Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-01
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

Fort Collins, declaring he was ready 10
begin serving n years sentence in the
state penitentlary. which was imposeh
on him in the County Court mt For.
Collins q month ago If he refused 10
contribute $50 n month TO the support
of his wife and six children in Love
land. After he was sentenced he was
| given thirty days in which to consider
the matter. but he came back the day
his time for consideration expired and
said that he would 20 TO the peniten-
flnry for life. officers stated, rnther
than contribute a cent to the support
of his wife
As the Platte river has dropped
gradually from the highest flood stage
recorded since 1893 TO normal flow,
estimates of the damage done by the
raging stream and its numerous tribu-
tarles in Weld county have steadily
increased, rather than decreased.
Tint the total loss from the
flood water in Weld alone is near
the s2.000,000 mark is the consensus
Of opinion of engineers, farmers, coun-
Is officials and railroad men who have
surveyed the situation from their own
points of view. Weld county's loss on
roads and bridges is somewhere be
tween S15oO00 and 100000.
An official statement from the Amer
ican Red Cross Of the flood sufferers
in Pueblo has been given out. The to-
tai number of families registered in
Pueblo district was given at f,702, be
sides 1888 homeless men, 1t states, and
500 houses were listed as totally de-
stroyed The total number Of persons
affected by the flood, according to the
statement, is 5,695 The Red Cross re-
port for La Junta shows, according to
the statement. 1856 families registered,
representing 760 persons.
Secretary of War Weeks, through
Senators Nicholson and Phipps, claims
that he had been quoted incorrectly
regarding the Pueblo fund situation,
according to a message received In
Pueblo. The message said that Secre-
tary Weeks statement was mlscon-
strued when he is alleged to have de-
clared that Pueblo was asking for too
much federal aid. The message was
In answer to one sent the Colorado
congressional delegation by Colorado
business men.
Another link has been added to the
Durango highway, which, al
though completed last year, has never
officially been declared open. The
highway will be known as the Duran
go-Silverton- Ouray highway, it being
a faV,
toll road between Silverton and Ouray
as part OF the highway. This route
will permit tourists to travel through
the most scenic part of the United
States.
The fourth annual convention OF the
Colorado State Aerie of Eagles was
held recently in Trinidad Delegates
from all but three aeries of the state
were present. Mayor e. Fl. Day de-
livered an address of welcome, which
was responded to by State President
William Mcintosh of Aspen.
Airplane pntrol for the detection of
forest fires in the Pixies Peak region
around Colorado Springs, Colo, has
been permanently established. accord
ing to an agreement entered into by
the government and the Western Air
craft Company of Colorado Springs
Slxty-five thousand dollars of fed
eral funds will be spent on the Rocky
Mountain National park projects dur
ing the fiscal year beginning July l.
This sum exceeds by S550O0 any fund
ever before appropriated by Congress
for use on these Fairgrounds.
Colorado College receives 100000
by the terms of the will left by the
late Henry Roger Wolcott, one of
| Colorado's pioneer mining men, whose
estate totals more than 100000, ac-
cording to petition filed in the Coun-
| ty Court in Denver.
In spite of damage caused by floods
the past month reports from county
assessors to the State immigration De
partment indicate that the acreage de-
voted to wheat this year is the largest
| in the history of Colorado. These re-
ports are about So per cent completed,
and indications are that wheat produc-
ton will break all Colorado records
Nearly 100000 more acres have been
planted to winter wheat this year than
ever before. However, there has been
a falling off in the acreage devoted &c
spring wheat. To date this year, 80,
900 acres of spring wheat has been re
ported. This compares with S3500t
acres in 1920
The federal government has refused
to grant an emergency appropriation
of S3,500,000 for road reconstruction
work in Colorado and the State High
way Commission Is left with only tht
funds already granted for federal ale
projects with which to carry on the
enormous amount of repair work made
necessary by the recent floods. Thi!
was the statement made in Colorado