The Elbert County tribune., 1920-02-06
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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iB Denver March 10 {. al sfoek-
bnf1e saaSiun-
The shortage Of cars. which has
hid back the siIipnsent 81 potatoes In
isss- Csrf,0ndale district. leaves hun-
'ircds of tons Of the valuable tubers
sfit unEnzrketeJ
The school board ~ Golden is 10 lie
assed 20 cali special esecilpn on si.e
question Of voting bonds 10 rlie amount
81 $4,000 FOR bulldog new high
-rt.s,os in Golden.
Affer deiiiperafinz twenty-five min
ugs4- The jury in the case Of Cfsessno
c~rrieste At Trinidad found him not
guilty Of the murder Of his brother.
Ssn Corriente, on Oct n. 1919.
The FarTsersr Union Il considering
erecting a -four mill st Rifle. biz
u.eriipg held there brought our eighty
Two members ard the determination 10
haiid a mill seemed almost universal
r. A. Giiz. a farmer near Monte
yissa. dlrd. tire victim of The influenza
sf.idefnic. which has caused Monte
Vista authorities 10 f,iaoe a ban On aiti
fssi'iie eonsre=aiins and public arnnse-
meats
q. o. Jackson. station aSent for the
c..iorsao. Wyoming & Eastern railroad
ri Walden. has figured fla; 81 cars
81 eatiIe and thirty-four cars of sheep
iiHve been siIippec from Walden, He
i.roa and I-aI,and. Colo. between Aug
9ih and Dec 3Is,-
The purchase Of six locomotives from
ii,r Colorado Midland railroad by the
5IexIcan government has been eoruple.i4 ri
fsr price reported 10 be $1,000 The
,-ngines are 70 be delivered a. sSDn -
possible for use on iiie fs-,ierally Oser-
aied roads in Mexico.
Tie government Is VOW building .
si5rBdid road from TbOmpsons
Springs. Utah. 20 Moab. Utah. the 10
,s,t on Of the recent oil strike. The
road Is 10 cost s2DD.OpO for the thirty
seven miles when completed and will
To swenty-fonr feet side on tIie nafs.
eighteen on blliE;,ies and sixteen feet
ia deep cuts II is being pushed rapid
ly.
Sending his attendant on a false
pursuit by declaring another patient
had planned escape and had just Ne6
around corner 0f the bniiding A.
fiey walked from the dining hail 10
ward. Don r. Blackwood. forIDe1
Denver lawyer who was committed TO
the state hospital Tor the insane last
month. escaped from the state Insfitu
i.en nj Pueblo.
Denver time will he set ahead one
hour on AIay ! as result Of the City
Council passing the daylight saving
ordinance ON final reading. The bill
carried by vote Of 6 TO 3 and IT l.
understood that Mayor Dewey G.
IN ley. who fayors tie move, win sign
ii'e ordinance Under the terms oi
flsr esliinance the clocks win be
iHsI,ed back 10 standard time Oct. L
Leon h. Hatfenbacli, member of the
1rnie Of the Colorado Assembly and
c,iS industrial commissioner. died al
''ie steering wheel of his automobile
iriiiie he was driving on Wadswortb
street. jefferson county. coming to.
yard Denver. Mrs Haftenbaeh and .
ye1r-oid s5n. Leon. Jr.. were the only
other occupants OF the car. Heart fail
ure Was said TO be the cause.
The construction OF the consolidated
school building at Monument will be
gin with the coming Of spring weather.
according to an announcement made by
the school directors at the office of
the county superintendent OF schools.
Plans for the building are now being
drawn and the school board is prepar.
ing TO advertise for bids on the build.
Ing contract In the near future.
A report comes from Cripple Greek
that the Lincoln Mining and Milling
Company. which recently opened
large gold ore reduction plant there. Is
NOW negotiating for the purchase OF
the Cripple Creek Short Line railroad.
In the interest of better highways
and more attractions for tourists
movement rs under way to annex TO
Pueblo county portions of Custer
county, In the vicinity of the Rye and
Beuiah districts. II is said that Gus
rer county favors ceding the district
Ia Pueblo county and IT is likely that
a hill Will be presented at the next
Legislature changing the boundaries
of both counties.
Colorado National Gnardsmen. who
were called for federal service along
the Mexican border. may receive
Chains against the federal government
totaiing S175.000 as n result of Adjt.
Gen. william A. Spangler's successful
efforts TO have the cases reopened at
naily disalIowed. because of misun-
dcrstanding, according to message
received by the State Military Depart
ment. which arose while the chief of
the claims bureau was In France