The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-16

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Drnver-Live Stock SHOW. january II
10 p, lsxo.
The National Jewish hospital OF
Denver was made beneficiary OF 81,
900 In the will of Abraham Kaufman.
late manufacturer of Watkins Glen.
NJ y. which has been filed for pro-
bate. The residue OF u 100000 estate
wus left to the widow and four child
rcn.
The county commissioners of Routt
county have selected the site for a
new courthouse. The proposition will
be put up to the public next election.
when an $4,000 bond issue viii be
submitted. The location is on the
principal street of Steamboat Springs
and viii be whole block
The total circulation of books from
the Durango public library during
1919, according TO report filed with
the board of trustees, was 12,643,
divided as follows: Fiction, 7.207;
juvenile. 1899; class books, 2,102. The
number of visitors at the library dur
lug the year was 1850 as compared
with IL ,225 in 1918
Five men, arrested last summer on
Il charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses. have been placed on
trial in the District Court at Brighton.
II is charged that the men sold stock
10 certain residents OF Adams county
at u price far in excess of the market
vniue. They are alleged to have Sc
cured 10000 from local farmers in
tis manner
The Longmont Stave Silo Company
iiis bought factory site AT La Sale
with railroad loading facilities and
Will build II cement s,uve silo factory
there III 5 winter. The company will
employ eighteen mcn- aud has con
iracls of 100000 in 1920 business.
The La Sale plant will he the second
stnvp silo factory to be constructed In
Weld county this year.
-Four persons narrowly escaped
,icath by jumping out of Il second
story window, several residences were
thrntened and valuable letters We're
mutilntcd when fire of unknown origin
completely destroyed the Golden Rule
store. the posiofflce and two adjoining
buildings at Lyons. Officials esti-
mate the loss at $4,000, which was
partially covered by insurance.
Work has been started ut Brighton
on a new theatcr building, to be com
pietcd 10y May |, when 1t will be
opened as II picture show by H. w.
Jaines, local capitalist ]. n. Counter,
rr,',ed business man, Is interested
wi I, James in erecting the structure.
The building is modelled after the
q ~r theater in Denver and will
t"f Approximately $4,000 when com
a.,e,e.
Reports of UNITY assessor show
.ZG.iS1 acres OF oats in the state in
43t!'. which, with 10 per cent added
ft,r 1ncompleteness, gives total OF
-t9I0 900 acres, compared with a correct
cd figure OF 25l,000 acres In 1918.
The average yield per acre, as deter
mined from reports of threshermen and
from other sources was 262 bushels,
compared with corrected figure of
30 bushels for last year.
W. c. Harris Is rushing work ON the
erection Of the proposed new MOTEL for
Sterling. Work has been started on
razing the old buildings standing on
the site at the corner of Second and
Poplar streets, one block from the
Union station. 1t is not yet deter
mined whether the new hotel will be
five or six stories high. 1t Will cost
at least S150,000, but more likely the
figure will go much higher
The ice crop for Montrose and near
by cities is reported the best In many
years. according to #. B. Bosler, local
ice dealer, who has Just finished put
ting up 5000 tons of ice for local con
sumption during the summer of 1920.
A fortune of between $4,000 and
100000 is left to the American board
Of foreign missions, mt Boston, Mass,
for the furtherance of its work in Ar
menia, by the will of H. Enfiajlan,
Armenian rug dealer, who died in
Denver Dec 30.
1t is estimated that 1900 birds and
head of pet stock Will be on exhibition
ut the chicken show this year that is
held in connection with the National
Western Stock Show. II is the elev-
entii annual poultry show, and w. @.
Schumun again is In charge. The
judges will be George NJ Wells of Wis
consin and E NJ. Brauch of Missouri.
O. S. Gibson of Detroit Mich. will
judge the pet stock. Entries close OH
Jan. 13 and there have been notlfica-
tions from all Western states from Mis-
souri, to California. All leading breeds
are represented, the Mediterranean dl-
vision of Leghorns taking about 80 per
cent
Boulder county Increased its output
of silver from $4,000 ounces in 1918
to 100000 ounces in 1919 from the
Yellow Pine at Sugar Loaf, the White