United
States Bureau of Public Roads, who
said that road crews had left Denver
with equipment and machinery. The
road, IL is estimated, will cost 10000
George Fogg, 81 years old, is dead
at his home In Delta. death having
been due to heart disease induced by
Old age. The death of this remark
able citizen broke the happy welded
life of couple who had lived togeth-
er for "a years. -Four sons. besides
the widow, survive the pioneer. The
Foggs lad lived on Tongue creek, near
Delta, since 1882.
Loban y. Crawford, special agent in
charge OF the United States biological
survey office in the customs house, an
nounced that Agent John w. Crook of
Denver had killed four large mountain
Hons and lynx on Bear creek, near
Monte Vista, Colo. This is record
for one man in day in many years,
according to the federal agents. The
specimens probably will be sent to
Denver to be mounted.
John Giacomozzi was sentenced to
life Imprisonment following the return
of Il verdict of murder In the first de
gree by jury in the District Court mt
Telluride He was charged with com
plicity In connection with the killing
OF four men at the Tomberi mine last
September. Giacomozzi is the second
man to be convicted by circumstantial
evidence In this case. John Kichever,
another defendant, remains to be tried.
C. H. Thompson, II student at the
conservatory of music of the State Ag-
ticiiltural College, who was arrested at
Fort Collins, confessed to District At
torney Russell W. Fleming and Prof.
Alexander Emslie, head of the conserv-
aiory of music, that lie had attempted
to extort by means of ''black hand let
ters $4,000 from Charles X. Evans
wealthy banker and livestock man OF
that city, according TO the two men to
whom the confession is said to have
been presented.
A convention of the Rocky Noun
tain districts of the three engineering
aternities-Amerlcan Institute of
Electrict Engineers, American Society
of Civil Engineers and the American
Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Will he held In Boulder next month.
The date will not be set until the ac-
ceptances of the men who have been
invited to speak is received 1t will be
about May 10. however, and will bring
TO Boulder 200 of the leading engineers
OF the Rocky Mountain district
Charles Rauber, rancher of west.
ern Fremont county, charged with as
sault with intent to kill w. II. Hop
per, n prominent cnttleman, on Easter
Sunday, was found guilty of assault to
do bodily injury In the District Cour,
at Caflon City.
Unless the county treasurers OF
seven Colorado counties take immedi-
ate steps toward payment of S13,O0u
which the state of Colorado claims as
due from them in interest on delin.
queut state taxes, State Treasurer Har.
ry E Mulnix will Institute criminal
proceeding against them.
"Old Big Foot" known also as the
"Peavine wolf and the outlaw" and
which during the Inst ten years had
inflicted fully 100000 loss on the
stockmen of San Juan county, Utah,
and in the western Paradox valley in
Colorado, has been captured. The
pelt has been delivered to the com
missiouers of San Juan county, Utah,
for bounty fees. The outlaw had
probably made II worse record than
any other predatory animal of recent
times. 1t is known TO have been IL
years old. The pelt measures eight
feet from tip to tip and the animal
weighed about 215 pounds.
BY unanimous vote the City Council