Elbert County tribune., 1921-11-04
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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A. c. p. Wong, Chinese being ed
ucated by his government, has been
elected vice president of the Junior
branch of the American Institution of
Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at
the School of Mines at Golden.
Worn out and exhausted by the at
tack of magpies, a large golden eagle
was easily captured alive in Horse
shot park, on the continental divide,
by George Ruthledge and James Bur
ris of Fort Collins. The bird meas
| ured 8 feet and 2 inches from tip to
tip.
Donald, the 2O-months-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. l.. Brady of Pueblo, died
as result of having eaten several an
ti-fat tablets. The child was taken
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 called, but all eff
forts to save the baby's life were un-
availing.
Robbers entered the First National
Bank Of Wellington but failed In an
attempt TO enter the vault, according
" a iNPotl W iiit SutIllI at II Oll ooi-
Inns. They had gained entrance to the
bank by means of crowbur, and had
attempted to break their way into the
vault, but evidently had given 1t up
when they encountered reinforced con-
crete which they were unable to pen
citrate easily.
Ten cars of crushed marble are to be
zhinnnd daily from hn tNnrl-a
villa Grove, Colo, for an Indefinite
period The Colorado Marble Corpor-
| alton, owning the property, reports
one order for 100 carloads of crushed
stone. Many cars of block marble al
80 will be shipped each week. The
crushed marble is to be used In max
Ing terrazo work, or the new Idea in
hard surfaced flooring.
Maj. Victor w. Hungerford. retiring
state commander of the American Le-
gion, will represent the Colorado Le-
gion in Washington on Armistice day,
Nov. IL, at the funeral services for the
unknown American soldier at Airing
ton cemetery. Major Hungerford, In
company with representatives of the
other state legions, will be part of a
guard of honor which will escort the
soldiers body to the grave.
Councilman H. W. Risley of Den
yer has received assurance from the
Denver water commissioners and the
state game and fish commissioner that
waters from the Whale mine, near
Webster, in Hall valley, which were
said to have been polluting the Platte
river will be shut off soon. Risley
complained that the mine tailings not
only were making the water unfit for
fish in the stream.
Federal Judge Lewis took occasion
in court to remark on the youth of the
majority of the men indicted by the
grand jury at Pueblo. "The jury not
ed how young most of these men or
boys are. They said nearly all of
them are between the ages of 20 and
80. Five or six years ago the men
who were brought into this court were
of mature years and one felt they de-
served whatever punishment was Civ
en- them, but with these boys it is diff
ferent."
The Denver & Interurban bound for
Boulder struck and killed George w.
Nice, "a years old. The accident oc-
Cured on the railroad bridge over
Boulder creek, which is in the heart OF
Boulder. Nice was walking on the
| track toward University hill. Motor
man Spencer was unable to stop the
| car in time to avoid hitting him. He
was leaning from the tie board to the
high steel sides of the bridge. The
steps of the car mangled his left leg.
He fell into the water.
Denver engineers are making a sur
vey of the wagon road which connects
Bear and Turkey Creek roads, through
what is known as Myers gulch, with
the Intention of making it passable for
| automobiles. Manager of Parks and
| Improvements Walter b. Lowry said
| that the link between Bear and Tur-
key Creek roads would be of great
convenience to tourists and would be
one of the prettiest drives in the noun
tains.
War risk insurance exceeding $40.
| 000,0 which is being carried by more
than 10000 ex-service men In the Colo.
rado, Wyoming. Utah and New Mex
leo districts will be handled and ad.
ministered by the United States Veter-
ans Bureau in Denver, rather than by
| the Washington office. This new ar
rangement, according to Acting Dis
trict Manager C. A. Gregory of the
Eleventh district is in keeping with
the reorganization scheme of the fed.
eral bureau. Various bureaus of the
public health service, including the
war risk insurance, the vocational
training board and the compensation
division were consolidated under one
head by recent act of the Treasury
Department.