Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-09-23

Oct as: James E. Tressisr. secretary.
XII carson County Fair. burlington.
El Psso County Fair. Caihan. Oct SIS:
ID. l.. Nance. secretary.
At meeting the Pueblo Rotary
Club authorized Treasurer q. w. Pres
sey TO send to the people OF San An
tonic. Texas, through the Rotary Club
of that city. the sympathy of the local
people and check for $500 to he used
in flood relief. The city commission
ers have also sent n message.
Complete returns from county as
SCISSORS to the State immigration De
partment show the total nrea under
cultivation In the stnte this year to be
approximately 100000 ncres, crm-
pared with 5,0T2.340 acres reported by
county assessors for 1920 and 5,052, ,955
acres reported by the census bureau as
harvested in 1920. These figures, In
all cases include native hay, but do not
include orchards.
Ben Wolf and William Harbaugh.
crew on Pueblo city street car, while
on their way to work. found n wallet
containing $1,000 in checks and cash.
The wallet was the property of Capt.
g. Steele of the United States army,
who went through Pueblo with the
Ninth infantry troops en- route south
from Fort Logan, and who had lost it
while on his way to where his men
were encamped over night,
William Terry, a farmer living one
mile south of the La Junta, was killed
almost instantly by the accidental dis
charge of shotgun. Terry was now
ing patch of cane and discovered a
skunk in the field and was carrying
the gun with him on the moving ma
chine, when 1t slipped down into the
moving parts of the machine and was
discharged. Terry was hit in the
stomach and died almost Immediately.
There are 59,934 farms in the state
of Colorado out of total of 6,44S. 1866
farms In the United States, according
to the United States census figures. OF
the farms in the United States 6.11S,-
$50 report having pure bred live stock
OF the 59,934 farms in Colorado, 56,93S
report having domestic animals and
the figures show for the stock on Colo
RADIO farms: 420,7O4 horses, s,TsI pure
bred 1.T56,61e cattle, $3.50 pure bred
1.SlS,255 sheep, 1O,47S pure bred; ST.
9Oe swine, 3,245 pure bred.
Sidney II. Bourne, so years old, suf-
fered fracture of the skull in fall
down two stories to the basement of
the town hall of Littleton. He is at
Mercy hospital. His condition is seri-
GUS. County authorities said Bourne
was In the habit of calling at the town
hall to go to lunch with his friend,
Claude Cartwright, county treasurer
OF Arapahoe county. He evidently in
tended to enter the council chamber of
the second floor but instead entered
another door, lost his balance and fell.
Six prizes, aggregating S35, were
awarded to six youngsters Of Love
land for keeping the best looking
lawns from May l to Sept l. Effie
May Walker got first prize, $40: Wei
don Riker second, $3.50; Clatha wari-
ner third, 50. Peter weigle, May
Wright and Martha Fischer received
fourth, fifth and sixth Ii was de-
cided by the business men who of
fered the prizes at the first of the sea-
son to make the good lawn contest,
that was originally started to prevent
spread of the dandelion, an annual af-
fair. Children under 10 years old
were allowed to enter. and about thir-
ty were in the contest
Jack Hynes, fire department chief
of Grand Junction, who was arrested
by Denver police officials. has been re-
leased. At the time of his arrest he
was returning to Grand Junction from
the state fire chiefs convention at
Longmont
An educational exhibit, presenting
the work of five bureaus, Will be
shown this year at the Colorado State
Fair by the u. S. Department of Agri-
culture. Models of earth and gravel
roads; pictures of forest roads; fed
eral aid roads, irrigation and samples
OF road building materials In their
proper proportion, are among the fea-
lures which will be displayed by the
bureau of public roads. model of
an "Oliver house and colony growing
house." and colored pictures of loco
weed will be shown by the bureau of
animal industry. The Biological Sur
very will feature pictures in colors of
the Townsend mole, Richardson
ground squirrel. prairie dog, various
predatory animals and ways of exter-
minating these hindrnnces to farming
and stock business. cabinet of
mounted birds. showing some of the
more beneficial ones, Will also be on
display.
Statistics gathered by the Colorado
immigration Department show that the
value of vegetables for marke. and for
seed nearly equals the annual value of