The Elbert County tribune., 1920-02-13
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


year the total paid TO Routt county
farmers by local firms for their grain
was $4,000. while in 1914 The total
was but $4,000. The figures for This
year will mount TO much higher fig
ure. The Yampa Valley Milling and
Elevator Company has distributed
k1S0 900 in cash to the farmers of this
section for wheat, barley and outs
brought to the elevator and the
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Com
pany Will pay out 100000
immigration into the United States
for a period of five years has been
selected as the subject for the annual
debate between the universities of
Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado. For
| the Interstate debates with Texas and
Utah Universities the question, Re
solved: That the teachers Of the Unit
ed States should unionlze and affil-
late with the American Federation of
| Labor" has been selected. Twelve
| debaters are now III work under the.
| direction of Coach Erskine Myers. The
four debates will take place In March.
The funeral of Capt. George X. VIII
son, Pueblo man who died at
Leayenworth, Kan, was held with full
military honors Mt Pueblo within II
few hours after the body arrived from.
Fort Leavenworth. Captain Wilson
was a colonel on the staff of Major
General Bullard OF the First division
In France. but was denoted along
x-ttI do .Nf
officers when he was returned 10 the
United States after the war He OBJ
tained the highest rank of any Pu-
eblo man in the war.
Two Denver boys who are charged
with sixteen different crimes, incud
ing burglary, larceny and horse steal
ing, in Washington, Adams, jefferson
and Arapahoe counties. are In the Lit
tleton jail following what is said 10
have been freebooting life for the
last month They were captured near
Deer Trail. Colo. by II small posse
led by Deputy Sheriff WIN Kingsley
of Adams county.
The Holly Sugar Company. through
its vice president, S. W. Sinshelmer
starting Of construction on n factory
at Delta at once. The contract was
let, 1t was said. following the coming
of California sugar beei men and rep
resentatives OF the Midwest Sugar
Company of Hamilton City. Calf, to
the Uncompaligre valley.
The House has passed the second
Il tutn l.tiI IND
600 During hearings before The
House appropriations committee APP
proximately s2o,0o0,oo0 was cut from
the original estimates Amendments
providing S9,0OO,000 for naval repairs
were defeated. Most of the entre
second deficiency was expended 5nci
dental to settling war accounts.
| The long mooted question Of the To-
cation of a courthouse, which will be
built here this year at n cost OF $780,
600, was settled AT Montrose when the
| county commissioners board agreed
TO accept the proposition when busi-
ness men offered TO purchase lots com
prising n half block for The new site
in exchange for the present site of the
courthouse
A rich strike is reported made in
the Golden Cycle mine, located on the
south slope of Bull hill ut point
about 800 feet from the shaft on the
LOO foot level Details are not yet
given out as to the dimensions of the
shoot in width, as it is claimed
| that not enough work has been done
| to determine its full width.
| Agriculturists of the western slope
are delighted with the appointment Of
II. A. Ireland as livestock expert of
the Uncompahgre Reclamation project
| to take up other work. Mr. Ireland
is an expert ngriculturist in addition
TO being IA livestock man and is a
trained and practical farmer
| John Palmer, though 20 years old,
was husky enough to carry trunk
| from the depot to his home alone at
| Somerset While standing by the
stove warming himself after the Wig
orous exercise, he toppied over and
fell to the floor When those near
rushed to his side he was dead.
A bond election for 100000 Will be
held in Boulder March TO provide
funds for school improvements. The
money is to be used in building addi-
tions to three of the Boulder grade
schools. The schools are overcrowded,
the Attendance having increased 45O
since last fall.
The work of clearing off the site OF
the new high school building has been
completed at Florence and the founda-
tions will soon be laid. Work on the
building will be pushed during the
open weather. The grading of the
new athletic field will also be under
taken shortly.
The cooperative shipping of live