Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27

d. H. Nance. secretary.
With a representative attendance
from all parts of the state. the fifth
annual convention of the Colorado Re
tail Coal Dealers Association was
held in Fort Collins.
Fifty-six merchants of Loveland or
ganized the Larimer County Credit AS
ISOLATION, with Ross H. Comfy as sec
rotary and n board of directors repre-
senting seven different lines of bust
ness. A thorough canvass of business
men was made and the membership
raised to nearly 100
At meeting of taxpayers it was
unanimously decided to instruct the
board of education to call an election
to decide on the issue of $4,000 in
bonds TO enlarge the Seibert High
School building, consolidate the five
schools of the district and place the
school on the accredited list.
Word has been received at Loveland
that G. Il. Davis, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. G. Davis of Loveland, who is now
stationed with the United States army
at Fort Clark. Texas, has been pro
NOTED to captain and at the same time
was selected captain of the polo team,
which is said to be one of the best in
the United States army.
Charging that Edward ]. Schley,
vice president of the First State Bank
of Keenesburg "endeavored to ruin"
him by destroying his character and
business reputation, Barton Il. Tim
bers, president of the Hudson State
Bank of Hudson and the Keene Val
ley State Bank of Keenesburg. has
filed suit in the District Court at
Greeley demanding $4,000 damages
and n body judgment against Schley
More than 900 applications for pros
pecting permits under the oil sections
of the leasing act of Feb. % 1920, and
covering the structural relations, were
reported on by the United States geo
logical survey during the past month,
according to NJ. ID. McEniry, chief of
the field division of the United States
general land office in Denver. The
total number of reports rendered since
July 1, 1920 is nearly $500, 1t was ex-
planned. Thirty-two reports were rem
dered during April on applications for
coal leases from the government, the
reports show.
]. l.. Cockrill and wife of Eureka,
New, drove over 1000 miles In their
car TO reach Grand Junction in order
that shoemaker, who specializes in
lit fov
wear normal shoes, might make a pair
for Mrs. Cockrill. A week In the val
ley and the trip and shoes together
cost approximately $3.50.
Prospects for one of the heaviest
yields of sugar beets ever known in
the Berthoud district are brighter now
than any season for many years, ac-
cording to reports of the field men of
the Great Western Sugar Company,
who say most of the beets are up with
the best stand in years, and blocking
and thinning has begun In earnest.
Between 1,2OO and 1,4O0 miners In
the Silverton district are expected to
return to work within the next two
weeks, following an agreement reached
between representatives of the miners,
the mine owners and members of the
Colorado State Industrial Commission,
who met in Durango. The mines have
been closed since last December, and
the agreement reached was the result
of investigation by the commission
since that time.
The vein of gold and molybdenum
ore discovered in Nothorofare canon,
seven miles southwest of Grand juno
ton recently, assays at $50 per ton
in gold and 500 per ton in molybde-
mum, according to reports from Sc
attic, where samples of the ore were
sent to be assayed.
Lieut.. st. George Creaghe, Jr., one
of the first Colorado soldiers to enlist
in the army after America entered the
war, hero of several major engage
ments, died in hospital at Lamar
after being knocked down by an auto
mobile on the streets of that city.