Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-28
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts of
Colorado
western Ne4.pap,r unlou S,., Service. ,

fresiuent harding included. Durango,
Colo. John II. McDevitt, Jr.
Delegates attending the convention
of the Arkansas Valley Association of
| Congregationalists at Colorado Springs
passed a resolliti3,i favoring world
wide disarmament. Copies of the res
olution were sent to President Hard
ing.
james n Carlile. former state treas
urer, railroad builder OF pioneer days
and long leader in the councils of
the Democratic party In the state,
died at his home in Pueblo. He was
50 years old and had been Ill several
weeks.
| Frank NJ. Hobbs, 40 years old, com
mitted suicide by hanging at his farm.
thlrty-three miles southwest of Yuma.
| Hobbs was the owner of section of
| land which was heavily mortgaged. He
| had been very Respondent for some
time because he could see no way of
| liquldatlng his debts. A coroner's jury
brought in verdict of suicide.
Colorndo's share of federal aid road
| funds for the current fiscal year will
exceed $1,200.000 in all probability, If
the proposed federal aid act is passed
| by Congress and IL the method of dis
| tribution is bnsed on previous appor-
| tionments, according to estimates TAX
en- by officials of the United Stntes bu-
reau of public roads in Denver.
Donald, the 2O-months-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. l.. Brady of Pueblo. died
as result of having eaten several an
| tt f.t t..II to1-
Ill but for time the parents failed to
realize his danger. When 1t was dis
covered that the tablets were poison
GUS, a physician was calleN, but all eff
| forts to save the baby's life were un-
| availlng.
w. w. Dimmit, who lives in the
southwestern part of Lincoln county,
while rounding up his cattle found
what appears to have been the thigh
bone of some large prehistoric animal
The bone was about three feet long
and about a foot in diameter at the
large end The relic was washed out
on the banks of Rush creek during the
flood short time ago.
| Great impetus has been given to the
oil shale industry of Colorado by the
twenty-fourth annual convention of
| the American Mining Congress, whose
| session was held in Chicago. This
statement was made by DR.. Victor @.
Anderson, president of the Colorado
School of Mines; Lewis B. Skinner
and II. B. Lowden of Denver, who led
| In the permanent organization of the
national oil shale conference as sub
sidiary organization of the mining con-
gress.
OF native-born white persons in
Colorado, Ia per cent are illiterate,
according to report of the United
| States census bureau. In Wyoming,
Utah. Idaho and Montana, only 8 are
| lliterate, this report declares, but in
New Mexico the percentage is 11.G
and in Arizona. 81. The report says
there are S,624 illiterate natlve-born
whites in Colorado and 14,224 illlterate
foreign born. Among the forelgn-born
white population the illiteracy is 12.4
per cent
Students of the University of Colo
RADIO have been asked to vote on a pro-
posed change in the fees of the Asso-
ciated Students. At present the fee
| Is Sc per year. This is considered too
| little by members of the athletic
board. 1t is impossible to run student
activities on this basis. Last year the
A. s. U. C. faced deficit of $3.249
because of the low fees. 1t is hoped to
get the students to increase the reve-
nues by adding 81 per quarter to the
present fee. This would bring year
Iy revenue of $40 from each student.
! Bonds and securities valued between
$4,000 and 100000, and cash totaling
between $1,000 and $4,000 We're stolen
from the State Bank at Vernon. The
money was the property of the bank
and the securities belonged to farm
ers and other patrons of the institu.
tion, having been taken from the safe
ty deposit vaults. The discovery OF
the robbery was made when the of.
ficers of the bank unlocked the bank
the following morning. Entrance had
been gained by drilling through brick
wall, and breaking into the boxes OF
the deposit vault.
| The open shop movement in Colo.
RADIO Springs, backed by local business
men with total wealth of $4,000, 900,
was launched when the Master Build.
ers' Association posted notices that
the "American plan" of employ ment
would be effective. Action rak,n by
the contractors came after the business
men had agreed at meeting to sup.
port the builders in their fight against
the Carpenters union. Practically ev.
| 4, In hn oil
signed the agreement to support any
association which announces its inten
ton to work under the american
plan"
The mines of Colorado produced a..