Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-04-01
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

Figures now being compiled by the
State Immigration Department from
the records of the state superintendent
of schools for publication in the Colo
RADIO Year Book show very substan-
tial increases in the value of public
school property and In the expendi-
lures for public schools In the state in
the past biennial period. Reports from
all counties show that the total amount
spent for public school purposes in
Colorado during the school year end
ing June 80, 1920, was S13,279, ,407.44
compared with s9,s92, ,699.13 for the
school year ending June 30, 1918. The
amount invested in public school prop
erty at the close of the last fiscal year
was S23. .492. 1871, with enc county not
reported On June 30, 1918, the amount
Invested in school property, with four
counties not reported, was 6,439,-
0l5.11 The average monthly cost of
public school education during the past
school year based upon total enroll
ment in the public schools was $3.50
per pupil, compared with SS.72 for the
There has been large increase In the
total amount of taxes levied for the
support of the public schools of the
state In the pnst two years, the in
creased revenue being spent chiefly
for teachers salaries and for new
buildings and equipment. Total ex-
pendltures for public schools in the
state at present, exclusive of expendi-
lures of public funds for higher edu-
cation, now amount to about one-third
the taxes collected.
An automobile show planned for
women. This is the idea of the auto
mobile show committee which is ar
ranging this years exhibit of the
worlds leading motor cars which is to
be held in the municipal Auditorium at
Denver, April 4 to o. There are many
features which will make each day and
night sort of society event of formal
nature. Another feature of the show
which is in keeping with the idea of
formality is the serving of refresh
ments. Arrangements are being made
by the Colorado Manufacturers and
Merchants Association to serve coffee
and cakes and other refreshments to
100000 people during the week. To
carry out this plan guides will conduct
parties each afternoon and evening
through the basement of the Auditor
ium, where special exhibits OF
Colorado-made goods will be ex-
planned. At this time the association
will serve refreshments - Colorado
made, of course.
More than 10000 mountain trout ut
the commercial hatchery of Andrew ].
He'll, nine miles north of Denver, were
mysteriously poisoned, according to
report to the Adams county officials
The poisoned fish constituted nearly
two-thirds OF all the fish in the hatch
cry, according to He'll, and were val
ued at between $1,000 and $4,000. They
ranged In size from mere "wigglers" an
inch long to spawning trout weighing
six to seven pounds, He'll told the au-
thorities. He'll did large commercial
trout business with several Denver fish
and game restaurants. Denver and
Adams county officials are investigat-
ing the mysterious death of the fish.
DR.. Ammi Bradford Hyde, the
grand old man" of Denver University,
is dead. He passed away at his resi-
dence, 2161 South Josephine street, in
Denver following an illness induced
when he fell on March 13, his ninety
sixth birthday, and fractured his hip.
Because of his advanced years, ply
sicians in attendance found it impOs-
sible to set the broken bones, and as
result OF the shock from the fall his
life gradually ebbed away.
A timely visit to the jail by Night
Marshal Mcdonald at Monte Vista pre-
vented the suicide of Walter Taylor, a
convicted bootlegger, who was commit
ted to Jail in default of payment of a
fine of $500 and costs by Police Magis-
trate w. #. Batchelder. Taylor con-
Quoted lunch stand on the principal
street, and for months had been selling
liquor police allege.
That the price of living is declining
in Loveland was demonstrated when
eggs reached the lowest price known
since before the war. They are selling
in the stores for 20 cents per dozen.
Butter also took drop to 80 cents per
pound for ranch and 30 cents for
creamery butter, and wheat is now
bringing but S1.15 bushel, a new low
record for three years, while flour took
tumble to S4, or lower than 1t has
been for nearly a year.
Sheriff l.. II. Dorsey and Harry III.
johnson, alleged forger, were serious
ly injured when an automobile in
which they We're riding skidded on u
muddy stretch of the road and rolled
down a ten-foot embankment Both
were given first aid by passing mo.