The Elbert County tribune., 1920-03-19
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


to put down a well near Fruifa. Inter
ests controlling the Werner z. Reed
estate are reported to be contemplat-
ing an oil well to be drilled near Iona.
Colo, on the Reed lands. Gas and oil
seeps in various parts Of the western
slope contiguous to Grand Junction
have caused experts to believe that the
center Of the supply is under the
Grand valley.
The Lions Club of Longmont has
been organized with a charter member
ship of sixty-seven. All lines of bust
ness and professions of the city are
represented. The club holds weekly
luncheon every Thursday noon. The
members are enthusiastic over the out
look for the future. ]. 8. Schey is
president of the club. DIR. W. r. Ben
son, vice president; Charles Norris,
second vice president; DIR. 8. B. Nc
Farland, third vice president; r. L.
Hudson. secretary. and G. E. Young,
treasurer.
A report has just been received of
a deal under way in Pueblo, backed
by several business men, which, II sue
cessfully carried out, will give Pueblo
one OF the largest and most complete
athletic fields west of the Mississippi
river. The site for the field has al
ready been selected and leases have
been secured on all the land under con-
slderation. The deal will be pushed at
once in order to have the field finished
by summer so 1t can be used by the
ball clubs of Pueblo for their big
games.
Colorado's road building equipment
is to be placed under fire insurance
protection at once, it has been decided
by the State Highway Commission.
Attention was called to the complete
lack OF insurance on S250,000 worth
of motor trucks, autos, graders and
other highway equipment belonging to
the state, when valuable state auto
mobile used by Thos. ]. Ehrhart, state
highway commissioner, was destroyed
in the blaze which recently gutted the
Tom Roberts Garage in Denver.
Word has been received In Denver
of the death at his home In Omaha,
Neb., of Colonel Samuel S. Curtis,
aged 80, formerly of Denver. He was
Colorado pioneer of 1857, when he
was engaged in mining in Gilpin coun.
ty. He was the first Republican post
master and the second postmaster to
be appointed in Denver, having been
named for that office in March, 1890
He was son of Gen. Samuel Curtis
of Civil war fame, for whom Curtis
street was named.
Everyone in Colorado is interested
in roads. Practically all the public
service organizations are doing their
bit. The United States Forest Serv.
ice is doing Its bit. In 1912 it built
one mile of road; in 1919 it built sixty
four miles of Soad in Colorado. Dur
ing the last eight years the forest
service has built 27I miles of roads in
Colorado at total cost of ST72, 900
During the same period it has main
ta.ned 46S miles at a cost Of about
$4,000.
Three minutes after he had eater
the evening meal, brought to him b,
Jailer John McLachlan, Jacob Baker
alias Jacob Becker, 80, blacksmith
held merely for investigation, com
mitted suicide at the city Jail in Den
yer, by hanging himself in the Gel
which has become known as 1.-The hoo
doc CELL" following the escape there
from recently of Virgil Trimble ant
two other prisoners.
G. A. Mclaughlin, government hunt
er, located in the vicinity of Este.
Park, has bagged his fourth mountain
lion this winter. The last one he cap
tured was at the mouth of the Love
land Grand Cafon. Mclaughlin, II
company with John Griffith, of tn,
park, tracked the lion for ten mile,
before it was located in the den ant
shot.
Recruiting for the United Statel
army in the Wyoming division of tn,
Denver district exceeded all other dI
visions for the past month except tha
of the city of Denver, according t,
Capt. G. b. Cox. Captain Cox is il
Denver to make his report to the of
ficer in charge OF the Denver district
The division in which the captain hai
charge is divided into eight offices
in as many Wyoming cities. Each o
the offices is in charge of recruit
ing sergeant, who reports weekly t,
Captain Cox.
Stanley NJ. Wight, until recently al
employe of the Colorado Nationn
Bank in Denver, has been appointed
deputy state bank commissioner b,
Commissioner Grant McFerson. II,
nucceeds Deputy Commissioner Franl
stansfield, who resigned recently be
cause of Ill health.
Delegates Of District No. is of tn,
United Mine Workers of America, IL
their biennial convention at Colorado
SnringS adnntad q new constitution