The Elbert County tribune., 1920-04-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
w..tern New.paper rnlon N.w. ser,lee.

third killed in an accident, and a
fourth is reported dying as the result
Of exposure suffered during the un-
usually violent April storm which
swept across Colorado recently.
Steamboat Springs has donated
plot of ground and water for new
fish hatchery and has subscribed more
than $1,000 to supplement the amount
appropriated by the last Legislature.
Work is TO begin soon. and it Is ex-
pected the plant will be ready for
spring hatch of rainbow trout.
Routt county will be benefited by
the appropriation of $4,000 to open
the Gore road, which will give short
route to Denver This road will open
a through highway across the entire
length of the county, which will be
passable at least two months logger
than any other road over the range
A total of 1.450 wagon loads of trash
represents Grand functions cleanup
campaign The rubbish has lieen
hauled, making the cleanup one of the
most extensive in the city's history.
City Commissioner Holmburg is plan
ming Il new ash can ordinance and
other plans 10 make the city cleaner
and more sanitary.
l.. T. Hennigan of Loveland was
sentenced to from two TO four years
in the pcnitentiary for the theft of
Twelve sacks of IS spuds from farm
er near town. Ralph Lavasser, who
vas apprehended by writing back from
Nebraska for supplies for a stolen mo
torcycle. was sentenced to the reform
atory in Buena Vista.
A new broad gauge railroad is being
built by the United States Portland
Cement Company at Concrete. just
east OF Florence The line will tap an
enormous deposit of limestone on Bea-
yer creek Work is progressing rapid
ly under the direction of james Spry
ker OF Denver, who has a contract for
the entire line The new quarrles TO
be tapped will be ready for operation
by May l. when 1t is hoped to have tIae
rund completed.
Every employe Of the Out West
Printing Company received amounts
ranging from 500 to $1,000 from the
estate of Charles Il. Fcrrin. president
of the company, who recently died mt
Colorado Springs In the will which
was read the Salvation Army, the Y.
NJ. c. A. and the Y. w. C. A. are named
as residuary legatees. These three or
GaniZntions will share equally between
10000 and 100000, the residue of an
estate valued at from 100000 to $l25,-
900
In fit of insane jealousy prompted
| ny the estrangement OF II wonan's af-
| fections from himself to a 19-year-old
boy, Henry Ritter, -, shot and killed
| Mrs Bessie Rails, 2S, a divorcee and
| reputed heir To an immense fortune,
| in Denver As the woman fell to the
| tloor dead. Ritter turned and fired one
| shot at her alleged sweetheart, Earl
| Brown The bullet went wide. and Rt. !
| ter then trained the pistol on himself
| and dropped to II bed with bullet
| through his heart.
Extension of the public school term
| to fifty weeks Il year. immediate in
| crease of teachers salaries and the
establishment of medical and dental
| clinics in the schools, are some of the
| important features of a report on the
Denver school system adopted at
meeting of the civic and legislative
bureau of the Civic and Commercial
| Association. Coupled with the adop-
| lion of the report was resolution
| urging the presentation of the report
70 entire membership body of the as.
sociation with q view to vigorous
campaign to secure the ends sought.
Insect control work to wipe out the
bark BEETLES that have killed millions
| of feet of valuable timber in the Du.
range, San Juan and Montezuma ma
tiOnal forests of southern Colorado
will again be started this spring, ac-
cording to report by Assistant Dis
trict Forester c. NJ. Granger of the
Denver Forest Service headquarters
In view of the tremendous demand
for gold metal. ii is interesting to noie
that among the recent developments
is the opening of the famous ShafteI
mine at Idaho Springs. The mine
which has a record production of more
than million dollars, has lain idle
for years, owing TO the death of the
principal owner, Thomas Patton OF
| New York
Peter q. Mcnamara and Charles Te-
revfci, cagemen. ut the Tomboy mine,
were instantly killed at Telluride
when they were caught between the
cage and timbers in the shaft. They
were riding up in an empty car on
the cage platform when the ear tipped
as the weight shifted, throwing both
into the timbers, breaking their necks
and crushing their heads Terevich
leaves family and Mcnamara was
unmarried.