Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-11-19
Pithy News Notes
From All Paris of
Colorado

ish house OF st. Nicholas church of
Platteville. The building will cost
s7,750.
A swing that went wrong, while
John L. Lemons of Denver was chop
ping wood, led to his death In st.
Luke's hospital.
The final chapter was written in
Denver's tramway controversy when
the striking car men voted almost
unanimously to return to work.
Grand Junction police believe that
the bank bandits who were killed near
Colorado Springs recently were the
same men who operated successfully
in this district
Dave Williams, negro, on trial in
the District Court before Judge ]. A.
Park for the murder of John Shan
non on July of this year, has been
found guilty of voluntary manslaugh-
ter by the jury.
One of the largest ranches in the
Pixies Peak region. the former
Zanger ranch, has been sold by It's
present owner. Jonathan Bingham. to
H. D. Richeson and others. The
ranch consists of $40 acres.
Completing her record with a pro-
duction of 1O,6S6,6 pounds of milk and
620S7 pounds of fat, Rainbow's Ro-
sette, 3112S6. owned by the Agricul-
tural College here, is now champion
of her class in Colorado. Her record
was begun at years and months
of age.
C. M. Johnson, so, Cherokee In
dian who shot and killed his 25-year-
old wife after they had quarreled,
his head, at his home at Cedars,
was found dead with a bullet hole in
near La Junta. Julian Whatley.
father of Mrs. Johnson. is missing
and 1t is believed he killed Johnson.
Police have started search for
Whatley.
The gates of Denver were thrown
open amid a rousing welcome by the
city's leading citizens and representa-
tives of more than twenty civic organ
izations to the Park-to-Park trail blaz-
ers to celebrate the completion of the
dedication Of "America's master high
way" $500 miles long, connecting
eleven national parks and unsurpassed
for scenic grandeur.
A road project calling for the o1-
penditure of s57.50O for the con-
struction of one and three-tenths
miles of concrete road between Den
yer and Boulder creek has been sub
mitted to the United States bureau
of public roads for federal aid. The
road is to be eighteen feet wide. II
approved by the Washington office,
construction will begin at an early
date.
K. v. Kyrklund of Colorado
Springs, retired boatswain in the
United States navy, received one of
the thirteen distinguished service
medals which have been awarded in
that branch of the service. Kyrk
lund is credited with having saved
the lives of about 1000 American
soldiers and sailors while serving
aboard the U. S. S. Downs, a torpedo
boat destroyer.
Eight new military units, ilclud-
ing a tank corps company, equipped
with fifteen tanks, squadron of
thirteen airplanes, a combat engi-
neering battalion, squadron of cav
airy, two batteries and one regiment
of field artillery and medical corps
regiment. have been allotted to Colo
RADIO temporarily under the new re-
organization plan of the National
Guard. according to announcement
made by Adjt Gen. w. A. Spangler.
The Great Western Sugar Company
paid beet growers in Logan county
s2,500,000. This is the highest
amount ever paid in that district.
Fire of an unknown origin destroyed
the Currie fruit canning factory, one
Of the largest canning plants in the
West, at Grand Junction. The loss is
estimated at 100000, according to of
ficials of the company. The fire
started In the elevator shaft. The
structure was three stories high. The
factory employed 200 persons, mostly
girls. 1t had just finished canning to-
matoes and had started on the apple
crop. About $4,000 worth of apple
butter was ruined.
Out of 13,250,OOO acres OF nation
al forest land in Colorado, only 144
acres were burned over by forest
fires In the season just ended, ac-
cording to Wallace Hutchinson of the
forestry service. The cost of fighting
the fires, 118 In number, was $4S1.
Timber destroyed amounted to 371.-
900 board feet, worth approximately
s1.113. Seventy-eight per cent of
the fires were less than a quarter of
an acre in extent. The record is con-
sidered an excellent one when com
pared with that of former years.
A jury in the District Court at
Cripple Greek returned a verdict
finding William Sloane, 33 years old,
guilty of murder in the first daRraa