Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-16
Rthy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado


Grand functions three banks, In
their statements just issued, show to-
tai resources of more than $1,000. 900.
This is the largest total ever known at
this time of the year In that valley.
A number of new professors and in
structors have just been appointed to
| positions in the Colorado Agricultural
| College at Fort Collins. Among the de-
| partments which have found ii neces-
sary to Increase the size of their
teaching staffs are the farm manage
ment mathematics, horticulture, libra
ry, animal husbandry, agronomy and
chemistry.
]. G. Thompson was arrested by
Sheriff j. Il. Whittier at Sterling
after the discovery of a well-appointed
whisky still in Thompson's home. The
| still, which was of fifteen gallon ca
pacity, is the most complete yet found
In that part of the country, according
| TO Sheriff Whittier. -Four barrels of
mash and four gallons of "moonshine"
We're confiscated.
Two men were instantly killed and
one badly injured in an explosion at
dead are L. Edmunio Martinez and j.
w. Virgil. l. Valdez was injured. Six
shots had been put into a drift and the
men, thinking all of the blasts had ex-
ploded, went into the mine. They were
caught by the last explosion and liter
ally blown to pieces.
That all the lakes on Grand Mesa
are full to oyerflowing is the report of
| c. Jacques, superintendent, who has
| just visited all of the important lakes.
He makes one exception only in re-
porting that Deep Ward lake only has
14.7 feet of water. The snow has not
all melted yet in the lake section and
the supply of water for irrigation pur-
poses is very large.
The State Land Board held a sale in
| the House of Representatives chamber
in the Capitol at Denver at which 6,3S7
acres of state land were disposed of
| at an average price of $3.50 an acre.
| The highest price paid was S412 for
| land in jefferson county, and the total
proceeds of the sale amounted TO
s144,3so The land sold at the sale
| last month was 5,S40 acres. The gain
tnlS InOnn was O4i dcreS.
Harvey c. Neese, so, night marshal
of Cripple Creek, was shot through the
lung at Cripple Creek by William
Sloane, former city fireman, and died
| in the Sisters hospital seven hours
later Sloan is in jail charged with
the killing. The shooting took place
in the middle of the main business
street. Sloane, 1t is said, was under
the influence of intoxicants and was
causing a disturbance.
The body of an unidentified man,
murdered, was foun@by a party of
tourists on the Salt Creek road, just
off the Santa Fe trail near Pueblo
There were indications that the man,
who is believed to have been an Ital-
| ian, had been assaulted within the city
| and the body carried by automobile to
| the point where it was found. The
head had been beaten by heavy in
strument.
The number of inquiries being re
ceived by the State immigration De
partment at the present time indicate
| that the demand for Colorado lands by
| people in other states is not quite SO
| heavy as 1t was last fall and winter
| The general impression is that con
| siderable construction in the money
market has slowed down the demand
| for land to some extent in all parts OF
the country, but that a renewed de
mand will be evident Immediately aft
er crops begin to market. Crop condi-
| tions in Colorado are exceptionally
good at this time and land men gener-
ally look for an excellent movement OF
| farm land this fall.
| The Colorado Packing Company
| plant at Delta is nearly done and the
| plant is casting about for 500 girls to
! be employed there as soon as business
| opens up.
News has reached Nucla of the
derson, 6-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
| G. J. Anderson, formerly of Nucla.. The
little boy was struck by string of
freight cars, run over and killed.
Jason c. Brown, 6S, pioneer rancher
of Turkey Creek Canon and of late
years a resident of Canon City, was
killed early today when he walked out
on the porch of the Cliff House, where
he was stopping, and fell off, his head
striking large boulder. He was un-
married and came to this region fifty
years ago from Adell, Iowa.
Golden is about to initiate an exteD-
sive paving program. 1t is the inten-
tion of the Golden city officials to is
| sue bonds for the construction of as
phaIt or concrete paving from the end
of the Denver-Golden paved road,
| through the city, and to the foot OF
Lookout mountain. Other thorough
fares in the town are to be paved also.
The cost of the proposed Improve
ments is estimated at 100000.