The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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thorough organization of the associa-
fion throughout the state. and To en-
courage the organization Of local bod
les to cooperate with the state asso-
ciation The committee is to consist
of three members. one OF whom is To
be the field secretary. and will be paid
salary by the state association for
his services.
John Kodel,- a miner who has been
perSisteutly prospecting claims in the
Kodel canon. three miles southwest of.
Fruita. reports that his efforts have
been rewarded by the finding Of some
very rich gold and silver ore. He says
| that the ore is in vein six feet wide.
| Two three-foof veins came together
about seveniy-five feet below the sur
face Of the ground and Sylvanite ore.
| from formation much Ike the Cripple
Creek formation. yielded up the values.
| He believes the ore VIII run over $780,
ooO per ton.
Silver dollars are going to he scarce
from now on. due TO a scarcity of sill
yer. In their place dollar bills will
be circulated. as in Eastern cities. No
more silver dollars can be obtained by
given in exchange. Silver, under this
ruling cannot he bought with gold
There is a shortage Of silver certifi-
Gates. The banks will he able to gel
only limited number of 81 and 81
bills. The result is expected to be a
revival OF silver mining in Colorado.
Approximately s2j,oc0.0oo changed
hands in live stock transactions dur
ing the six days OF Denvers four
teenth annual National Western Stock
Show. which closed its gates after the
most successful sensOn in its history.
Men in close touch with the market
have computed the amount from com
parntive bank clearlngs and other
available data. Attendance records
were also smashed this year. Total
attendance figures for the show We're
announced as T2,3Sl.
An epidemic of smallpox has broken
out In the city of Durango. The city
commissioners, acting rs the board ~
health, have issued orders 10 the eff
feet that no person shall be permitted
to attend the public or private schools
Of the city unless they have been vac
cinated. The board of directors of the
public schools and managers or per
sons in charge of private schools are
expressly forbidden to permit any stu
dent who has not been vaccinnted 10
attend school.
Bodies of American soldiers who
died or were killed in Europe during
the war either will be brought to the
United States without charge or left
In the honored military cemeteries rs
relatives may desire, according to n
letter received by Rex Il, Yeager, sec
retary of the Colorado State Board of
Embalmng Examiners. from Repre-
| sentative Charles Il. Timberake, mem
her of the ways and means committee
of the House.
Rule Il. Johnson. alias Charles X.
Jewell. the alleged forger. who was
| shot and dangerously wounded by
| Turnkey Ed Goats when Johnson, to-
gether with several other inmates Of
| the county jail, attempted to break out
of that institution Dec. -. pleaded
guilty before Judge f. A. Park in Dis
| trict Court at Pueblo to the charge of
passing bogus checks and received Il
sentence of from seven to ten years in
| the state penitentiary.
Newcastle may have to close its pub
| lie schools ms the result of refusal of
the school board to grant an increase
of 500 a year in the salaries of the
| teachers.
In Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and
New Mexico there are little less than
ST.0O0,00O acres of land subject to
entry.
Colorado has spent on an average of
$4,000 to $4,000 per mile on concrete
roads
Colorado is coming to be one of the
most important states in the produc-
ton of vegetable seed. The Seed Re
porting Service of the United States
Bureau of Markets found total of
BIB acres devoted TO vegetable
seeds, including sugar beet seed. in
1918. There was considerable falling
off in 1919. principally in seed beans,
| which is the most important seed crop
grown in the state.
tent city of 400 tents, to cost
S165,0OO, is to be built in Colorado
Springs before the summer tourist sea
son in order to accommodate the ex-
pected crowds. The tents will be
equipped and furnishd and there will
be garage and cafeteria in connec-
tion The Chamber of Commerce is
backing the project. owing to the COM
plants of last season of the lack of ac-
commodauons.
The end of the 1919-20 beet season
came with the closing down of the SUI
gar factory of the Holly Sugar Corpor-