Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-01-14
Pithy News Notes
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Senator Thomas has appointed VIII
lam Day Preston, 315 South Seven
teenth street, Colorado Springs, to
Annapolis Naval Academy
The students of the School of Mines
are soon to organize themselves into
an associated students council for the
purpose of self-government
The First Christian Church of Cliff
ton, recently dedicated, is said to be
the largest and finest church edlfice in
a city under 1000 In population in the
state.
OF the 267,11S aliens that arrived in
the United States for the first six
months of 1920 Colorado gave home to
010, according to the report of the
United States Department of Labor.
The legislative appropriation bill
which was reported out of committee
In Washington, d. c., carries with 1t "A
sod, 800 appropriation for the Denver
mint.
X. II. Hildebrandt, an employe of
the Great Western Sugar Company at
Brush, was instantly killed when he
was knocked down and run over by
an automobile driven by Harry Razor,
| IS years old. The accident occurred
in front of the sugar plant as Hide
brandt was going to work.
Sorghum took n new place In Colo
RADIO agriculture In the year just end
| ed, 29S, ,720 acres OF grain sorghums,
100, 1893 acres OF sweet sorghums and
| 24,03O acres of sudan grass being
grown, this total of 4,S47 being a
| lQn 500 upra
total for the previous year.
A drive for membership in the FIRE.
mont County Farm Bureau began in
the Beaver Park district and win be
continued throughout the county dur
ing January. There are at present
$50 members, and 1t is desired to make
the number at least 500. County
Agent A. ]. Taylor is In charge.
Colorado's open season on deer lasts
only four days, In October, but forest
rangers peering through n surveyors
glass, saw party several miles distant
strapping a deer to saddle horse. Aft
er two days trailing rancher was ar
rested, pleaded guilty to killing the
deer and paid fine of $120.
More than 10000 visitors passed
through the halls of the Denver mint
during the year according to an actual
count by guards and attendants. The
heaviest month proved to be August,
when tourists from east and west meet
In Denver. Approximately 5000 peo-
pie passed through In this month alone.
The total number of marriage IL
censes issued In Denver during 1920
was 4,004. This surpasses by over 500
the 1919 record, which was 3,495 IL
censes, and that year broke all previous
records. For several years prior to
! 1919, the average number of licenses Is
sued was around 2,400, with the high
mark 200.
The state of Colorado during the
year 1920 collected total of SS15, 100
, in automobile license tax money, ac-
cording to report by Secretary Of
State James II. Noland. This is the
largest amount of auto tax ever taken
in by the state, and Is nearly twice the
amount collected the previous year,
which totaled $491 1,713.35.
Despite falling prices, Weld county
crops will bring farmers of the county
| F-oiODO,OoV loi lD-of az
cording to the annual report of County
Agricultural Agent Mason e. Knapp,
made to the county commissioners.
The sugar beet crop brought nearly
S10000,000, while the wheat crop at
the average price at which 1t was sold
realized more than S6,o00,000. The
bulk of the potato and hay crops are
yet to be marketed
Deaths In Denver for December,
1920 totaled 413, exceeding the num-
ber for the same month in 1919 by
81, according to Miss Florence Leach,
registrar of vital statistics at the city
hall. The December figure included
four murders, five suicides and thir-
teen deaths by accident, none of these.
however, being deaths from auto acci-
dents, an unusual record
Twelve conventions will be held in
Denver within the next two weeks.
The Stock Show, which opens on the
18th, will be the headllner, and will
consume the whole week The list of
conventions, and the date of their re-
spective openings are as follows: Colo
| Iuuo tonNthllOh, jan
13 the II. l. p, hardware mems as
sociation, Jan. %; county commission
ers, Jan. II; Mountain States Ice Man
ufacturers, Jan. II Old-tlme Cowboys
convention, Jan. 49, the Colorado
Creamery Butter Association, Jan. 10 ;
Colorado Sheriffs' convention, Jan. 20 ;
Colorado Auctioneers' convention, Jan
20; Colorado State Editorial Associa-
ton, Jan. 81; Colorado State League
of Building and Loan Associations,
Jan. 81.