Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-09-24
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


had been to the community garden.
gathered load of sweet corn and
started home. The children were rid
ing In the load of corn. The wagon
was overturned by a rut In the road
and the baby fell under the wheels of
passing motor truck. The childs
hend was crushed. The other child
fell clear of the truck and was I'M
hurt.
A circle trip within circle tsip
through the most scenic part OF the
San Juan basin will be reality IL
the plans of Siiverton boosters ma
terialize According to Joe Terry, one
OF the former owners of the Sunny
side mine, at Eureka, a feasible prof.
ect inexpensive as to cost, is the con-
struction of another road from Silver
ton to Ouray, thus affordiDg choice
OF routes between the two towns.
Byron Goodwin, the fifteen-year old
son of Arthur @. Goodwin, who lives
seven miles west of Loveland, suffer
ed painful injuries when he was run
over by an automobile. The boys
right ear WAS almost severed from his
head, and his neck, shoulders and back
were badly wrepched and bruised. He
was unconscious for more than twenty
four hours after the accident, but is
now improving.
Elmer Benson and G. A Piers were
held up on the main street of Golden,
by two highwaymen. who demanded
their money or their lives. One rob-
ber shot at Benson and the bullet
grazed his left side. The bandits OBJ
tanned a small amount of cash and
watch from the two boys. This Is the
first holdup that has been chronicled
in Golden since the early days.
A joint convention of the Colorado
Association Of Postmasters and the
Colorado branch of the National
League of Postmasters, was held in
Denver. Subjects relating to postoffics
service throughout the state were dis
cussed. and ideas of the different post
masters on the most efficient methods
of handling the mails were exchanged
Known only by the name of Brown
ie," Mexican, said to be notorious
gambler and bootlegger, was shot and
killed at Fort Lupton, by Michael
Lucero, twentyfour years old,
beet worker, who later surrendered
himself to Marshal Samuel Matchbox
Association of Lucero's wife with the
Mexican prompted the act
Samuel D. Nicholson is the nominee
Of the Republican party over Karl G.
Schuyler, on the face of returns as re-
ceived up to date. Mr.. Nicholson un-
Questionably will have plurality of
not less than 700, and final count prob
ably will give him greater lead. 1t
is not believed possible to change the
result over his plurality.
w. N. W. Blayney's famous Here
ford cattle have again paraded with
the blue ribbon, this time at the Kan
sas State Fair being held In Topeka,
Kan. The Colorado cattle have shown
up well with eastern competition at
the Iowa State Fair and the Nebraska
State Fair previous to being exhibit
ed in Kansas.
The difficulty of getting suitable
rooms for the women teachers at
Montrose has brought up the question
again of constructing dormitory for
the use of the faculty. The school
board will take the question under ad-
visement at its next meeting.
Six were injured, one seriously. TO-
day when an automobile plunged over
an embankment on the state highway
one mile south of Trinidad The party
of six were on the way from Trini-
dad to Ration.
The Sedalia copper mine north of
SaAda a few miles is to be reopened
soon and operated indefinitely. A
force of men has been busy getting the
property in operating condition for
some time.
The Holly Sugar Company is al
ready planning a nucleus of Mexican
beet workers for next spring and has
ordered the construction of twenty
five small frame buildings in the out
skirts of Montrose for the Mexicans
to occupy this winter, SO that they
will not drift to other districts and
force the sugar company to bring in
inexperienced beet workers again next
spring.
The first step in the making of
Buckhorn lakes, which are owned by
the city Of Montrose, into a pleasure
resort was taken when 10000 Rain
bow and native trout fry were de-
posted in the various bodies of water
These fry came from the hatchery at
Cedaredge and were procured through
the application of the Montrose Cham
ber of Commerce.
Approximately $4,000 will be ex-
pended Jointly by the state and fed
sral government in the construction Of
a seventy-foot concrete highway bridge
near Alamosa, If Washington approves
the project statement recommended
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