The Elbert County tribune., 1920-03-12
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


posed construction of three railroad
tunnels through the Rockies. was dis
cussed in Denver at the Auditorium in
n conference attended by 125 dele
gates, including mayors and other of
ficials representing forty towns of
Colorado No formal action was TAX
en, the object being to present in de-
tail the advantages Of the proposed
series of tunnels. Expressions of
visiting mayors after the conference
brought assurances that the projects.
which entail construction cost of
s15000.000. will be approved by the
voters in the November election.
The outlook for the coming summer
season in the Breckenridge gold belt
was never so good as ut present. The
district is affording steady employ
ment for all of its miners nj good
wages. In few weeks at most the
three gold dredging boats of the Tone
pah Placers Company and the dredge
bost of the French Gulch Dredging
Company will again be at work on the
rich bedrock placers of the district.
The gold dredging boat of the Blue
River Dredging Company has contin-
ned to operate steadily during the win
ter so far on the rich river bed de-
posIts in the blue river valley. about
two and half miles north OF Breck
enridge.
Archie Hogue. a prominent railroad
contractor living In Summit county,
has just escaped miraculousIy frcm
snowslide death. He had been leading
his horse down deep gulch when he
heard terrible road. He tried to run
up short incline to get out Of the
path hut slipped and fell and before
he could move the slide hit him. He
was entirely buried. He found he
could wiggle one arm and kept digging
until he got little room to breathe and
then worked nightly for an hour or
more and finally, bleeding, exhausted
and nearly suffocated, he dragged
himself out OF mis- snow prison ana
found his way home.
Monarch pass will be open for traf
fic the latter part of July or the first
of August. according to the prediction
of United States Engineer Infferty
who is in charge of the work. All the
rough grndng has been done between
Mnysville and Monarch. Hills were
blasted away and many ruvines filled
There remains nothing TO be done or
this side practically except the sur
facing of the road and the filling OF
some of the rnvincs. This will not be
attempted until the earth thaws.
contract for repairs on six of the
buildings of the old Teller Indian
school has been let by State Engineer
A. ] McCune The total cost of the
improvements is $4,000 and when fin.
shed on July ] the famous old Crane
Junction institution will be converted
into new state home and training
school for mental detectives. Gov
Oliver H. Shoup has approved the con
tract.
victor's postal carrier system is nc
more. Tile government permanently
discontinued mail deliveries. making
the order effective at once, because OF
the dwindllng population of the town
Two carriers had handled the work in
late years. victors population is now
estimated to be 1,500. The Postal De.
purtment did not consider this number
large enough to Justify further deliv
cries.
No opposition has been encountered
by the solicitors now raising funds for
building Collbran's new community
house, plans for which are now occu.
pying the attention of everybody. Some
subscribers have offered to double
their subscriptions in case of need
Mrs. Con Gillespie was seriously
burned at Delta when the heat of her
kitchen stove caused kerosene can
to explode and set her clothing afire.
Other members of the family rescued
her and saved the house from burning.
While Mr.. and Mrs j. G.. Nash, both
deaf-mutes residing at Pueblo, were
eating their breakfast firemen were
busy pouring water on the roof of the
house to put out n blaze that neigh
bors had discovered Mr. and Mrs.
Nash were ignorant of the fact that
their house was on fire and it was not
until Mr.. Nash started for work that
he discovered three firefighters on the
outside throwing II stream of water on
the roof
Two hundred and fifty courses, con
Quoted by more than eighty professors,
will be offered at the summer school
of the University of Colorado this
year The courses, as announced by
Prof. Milo G. Derham, director of the
summer quarter, include. in addition
to those given last year, classes in
Anericanization and In commercial
Spanish.
While father and mother lay at the
point of death at La Junta, the four
children of Mr. and Mrs Victor Strom