Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


portion of the road lying between
Toponas and the county line, a dis
tance of ten miles. Three miles of
this part I s almost completed. 1t is
| nearly forty feet wide and compara-
lively straight, and when completed
| will be almost level The remainder
Of the road from the county line of
Routt and Grand over the top of the
range is to be repaired with money
supplied by the State Highway Com
mission, It is said. The commission
to furnish $4,000 in money and the
same in equipment.
The Mesa County Jersey Cattle Club
organized at Grand Junction elected
James ID. Reed as its president A
committee was appointed to confer
with the Intermountain Fair Associa-
ton, with a view to getting larger
and better premiums or the premium
list this year for high-grade dairy
stock Il. A. Butcher heads the COM
mittee. A picnic and dairy inspection
tour of the valley is planned for Aug.
4. George La Grange is the chairman
of the committee aarranging for the
| quarterly.
One of the biggest oil shale land
| deals in years took place at De Deque,
when the Dan Burns ranch, the Boyd
brothers place and the Owen G.
Phares ranch, comprising about 1000
acres of land on Brush Creek, seven
teen miles north Of De Beque, was sold
to the W. p. Harmon oil shale inter-
ests Hammon is associated with the
Jackling interests and San Francisco,
New York and Boston financlers. The
purchasers expect to develop vast oil
shale interests this year.
Two fatal automobile accidents oc-
Cured near Colorado Springs. Mrs
G. NJ. Hutson was killed and her hus-
band seriously injured on the Canon
City highway, about twenty-seven
miles south of Colorado Springs when
an automobile in which they were rid
ing struck a sandy stretch in the road
and overturned, pinning the two occu-
pants beneath the car. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hutson are natives of Kansas and were
spending a short vacation in Colorado.
Echo lake, In the Pike National for
est district, may be obtained as a part
of the Denver Mountain Park system,
according to Walter s. Lowry, manag-
er of parks and improvements, who
stated that city attorneys will begin
condemnation proceedings on the prop
erty within the next week. The lake,
when obtained, will be connected with
the chain of parks by the Mount Evans
highway, which Is sooE to be com
pleted.
Oren Kurts of Snowshoe shot his
hftieth bear last week in the Gunni-
son national forest. His brother, Otis,
had wounded the bear, who sought
refuge in its den. Otis made a reflec-
tor out of tobacco can and threw the
light 50 that Oren could crawl into the
hole, where he discovered the bear
huddled In corner, growing. Oren
had to shoot lying on his stomach.
Every winter some part of the state
IL hit by severe weather and high
prices Of feed. To overcome this con-
dltion farmers should be providing a
certain acreage of silage crops. These
crops put into the silo will reduce or
obliterate heavy expenses and increase
the profits of the stockmen next win
ter. says r. w. Clark, livestock spe-
cialist
The annual Apple Pie day will be
held September 2 and 3, at Rifle. The
citizens of Rifle have always had
pleasing programs on this occasion and
many persons from over all Colorado
hQ at il tha .
there will be present large delegations
| from all parts of the state.
As the elimination of movement
that has been in progress at Canon
City for many years md which has
failed from time to time owing to legal
and other difficulties. the voters OF
the two school districts Including
| Canon City, South Canon and their
environs, In a mass meeting at the
First Methodist Episcopal church,
voted to consolidate by vote of $40
| to rs.
George Bosko, under death sentence
at the Colorado penitentiary for his
share in the murder of w. l. Hunter. a
| Pueblo automobile salesman, has been
declared sane by board of alienists
appointed to examine his mental con-
dition and will be hanged during the
week beginning July 10, unless Cover
nor Shoup grants him respite or com.
mutes his sentence to life imprison.
| ment.
The Great Western Sugar Company
have concluded negotiations for the
| purchase of the w. A. Purvis ranch OF
300 acres, at Johnstown, on which II
will Immediately start the erection OF
a S2,O00,0OO beet sugar factory. The
price paid for the Purvis ranch was
$4,000.